Just the best day... EVER!!!!

Mom and Dad stayed home in the morning, that is an indication that it is going to be a good day. But, this day turned out to be a great day!

First we hopped in the car, but we didn't go to the Bark Park. I was a little nervous about that. We don't always end up some place fun. But, this time we ended up in a great place.


Part of the crowd.

We ended up in a cool place called "Carmel". I had never been there before, but Dad kept talking about how Bubs Burgers was just down the road, so I think he had been there once before.


Lucky woman with three beautiful doggies. I'd like to go play at her house.

There were people and dogs everywhere. It was pretty exciting. I met a lot of neat new dogs and people. Everyone that I met told me I am really handsome. Heee...Heee... that is fun to hear. There were treats everywhere. I liked this place a lot.


Sampson, Baxter and Laney

Then to make a great place even better, I ran into a bunch of my Bark Park buddies. There was Sampson, Baxter, Bailey, Laney, Buddy, Blake, and a couple of new friends I just met at the park, Molly and Lucy were there too.


Blake and me.


Laney and Buddy

This place was pretty cool, and we walked up and down and check everything out pretty well. I could have stayed longer. But, Mom and Dad get tired quick. I think it is because they only have the two legs.

But, they said they had someplace else to stop before we went home. I said I was in for whatever they had planned. So, we hopped in the car and we were off again.


Fishers YMCA Doggie Dip

We ended up at the neatest Bark Park in the world. It is called the Fishers YMCA Doggie Dip. I am begging Mom and Dad to join.


Mom talking me into jumping in the deep end.

The first thing Mom wanted me to do was "go swimming". She took me over to where some people and dogs were like in the worlds biggest bath tub. It did not look fun to me. But, mom talked me into jumping in. MISTAKE! "going swimming" is not fun! What is the point of having to thrash around in the water to keep from sinking... No thank you!


Going wading

Luckily they had a wading pool. Now that is what I am talking about! You can run around in there and still keep your feet on the ground. Makes it a lot easier to chase down tennis balls.




Wading is my kind of sport!



My brother from a different mother, Cooper.

Then as if this place wasn't already almost perfect. I found a bunch of my bark park buddies that were here. So, I had some great buddies to play with.


Cooper and Sam


Sam and Boris


Me with neat toy I found.

And... after a while I discovered that some dogs and people brought in things that they apparently didn't really want too much. And, since I wanted them, I just started playing with their toys.



Me checking out some free stuff.

Also, the people would leave their stuff out. So, I figured that meant that I was allowed to use their stuff too. But, after I checked out a few bags, Dad came over and started pushing me away. HEY!!!! It isn't nice to push.


Mom trying to talk me into swimming again.

Mom kept trying to talk me into going swimming again. But, you know... been there, done that... don't want the t-shirt.


Mom stopping me from having fun for a few seconds.

So, it was back over to the wading pool. That is where the fun was at. We stayed until they made us leave. It just the best day ever. I hope we get to go back to that place soon... like tomorrow... or tonight.

And, if all of that wasn't enough fun, we ended up going to the bark park later too... HA!!! man... we should do that every day.

Shannon's Birthday

Some of the gang at the party.

Laney said she was going to moon the camera in the group picture. I didn't believe her, but she did it. Laney is a lot of fun. I'm the beautiful golden dog between Zoey and Sandy over on the left side of the picture.




Another group shot.


If that lady in the pink shirt lowers her hand down about 2 feet, that cake will be mine.

My people are always looking for some reason to have cake. And, I sure don't blame them. Cake is one of my favorite things. Having cake at the Bark Park is like eating cake in heaven, or at least how I imagine it would be.

Shannon is a golden doodle that is like practically my cousin because we are both 1/2 golden. It was Shannon's birthday at the bark park recently. Wow... talk about the best time ever! Shannon must have the coolest people in the world. Because they actually brought out two cakes. OOOOoooo!

It was apparently a record turn out for the bark park. I heard that there were 19 dogs there at one time. And, there were a few that left, and then others came while I was there. So, I think there must have been around 23 different dogs there while I was there. Oh... in case I forgot to mention it, there was also two cakes there.


Another group shot.


One of the best turn outs ever at the park.


Since Shannon and I are like cousins, I figured I was welcome to lots of cake. So, ran down there quick and got my cake. Then, every time someone had a some cake, and they held it down by me... or at least held down lower than I how high can jump, I got that cake also.



Looking for some unguarded cake.

After about my fourth piece of cake I heard some people telling dad that I had already eaten a bunch of cake and they were worried about me getting sick. But, getting sick from cake??!!!! That makes no sense at all. Cake is a good thing. The more of a good thing you have it makes it just that much better. You can't have too much of a good thing. That is what I always say.

Dad leashed me up and held on to me for a while, so other dogs could get their cake... but, I don't know why he did that. I was kind of mad about that for a while.

Since there were so many dogs there I got to see all of my best friends. I always love it when Cooper is there. We played a lot. But, Cooper doesn't like balloons, so he stayed away the area where the cake was, because there was balloon there. I think that is smart. There are some balloons that I stay away from too.



Cooper staying away from the balloon.

Near the end of the party my buddy Murray bet me a dog biscuit that he could jump up and get the rest of the cake. He gave it a good try, but Baily's mom caught him and made him get down. Good effort Murray. I think we can call that one a a tie.



Murray trying to get into the cake box.

Good day at the park again! Looking forward to seeing more of my friends out there, and hopefully one day soon, more cake.