Rescue Blu

Last weekend I took a trip to downtown Downers Grove with Rebecca, Meredith and Bonnie. They said we were headed to a place called the Happy Dog Barkery, and that I would really love it.

Blu loved the Barkery

It was a sunny day and, really, I was just happy to be taking a walk and smelling new smells. Because I was so excited, it was tough to remember to walk nicely, but I tried.

We got to the Barkery just in time, right before the store was supposed to close. But the nice woman working there told us to come in — and then she took a treat out of the fridge and gave it to me. It was amazing! Bonnie said it was called leaping liver cake.

The woman, Cheryl, is one of the store’s owners. Rebecca and Bonnie told her my story while I sniffed all kinds of great stuff in the store. There were baskets of bully sticks and bones, plus toys all over the place. There also was a case filled with freshly baked cookies. Cheryl gave me a football shaped cookie, and I ate all of it except for the icing. Plus, I got to help Meredith pick out cookies for Bonnie’s dogs. It was a really fun place.

Blu relaxing outside the coffee shop

Next we stopped at the coffee shop. Bonnie and Rebecca got coffee, but not Meredith and I. She had lemonade and I had a piece of cookie. We sat there and watched people walk by and a couple of trains pull into and leave the Metra station.After coffee, we checked out the fountain. It was pretty cool.

Then, we went for a walk downtown. Rebecca and Bonnie were laughing because I start prancing when there are treats involved. Meredith was my walking buddy, she walked back and forth with me when I was practicing. Rebecca filmed a video of my walking.