Well, if you remember, my friend, Lupe the Great Dane, came over to my place for pizza & brain games a while back…so a couple of weeks ago, Lupe invited me over to his place in return!
First, though, he showed me one of his favourite walks – a big park called Oxley Common where there is a lovely path through the forest and some big grassy parts to run around and play in.
It is not officially an off-leash dog park but our humans decided to be naughty and let us off for a bit…
Sitting & waiting for my release word..."OK!"
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(I always have to Sit & Wait for my release word (“OK!”) before my humans let me off-leash – this is part of my ‘everyday manners’ training. I had to learn this from when I was a little puppy – that if I pull and lunge, I won’t get to go anywhere – but if I sit politely and wait for permission, then I get to be free! 
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My humans were late – as usual! – to meet Lupe & his humans at Oxley Common so the sun was already going down when we got there and we had to do half the walk in the dark! 
But this did mean that we got some nice sunset photos…
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Afterwards, we went back to Lupe’s place and he showed me ’round his pad…
Can I get you a bone, Honey?
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He had some Scary Steps in his house which had big holes between them! I had seen some steps like that in parks before back in NZ and my leg had fallen through those holes once so I was a bit scared to walk on them…
…but Lupe was the perfect gentleman – he even went to tell the humans to come and help me when I got stuck outside and didn’t dare come up those Scary Steps to get back in the house! 
Lupe was also the perfect doggie host – he supervised the humans making dinner in the kitchen…
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…sorting nibbles to munch on…
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…and pouring drinks!
While dinner was cooking, the humans decided to play a funny game where they sit and look at the TV box (Lupe’s TV box was very big & flat, not like mine at all) and turn a wheelie thing around and yell a lot.
I think it was more of a ‘boy thing’…
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…although I did try to join in…but Paul didn’t seem to appreciate my suggestions much! What do you mean, I’m getting slobber on the wheelie?
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Lupe is allowed on the sofa in his home, so he soon made himself comfy…
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…and he invited me to join him!
I’ve never been on the furniture at home – I’ve never been allowed since a baby puppy and what we doggies don’t know, we don’t miss – so I wasn’t very sure. But my humans said it was OK – so I tried it…
…hmm…it was a bit strange and weird and I didn’t feel very comfortable. I kept trying to get off again, even though my humans said I could stay on the sofa with Lupe…it just didn’t feel right!
A lot of people think my humans are mean because they don’t let me on the sofa or in their bed - they think I would be really happy if I could just go on the sofa now – but us doggies actually like to stick to what we are used to – and since I’ve never been on the furniture at home (my humans never make exceptions or keep changing their minds - the house rules always stay the same) – I just never even think of it – it just seems so strange and abnormal! 
My humans always come down on the floor with me or on my giant beanbag bed with me - so I don’t miss out on cuddles.
Anyway, in the end, Hsin-Yi said she would sit on the sofa with me – she even said I could sit in her lap, instead of the sofa - that made me feel much better! 
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Well, soon it was dinner time! My humans had brought some of my usual dinner and Lupe was very nice and let me borrow his bowl. But as usual – I could smell that the humans had MUCH better yummies on their table!
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Especially when Hsin-Yi started eating something called “apple pie & ice-cream”!
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Sadly, all the drooling and ‘Sad Eyes’ in the world did not work on my mean, greedy piggy human who kept all the yummy apple pie for herself…
…but Lupe’s human was very nice and gave us each a big chew instead!
Before we left, Lupe showed me these strange little creatures called ‘chicks’ which are baby chickens. Lupe’s human is a School Teacher and the chickies are to help human pups learn their lessons but they had nobody in school to look after them on the weekend so that was why they were having a sleepover at Lupe’s.
They were awfully cute – although they did make very strange squeaky sounds – and they looked a bit like tiny stuffies but my humans said I couldn’t play with them – humph!
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OK, lastly – here is a video where you can see me and Lupe playing (yes, I am all recovered from my back ouchie and ready to play rrrrrrrough again!) and meeting the baby chicks…and also you can see me being naughty – hee! hee! For some reason, a lot of you think I am some kind of angel doggie but that is so not true! I do try to be naughty a lot of the time – sometimes, like in the video, I just pretend I can’t hear what my humans are telling me to do – hee! hee! - but my humans are just always very strict and consistent with me, so I don’t get away with much! 
(By the way, the reason me & Lupe were not allowed to play was because we have to lie quietly after eating dinner otherwise we might get a bad sickie called ‘bloat’ which a lot of us Great Danes can get)
Anyway, my humans say it’s good to show a video which shows that I can be naughty and disobedient too!
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Thanks, Lupe, for a great evening!!
* P.S. Everybody seemed to want to know what flavour ice-lolly I was eating in my last post about the ‘marching crabs’ - well, it was “Tropical Crush” (and Paul says it was “98% fat free” – hee! hee!) – and yes, it was YUMMY!
Hi Honey,
I love you slobbering on Lupe’s head in the video!
I had Dane friend weekend too. On Saturday, I played with Danes Yargo and Rufus at their house. Then on Sunday, I played with a lady Dane, Olive, in the park. Mum likes me to play with doggies my own size because I sometimes step on the little ‘white fluffies’ and then she feels embarrased.
I’m not allowed to sit on our lounges either. Something about there being no room for anyone else. Go figure?
Kisses, Sparta XXX
Wow you have really good manners! good on you
Sounds like you had an awesome time. thank you for sharing!
Love, Bella.
I’m really glad you’ve made a “great” friend over in Aussie Honey, looks like a great night and those chews look slobber inducing! Peppers not allowed on the couch or bed either -- although there have been recent incidences of breaches of this rule, evidenced by many muddy pawprints on new clean sheets.Very naughty!!
You are so bouncy! You must be feeling much better. I don’t blame you about those stairs. Anything could happen.
I have to have quiet time after dinner too. But if I want to play laying down bitey it’s OK.
Slobbers,
Mango
What a fun night for everyone!
Those baby chicks are sooooo cute!
Oreo doesn’t like stairs with holes either. We had to go through a whole training session to get him comfortable on them at a vacation house. How nice of Lupe to come to your rescue. That is a sign of a true friend.
Your walk at the park and dinner date looked like so much fun!
My mom’s family had a Lab who wouldn’t go up stairs with holes at all! They never could get him over his phobia. So good for you conquering your fear (with Lupe’s help)!
Nice left hook you have there Honey! I’m pretty good at pretending I can’t hear my hoomans too.
woof -- Tucker
hello honey its dennis the vizsla dog oh hay wow yoo ar like yin and yang or lite and dark!!! just like the comic book hero teem cloak and dagger!!! and in kayse yoo wer wundering yoo ar dagger!!! ha ha ok bye
That looked like such a fun time! I can’t wait til Darwin is better and she can run around and play with her doggy friends again!
That was a nice slobber present you left on Lupe’s head! His dad was quite nice to wipe it off with his hand! I would’ve left it. hehehe.
And those baby chicks! So cute!!!
Oh, what a great place to run free and have fun.
Looks like you two are very good friends.
hey honey those chicks will be ready to be eaten in about 7 weeks. YUMMO!!!
we didnt even have a couch till we moved to florida. now i have my own and mommy has her own. i never get up in her couch but yesterday she was watching 101 dalmations and i jumped in her lap while she was sitting in the big fluffy recliner to watch the movie with her.
mm….i smell banana bread. gotta go.
What nice friends you all have, both canine and human!
What a Most Terrific visit, Honey! That Lupe sure does know how to show his guests a good time. Sorry abouts the skeery stairs but I’m glad you made it up them eventually.
That’s very much interesting about the couch and how it feels weird to you. But you’re right. If we’re not used to doing something, it’s no big deal. Like, me and Brudder Ranger sleep in our condos at night -- not on the bed with mom and dad. Some peoples might think that’s mean but we’re just as happy as punch cuz we gets KONGS when we go to bed. So sometimes I’ll even gets up and go into my condo to tell mom that it’s time to go to sleep (and to gives me my KONG!).
Wiggles & Wags,
mayzie
Ohhhh how I wish you guys lived in Chicago! I know Honey and Elle would have SO MUCH FUN playing together!
Love the pictures and the video as always. Honey’s expressions when checking out the chicks were perfect! Love it!
Ah such a beautiful couple! Bundy the not so elegant like Danes being a Mastiff ( but in fact living in Denmark! HA!) is getting pretty jealous !
So cute with the chicks
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Bundy is also one of the “poor” dogs not allowed in the furniture…
Hi Honey,
Lupe looks like a real gentleman! I want a boyfriend like him!!
Love,
Cinnamon
Honey darling, are you dating this Lupe boy? He seems like a decent chap. Thumbs up!
Love,
Homer
Oh Miss Honey, I was always under the impression you were the perfect little angel! I love that you slobbered all over Lupe’s head, that really made me laugh!
I’ve always let my boys on the couch and bed but they’re a LOT smaller than you are so I don’t ever have to worry about them taking up all the room.
What a fun time!
Thanks fur sharing it!
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra
Oh, what fun! It really looks like you had such fun at Lupe’s house!
I love the sunset picture! You look so pretty in that light.
And the collages are GREAT!
Love,
Ammy
Honey
It look like you and Lupe had the pawfect day and evening( the hoomans too)
How lovely to have such good fwiends.
btw, Honey, the thing that was painted on my fowehead was sposed to be an impwession of the Amewican Flag
sowwy you couldn’t tell
smoochie kisses
ASTA
wow that look great. my mum/jeannette loves reading your last blogs and looking at videos. she has been away coz her very old mum was very ill with a thing that sounds to me like bloat but it had a funny name called Crohns. Its has made her ill with gastro type thingy and her veins collapsed. so my mummy had to travel 6.5 hours to the country to say the BIG good bye! but lucky so far she didnt have to.
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I missed her so much that I annoyed everyone in the house to give me lots and lots of smooches and cuddles .I made sighing noises at night when i looked for mum to come home.
but yesterday she came home i was soooo happy I did zoommies and I followed her everywhere for hours ( just in case she had any idea of going again
I am just as cheeky as you when I am supposed to behave ….pretending to not hear !!!
enjoy everyday
Lupe was a very gentlemanly host! I don’t sit on furniture, either, but all my humans are always right beside me, so that’s fine. I have never seen chicks before, but my humans have similar things called “parakeets” that make some peculiar noises, and a “guinea pig” who squeaks and eats carrots. Odd creatures those humans like to keep around!
Drools,
Thor
WOO HOO!!! We just loved watching you and Lupe run around and play!
Those chickies look purrty cute!
We should have read this post before we asked about your lolly flavor!
It looks like such a nice time. My mom person couldn’t believe how big Lupe was compared to the kitchen counter top!
Those little chicks look awfully confusing!
oh honey it was a lovely story
well check out out post today we got a little suprise for you to anser the question about (male thingies ) BOL
kissslobbers
El’bow & Hauwii
I love how much your human does with you Honey. were you hoping those chicks would grow up fast and land in your bowl, raw, some day?? tee-hee. (naughty Wild Dingo!) or were you hoping they’d be your playmates?
Hi Honey -- oh, you have such fun play dates! Lupe was the perfect host and looked very comfy on the sofa. We’re allowed on the furniture as our humans always wanted ‘doggies that snuggle’. Mind you, it took us 11 months to get permission, as this was how long it took us to finally stop chewing everything!
We love the photo of you sitting on Hsin-Yi’s lap and the one of you looking at the chicks, you are so adorable!
And we are SO pleased to hear (and see!) that you are both naughty AND nice -- oh, be still our beating hearts!!
Flirty schnauzer snuggles -- JD and Max.
Ha Roo roooooo -- head slobbers -- too funny.
We think Honey has the hots for Lupe -- a cute little romance in the works. It was great to see them play together -- they acted like pups.
We don’t get to sleep on the beds or even get on the beds, but we do manage to catch a snooze on the sofas when the humans aren’t using them. That’s why you always see sheets on our furniture:)
Woos -- Phantom, Thunder, and Ciara
Wow, what a fun playdate. Oxley Common is actually really close to where I live, so if you ever go again and want to catch up, I would love to come over for walk and play. xo
I love that Honey doesn’t want to get on the couch or bed anymore. We are busy teaching that lesson to our great dane pup, Lucy, and are glad to hear that she may eventually not want up. And that we aren’t the only mean humans out there!