The Adventures of Spencer : A Mascot Dog’s Blog

Hi everyone, it’s me, Spencer! I know I haven’t been around much with work at the studio and the renovations. Then when I finally got a chance to post a blog, Wordpress had updated and changed everything so it took me a little time to figure out what the heck was going on. Well, I got it all sorted out and I have a little adventure to tell you about.

This weekend the Best Friends animal rescue had a giant rescue event in Los Angeles. There were all kinds of rescue groups there, one for practically every breed and even cats and parrots! So I went for a little while to put in a showing for us rescued Goldens.

It was really hot this weekend in Los Angeles and was going to be 100 degrees in the afternoon so I went early and made sure to stay in the shade. There were even little swimming pools all over the place for us to dip into if we got too hot. It was nice on cool on the ground and a little breeze was blowing there so I laid

There were some other cute Goldens there too. Look at these 3! You can’t see the ice cream sandwich they are  staring at, BOL! The pup in the middle is Samantha. She’s wearing a t-shirt because she’s healing up from being attacked by 3 pitt-bulls. You can read about her story here.

I offered to take care of this guy’s pizza for him but he didn’t quite go for it.

Mostly I sat around getting lots of pets. I had a lot of fun and then later in the day we went to Menchie’s and I got my very own vanilla frozen yogurt,,,mmmm!

Posted on April 28th, 2008 by Spencer
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The other day the humans had a meeting in Santa Monica and I got to tag along. After the meeting we went for a walk along the bluffs by the beach. I was eager to go and smell all the ocean air.

The beach was very quiet. In tourist season it gets very busy. It looks pretty when no one is there. Unfortunately, dogs are not allowed on even one tiny part of the beach. That’s just mean!

I like to lead…and that doesn’t make me a bad dog contrary to what anyone says. I know when to stop and stay and I don’t pull. I’m just happy to see new things.

We walked through lots of palm trees.

After all that walking we went for breakfast at a little French crepe cafe called Acadie. This is a very nice little cafe and they make very tasty crepes! I was happy to sit on the patio and smell all those tasty crepes.

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My human dad had a buckwheat crepe full of fresh strawberries and garnished with chocolate and whipped cream…mmmmm! I got a little taste of the whip cream and some cheese from my human mom’s croissant.

After our breakfast, we went for a stroll down the Third Street Promenade. It has lots of shops and restaurants and is usually very busy but it was early so I had lots of room to explore. I enjoyed all that ocean air and had a good nap back at the studio.

Posted on April 16th, 2008 by Spencer
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Welcome to the third and last installment of my adventures in Joshua Tree park. I had a great time exploring the upper desert and looking at all the crazy rock formations.

While you are in the desert, you have to be careful where you step. There are dangerous plants and animals. Like very prickly cactus…

or fire ants. These are really big ants and they bite hard! 

I was careful to avoid both at the same time. The ants were munching on the cactus.

Everything was in bloom from the Joshua Tree and it’s flowers…

to all the wildflowers in the lower desert. I sniffed a bunch of them….yellow flowers…

and purple flowers.

We walked along a rainy river bed which ran by the road. It only becomes a river when it rains, which isn’t very often but when it does, it is a lot of water at once. Never walk in a rainy river if you think it’s going to rain because they are prone to flash flooding. We were very safe because there wasn’t a cloud in the sky.

Many of the flowers and other plants grow in the rainy rivers because they stay moist longer. This very tall (about 10′) plant is called an Ocotillo plant. It looks a little like a cactus but it’s actually a shrub. It only has leaves when there is enough moisture for them to grow. It will also grow red blossoms at the very tips at the same time.

We had a wonderful time at Joshua Tree park. At sunset we packed up and headed off to nearby Palm Springs for dinner.

It was very busy downtown in Palm Springs but we finally found an Italian restaurant to dine at…it started with a K. They were not very dog friendly but they did let me sit beside the humans OUTSIDE the patio railing. I had some grilled salmon and a few little bowtie pasta…it was ok because I was hungry but I’ve had much better! I was so tired: I slept all the way on the drive back home.

Posted on April 2nd, 2008 by Spencer
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