The Humans Just Don't Get It....Do They...??

I was having an average day today.  Nothin special...just being me.  You know...snoozing, snacking, etc.  Suddenly the human female says, "Who wants to go for a drive?"

Well of course I DO.  I never pass up a chance to go for a ride in the car.  Well I prefer the truck because the adventures are usually more exciting (ie a trip to Home Depot at least. Sometimes even to Starbucks where I get to breathe the sweet aroma of caffeine...ooooh...love it!!)

Today it was (I thought) just a wee trip to the grocery store.  Of course I never get past the parking lot.  For some reason there is a rule about dogs in food stores....go figure!!!  But often my human will bring a new bag of treats so you know...I get a bit excited about this.

Anyhoo...there I am just snuggled on my big passenger pillow sniffing the air and listening to the human doing a cd sing-along, when suddenly for no apparent reason she pulls into the parking lot of not the grocery store - but the "small dog off-leash park".

"Surprise!!" she says, ruffling my fur.  "Ta da!!!  We're at the doggy park!!!"

If I've said it once, I've said it 100 times.  "The doggy park is full of DOGS!!  I don't like it here. They smell, they sniff me and they try to pounce and get me to run through the flea infested grass and take drinks of water out of the communal bowl.............yech!!!!!!!!!!!!  Please don't take me there..."

But they don't listen or for some strangely human reason they don't understand me.  What is it with these people??!!

I tried to humour her today.  After she insisted that I join her in the double fenced area marked "small dogs only" I could hardly not go in.  I don't like to be rude to my humans.  I know that somewhere in that teeny brain she means well.

So of  course...immediately that we enter, a little fox terrier named Johnny comes directly over to me.  "Step away from my butt..this is your final warning..."  I growl as ferociously as possible.

He gets my message and zooms off but  a pair of pugs zero in on me and I'm forced to run for my dignity.  I out-run them of course and they tumble into a sweaty pile of dog drool.

Finally my human and I do a lap around the park...only after I've had to nudge her several times as she tries to stop and talk to other dog "owners" about the cuteness of their smelly little canines....sheesh!!  I mean really...can you imagine a group of us standing around a garbage can full of poo talking about how irresistable our humans are...??!!

Eventually...and none too soon..we leave the park and drive to the nearest Starbucks.  Patiently I wait for my chance to lick the lid of the frappacino.......ah...moments like this make it all worthwhile.  Well - sometimes.............