2009 Wiener Dog Festival

Tater, Mom & I left my house about 2PM on Friday and arrived at Shari's for dinner and a game of Mexican Train before going on to the Red Roof Inn in Austin. Shari's dogs scared Tater to death. Especially Bailey who doesn't know her own strength. She wanted to play with Tater but Tater would have none of it.

Andy gave excellent directions to the hotel and we got in the room about 10PM. It's a nice enough hotel - very cheap $59/night - and allows dogs! Mom got unpacked while Tater looked on. Good girl that she was, she didn't pee or poop on the carpet! (that would be talking about Tater as the good girl, not Mom of course...)



Mom and Tater actually bonded on this trip, evidenced in this kiss. If you look behind Mom's head you can see that the room had a microwave and small refrigerator - pretty nice amenities for a very cheap room!



Although we overslept, we did arrive in plenty of time to see the first race. We parked in this field and took the shuttle bus. I was a bit nervous about off-roading in my Mini. It is definitely NOT built for such adventures! But fortunately it didn't rain so we had no problem getting back out to the road.


We met up with Jessica, Ken & Aubrey who was traveling in style!


Aubrey kept pointing and saying "woof" (her word for dog) over and over. There were so many dogs to point out she couldn't sit still for long. Wisely, her folks had her on a leash when she got out of her coach :--) She walks really well - and only 17 months old!



Unfortunately we were too late for the costume contest, but I got some photos of some of their outfits. Aren't they cute?????



Not at all certain that tuxedo clad dog is a dachshund - but he did have an interesting hairdo! Next were Thing 1 and Thing 2 from the Dr. Seuss classic The Cat in the Hat.



And finally, this little guy who got around just great in his wheelchair - the video proves it!


And, as you can see, the wheelchair does not deter Tater from making the typical dog greeting.



In addition to everything I showed in the videos on previous posts, they had the Oscar Mayer Weiner mobile on site for photo opps.


Mom got this closeup of us in front of it.

Thanks so much Jessica & Ken for inviting us to come. We sure enjoyed it and will definitely be back next year!!!