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Riley had himself an evening last night.
While watching Katie and Charlie do something on the computer he suddenly noticed the open window.
Let's get a closer look at what's going on outside.
Wow, this is high.
Bored with that, he found something else to get into while the others went back to work.
Young dogs and toddlers and teenagers always love strewing toilet paper.
Who cleans up?
Katie and Charlie's Wheaton Terror Terrier, Riley, was born one year ago today somewhere near Harrisburg Pennsylvania. Let's do a retrospective of his life so far.
Soon after he arrived at Katie and Charlies.
Didn't take him long to relax in his new surroundings.
Then he got to meet his housemate, Sam.
Then he grew a bit and met Dale for the first time.
Had a first snow.
Got sick at Christmas and had to take pills which made him loopy.
Had to wear a halo.
I got to meet him for the first time.
Went insane at a dog park
Got his first shearing haircut.
But fur grows back. We hope. Because he's such a sweet boy.
Happy Birthday Riley. Hope someone thinks of taking your picture today.
A story in the BND today about the soon to open dog park in O'Fallon got me to wondering about the progress of the proposed dog park for Collinsville. This past January the Jaycees began a fund raiser for this effort by selling chicken wings on Super Bowl Sunday.
Any progress?
There comes a time when all Wheaton Terriers must have their first haircut shearing. Like a sheep he was led to the wholly mis-named "groomer". He had grown so much soft billowy, quick to tangle and matt, puppy fur that drastic measures were needed. Here's Katie and Charlie's sweet Riley before:
And
But now
Riley!
Politically shaped dog biscuits.
Donkey or elephant.
The page does not say how many of these treats are in the bag, but for $8.99 there better be a lot of them.
We're still too rich a society if we can fritter away $9 on dog biscuits.
We went to a dog park in Alexandria with Katie and Riley this afternoon. Katie came by the hotel where we're spending the weekend to pick us up and we saw how pretty he looked after a good morning brushing.
Then we got to the dog park. vadda boom
He will not leave the water bowls alone. He doesn't drink, he digs the water out of both bowls.
The other dogs just could not figure out what in the world Riley was doing.
Git along there wet, muddy doggy.
What a dog day afternoon.
Riley had some surgery Friday, had to spend a night in the doggy hospital and now faces the worst indignity of all:
A huge halo to keep him from licking/chewing his stitches. He can't walk without bumping into walls, furniture, people and he can't go out and sniff stuff. Poor guy. Give Riley some roast beef!
I finally got to meet Riley, Katie and Charlie's 9 month old Wheaton Terrier.
Riley and Christian chased each other around the house at warp speed and it became impossible to get both of them in the shot at the same time.
Ok, slow down everyone. Such fun.
Charlie will take Riley home later on while Katie will spend the night here so we can get to the hospital in the early morning.
Such a great dog.
For the first time in the history of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, a beagle won best of show. How is it possible that for over 100 years of judging dogs, one of the most popular breeds of all time has never won until now?
This first beagle winner, Uno, has a local connection, he was born and bred in Belleville, Illinois part of the St. Louis Metro East area. Kudos to Uno and his owner, Kathy Weichert.
Some might say the Collinsville Jaycees are dogging it today...
They're spending Super Bowl Sunday frying and spicing up and selling thousands of chicken wings in an effort to raise funds for the construction of a dog park in the city. It appears as though many in the community want this project to succeed because as of 9:30 this morning, the organization had pre-orders for over 2000 wings. Barking right, over 2000 wings and that is just pre-orders.
A couple of the guys are spending the day outside in the cold doing the frying. I wish this photo had smell, because the parking lot was live with the smell of cooking wings.
Inside, Scott Rushing, Sandy Sweet, Michelle Voegele, and Scott Rayho go over the orders and wait for those coming to take them home.
Jaycee Board chairman, Geno Forneris, takes a break from frying to see how things are going inside.
Ruth cook and Jaycee vice president of community development, Scott Rushing, stir the hot sauce.
Ed Cook, Sandy Sweet and Scott Rushing get ready to fill another carry out order.
A dog park in Collinsville is one of the better ideas to come along in quite some time. It looks like lots of people agree. One person who called in a pre-order this week said that no one in her family will likely eat the wings, but she felt so strongly about this project she wanted to buy some wings to support it anyway. Best guess? Some neighbors will be the beneficiary of those wings.
If you didn't have the chance to get wings today, keep your ear to the ground, the Jaycees will probably be doing some other fund raising for the dog park as the weeks and months go by. They will be at the Jaycee Hall all day long cooking and handling the orders and remain there during the evening for their annual Super Bowl party.
The Jaycees locally as well as nationally have always been in the forefront of support for projects which benefit the entire community. This is a great one.
