Dogwalks and Pupcakes

Romeo did super good at agility this past week - he did the dogwalk for the first time ever and flew over it. For those who have no clue what a dog walk is, it's a 9-12" wide balance beam about 4' off the ground, with ramps on either side. Now, Romeo is the dog that would not get on the A-frame or the seesaw the first time, and the poor guy did not want to take this obstacle slowly like we made him. He also did very pretty sets of three hurdles, each set at a 90 degree turn from the last.

I'm pretty sure that Romeo's favorite obstacles are the A-frame and the dogwalk. Considering that we believed that Romeo had a fear of heights, this is pretty amazing.

On another note completely, Casey and I took Romeo to Old Town Pasadena, where Romeo had a grand old time at his favorite place in the whole wide word: a restaurant. We sat outside Mi Piace, and Romeo got a grilled chicken breast. You can't imagine how well-behaved Romeo can be if there's food in front of him. Then we took him to Three Dog Bakery, since he was being so good. On the way there, we passed a statue of a coyote, which Romeo immediately started barking at. It was the most hilarious thing. I took him closer so he would see that it was a statue, but he just started barking and growling more. It amused us and other random passers-by. So then we got to Three Dog. I had never been inside before. He's been finicky about treats in the past, so I was a little concerned that fresh-baked, gourmet dog treats would not be for him. Boy was I mistaken. The man working there was very nice, and let Romeo taste a couple things to see what he would like. We ended up getting Romeo two Harlequin Hearts (peanut butter cookies half dipped in carob) and two pupcakes (Romeo especially liked the yogurt and honey frosting they had on top). Suffice to say that this was probably one of Romeo's best days ever.