Big OOPS

This is one remorsful boxer pup. Me almost made a horrible mistake this morning but in me defense (and me may need a lawyer for this one) me was still sleepy and didn't know what me was doing. Really, it's tha truth.

See last night Mommy wented into tha spare bedroom to sleep like hers does sometimes when Daddy is snoring. (Hims does the same thing when Mommy is snoring although me has never ever heard Mommy snore) When ever hers goes into the spare bedroom to sleep me goes to cause me knows me gets to sleep in tha bed with her. Me is really happy to say that me has learned that me spot in tha bed is at the bottom and to the left of Mommy's feet, this way me doesn't get thrown out of tha bed for crowding her. Anyway this is what happened.

Me really didn't mean to, see me is not a morning dog and wasn't wide awake yet. Me wouldn't never ever have done what me did had me been wide awake but me thought Daddy was a burglar coming into that room and when hims turned on the light it blinded me and me couldnt' see who hims was. His hand smelled like Daddy's hand but it could have been a burlar in a "Daddy" suit and me is sworn under the "Boxer Protection Oath" to protect me family. Me would have protected Daddy the same way if me thought someone was after him.

It was really, really early in tha morning. The sun hadn't even come up for goodness sakes!! (Me can't figure out why me peoples will get up in tha dark all week long and then sleep until after that ole sun rises on the weekend. It doesn't make good dog sense to me) The alarm must of gone off in the room where Daddy was cause hims came in and turned on the light in tha spare bedroom. Me was really very sleepy but me got up and laid across Mommy and licked her face. Daddy reached down to get me off of Mommy but her stopped him cause hers didn't want to get scratched by me toe nails. Then it happened. Grrrrrr.........Mommy said "Did Murphy just growl at you?" and Daddy said yes hims did. Mommy figured it was cause me was still sleepy but me growles again....Grrrrrr. Daddy reached hims hand out for me to sniff which me did and hims thought everything was okay and wented to pet me and me growled again and bared me teeth and snapped at him. Mommy grabbed me by the collar and told Daddy to get out of the room cause hers didn't think me was awake enough to realize what was going on.

Me spended the rest of the day being really embarrassed and ashamed of meself. Me really didn't mean to growl and snap at me Daddy. Now hims is a bit wary of me and me doesn't want him to be. Me has to think of a way to make this up to Daddy. Me is so very sorry to have scared him like that. It scared me too.

Daddy your boxer boy is really, really sorry. Hims didn't mean to scare you.



Murphy

Another Sad Day

It is another sad day here. Today Daddy had to take hims kitty Diamond Lil to the hospital cause hers was really sick and hims had the Doctor put her to sleep. Lil was 17 years old and had been sick with an over active thyroid for a long time. Today hers just couldn't go on any more.

Mommy said when hers first met Lil that hers was a scaredy cat and didn't want no body to touch her. Mommy helped Lil stop being a scaredy cat and the last few years Lil would come out of hiding when there was peoples in tha house. In fact Lil wasn't really afraid of me either. Hers would jump up on the love seat and walk right by me and meow at me. Me thinks Daddy thought her was scared of me but it was really a game we played.

Me knows that me Daddy is going to miss her a lots and so is her bother Smoke. This is two of our kittys that have crossed the Rainbow Bridge. At least now Miss Pitty Pat has someone to keep her company and to play with.

Murphy

The Murphy Mug

Well this is an insult!!! Me peoples went to a cookout and lefted me at home. The worst part was this was a cookout with peoples from me fan club from the camping trip. Me peoples didn't even tell me about it till thems got home and then thems said "Murphy look, here's a Murphy Cup".


Me friends Marc and Molly made this special cup and gave it to Mommy and Daddy to bring home to me. Mommy said it can be me offical camping mug. That means me can have Mommy fill this mug up with dog treats and when we goes camping peoples can give me treats if thems doesn't have any on hand. Me thinks this is very good idea.



Mommy also said me has to send a thank you note to Molly and Marc for the very nice present, so here goes.

Dear Marc and Molly (and Shandara too cause me thinks her is really cute),

Thank yous for the nice "Murphy Cup". Me is going to use it to carry dog treats in when me goes camping. That way peoples will have something to give me if thems doesn't have a treat for dogs. Not ebrebody has dog treats on hand so this will be perfest. Mommy thought about making me carry it on me collar but me doesn't think this will work so hers will have to carry it.

Murphy

This is what happens when you let your peoples have them camera thingys.

Me Daddy thought me looked really cute laying with me big ole head on the back stoop. Mommy even helped by telling him where that camera thingy was and to be sure to turn it on upstairs so I wouldn't hear the sound it makes.

A dog can't even rest his head without hims peoples taking pictures. Me beats thems wouldn't like it if me could use the camera and take pictures of them and post them.

Murphy

Sunday Morning is tha Bestest

Woof me is one tired puppy. Me is too tired to type so me is dictating for Mommy to type.

Me wanted to go for a walk this morning and was worring me peoples to take me and boy did thems ever take me for a walk. We wented to Chatfield Park to the wide open, unfenced, off leash dog park in tha woods. There is all kinds of dogs running loose there and thems was pretty friendly too. And the smells to sniff. Me little boxer nose is just full up with new smells.



Can you beleive this........there is water all over tha place.








This is me and an older boxer me met on the path. Hims was quite an nice gentle boxer. Mom says one day me will look like that. Hummm me don't want to get gray.












This is me making new friends at tha lake. There was a whole lot of sniffing going on here. These dogs all loved playing in tha water berry berry much.
Ebreybody was playing in tha water. Me can't wait to go back again. Maybe me peoples will take me back this coming weekend.

PS this is a late post and me did get to go back again on Monday. Mommy tooked tha day off and we went back only this time hers didn't take no camera.

Murphy

Saturday afternoon

It's saturday again and it's raining!!!! This seems to be a habit that ole Mother Nature has developed. Fortunately me was able to get a nice walk in this morning. One of the bestest things that came from me going to camping with me peoples was getting thems to trust me off leash. This had carried over to eberyday life. When Mommy tooked me for a walk this morning her let me do it off leash, well actually what hers does is loop me leash through me collar like a harness so if her needs to get hold of it hers can. Anyways we wented on tha bestest walk this morning. Me got to run a little bit ahead of her to sniff all the smells and just be a dog. Me is sooooo glad me was a good boy while we was camping cause it sure has paid off. In fact me peoples thought me was soooooo good they is taking me camping again for Mommy's birthday.

Time to go take a nap on tha loveseat. With all this rain that's about all me can do.

Murphy

More camping stories

Mommy's been really, really busy trying to up load all of tha pictures form tha camping trip. So while hers is working on that bery important job me will write somemore about tha camping trip.

Me discovered that there is something that makes a lot of noise that really scares me!!! Nope it's not thunder or fire crackers or gun shots. It's even worse than that. Tarps!!! Tarps is scarey things when tha wind gets to blowing. All of tha humans in our camp had this big ole tarp over tha sitting/eating area to protect them form the sun and tha rain. This was a good thing mostly except when it's storming and tha wind is blowing that ole tarp up and down. Me thought it was going to get me for sure. Me now knows how me little friend Cassie feels.


Here is tha link to tha pictures. Mommy hasn't got them all loaded yet cause her used up her all loading time for tha month. Her's will add tha rest later.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/83167452@N00/sets/72157594241210451/


Murphy

Party Dog - Part one of tha camping trip story

Hi Eberybody!!! Me is back from me very first camping trip. Mommy thought it would be funny to have tha first picture of tha camping trip showing me with a vodka bottle. Hers said it would look like me was drinking Mangotini's like eberybody else. Only thing is, this is just a picture. Me didn't get no Mangotinis. Mommy is just pretending.

Camping is lots and lots of fun except when it's raining. You gets to lay in tha camp chairs and eat all of tha lefted over food that your peoples and thems friends don't eat. The very bestest part of camping is when me peoples letted me off of me leash and chain and let me roam around free. Me chased squirrels, chimpmunks and crickets. Me did discover there is one thing me is a little be afraid of and that's when tha wind gets up and blows tha plastic thing over tha camp up and down. It makes a horrible sound that really scared me.

Mommy and Daddy tooked me for lots of long walks and me made new friends. Thems even would come to get me and take me for walks. Mommy said me had me very own fan club. This is a picture of them.

Me even learned about swiming in a lake and fetching sticks from tha water. Did you know you can lap and lap and lap and you just can't drink all of tha water in a lake?

There's lots more to tell, but me has to go sniff tha back yard so tha rest of tha story will have to wait.

Murphy

Not going to be left behind

Woof Woof (that's boxer for whoo hoo) today is tha day and me is making sure me is not going to be left behind. We is going camping today. Me is being tha good "Supervisor Puppy" and making sure things is loaded just right so there is room for a boxer to go along.

Me figured to be on tha safe side me would get in tha front seat so me is sure to go along!!!

I'll be back in a week ebreybody!!! Come on peoples lets go!!!!

Murphy who is off to tha mountains for a camping adventure.

Count down

Me is counting down tha days till we goes camping. Me is just wiggling all over with excitement cause we is leaving on Saturday to go to tha mountains and camp. As everybody knows, me has never been camping before so this is almost more excitement than me can stand. Me little bag is packed with food, toys, waste bags, leash and best of all Mommy has some bones in the freezer for me. Me is going to sneak Mommy's camera and take some pictures of me peoples loading up tha truck to leave. So stay tuned......cause thems has all kinds of things in an area thems calls the "staging area" and these things goes in the truck along with thems bags and me little bag.

Murphy