BarkWorld 2012 - Part 1

Pawty Time!
We went to Atlanta a day early so we could meet some pals before things got busy.  I went to Stitch's house for a couple of hours.  We had a wonderful visit!  He is lots of fun!  He even throws his own ball to play fetch!  BOL!! 

Photo by ChillSpot

 That afternoon I was able to check out the coolest dog bed, a ChillSpot.  ( I will bark more about it soon!   It is so pawsome, it needs it's own post.)

The next morning we checked into the Westin because BarkWorld was starting! 
 This year BarkWorld started with a Howl-O-Ween costume pawty!  
Before the pawty, several attendees had the privilege of attending a speed dating session with many of the sponsor brands.  I was one of the lucky attendees!  I enjoyed meeting several wonderful people.  Then it was time to dress for the Pawty!

 We were photographed by Geoff Bain from Wagdazzle.
Can you guess what Mom and I are dressed as?  BOL!!

Bats!  Not batty girls, bat girls! BOL!

Geoff photographed me with my roommate Emmy.  I was very happy to share a room with Emmy again!  I even came out of my duffle bag when she arrived.

Photo from Emmy

My favorite costume was Kona dressed as a handbag with her mom dressed as Cruella Deville.

My pal Jasmine has several photos from the pawty on her blog.   My mom was so happy to see her friends that she forgot to take lots of photos.  Apparently I need to refresh her memory about her job description!  BOL!!

 I was a tired little bat pup by the end of the pawty.

Emmy caught me napping on the job during a session on Friday.  Mom was busy taking notes for me, so I'd forgive her lapse with the photos.

  Emmy caught me napping again!   I guess I was still tired from the pawty.  BOL!

 Lots of people did a double take when they saw my Pommie stuffie, they thought it was a real dog.  My "mini-me" was wearing a tiny pink backpack I won from All Things Dog Blog and Petco.  Mom used the backpack to store the cards we collected.  My "mini-me" also wore a necklace from MizzBassie with my ghost charm from Nip and Bones. (The stuffie has shorter fur and doesn't sleep.  That makes it easier to show pretty things on it than on me.  BOL!!)
 I had fun barking at all the dogs between sessions when Mom would push my stroller around the exhibit area.   Between sessions all the humans were playing BINGO!  They had to get a star from each exhibit by the end of the day to enter a raffle.   After Mom put her card in the raffle drum, we went to dinner with SnoopDoggDoxie from NipClub.  Then it was time to Pawty again!   

Mom was able to get a photo of the talented celebrity Norman the Scooter Dog. 

We also saw Niqqi, she is so adorable! 

 I even had my caricature drawn at the pawty! 
After the pawty I went up to our room with Emmy, while Mom went pawty some more.  BOL!!  She was celebrating a pal's birthday.   (I won't say who because humans like to keep their birthdays private after they are adults.)  Humans are funny!  BOL!  
I know I didn't woof about the entire trip in this post.  Don't worry, I'll bark about the rest of BarkWorld in another post.