My First Experience With Camping

Oh my dog, I went on my very first camping trip this weekend...all the way to the...backyard!! :-D It was soooo exciting!

Domeek set up our tent in about 15 minutes, which to be quite honest, was much quicker than I gave her credit for! ;-) Hehehe!

I, of course, helped her set everything up! First, I sat on top of the tent when it was laying down on the ground, then I pulled out the stakes on two sides while she was putting the poles up, and then I kept jumping in the tent when she was putting the rainfly up...muahaha, she was very proud, I could tell! :-D

This was my very first venture inside...while Domeek was still putting the tent up! 

Oooo, this isn't too bad!

Check me out...standing on my inflatable bed!

Yep, the tent looks gigantic comparing it to me...but Domeek says that there's no way in hell that 4 people could fit...she says that me and her were a bit tight! ;-)

Off to bed we go!

I'm EXCITED!!! EEEEEKKKKK!!!!

Unfortunately there was a lot of noise last night...tons of dogs in our neighborhood are kept outside during the night, so they kept on barking! :-( It was hard to go to sleep, but when the Sandman finally arrived, boy did I zonk out! ;-) 

I was a good boy and stayed on the bed all night long! It wasn't until about 7 am when I finally woke up, asked to go out for a pee, and then came back on in and fell right back asleep again! Hehehe!

Sleep again Domeek?

Um, yes...definitely!!! 

All in all I had a fantastic time!! Oh yes, we will definitely be going camping again! :-D In fact, I can't wait to go into actual nature and hike and camp all weekend long!! 

Hope you all had a fantastic weekend as well! :-)

 

Happy Saturday!!

Happy dance, cause it's the weekend! ;-)

Holbrook park with my ball

Thank you so much for all the wonderful comments and suggestions about camping, we're getting so excited!! I've already researched and discovered a campsite, which is just an hour and a half south of home, to try out for the first trip - great park with tons of dog friendly hikes and trails to follow!!

Well I'm off to the Petco Snow event this morning...don't worry, there'll be plenty of photos! ;-)

Have a fantastic Saturday everyone!!

A Camping We Will Go...

Happy Friday Everyone!! :-D

A couple of random things: 

I had such a wonderful time at the dog park last night; I got to meet up with a couple of my oldest friends (Rizzo, Buddy, and Ricco) and run around insanely! It was so much fun, it's just sad that the evenings are coming to a close earlier now...sniff...it was practically dark at 7:45! Aw, the perils of Fall!

I've been loving reading all the blog posts and tweets about all my friends' experiences at BarkWorld.. It looks like such an pawesome conference! I can't wait to hear more!

FYI, on Saturday, Petco is going to be hosting a Summer Snow Day at 8 different stores across the country. The stores are going to be giving away free puppy ice cream, Kong demonstrations, food samples, and will be having training demonstrations...along with...a temporary snow park for your pup!! OMD...I can't wait!! I'm so happy, one of the stores is only about 30 minutes north, so Domeek, Pippi, and me are going to go and have some fun in the snow! :-D Make sure to see if there's a store near you participating!

Camping!

Ok, onto the fun stuff...Domeek and I have finally decided that we are going to start camping! I know, most of you will be saying, but you missed the summer! Pft, no worries, I can't stand the heat - Fall is a waaaay better season anyways! ;-)

So, because we don't have any equipment and no one in our family actually camps, we have a couple of questions for all you camping fans!! :-D

First off - Tents! We'd love to hear what tents and brands you've all been happy with! Currently we're looking at the Coleman Sundome and the Suisse Sport Yosemite...both are in our budget, have pretty good reviews, are the right size/weight, and are readily available. Buuuut, if any of you have had issues or anything with them, we'd love to hear!

Secondly - Camp Stoves! Ok, Domeek has absolutely No experience with these things! So we are running around blind! :-/ Hm! I like food...does anyone have any suggestions that would stop me from starving?! Should we use a single burner, double burner, match start...? The longest time we'd be camping would be a long weekend! Eeek!!

Um, Noms!!! ;-)

Thirdly - Tips/Suggestions/Randomness/Things You Wish You Knew when it comes to beginning camping (in general)!

Muahaha, yes, I would sacrifice a child over moi! ;-)

Thanks so much in advance guys!! :-D We're looking forward to going, enjoying the great outdoors, hiking, and being one with nature soon!!!