Four Paws Shopping in Los Angeles

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Anthropologie, Bloomingdales, Century City Shopping Center, dog, Dog Friendly, Dolce & Gabbana, Hermes, Hollywood & Highland, Kiehl's, Los Angeles, Nordstrom, Origins, Sephora, shoping, the Beverly Center‎, The Gap, The Grove, Tiffany & Company, Video West, Williams-Sonoma

I love to shop with my people, it is a wonderful way to bond and make people smile. People often smile at me as I brows the shopping aisles.

First I need to tell you there are rules to shopping with your two-legger.
1. You must be on a leash or tucked safely in a little carrier
2. You must be well behaved, that means:
    NO barking,
    NO peeing,
    and most importantly
    NO stealing.
    (many of us four-leggers have a problem with this one at pet stores
    where they purposely tempt you with items at nose level.)

Here are a few of my favorite two-legger shops that allow us four-leggers

Nordstrom @ the Grove
189 The Grove Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 930-2230
Store Hours
Mon-Thu 10am-9pm
Fri-Sat 10am-10pm
Sun 11am-8pm

Kiehl’s @ the Grove
189 The Grove Dr  
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 965-0569
Hours:
Monday – Friday: 10AM – 9PM
Saturday: 10AM – 8PM
Sunday: 10AM – 8PM

They have pampered pet products as well:
Spray-N-Play Cleansing Spritz: For a fresh, clean dog in seconds
Cuddly-Coat Grooming Shampoo: For a clean, sweet-smelling dog
Cuddly-Coat Conditioning Rinse: For a deep conditioning of dogs’ coat and skin

Bloomingdales @ the Beverly Center‎
8500 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(310) 360-2700
Hours:
Monday-Saturday    10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday    12:00–7:00 pm

Sephora @ Hollywood & Highland
6801 Hollywood Blvd,
Hollywood, CA 90028
(323) 462-6898
Hours:
Monday-Sunday 9AM-10PM

Origins @ Century City Shopping Center
10250 Santa Monica Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(310) 772-0272

The Gap @ Century City Shopping Center
10250 Santa Monica Blvd,
Los Angeles, CA 90067
310-556-1080

FYI if you go to Century City and are a “Petite Pooche”
you MUST drag your two-legger to the
Westfield Century City Small Dog Park*
10250 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90067
*****’dogpark’ for muchkins no taller than 12 inches

Anthropologie
211 S Beverly Dr,
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(310) 385-7390
Hours:
Monday-Saturday    10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Sunday    10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Williams-Sonoma
339 N Beverly Dr,
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone:(310) 274-9127
Hours:
Monday-Saturday    10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Sunday    11:00 am – 6:00 pm
 
Tiffany & Company
210 N Rodeo Dr,
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone:(310) 273-8880
Hours:
Monday-Saturday    10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Sunday    11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Hermes
434 N Rodeo Dr
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone (310) 278-6440
Hours:
Mon-Sat 10 am – 6 pm

Dolce & Gabbana
312 N Rodeo Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone:(310) 888-8701
Hours:
Monday-Saturday    10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sunday    12:00–5:00 pm

Video West
805 Larrabee St,
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Hours:
Monday-Sunday 10:00 am – 12:00 am

Here is a list of movies I suggest watching with your best four-legged friend:
Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
two-legger actor(s): Richard Gere, Joan Allen, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Sarah Roemer, Jason Alexander
four-legger actor(s): Chico, Layla and Forrest
PLOT: True story of a four-letter who changes a two-leggers life.

Turner and Hooch
two-legger actor(s): Tom Hanks & Mare Winningham
four-legger actor(s): Beasley the Dog
PLOT: A two-legger cop needs the help of a four-legger to solve a murder.

Beethoven
two-legger actor(s):  Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Dean Jones, Nicholle Tom
four-legger actor(s): Chris the slobberer
PLOT: A pet store robbery turns into a family-legged comedy.

Marley & Me
two-legger actor(s):  Owen Wilson & Jennifer Aniston, Eric Dane, Kathleen Turner
four-legger actor(s): There were 18-22 four-leggers playing this role
PLOT: A life journey of a lovable, laughable and loyal Lab.

My Dog Skip
two-legger actor(s): Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane and Kevin Bacon
four-legger actor(s): Enzo the Dog & Moose
PLOT: A birthday present that is a wagging good tale.

A small dog’s POV

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bell ringing, dog frisbee, Dog POV, dog sling, dog sticks, dog training, Dog treats, dog tricks, dogs in cars, sassypup, Small Dog, ZoomRoom Hollywood

I have a bone to pick when it comes to size. I see all the other dogs with their two-leggers doing some astonishing things…

carrying large sticks they find on their walks, jumping in the air catching round flying objects, hanging out car windows with their ears flying and jowls flapping in the wind… it just gets my muzzle twitching green with envy. I am a big girl, in a few months I will be one year old and it finally dawned on me that I might never grow any larger than my current stature. I only weigh in at 4.5lbs and all the other four-leggers in my tricks classes are taller than me…even the puppies!

Speaking of my tricks class…woof… I learned a very useful trick…
the ringing of a bell.

Service Please!

It seems as if this little bell is a service bell that when you ring it, people bring you lots and lots of treats.  What a joy, now I must find a way to take this bell home with us. If I was a larger dog I would just put it in my mouth and carry it out with us to the car.  But no, I am small and must hope that my people decide to give me one of these pretty bells for my birthday. It is so frustrating to be so small.

As I close my little blog today I think of all the privileges I get as a petite pup. I often get to ride in a  dog sling purse…you can get your own at sassypup. This purse sometimes gets me into places that the larger dogs can not go. Hmmm it’s not bad being small. Today’s thought… “Be happy for who you are, it makes you unique.”

Learning Tricks

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dog training, dog tricks, hollywood, puppy training classes, Zoomroom

I have embarked on a new class at the ZoomRoom called Tricks. I am excited to learn something new. Unfortunately the air conditioner was broken during our first class and it was very difficult to focus on new tricks let alone meet new people and their pets. It was a sauna in there. I am panting just thinking about it now. Everyone is much more advanced than myself, but I plan on practicing my sit pretty and wave this week so that I can move on to new tricks the other dogs were doing.

Just in case you might like to learn a few new tricks I will be giving you some tips on how I learn these fun tricks. All my tricks are learned under adult two legged supervision with positive training. You can read up on positive training from one of our favorite TV persona. Victoria Stilwell.

1. Sit Pretty.
This is one of my two legged people’s favorite tricks because I have to concentrate so hard that I often stick my tongue out while performing this trick. First have your two legged pal get one of your favorite treats, (I prefer ziwipeak treats). Sit in front of them. They will move their hand with the treat towards you, just above your head… but not too high. They say the magic words “sit pretty” and up I go, everyone smiles at this trick. It took a lot of patience and quite a few tries to get the trick right but it is a crowd-pleaser that I hope you try. (If you click on my photo you can see me in action)

Sadie Sitting Pretty

2. Down.
I hate to admit this, but this was a very hard trick for me to learn. I knew sit, I learned sit pretty but down was just puzzling to me. I will explain how my two legged people finally got me to learn “down”. They had to sit with me and pay a lot of attention to my body language. We would do a few tricks which I would be rewarded for with lots of praise and sometimes a treat and in-between tricks they would say “down” and bring the treat to the ground. This didn’t work too well but then I would tire and they would praise me and repeat the word “down” it only took me a few times to realize that down meant laying on the floor. Odd trick but it really makes the two-leggers happy.

3. Bang. (This is what my people call it) some people call this “play dead”
Once I mastered “down” we started giving treats for the word “bang” which, honestly, I think is all about having one’s tummy rubbed.

I will be posting more later as my teacher at the ZoomRoom is going to try to teach me how to ring a bell. I plan on spending hours with my people learning these fun tricks.