I TRIED TO SIT DOWN,
AND ENJOY THE REST OF THE RIDE OVER TO THE DOG PARK,
BUT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU
I WAS REALLY QUITE NERVOUS THE WHOLE TRIP!
I HAD NEVER EVEN HEARD OF A DOG PARK BEFORE NEVER MIND BEEN TO ONE.
I I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT?
WAS THIS A GOOD THING? OR PUNISHMENT, LIKE TRIPS TO THE VET'S OFFICE?
I COULDN'T SIT STILL!
MY LITTLE HEART WAS POUNDING...MY INCREDIBLE MIND WAS RACING!
I TRIED TO THINK!
DOG PARK...DOG PARK...WHAT IN THE WORLD IS A DOG PARK?
I SAT BACK DOWN AND TRIED THINK IT THROUGH...
IT HAD TO BE EXACTLY, WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE!
A PLACE HUMANS GO TO PARK THEIR DOGS!
"BUT WHY?" I WONDERED?
I ALWAYS THOUGHT SIT AND STAY WAS HOW YOU PARKED YOUR DOG?
WHO KNEW THERE WAS AN ACTUAL PLACE TO DO IT IN!
I WONDERED WHY THAT WAS TOO?
WHAT DOG-LOVING PET OWNER, DIDN'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO PARK THEIR DOG AT HOME, THAT HE OR SHE WOULD FEEL THE NEED TO CREATE SUCH A PLACE, TO SHARE WITH OTHER DOG-LOVING PET OWNERS WHO MAY ALSO NOT HAVE A PLACE TO PARK THEIR DOG AT HOME? HMMMM?
WAS I MISSING SOMETHING HERE?
WAS I BEING PUNK'D?
WAS THIS GONNA BE ONE OF THOSE HUGE, FLASH-MOB, PUPPY SITTINGS?
OR MAYBE SOME KIND OF MASS PUPPY TIME-OUT FOR A NEW WORLD RECORD?
I WAS ABOUT TO FIND OUT Y'ALL!
THE BIG GUY PARKED THE TRUCK..
AND ME AND MY POSSE, QUICKLY DISMOUNTED..
I THINK SAYING, WE 'QUICKLY DISMOUNTED,
SOUNDS A LOT BETTER THAN SAYING..
"AND ONE BY ONE. WE WERE ALL CAREFULLY LIFTED OUT OF OUR SEATS,
AND GENTLY PLACED ON THE SOFT GRASS,
LIKE THE SPOILED ROTTEN LITTLE PETS WE ARE..
DON'T YOU?
WE WERE HERDED THROUGH OF SERIES OF ONE WAY GATES AND HOLDING PENS LIKE CATTLE AND THEN RELEASED INTO THE OPEN PASTURE TO GRAZE IN THE FIELDS WHERE OBVIOUSLY, SO MANY HAD POTTIED BEFORE...
I SNIFFED THE AIR AGAIN, AND COMPARED IT TO BEING TOLD TO GO HAVE FUN,
IN A BIG, UN-FLUSHED, FENCED-IN TOILET!
GOOD TIMES Y'ALL...GOOD TIMES!
TIKA TOOK OFF ACROSS THE OPEN FIELD TO GO INTRODUCE HERSELF TO A COUPLE OF HOUNDS THAT WERE HANGING OUT WITH THEIR OWNERS OVER BY THE BENCH.
AND KACI WAS ON THE LOOK OUT FOR ANY BUTTERFINGERED VIOLATORS,
OF THE 'NO TREATS ALLOWED IN THE PARK RULE!
MOLLY WAS OFF IN HER OWN LITTLE WORLD,
EXPLORING THE FENCE-LINE LOOKING FOR FLAWS...
AND I THINK MERLIN WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LEAVING A MESSAGE FOR AN OLD FRIEND HE THOUGHT MIGHT BE BROUGHT HERE ONE DAY.
FOR LEGAL REASONS I CAN'T SHOW YOU THE EXACT MESSAGE HE LEFT,
BUT I WILL SAY THAT, OVERALL, THE TONE WAS PLEASANT ENOUGH...
AS I BEGAN TO WALK AROUND A LITTLE BIT MORE,
I STARTED TO NOTICE THAT THE PARK WAS ACTUALLY A LOT CLEANER,
THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INITIALLY...
(I REALLY DIDN'T SEE A POTTY DOODLE, ANYWHERE!)
I STILL DIDN'T KNOW WHEN I WAS GOING TO BE PARKED EITHER..
DEE TRIED TO ENTICE ME INTO PLAYING BALL A COUPLE OF TIMES,
BY THROWING IT ACROSS THE FIELD FOR ME TO GO FETCH,
(BUT I DON'T THINK SHE REALIZED, THERE WAS NO WAY ON THE PLANET,
I WAS EVER GONNA PUT THAT BALL BACK IN MY MOUTH AGAIN!
COLOR THAT BALL 'ABANDONED' Y'ALL!
I CAN SEE ME NOW ...
I SPOT A BALL ON THE PARLOR FLOOR THAT I WANT TO PLAY WITH,
SO I SCOOP IT UP,
AND JUMP ON THE CHAIR WITH IT!
.
NOW, I DON'T REALIZE THAT THE BALL I JUST HAD MY TEETH WRAPPED AROUND,
IS THE SAME BALL DEE SPENT AN HOUR THROWING AROUND THAT LUSH GREEN URINAL THEY CALL A PARK, UNTIL I START TO GNAWING ON IT!
NEXT THING YOU KNOW...
I'M FIXIN TO LAUNCH A LUNG Y'ALL!
NO THANK YOU PLEASE!
WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO, DEE KEPT TELLING ME,
"GET THE BALL DITZY! GO ON! GET THE BALL PRETTY GIRL!
LET'S GET THE BALL AND GO HOME LITTLE GIRL!
I WAS NOT TOUCHING THAT THING EVER AGAIN!
I ACTED LIKE I COULDN'T SEE THAT BALL ANYWHERE OUT THERE!
AND THEN I ACTED LIKE THE SUN WAS IN MY EYES,
AND NO MATTER HOW HARD I LOOKED,
THAT NASTY OLD BALL WAS JUST NO WHERE TO BE FOUND!
(LOOKS LIKE WE'LL BE HITTING THE TRAIL WITHOUT IT FOLKS!)
SEE YOU NEXT TIME!
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