Pet Parade
Charlie loves dogs. Loves them! They’re his favorite thing in the whole world. Seeing a dog for him is the highlight of his day. If we’re driving around and he sees a dog out the window, he’ll immediately point and say “Doo!” which is his version of “dog”.But for the next ten minutes or so, he’ll keep pointing in the direction he saw the dog, and occasionally saying “Doo!” Which I guess is his way of saying, “I swear! There was a dog right out the window! I saw him with my own eyes! He was right there! Man, did you get a load of that?! A dog! What a world we live in!”
So, we were of course very excited on Charlie’s behalf that today was the annual Barkus Pet Parade sponsored by Purina® Beggin’ Strips™. And in fact, he was very, very excited. This was our second year, and this year was even more explosive than the first time.
We got out of the car and immediately saw a few dogs, which he was very excited about. Lots of pointing and saying “Doo!” As we got closer to the scene of the parade, the crowds got bigger and there were literally hundreds of dogs around us. You can always tell when Charlie is really, really excited because at some point he stops smiling and just looks around with wide eyes.
That’s what he was doing for most of the parade. There were just too many dogs to point at. He did point at the people on the fourth floor throwing beads out the window, and at the gigantic inflatable dog that someone was walking around in. Other than that, he was just taking in the scene.
The only things that marred the scene was the 30 degree weather and the inevitable drunk Hoosiers elbowing their way in front of us to better get at the cheap plastic beads being thrown our way.
Next year will be even better. For starters, we’ll have Gus along with us, and we’ve decided that we’ll actually be in the parade with the great Toby.
