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Dog Date Afternoon

Hi, it's me Heidi, Diane wrote the headline I don't get it but I took my friend Cari out to meet men peoples at Aroma Cafe and it was fun!

If you are a people and you want a dog to live with, you can go to a shelter or a friend’s house who has puppies, or a dog adoption right out on the street and get a dog like me, Heidi, or even any kind of dog you want! That’s good.

I think it would be good if peoples who don’t have a husband or a wife or somebody they want to live with could go and get another people that way too—but they don’t.

Maybe they don’t because they are so fussy and don’t realize they could love lots more different kinds of peoples than they think they can, even ones missing a leg or too old or with bald spots or one floppy ear. That’s dumb. But from things I hear, peoples finding peoples is a big huge problem.

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But I see how fast peoples fall in love with lonely dogs in crates at adoptions on Ventura Boulevard or Moorpark Park (that’s funny, park park) or other places. Then I think that a people could take a dog with them outside and then other peoples would stop by to meet the dog and then also meet the people and then the peoples would fall in love with each other, too.

My friend Cari, who is a people, doesn’t have a dog because of some reasons. She also doesn’t have a people to be her husband yet, although I bet she will soon because she is super-pretty and has red hair between the color of an Irish Setter and my cousin Rusty the cockapoo who lives in Massachusetts with our family the Elfmans. Cari is so smart, she writes books! One new one is called The Whistleblower. The story is so good, it’s a movie, too.

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But quick, before someone gets Cari and takes her home, I asked my mom to ask her if she would come out with me to test whether men-peoples would come to meet her more if I was there to help. I want her to find one who will play ball with her and give her snacks and brush her and take her out for walks even if it’s raining, not just tell her to go in the yard.

I thought I could help especially because I am a big dog and I have heard men say they like to have a big one. Plus I could growl if she wanted them to go away.

And guess what? Studio City Patch has a singles columnist,  () who is smart and knows all about how peoples could meet other peoples and we asked her and she said me going too was a good idea! We asked where we should go and one place she suggested was , in Tujunga Village.

First though, we tried on Ventura Boulevard, because for a long time they had a sign up that said they had Happy Hour from 4-7 p.m. and a “dog-friendly patio.” Since I’m a dog, plus friendly and happy for all hours not just 4 to 7, I thought we could go! So we walked to there, but then found out they don’t have happy hour anymore. Plus I was a little bad on the walk, a dog went by in a car and so I barked and pulled on my leash and scared Cari who thought I might knock her and Diane over, so I thought maybe we should start all over in a new place.

So we all went in the car to Aroma, and got a nice table outside where dogs are allowed. Diane was there too but I didn’t want her to get a man-people to take home because we already have one and there’s only room for three of us in our bed -- me, her and the one we have. And maybe a cat someday if we all decide to get a pet.

So there we were! I looked around and saw some men people, two different twos of men sitting at little tables together. I don’t know if they came to look for women people, or if maybe they had picked each other out already and were happy just together. I don’t see why it’s not OK just to ask about that but peoples don’t.

Diane left me alone with Cari while she went inside to get food. I think Cari was worried that I might bark or be bad or drool on her hand when she gave me a biscuit but I was perfect! I was so busy trying to be good that I forgot about the men peoples who were eating. I couldn’t walk over to them, it’s rude for a dog, and the only person who came by to see me was a woman. Cari thinks maybe it’s women peoples who are attracted to dogs more than then men peoples. Plus I don’t know for sure, but she we talking like maybe she already met somebody who wanted a women people with a book and red hair.

I still think I’m right about men and dogs, but maybe we should go to a dog park instead, or Fryman Canyon where men people can show off how fast they can walk or bike or run with their shirts off, and then just stop if they see a nice woman people with me, Heidi, a very big dog.

Plus I’m happy because Cari didn’t seem to mind that we didn’t meet anybody this time -- and afterward, guess what, she invited me to the book signing for her new book! It’s at 7:30 Sept. 15 at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore at the Grove. I tasted the hard cover book already so I’m happy to get the paperback because it will be way easier to chew. And I guess she liked our dog date after all. 

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