Chip’s Blog

What a long weekend! Mika stayed over at my place starting on Thursday. Then we went to lots of places together. We even went to the dog park TWICE!

I think I was very well behaved overall. Although Mommy said Mika acted better while she was at the dog park. I mean, is it really my fault I wanted to dominate this super passive husky? She was just begging for me to dominate her! I don’t understand why I got a time-out each time I tried?

Anyhow, Mommy wiped both Mika and I down after the dog park each time and I was MUCH cleaner than that Mika. Mommy had to use 5 wipes just to wipe Mika down. Mommy only had to use 2 wipes on me. So doesn’t that mean I was better behaved? I didn’t roll around in the dirt and go after filthy tennis balls like Mika.

Then today, there was this couple who brought food into the dog park. Was it really my fault that I tried to ask for food from them? The meat sandwiches smelled really delicious. I was the first in the dog park to sniff out their food in their plastic bag. Mika was interested too. But then Daddy said it was time to go. I followed Mommy and Daddy for most of the way, then I thought I’d give the food one last try and I ran ALL THE WAY back to the couple.

(This was the smile I gave Mommy before I made a U-Turn to ask for food)

I thought Mika was going to follow me, but she didn’t. Mommy kept on calling Mika and I can’t believe Mika listened! Mika went back to Mommy and never followed me! So much for my wing-man! I waited for the couple to give me food but I got none. So I decided to go back to Mommy but I couldn’t find her! I thought they left me! But I knew they would NEVER leave me. At least Mika would come back for me, right?

I roamed the dog park going to all the usual places Mommy was sitting, but she wasn’t there. I went to all these people with black hair and sniffed them thinking they were Mommy or Daddy. Then I just stood there in the middle of the dog park looking for Mommy, Daddy, or Mika.

Suddenly I heard someone shout my name and I ran and ran in that direction. When I got closer, I saw Mommy, Mika, and Daddy! I KNEW I could find them. It wasn’t that hard. And I wasn’t even worried at all!

My Daddy found this really cool link to OFF-LEASH dog parks in Southern California: http://theguide.latimes.com/profiles/15/lists/170748

I had no idea there are 55 dog parks I could be visiting! So many dogs to sniff, so little time!

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1. Airport Park Santa Monica

2. Arbor Dog Park Seal Beach

3. Baldy View Dog Park Upland/Montclair

4. Baron Von Willard Memorial Dog Park San Clemente

5. Barrington Dog Park Brentwood

6. The Boneyard: Culver City Dog Park Culver City

7. Brookside Park Pasadena

8. Butterfield Stage Trail Park Corona/Norco

9. Calabasas Bark Park Calabasas

10. Canada Vista Dog Park Rancho Santa Margarita

11. Carlson Dog Park Riverside

12. Claremont Pooch Park Claremont

13. Costa Mesa Bark Park Costa Mesa

14. El Segundo Dog Park El Segundo

15. Freedom Park Indian Wells/Rancho Mirage/Palm Desert

16. Fullerton Pooch Park Fullerton

17. Griffith Park Dog Park Los Feliz

18. Hahamongna Watershed Park Pasadena

19. Harada Heritage Dog Park Riverside County

20. Hermon Park in the Arroyo Seco Dog Park Los Angeles County

21. Huntington Beach Best Friend Dog Park Huntington Beach

22. Huntington Dog Beach Huntington Beach

23. Irvine Central Bark Dog Park Irvine

24. Joe Mann Park Indian Wells/Rancho Mirage/Palm Desert

25. Joslyn Dog Park Santa Monica

26. Knoll Hill Off-Leash Dog Park San Pedro/Wilmington

27. Ladera Ranch Wagsdale Park Ladera Ranch

28. Laguna Beach Dog Park Laguna Beach

29. Laguna Niguel Pooch Park Laguna Niguel

30. Laguna Woods Dog Park Orange County

31. Laurel Canyon Dog Park Studio City

32. Long Beach Off-Leash Dog Zone Long Beach

33. Long Beach Recreation Dog Park Long Beach

34. Marine Park Santa Monica

35. Memorial Park Santa Monica

36. Orange Dog Park Orange

37. Pacific Street Park Santa Monica

38. Palm Desert Civic Center Park Indian Wells/Rancho Mirage/Palm Desert

39. Palm Springs Dog Park Palm Springs / Cathedral City

40. Pasadena Dog Park Pasadena

41. Pat Merritt Dog Park Riverside

42. Rancho Cucamonga Dog Park Rancho Cucamonga

43. Rancho San Jose Park Claremont

44. Redondo Beach Dog Park Redondo Beach

45. Riverwalk Dog Park Riverside

46. Runyon Canyon Park Hollywood

47. Rustic Canyon Pacific Palisades

48. San Dimas Dog Park San Dimas

49. Sepulveda Basin Off-Leash Dog Park Encino

50. Sierra Madre Dog Park Sierra Madre

51. Silver Lake Dog Park Silver Lake / Echo Park

52. University Dog Park Indian Wells/Rancho Mirage/Palm Desert

53. Westminster Dog Park Venice

54. Whitnall Off-Leash Dog Park North Hollywood/Valley Village

55. William S. Hart Park & Off-Leash Dog Park West Hollywood

When Mommy opened the door to take me on my morning walk, a huge box appeared in the door. I guess the UPS guy left it there. The box was so huge that Mommy got this idea of putting me in it! OMG!

I don’t know how Mommy gets such crazy ideas. But Daddy put me into the box and it was actually quite comfortable. I was surprised.

Then later on, Mommy started reading the book called The Dangerous Book for Dogs by Rex and Sparky (who also happened to be Myspace friends of mine.) Mommy was laughing the whole time she was reading it. Of course, it would be too dangerous if I ever got a hold of the book. So she tried to hide it from me. But I found it anyway! Muhahaha!

I also talked about this book in my Toys & Products page. Mommy and I spent quite a bit of time this summer working on my website. So please check it out if you have a chance! ^_^