Happy New Years

Me and Bugs wants to wish everyone a Very Happy New Year for 2007. (Me birthday is 3 months away)

Mommy and Daddy is going to our friends house in the mountains for the usual New Year's Eve party. Thems tooked me last year and thems is taking me and Bugs this year too cause we was invited to go with them. Me is sure there will be lots of stories to tell tomorrow.


HAPPY NEW YEARS

Murphy and Bugs

A Puppy’s Twelve Days of Christmas

A Puppy’s Twelve Days of Christmas

On the first day of Christmas my puppy gave to me:
The Santa topper from the Christmas tree
On the second day of Christmas my puppy gave to me:
Two leaking bubble lights
And the Santa topper from the Christmas tree
On the third day of Christmas my puppy gave to me:
Three punctured ornaments
Two leaking bubble lights
And the Santa topper from the Christmas tree
On the fourth day of Christmas my puppy gave to me:
Four broken window candles
Three punctured ornaments
Two leaking bubble lights
And the Santa topper from the Christmas tree
On the fifth day of Christmas my puppy gave to me:
Five chewed-up stockings
Four broken window candles
Three punctured ornaments
Two leaking bubble lights
And the Santa topper from the Christmas tree
On the sixth day of Christmas my puppy gave to me:
Six yards of soggy ribbon
Five chewed-up stockings
Four broken window candles
Three punctured ornaments
Two leaking bubble lights
And the Santa topper from the Christmas tree
On the seventh day of Christmas my puppy gave to me:
Seven scraps of wrapping paper
Six yards of soggy ribbon
Five chewed-up stockings
Four broken window candles
Three punctured ornaments
Two leaking bubble lights
And the Santa topper from the Christmas tree
On the eight day of Christmas my puppy gave to me:
Eight tiny reindeer fragments
Seven scraps of wrapping paper
Six yards of soggy ribbon
Five chewed-up stockings
Four broken window candles
Three punctured ornaments
Two leaking bubble lights
And the Santa topper from the Christmas tree
On the ninth day of Christmas my puppy gave to me:
My wreath in nine pieces
Eight tiny reindeer fragments
Seven scraps of wrapping paper
Six yards of soggy ribbon
Five chewed-up stockings
Four broken window candles
Three punctured ornaments
Two leaking bubble lights
And the Santa topper from the Christmas tree
On the tenth day of Christmas my puppy gave to me:
Ten Christmas cards I shoulda mailed
My wreath in nine pieces
Eight tiny reindeer fragments
Seven scraps of wrapping paper
Six yards of soggy ribbon
Five chewed-up stockings
Four broken window candles
Three punctured ornaments
Two leaking bubble lights
And the Santa topper from the Christmas tree
On the eleventh day of Christmas my puppy gave to me:
Eleven unwrapped presents
Ten Christmas cards I shoulda mailed
My wreath in nine pieces
Eight tiny reindeer fragments
Seven scraps of wrapping paper
Six yards of soggy ribbon
Five chewed-up stockings
Four broken window candles
Three punctured ornaments
Two leaking bubble lights
And the Santa topper from the Christmas tree
On the twelfth day of Christmas my puppy gave to me:
A dozen puppy kisses
And I forgot all about the other eleven days

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

Mommy saw this on a Boxer forum and wanted to share ...

~'Twas the Night Before Christmas~~

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except a wild-eyed Boxer named Mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, not knowing the fawn and furry Boxer would soon be there.

The Lab and kitty cat were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of secret treasures danced in the Boxer's head. And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap, had no idea the Boxer was getting ready to pull all of this crap.

When downstairs I heard such a clatter, I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter. Down the stairs I flew like a flash, but the Boxer had already tore open the presents and was having a bash.

He lay there proud of himself as he chewed the fake snow, I looked back down at the damage below. When, what to my tired eyes should appear, but the Boxer had decided to get up and eat our plastic reindeer.

With a hint of innocence, he was so lively and quick, I thought it was a dream and gave myself a prick. More rapid than a bear, his terror had already came, and I shouted and called him a few choice names.

"Now, Mouse! ... I asked him to listen, but off he went! Around the house I chased him until I was totally bent! To the top of the stairs! Around the wall! He dashed away, dashed away ... like he was laughing at us all!

His eyes full of joy-- how they twinkled! How merry! His cheeks puffed out from the mouth full of paper, me so mad I turned red like a cherry! The drool from his mouth dripped down in a steady flow, and his chin white with toy stuffing looked like snow.

The ornament he held tight in his teeth, was just a preview of the damage as he tore down the wreath. Glancing up into the kitchen I saw the eaten Santa doll with the little round belly, he even ate our Christmas grape jelly!

It was just so much to take in, a right jolly night itself, and I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself. With a wink of his eye and a twist of his head, soon let me to know I had a lot more to dread.

He barked not a sound, but went straight to his work, ripped down all the stockings ...with one jerk, and laying his paw aside his nose, giving a nod, up the tree he rose

He tore down the tree, making a sound almost like a whistle, and down it came, breaking our crystal. But I heard him exclaim, ere he ran out of sight ..."WOO, WOO, WOO TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOODNIGHT!"

Merry Christmas Everybody

Christmas Eve

It's Christmas Eve everbody and that means Santa will come to night. We only has to be good a little bit longer. Notice there is NO packages or presents under this tree. Santa please, please, please be sure to leave me and the little Doodlebug some presents under this tree tonight. WE has been very, very good.

Boy did we just have some big fun!!! There is too much snow to go to tha dog park and we couldn't find a parking place anyway so instead Mommy thought it might be nice if hers and Daddy tooked us to the ball field just up the street from our house to play. Hers said that even though we wasn't going very far, we dogs would think we was going some where and be happy. Know what? Hers was right!! Come on Daddy lets go play in tha snow.

We ran all over that ball field, well actually we bunny hopped at first until we could get some tracks laid down to run in. Bugs was doing a really good job of keeping up too. Hims little legs is getting longer and longer all of tha time.

Below is me sled dog impersonation. All me needed was a harness and a sled to pull.

Just look at us run through tha snow. This is hard work for a Boxer pup and a great Dane pup.

We was sure worn out after this play time in tha snow. It's time to nap in a sunbeam and wait for Santa.

Merry Chrismas Everybody

Murphy and Bugs

Blizzard Update

This is a miracle. We woked up from our nap and the snow had stopped and the sun had come out!!! We puppies are going out side to make a snow race track to run around on. Cause me is tha biggest, me has to break tha track in tha snow. And you know that Mommy took more pictures of us playing in tha snow.

Here comes Bugs. Hims is racing around our new snow track.

This snow is really good.

It's Really, Really Deep

You would not believe what we saw when we woke up this morning. MORE SNOW!!!! Yep, that's right, more snow. This is what our back yard looks like. Isn't it just beautiful?? We just loves all this snow.

It's so deep that it was up to me shoulders and covered up Bugs completely. Me has to hop like a bunny to get through this snow. If you look really, really close you can just see that little Doodlebug poking hims head up over tha snow. We is sorry tha picture is so dark but Mommy can't get it no lighter.

There is so much snow that it was sliding off of tha roof in tha front of our house. Mommy was afraid that it would pull the gutters down. Hers went out with tha shobel and knocked it down, but her tooked this picture first. Mommy's are funny like that. Thems just can't do something without having a picture of it.

If Daddy hadn't gone out and shobeled a path for us that little Bug would have been buried by tha snow. You can see in this picture that the snow is over hims little head. Daddy even shobeled us a path to get under tha Lilac bush where tha snow isn't so deep so we would have a place to go potty.

Daddy and Mommy both have been trying to dig thems trucks out of all of this mess. We have been helping by running, actually more like hopping up and down on the snow to help pack it down. Me would really like to go for a walk but Mommy says it would be to hard on her to have to try to walk in all this snow. Me guesses me understands cause it isn't easy for us to get around in either.

Since we is all safe and warm, hers thinks its a good idea to follow Daddy's example and take a nap. So that is what we is going to do. We just need to find tha blanket. Oh wait Daddy has tha other cover and doesn't want to share it with hims boys.


Murphy and Bugs

Blizzard of 2006

Well this is something. There is only 5 days til Christmas and we is having a blizzard!!! This is good cause then Santa can bring tha reindeers and tha sleigh to deliver all tha presents to everybody.

It is snowing so hard that Mommy came home from work berry, berry early today. We are all sitting around watching the snow come down. Daddy had to go out side and shobel off tha back step so we would be able to get outside, which me and that little Bug is doing a lot of, going in and out that is. Hims has finally given up shobeling cause it keeps covering up what hims has cleared. Mommy even tooked some pictures. Thems is sort of dark even though hers had tha flash on and it was only 3:30 PM. Me quesses that's what happens when there is a blizzard.



Bugs keeps going in and out and in and out tha doggie door. Hims is just fascinated with all this snow. The snow right now is up to hims tummy. When this picture was taken it was almost to hims tummy.


Isn't that little Doodlebug cute runing to tha door with hims ears flopping? That 's about all you can see is hims ears.

Me thinks it's time to get on tha love seat and snuggle under me favorite blanket and take a long winters nap. We hopes all our dog friends in Colorado are safe and warm tonight.

Murphy and Bugs

Bugs is graduating

That little doolebug is graduating really fast from being crated during the day while our humans is gone and at night. This whole past week hims has sleeped in tha bedroom with us. Hims has hims own little bed on Daddy's side of tha bed but hims likes to sleep with me on me bed beside Mommy. This is okay cept for last night. Hims beated me up the steps and strechted out on me bed and tooked up all tha room. There was only one place left for me and that was on Daddy's side of tha bed and sleeping on Bugs bed. This wasn't too bad cause it's a brand new bed and all soft and fluffy. Me just needs to move it over to Mommy's side of tha bed.

Tha other way we can tell that little boy is growing up is hims got left out of tha crate for two hours with me to watch over him. Mommy and Daddy went shopping and Mommy thought it would be a good test for him and hims passed it too, thanks to me taking care of him. Mommy said because hims has me to learn from hims will be graduating to being out all of tha times a lot sooner than me did. Me didn't have nobody to help me learn tha rules so me had to earn tha privilege of being out of me crate alone a little at a time. My little bubba is a smart puppy though and hims is learning really fast, thanks to me.

Murphy

Bugs at tha dog park

We took Bugs to tha Chatfield Dog Park this morning for tha berry firstest time. Daddy was a teeny tiny bit worried that hims might not come back and sometimes hims didn't. Hims would get so distracted with all them other dogs and peoples that hims would forget to come when hims was called. Eberybody thoughts him was a really cute little fellow and wanted to know if me was hims Daddy. And one silly person asked if me was hims Mommy. Really peoples just look at me, do me looks like a girl?

Bugs followed me around all over tha place sniffing and sniffing. There is so many smells there at tha park. Come on Bugs, you just follow me. Me knows all the good places to smell things.

His was having a berry good time too until this other dog was sniffing him to much. Bugs didn't like it and cause me is a berry good big bubba, me had to step in and try to protect him. This was not a good thing for Mommy and Daddy cause the other dog wanted to fight back and Daddy had to pull me off of him. Thems scolded me too. All me was doing was being a good big bubba but me guesses this is not what me is suppose to do. Especially when me did it two more times. Mommy wants to ask the vet about this cause me has never been like this before.

Bugs got to meet Lassie. Me knows it was Lassie cause me has seen tha mobies hers has been in. Lassie Come Home is me berry favorite mobie. Of course when Mommy went to take tha picture thems turned thems heads.

After a while Daddy had to put that little Doodlebug back on hims leash cause hims just was way to excited to come when hims was called. Hims walks really good on a leash now.

Me needs to go take a nap now cause having all that fun is hard work. Bugs is already sleeping on tha libing room sofa.

Murphy

An injustice has been commited!!!!

Call the police! Get me a lawyer!!! Me has a civil suit for sure!!!

Me thought MY Daddy understood tha rules and the rules clearly state if hims is going to take any dog for a ride in hims truck, that dog would be me!!!! Apparently hims forgotted tha rules and took that silly little puppy for a ride in hims truck and lefted me all alone at home. "Murphy place", "Murphy stay", "Murphy guard tha house". Grrr, does him think that's tha only thing this Boxer pup is good for? Of course me will guard tha house, that's me job. Hims doesn't have to tell to dome job. Hims did need to take me along with him and Bugs for a truck ride.

When Mommy came home, me was soooo depressed me hardly had the energy to meet her at the door. Actually me wasn't really depressed but hers didn't know that and it was good for a really great dog treat. Me was planning to do tha same thing when Daddy got home to see if me could get another dog treat but me plan backfired. Me was so happy to see Bugsydoodle that me forgot to pretend to be depressed. Oh well, maybe next time.

Murphy

Weekends is tha bestest

Me's said it before but weekends is the bestest cause Mommy and Daddy is here all tha day long and we gets to play together. Now that Bugs is here too me has someone to play with all of the times. Yesterday we tooked Bugs with us to Bear Creek Park for hims firstest really long walk. Mommy and Daddy was really proud of him cause hims was behaving so well. Thems even let us both of tha leash to play in the snow a little. Daddy was a teeny bit worried that hims little bugaboo would not come back to him but Mommy said not to worry that as long as me would come when hers called that his little puppy would too.

When we got home Mommy had bought us both toys. Hers gave Bugs a stuffed hotdog

and me a stuffed hamburger but me wanted the hotdog not tha hamburger.

Me tried to take both of them but Mommy wouldn't let me. The only problem was that what ever toy me had Bugs wanted and if Mommy switched them then hims wanted the other one. Hers finally gave up and said we could figger it out. Me wanted the hotdog, no wait me wants the hamburger, no that's not it. Me wants them both and Bugs can't have none. We finally played keep away with both of them. This is tha bestest game to play with a little puppy cause me can run faster than Bugs and keep all tha toys away from him. Me likes this game a lot.

It's time for our early morning nap. Playing with this little doodlebug is really hard work. Maybe after we nap Mommy and Daddy will take us for another nice long walk.

Murphy

Two Weeks

We've had this little doodlebug for two weeks now and to tell you tha truth sometimes it feels like 2 years. Me loves having a little bubba (that's how thems calls brothers in TX) cause me has someone to play with but other times it's a pain in tha neck. Bugs wants to have all my toys and bones no matter what hims already has to play with. Okay so maybe me wants to have all hime toys and bones too but that's different. Me is the older puppy and should have all of tha toys and bones. It's only fair don't ya think? AND to make matters worse, Mommy won't let me have hims little stuffed toys cause hers says me will tear them up, and me would too. In fact me did get hold of Bugs little red lobster toy and runned outside with it and tore all of the stuffings out and then played keep away from Bugs.

Last night that little Bugs was playing with one of me toys and when me tried to take it away from him Mommy and Daddy gots mad and made me go to time out in me crate. Do you know what that little poopy head puppy did? Hims pranced all around me crate and stucked hims tongue out at me and made faces cause me was in the crate and hims was out. This is not fair! Just because me does that to him during the day while our peoples is gone to work don't mean hims can do it to me when me is in time out!

Most of tha time though it is fun, fun, fun to have that little guy around. We run in and out of that doggie door all of tha day when hims is loose from his crate. And we plays keep the kong for the bugs too. That's one of me favorite games cause hims isn't as fast as me and so hims can't catch me and get tha kong. Me didn't realize how lonely me was until hims came so me guesses it will be okay if hims wants to take me toys sometimes. Me really loves Bugs a lot and is happy hims is here.

Murphy

UH OH

This little bug sure did get himself into trouble this weekend. Hims eated Mommy's laptop cord right in half!! And you know what? Mommy didn't even get mad at him. Hers said it was hers fault cause hers should have been paying attention to what hims was doing when hims was laying there under her feets. Grrrr.......me don't get it. This is a very bad thing to do and me never ever did nothin like that. Then along comes this little doodle bug and in tha first week hims is living with us hims goes and eats Mommy's laptop cord right in two. Daddy was more upset about Bugs doing this than Mommy was. Hims says doing "doggie day care" is hard work and hims don't remember me being this high maintenance. That's cause me was a VERY good little boxer puppy and would never ever do nothing bad like that, especially with it being almost time for Christmas. Me told that little puppy that hims has to be good cause Santa is keeping track of all of these things.

Murphy

Taking Bugs to tha vet

Bugs has been with us for 5 days now and hims is learning lots of things. One of tha things hims learned about last night and today was snow. Bugs is a Texas dawg (that's how hims says dog) and hadn't never seen snow before. Hims thought it was big fun last night but this morning it was really deep and hims didn't like having to go potty in tha deep snow. Me don't blame him much cause me don't like it much either and me is much taller than hims is. Mommy even went outside and shoveled him a place to go but Bugs thinks this cold snowy weather if for tha birds or tha very least long haired dogs like huskys. Another thing him learned is to use the dog door and go outside when hims needs to potty even with all that deep snow on tha ground. Mommy and Daddy was very proud of him. Of course hims is just copying me his big brudder.

Me helped Mommy and Daddy take tha little doddle bug to tha vet tonight for a wellness checkup. My vet thought hims was a cute little fellow and said me was doing a really good job of putting him in his place when gets to bossy. Tha only thing was that hims got a lot of treats so hims would take hims pills and me only got a tiny itty bitty treat. We both got drops in our noses for kennel cough cause we is going to stay with tha vet this weekend. Bugs behaved himself like a good little boy just like me. Dr Morton thinks we is really good boys. So how come if me is such a good boy Bugs got more treats than me???

Murphy

Day 1

Having a little brudder is going to be fun, fun, fun. Mommy let me sleep in the spare bedroom with her cause hers didn't want us to be playing all night. Daddy thoughts hims would start teaching Bugs to sleep beside hims bed like me sleeps beside Mommy but that didn't work so Bugs had to spend the night in hims crate. Hims didn't seem to mind though, not like me did. Mommy and Daddy still laugh when they thinks about me going "Aaahhhwoooo" whenever thems would try to make me sleep in me crate.

This is how me and Bugs spended our very first day together. We played and played and played and in between playing Mommy putted that little boy in his crate so hers could have some peace and quiet. It was a good thing that Mommy decided to stay home today cause that way my little bug didn't have to spend hims whole day in hims crate. Mommy even thinks that before to long we will be able to play outside unsupervised. See how nice we is standing together?

Me has to go take a nap now cause all this playing is hard work and tires out a big boxer puppy.

Oh Mommy just got a picture of Tyson the boxer on Santa's knee. Her's says her will post it on me blog later but hers is tired too. Being a Mommy to two rowdy pups is hard work for her too.

Murphy

I'm a BIG BROTHER!!!

Thems is home!!! And they broughted a new little baby brother for me. Hims name is Bugs and hims is from Austin, TX. Hims is Great Dane/Boxer mix and is a blue merle coloring. Hims looks more like a great dane than a boxer me thinks. Mommy says hims is a Southern puppy and will probably say things like "ya'll" and "yehaw" cause that's how thems talks in TX. This is Bugs and Daddy meeting for the berry firstes time. Daddy even wore a shirt the same color as Bugs so thems would match. Hims has had a really tough life for a little guy only 4 months old. Hims was found wandering the streets of Austin with a big dog and was picked up by some really nice people at P.A.W.S. of Austin. There hims was put in a foster home until Mommy and Daddy saw hims picture on Petfinder.com and asked if thems could adopt him. They traveled for almost a thousand miles just to get him.







Mommy said that little fellow is a world class traveler too. Hims curled up in the back of the car and went right to sleep and would wake up to get water and go potty. Hims even got to spend the night in a motel. (grrrr........how comes me never got to spend the night in a motel?) Mommy said hims was really good there too and didn't have no accidents, although hims has had two already in Mommy's office since thems got home. That's Bugs in the motel room,







Me thinks having a little brother is going to be lots of fun. Me peoples putted him in the outside kennel at first soe we could sniff each other before we actually got introduced.








After we got used to the smell of each other thems let us out to play. We have played and played and played this afternoon. This little bug sure knows how to play like a boxer puppy. We've played so hard that me is tired. Isn't hims cute? Hims giving me great dane/boxer kisses.

Hims is a little pushy though, cause hims thinks hims can have all the toys and bones. Mommy says hers thinks that cause hims was on his own for a little while but she is sure we can work it out. Since me is the big brother, me has to show him who is in charge and how to be a good puppy. That's going to have to wait for another day cause me needs to go take a nap. Me is one tired boxer puppy.

Murphy.

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!!!

It's Thanksgiving again and we is just lazing around tha house watching football (and it's not even Sunday) and waiting for tha turkey to roast. We is also excited cause tomorrow is tha day that Mommy and Daddy goes to Austin, TX to gets me little brother Bugs. Mommy says me can't go cause it would be a little to much to have me along and a brand new baby. Me don't think this is very fair at all. Me wouldn't be any trouble at all and could help entertain the little Bug and keep hims out of trouble but thems isn't listening to me at all.

Me is a little scared about this new change. Me has been the only puppy in this house for a year and a half and me has had ALL of Mommy and Daddy's attention. Now me is going to have to share with this new comer. Mommy says hers will always love me the bestest cause me is her little puppy and Bugs is going to be Daddy's little puppy. Hers also said me shouldn't be worried cause Daddy will love me just as much as hims always has but hims will love hims baby too. Hers says thems has lots of love to give to two puppys but me is still worried about this. What if thems likes that new baby best? Me will be thinking about this while thems is gone and see if me can come up with a way to make sure thems doesn't forget thems has me.

Murphy who is going to be a big brother tomorrow.

More new family members

This is very exciting! Mommy's human sister Jeanne has a new baby hers rescued. It's a Brussels Griffon puppy named Spike. Hims just turned a year old with hims new Mommy.

Mommy thinks that Aunt Jeanne should get one of thems puppy pocketbooks to carry Spike around in but Aunt Jeanne says hims a "manly" kind of dog for such a little fellow and looks great in his harness and leash. We is inclined to agree that hims is a manly little fellow.

Can you tell hims Mommy thinks hims is the bee's knees??? Welcome to the Carroll family little Spike. "What is with Mommy's girl and her sister with them little dogs?"

Cousin Murhpy.

Me's getting a puppy!!!!!

Me thought something was going on around here and now me knows for sure. Last night Mommy and Daddy brought in another dog crate and set in tha opposite side of tha den from me crate. Now me already has a nice crate so me knew it wasn't for me. Thems said thems was preparing for a new baby in tha family.

This morning Daddy got up really, really early and went to tha Maxfund to interview for a puppy who's name was Doris. Things didn't go well cause hims and Doris didn't hit it off at all, BUT while hims was figgering out hers wasn't his puppy, hims got a phone call from some peoples in TX and guess what? We IS getting a new baby. Hims name is Bugs and is half boxer and half great dane. This is a picture of him from the PAWS website. As soon as me peoples gets him and takes some more pictures Mommy will post them.

Hims about 8-10 weeks old and is in a foster home in Austin, TX where Mommy and Daddy is going to go to get him. Thems is going over Thanksgiving Weekend. Me can't wait to meet him and teach him all the rules in the Boxer Union Box. Mommy said the right puppy for Daddy would show up when the time was right and that it was apparent that Doris wasn't the right puppy but Bugs is. Me is going to be the bestest big brother in the whole world for this little bug. Me just wishes me could go with thems to get this cute little puppy but Mommy said it's too far for me to travel right now.



Muprhy, who's going to be a big brother soon

This is Tyson

Well Mommy has finally gotten around to scanning in the pictures her human boy Rhett sended her of the little boxer puppy Tyson.

Thems pictures don't show Tyson's face cause Rhett said that silly baby wouldn't keep still. Hims kept moving around a lot like puppies do. From what you can see of little Tyson's face hims has a black muzzle like me but hims overall color is lighter than me. Rhett told Mommy that Tyson looks like me.

This other picture of Tyson and hims older brother Max shows him little boxer face a little bit better. Mommy said Tyson was sick with kennel cough and gave it to Max and her human girl Tara's dog Drew. Everybody's better now though but we was worried cause as you can see Max is an old gentleman and hims never been sick before.

Me may have some exciting news to share on Monday. Mommy and Daddy went and looked at a puppy today and thems may bring her home on Monday but that's all me knows for the time being. Cause Mommy and Daddy don't want me to worry to much about something that may not happen. Me will keep you posted cause inqurying minds want to know. Murphy

Hump Day

This has been quite a week so far and it's only Wednesday. Yesterday was Halloween and Mommy had a doggie visitor at her work place yesterday and it wasn't me!! This isn't fair but me will forgive Mommy cause it was me little friend Frogknot. Froggies Mommy tooked him trick or treating yesterday. Mommy says him has become a very brave little dog, not at all the fraidy cat hims was the last time hims came to her work. Her even took pictures of him in his little custome.

We have a new little puppy in tha family too. No, we haven't gotten a baby for us yet. Tha new puppy belongs to Mommy's human son Rhett. Hims and his girlfriend Carla adopted thems a little boxer puppy. They named it Tyson after tha boxer not tha chicken. Carla is sending some pictures and as soon as we gets them Mommy will post them here for everybody to see. We is still looking for a baby for us too. If anyone knows where we can find another puppy like me (Boxer/American Bulldog) let us know. Me peoples says thems is willing to travel some distance to find thems new baby.

Murphy

Estes Park

WE just got home from our weekend trip. Yep, me said we cause Mommy and Daddy tooked me along with them. Me was a little bit worried on Friday morninig when me saw thems suitcases and stuff coming downstairs and being put in tha living room. That stuff usually signals that thems is going away and me is going to tha kennel. Not this time, Me got to go too.

We all tooked off in tha truck, with me in the little space behind Mommy and Daddy. It was a tight fit but me didn't complain at all. Mommy even opened tha tiny little windows back there so me could sniff all tha new smells coming out way. We was going to a new place in tha mountains called Estes Park. Mommy says it's her favorite mountain town in Colorado. We was going to stay in a cabin that allow peoples to bring thems dogs. Only thing was tha dogs couldn't redecorate tha cabins. This is our cabin. Me wasn't real sure about this cause me could smell other dogs had been there and Mommy and Daddy was scared me would want to "mark" me territory.

Me peoples broughted me own little bed, toys and dishes so me would feel more comfortable. The only problem was the cabin was really tiny and close to tha road. There was no really safe place to take me for walks. Of course me peoples is very, very smart (that's the reason me chose them) and decided that maybe me would like to go for a ride into tha Rocky Mountain National Park and looks for Elks.

Tha ranger said for us to be careful and look out for Coyotes cause thems liked to stalk dogs. Mommy figgered me would think thems was just another dog and want to play so hers said not to worry thems would keep me on tha leash and close to thems.

Can you believe how deep this snow is? We was on Trail Ridge Road and couldn't go no farther cause thems had the road closed because of tha snow. If it was this deep all tha way up then we would have been covered up for sure. Me isn't no St Benard or Great Pyrnees so me wouldn't have been able to rescue me peoples from this stuff.

This is tha end of tha road. Me knows it's so cause the sign says Road Closed. Of course Mommy was being funny and snapped me picture while me was marking some snow. Well you just never know what other dog might come along and think that was hims clump of snow.

We didn't see no Elks in that park but there was some deers. Me was in tha truck when we saw thems. There was lots of Elk in Estes Park wandering around but Mommy didn't take pictures cause hers has lots of pictures of Elks from other trips to there.

After tha park we wented into Estes Park and walked around. Me was a very, very good boxer too!!. Me walked along the sidewalk with me peoples just as polite as you please. Me even did some window shopping. Mommy thought this was very funny cause me would stand up on me back feets and look into store windows. There was lots of peoples too and thems all wanted to pet me and tell me how handsome me was. The only thing me didn't like was the chriping noise that was going on every time we wanted to cross tha streets. We went back to tha cabin and me and Daddy tooked a nap cause we was really tired.

Mommy has added tha pictures to http://www.flickr.com/photos/83167452@N00/sets/72157594352788427/ if you wants to see them all.

Murphy

Catching Snowballs

It's snowing, it's snowing WOOF WOOF it's snowing!!!! And the bestest part about the snow is Mommy came home from work early cause of it. AND hers tooked me with her to go vote early and then to tha grocery store. Of course me had to wait in tha truck but that was okay cause me got to go with her.

Then we came home and went to tha ball field up tha street to play in tha snow. Mommy wanted to play fetch with snowballs. Now here's tha thing about playing catch with a snowball......when Mommy threw it would land right in tha snow and leave a hole and disappear. Me would stick me little boxer nose in that hole left by tha snowball and there was nothing there. Where did it go??? This happened every time her throwed the snowball, me would go running after it and find where it had it tha ground and stick me nose in that ole hole but no snow ball. Me couldn't figure it out but Mommy thought it was very funny and laughed everytime me would stick me little nose in those holes looking for snowballs. And that's not all, when hers would throw those snowballs for me to catch in me little boxer mouth thems would melt right away. Now me don't think this is so funny even if Mommy does. thank goodness hers didn't have the camera thingy or hers would have taken pictures to post here for everybody to see.

Murphy

Big Snow Coming

Batten down tha hatches, what ever that means, cause a big snow storm is coming!!! At least that's what Mommy says. Me doesn't know how big a "big snow storm" really is but me can't wait!!! Me just loves tha snow!!! The other thing Mommy said was this, it's not going to interfer with us going away for tha weekend like it did for Mommy's birfday weekend. Now this is news to me!!! Were is "we" going and does this include yours truly????

Me did notice that my little suitcase is packed and sitting next to tha box that Mommy packs when hers and Daddy is going away for tha weekend. Of course this usually means me is going to tha kennel and thems is going away. But, hers did say "us" so maybe this means Murphy too. But me doesn't have any idea of where we could be going that a "big snow storm" wouldn't stop us. Me better go sit real close to Mommy and see if me can find out anymore about where "us" is going and if "us" includes this little boxer puppy.

Murphy

Mommy's Day Off

Me loves it when Mommy takes the day off, like hers did yesterday, cause it means hers is going to stay home and play with me. Hers tooked me to me favorite park yesterday, after me worried hers into it, and we had tha bestest time. It was a beautiful fall day and me runned all over tha place to sniff all the smells. Me likes going during tha week cause there isn't so many dogs to meet .

Me made a new friend too. Hims was a puppy like me only BIGGER. Mommy said hims was a Neapolitan Mastiff. Hers even took pictures of us introducing ourselves to each other and playing together. See how big hims is! Hims makes me look little. Mommy said that this dog had some growing to do and more weight to gain.

Hims played like a boxer though cause hims was a rough as me and we had tha bestest time till Mommy said it was time to go.

It snowed last night so maybe we can go to tha park again today. Me is sure the smells will be different today. Hint hint

Murphy