Opari Australian Shepherds

Suzie is my sidekick. I like to take my sidekick with me on cool or overcast days when I have a quick errand or two to run. Suzie has compiled a short list of places to take your dog when you have to run errands or if you need a fast-food lunch. 

* The bank drive-up window is pretty cool. There is a clear round thing that your person puts paper in and it disappears with a whoosh. When it comes back it has green paper and a dog cookie in it. I have to make sure before my human puts her paper in that some dumb dog didn't leave a cookie in it, so I stick my nose in the round thing.

* Stores that sell dog food, dog treats and dog toys (who cares what else they sell) are always a trove of treats and goodies. The humans that are there to serve us always have good stuff in their pockets. All you have to do is get in front of them, sit pretty and smile politely. Don't jump on them like Ellie does, they don't appreciate that at all, even if she is miss cutie pie with her stupid frilly collar. I do have to be reminded by my human once in a while that the bins and boxes of treats are not there for free range grazing.

* So far in my forty-nine years here (that's seven in your years) I have found that Taco Bell is the only fast-food restaurant in town that serves dog treats. It is even better than the bank because the wonderful woman at the take-out window always tells me I am beautiful and is so smitten with me that she will give me not one, but two, cookies. If Ellie or Vladi were with our human they would only get one. Better than the dog cookies, though, are the cinnamon twists. Yummm!

* Home Depot is an interesting store to visit, but I've only been there once or twice. Nobody has cookies, but they are very friendly and let me sniff everything as long as I don't pee on it. I mean, really, do I look like a boy? I think not! I am not allowed in the greenhouse--I'm not sure why, I don't have a tail to knock stuff over. It is crowded in there, though.

* I get to go to the post office on cool, cloudy days, but I am not allowed to go in because I am not a service dog. That's okay, though. As long as I get to go with my human, I am happy. We hold paws and I get a lot of pets and we talk. That is the best part of any trip.