Sunday, August 8, 2010

I Love America!.... especially all the food!



One morning this past July I woke up and I could tell there was excitement in the air. Everyone was rushing around and before I knew it, I was being leashed up and going for a ride in the car. (One of my favorite things..by the way...as long as I can have my head out the window, happily slobbering in the wind) We drove for awhile and finally reached our destination. I could hear the loud noises of musical instruments, lots of people and could even smell dogs in the area. I was at my first 4th of July Parade in Coronado, CA. and boy was I thrilled!! What a wonderful place to be--lots of people to sniff, dogs to play with and fallen food galore! I was in dog heaven! I met a fun, playful dog that I palled around with for awhile and tried to eat as much food off the ground as I could sneak---all in all a great experience. If this is what celebrating America is all about--I am the world's most patriotic canine!
The rest of the day however, was not my favorite. That evening, I was taken to a park and at first all was well, plenty of people to pet me and play with, and again...smells galore, but as it started to get dark, I started to hear loud bangs and pops in the air, right over my head. I was petrified and begged to go back to the car or anywhere that I could escape these horrific loud sounds. It was the scariest thing of my life and I think my "mama" got the idea and won't ever try a stunt like that with me again. But give me the parade again and this was a great day!