Visit to tha Vet

Mommy had to take me to the vet on Friday cause me had another spot on me forehead that was turning into something nasty. When me was just a little fellow of 4 months, me had a spot come up on me forehead just like this one and by the time Mommy realized it was a problem the spot had developed into an oozing sore. This time Mommy, cause hers is a really good Mommy, recognized what it was and got me to tha vet right away.

The last time me was at the vet me was not such a good boy and had scared the new lady vet. It wasn't really me fault cause hers backed me into the corner to try and look in me mouth. Me didn't really care for that and grumbled at her to let her know. Me guesses that when big boys like me grumble at peoples it scares them cause that lady vet sure did jump back and Mommy fussed at me. This time was different.

This time it was tha same lady vet, her didn't remember the incident thank goodness, and Mommy told her me was very excited and anxious and that when me gets like that, particularly in tight spaces, me can get a bit grumpy and nippy. The lady vet was glad Mommy told her this and told Mommy that us bigger dogs can get like that in tight spaces. Since this seemed like the right thing to do, the lady vet tooked me into tha back where there was lots of room for me to move around in and that's where hers looked at me head. Me was such a good boy too! Hers looked at me head, into me mouth at me teeth, listened to me heart and lungs, looked in me ears, checked me eyes and me was the perfect gentleman tha whole time. Of course it helped that hers was bribing me with treats.

Hers brought me back and said Mommy was right it was the same as when me was a puppy and gave Mommy some pills for me to take for tha next two weeks and if thems worked her would give Mommy another weeks worth for me to take. GUESS WHAT!!! THEMS WORKED!!! On Saturday morning Mommy noticed the spot on me forehead wasn't as red looking, by yesterday morning it was just pink and this morning it's back to normal flesh colored. Yippee!!!!! Me is way to handsome a fellow to have scars lefted on me forehead from sores. Mommy says me has to finish me pills but that's okay cause hers puts them in pieces of hot dog (hers thinks hers hiding them from me) and pops them in me mouth. Bugs likes it too cause when Mommy throws me a piece of hot dog she also throws one to him too.

That's my last story for 2007. Stay tuned for more misadventures of me and Bugs E Doodle Esq.

Happy New Years!!!

Murphy and Bugs

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!!

We is having a white Christmas. There was only supposed to be snow flurries and we has about 4 inches on the ground and more falling. Me and Bugs has been outside playing in it.

Santa broughted us another wicker dog bed so now we both has one and this is a really good thing. Me got tired of having to think up new ways to trick Bugs and get hims out of tha dog bed. Life is good!

When Mommy takes pictures of tha snow we'll post them.

Merry Christmas Ebrebody

From Murph and Bugs

The house is changing!!

This has been tha most amazing week in tha lives of me and Bugs. Last weekend Mommy and Daddy had all of tha furnitures moved out of tha living room and dining room. Me and Bugs thought this was just tha greatest thing in tha world. It looked like Mommy and Daddy had finally decided we needed a big indoor play area cause we had all of tha room in tha world to play in them two rooms and boy did we play.

Then on Monday this strange man came to that house and hims was going to take out tha carpet and put in new floors. Daddy had us in our gated community rooms so we wouldn't bother tha man and hims also had tha man pet us so hims would see we wasn't nothing to be scare of and then Daddy lefted to go to work. Everything was fine until this strange man started making this funny thwacking noise and me didn't like it one little bit. Me disliked it so much me was jumping up on tha gate and barking at tha man. Of course hims got scared and called Daddy away from earning tha dog food to come home. Daddy called Mommy and told her hims was going to lock us outside in tha back yard. Mommy was concerned that we would be unhappy and try to get out of tha back yard so hers came home to be with us.

By tha end of tha day we had a whole new floor to play on. This was tha bestest floor cause me and Bugs could slide all over tha place. We really liked this new floor and thought it was going to stay like this without no furniture to clutter up our new play ground but nope it didn't stay that way.

First thing Mommy did was put up tha Christmas tree, cause it's almost Christmas and Santa needs a place to leave me and Bugs' presents. Then our peoples filled it up with furnitures again. Of course after we thougt about it we realized we needed our furniture back so we would have a place to sleep after we was through playing. Mommy says hers is glad she and Daddy could afford to buy us furniture to sleep on and a new floor to play on. We has to admit it does look much better although that new floor sure is hard on us puppies if we tries to lay on it.

Murphy

We didn't get no kitty

Mommy said it just wasn't meant to be. The little kitty we was going to call KaliLu didn't come to live with us. We isn't sure why, all we know is tha girl who was supposed to be bringing her didn't call Mommy or nothing. So no kitty for us.

Personally me is happy cause that would mean one more critter for me to have to share Mommy with. Don't get me wrong, me loves that ole Bugs a bunch, cept when hims is trying to steal my bone or hog all tha pets. Having a new baby kitty would mean Mommy was occupied with it and teaching it how to be a good house cat first class and that would mean less attention and pets for me.

Murphy

Our world is about to change!!

Mommy says me and Bugs E Doodle esq is about to have a great big change in our lives. Her says that if everything goes well, tomorrow evening we is going to have a new baby in tha house.

Hers is about to rescue a this little kitty. Hers is only 3 months old (the same age as when hers got me and Daddy got Bugs.) Mommy said this little girl, who is going to be named Miss Kali Lou, and her litter mates and parents was on the thems way to becoming test lab kitties in WY. The girl who rescued the kitty family drove from her home in Fort Collins CO to WY to save this kitty family. Miss Kali Lou has 4 brothers and mommy hopes thems finds good homes. Mommy said her would have take two of them, but hers was afraid it would have been way to much for Smoke.

This will be very interesting cause Bugs don't have no experience with kitties like me has. Sure we have Smoke but hims is 18 years old and says down in tha storage room or Daddy's office and is scared of us. Me had grew up with Miss Pitty Pat but it's been a year since me has had any kitty experiences either so me hopes me remembers how to act with a kitty, especially a little kitty. Me will keep you posted (arf arf arf me made a funny) on how this turns out.

Murphy

HAPPY TURKEY DAY EVERBODY!!!!!

Me and Bugs hopes everbody is enjoying them some turkey. We don't got no turkey at our house. Nope we is having duck instead of turkey this year. It smells really good too!!! We sure hopes Mommy don't forget to be thankful for us dogs and give us some of that good smelling duck.

Me and Bugs is really thankful today cause we have a really warm house, soft beds and lots of food to eat. We is also thankful for Mommy and Daddy. Thems is the bestest humans in tha world. Bugs is thankful that hims was adopted by them and me is thankful for that too. Monday is Bugs' "Gotcha Day". Hims has been living here with us for a whole year. Remember when Bugs was so little hims could stand underneath of me???


Well hims sure can't do that no more!!! That little puppy has grown and grown. Him and me is tha same size now only me is heavier than Bugs. Mommy's just thankful hims didn't take after the Great Dane side of hims family and get really, really big. Daddy says hims is just an average Dane.

So there are just some of tha things we is thankful for this weekend.

Murphy (who is berry berry happy to have a Bugs)

Our Peoples went to TX and left us with a dog sitter!

Yep, the humans tooked off to TX to see Auntie Margaret and Uncle Bob and lefted us at home with dog sitters. This wasn't really to bad cause me and Bugs got to stay in our own house and sleep in our own beds. The bestest part was we had some nice people who stayed with us and tooked berry good care of us. Mike even stayed with us some during tha day so we was hardly lonely at all, but we did miss our peoples a lot. Julia was great cause she was short and down to our level. We could get right in her face and give her kisses. We was good boys though cause thems knew our commands and would use them if we got to unruly. Julia even told Mommy what good boys we was and how well behaved we was. If we has to be lefted behind this is tha way to do it! No kennels or doggie hotels, nope just stay in tha comfort of our own house with all of our things is tha only way to go.

Thems even brought thems dog Sahara over to play with us! Sahara is BEAUTIFUL too!!! Me has decided that Sahara is me girlfriend cause me is the oldest dog and should have a girlfriend. Bugs is still a baby and don't know nothing about girls even though hims tried to steal her attention away for me. Anyway Sahara is an Austrailian Shepard and is marked kinda like Bugs, which is probably why hims thought she would be hims girlfriend. WRONG! The only problem is our sitters only broughted her over to play once and me wanted to see her every day after me met her. That's how it is when you is in puppy love. Maybe now that our peoples is back Sahara can come over and play again.

Murphy who is love struck!

First snow for this winter

We can't believe it!! Yesterday me and Bugs E Doodle esq was running and playing at tha state park with our peoples and it was really warm. Today, it's snowing and cold!! What tha heck happened to fall! We isn't ready for no ole man winter and as much as we likes snow it's way to soon. Mommy was pretty sure we wouldn't have no snow cause Daddy boughted a snow blower, what ever that is. Me can't figger out why somebody would want to blow snow.......but there ya have it, Daddy has a snow blower.

We is getting a baby sitter for next weekend. Our peoples is going to Houston TX to visit Auntie Margaret and Uncle Bob for tha weekend and thems isn't taking us, which isn't fair if you ask me. Anyway, our baby sitter is someone who works with mommy and she, her husband and thems little boy is going to stay with me and Bugs for tha weekend. This should be berry interesing! Are we going to be good boys and do what our baby sitter says or are we going to do what we wants to do and be bad boys......more to come on this story.


Bugs who is going to lay by the toasty fire.

Hi Ya'll

This chere is Bugs and I wanted to dispell ya'll of the myth that my big bubba Murphy has been posting on this chere blog. Bubba Murphy don't have no clue that I'm about to take control of this chere keyboard with my little paws but I am and it's about time too! Cause ya'll see it' like this chere, me being a good ole dog from Texas, I have to stand up for myself cause ya'll know that bubba Murphy has a way of spinning a yarn and making it sound for real.

Take for instance that there yarn he spun a while back about me stealing my ma's reading spectacles. He had ya'll believing that I was just pure d mean and I'm not like that at all. See this chere is what happened. Pops left some of that there US Mail on tha counter in tha kitchen and I could have sworn there was some up there address to me, Mr Bugs E Doodle esq. and well ya'll can look at this chere picture of me and see my eyes aint what they should be, what with them there droopy eye lids. So I did what any self respecting pup would do, I went looking for them reading spectacles that ma leaves setting around all of the time. I found them things in tha den and scooped them up in my mouth along with tha piece of US Mail I thought was address to me and took it on out tha dog door into tha back yard where there were plenty of sunlight. I tired to get them there glasses on my snout but every time I did them things dropped right to tha ground. Do ya'll know how hard it is to try to pick them things up when ya don't have opposing thumbs? Yeah, I know, I have dew claws but them things is useless as them can be. Do ya see, in my attempt to ready my US Mail, my mouth crunchd down on them there reading spectacles and well ya'll saw tha picture bubba Murphy posted......it wasn't pretty at tall, but it was an assident.

Then there was tha time I dragged that cushion from tha sitting parlor out into tha back yard. All I wanted was a nice comfy spot to snooze in tha sun but no, Murphy had to pull his big bubba act and try to be tha boss of me. See if he hadn't grabbed holt to that cushion and tried to get it away from me tha stuffings wouldn't have never come out of it. See ya'll bubba Murphy aint as innocent as he would like ya'll to believe. He just has a way of looking really worried all tha time and it fools Ma and Pops into thinking he's tha good son when really if he wouldn't try to be tha boss of me and take things away form me none of these here assidents would ever happen.

So I'm hopin this here explanation helps clear up tha air for ya'll. Next time Bubba Murphy posts something for tha who world to read about me and it makes me sound like I aint up to no good, think to yourselves, "Is this something that sweet little southern pup would do? Or is it really Murphy trying to be tha boss of him?"

Bugs E Doodle esq

It was a dark and windy night

We traded traffic noise at tha campground for the sound of high winds in tha comfort of out own home. What is up with that?? All night long it sounded like a hurricane or tornado was passing through, not that me actually knows what a hurricane or tornado sounds like. Me and Bugs was up all night checking to make sure tha house was safe cause it was really scary sounding. Mommy couldn't sleep either cause hers was worried a tree was going to fall on us. Now that me thinks about it, this wind reminded me of tha wind that came up when was camping at Wellington Lake and it blew tha tarp thingys on tha old house on wheels. That was really scary and last night was just like that. Me thinks it's time to go take a doggy nap.

Murphy

Traveling Dogs

We is very lucky puppies!!! Our peoples has taken us all over tha place with them this summer. The reason me eben mentions this is because our little bully friend Baywee was complaining tha other day that her mommy went on some trips this summer and lefted her and her little brodder Frogknot at home. Baywee's mommie didn't think thems could behave. Me and Bugs don't always behave but me guesses that our mommie and daddy like having us with thems so much it don't matter.

We went camping again this weekend in our new house on wheels. Me was a little freaked out about the trip to tha camp site cause me could sense that Daddy was nerbous about driving the new house on wheels cause it is bigger than the old house on wheels. Let me show you tha difference. This summer we has been through 3 house on wheels. Tha first one was all packed up inside a box and had to be opened up and put together. It was really small inside and had hardly any room for us dogs. It's not tha bestest picture but you can see it was not berry big at all.

Then we gots tha next house on wheels. Me and Bugs thought we was in heaben with this one cause there was lots of places for us dogs to sleep and eberybody knows it's all about us puppies. You can see how much bigger tha outside is and inside was like being in a 5 star house on wheels for us puppies.

But Mommy and Daddy decided after a week of camping with us dogs, and for tha record we was only with them 3 days of that week, that tha house on wheels just wasn't big enough for all four of us. So when we came back from bacation thems started looking for a new house on wheels that was bigger and better. And ta da!!!!

We have a new house on wheels that's like a mansion inside!!! We tooked that new house on wheels camping to a new place this time. We wented to St Vrain State Park. It was a berry pretty park with a lake right outside our door. And there were trees across tha lake from us but we didn't have no trees.

What we did have was a bunch of noisy birds that fussed tha whole live long day and night!! AND on top of that we was near tha highway and it was busy all of tha time. Mommy didn't get no sleep cause it was so noisy with the highway sounds and them birds. Me thinks me told you before about tha bunk beds, well Mommy slepted on the one that was supposed to be mine cause hers and daddy snores and keeps each other awake so they slepted in to places. Me don't think her considers that thems snoring might keep me and Bugs awake and us having that bunk would have made all tha difference in tha world. Anyway eben though this place was pretty it was not a nice place cause of all tha noise so we packed up yesterday morning and came home.

.Me thought me was going to get to drive tha new house on wheels cause mommy was taking pictures of me sitting in tha drivers seat. Wouldn't that make you think it was going to be your turn to drive?? Nope, after thems got through taking tha pictures thems made me get in tha back. Thems said dogs can't drive. Well how do thems knows? Thems has neber give me a chance. Tha ride home was more relaxed cause daddy was relaxed at tha wheel so me could go to sleep on the sofa instead of trying to climb into mommy's lap like me did on the way to tha park. Me sure wishes me could relax like Bugs does on these trips, hims just goes right to sleep and leaves tha driving and that worrying to our peoples.

Murphy

Mommy's Heinz 57

We is back from Mommy's birthday trip and boy did we have a really good time!!! We stayed at this really cool cabin in tha mountains of Southern Colorado. Remember me told you it was a dog friendly cabin, well it can't get much dog friendlier than this. This place was so friendly that me and Bugs just felt right at home and sacked out on tha couch to take a nap.

In fact that's pretty much all we did was nap on Friday afternoon. It's hard on dogs having to be good on a trip and it sure wore us out. A puppy can never get to much rest. You neber know when you is going to have to defend your peoples for wild critters.

Bugs got lots of rest too that first evening. Although some of it hims rest was on tha floor cause me didn't want to share tha couch all of tha times with hims.

The only thing wrong with this cabin was there was no soft place to sleep at night when Mommy and Daddy went to bed. You can see from this picture that the floors was hard and our little beds was at home. Me and Bugs fixed this cause we eased into tha bed with Mommy to sleep and her let us too but first she had to be sure we was going to be good and not growl at Daddy in tha morning. We promised to be really good if hers would let us sleep with her this one time.

On Saturday we got into tha car and drove around looking at all of tha things to see. We went one place back off of tha road and there was some cows. Bugs and me had never seen cows before and there was some staring start at us. Bugs didn't like thems to much and barked at them. Of course we was safe from them cause we was in that car and that made Bugs a lot braver than if hims had been outside with them ole cows. Me and Bugs was real disappointed we didn't see no bears or lions. We heard Mommy and Daddy talking about us not going outside at night without them cause we was in bear country and all kinds of critters showed up at night. We didn't even smell none although Bugs swore that's what hims sniffed on tha deck. Me is pretty sure it was them dogs that came and visited every day from the people who owned tha cabin.

This weekend we is going camping for probably tha last time this year and we is taking tha new house on wheels too!!! We can't wait cause that one does have a bed me and Bugs can sleep in together if me lets him.

Murphy

Gone for tha weekend

Hello eberbody, We is going away this weekend to celebrate Mommy's Heinz 57. We is going to a lovely cabin in tha mountains. This is a picture of tha cabin from tha internet. We is lucky cause it is dog friendly and me and Bugs is friendly dogs so it should be a good fit. We'll have lots of stories to tell me is sure. Although me isn't real sure why Bugs is even getting to go!

That silly ole Bugs really and truly did it this time. Hims got Mommy's good glasses in hims sights and destroyed them. Actually it was hims mouth that destroyed the glasses. He's couldn't figger out how to get thems out of hims mouth and onto hims nose so hims could read the piece of mail hims took off tha counter. Hims said hims was sure there was a letter for him on tha counter but that hims couldn't read tha name so hims needed Mommy's glasses to be sure. Me told that silly puppy that eben with glasses hims couldn't read but hims insisted and you see what happened. Now Mommy has to go get new good glasses but hers wasn't real mad. Hers said this would just make her do what needed to be done a while a go. Humans sure are hard to figger out. Me was sure Bugs was going to get into BIG trouble over that one.

Murphy

Real names

Mommy made a very big discovery this weekend. Hers discovered that Bugs really has two names. Hims has his speaking name and hims real name and that is what mommy discovered this weekend. Bugs' real name.

Bugs is always getting into some sort of mischief no matter how hard me tries to keep him out of trouble. In fact most of tha times hims gets me into troubles right along with him. For instance, hims stole some mail off the counter and took it outside to read it and tore it up in tha process. Hims decided hims wanted to do some cooking and got a cookbook off of tha coffee table that Mommy borrowed from tha libarry and yep, you quessed it, he tore it up and left it out in tha ran. Thems is just some samples of tha mischief that little fellow gets into. Mommy usually laughs at him cause hims such a happy go lucky fellow and there isn't a mean bone in hims body.

Well Friday evening we was all at home, me and Mommy on tha sofa, Daddy in hims easy chair and Bugs in Mommy's chair when it came to her that Bugs' real name was Loki! Now me didn't know who Loki was until me did some research on Mommy's computer (hence the dirty paw prints) and this is what me learned. Loki is the Norse God of mischief and a trickster. Well that is Bugs a doodle alright a mischief maker and a trickster. So now we know hims real name is Loki and understand that little puppy better. Mommy says her thinks, that like Loki, hims will always be into something.

Now me is wondering if me has a real name that me peoples just hasn't discovered yet. If Bugs can have a real name of a mythical god them me wants one too. Hummm, thems is always saying me is handsome. Maybe me real name could be Adonis. Me will have to look into this and see if that would be a good real name for this very handsome boxer.

Murphy

Look at this

Our peoples loves us puppies so much that thems decided to get a larger house on wheels so we could be more comfortable. Hows that for being pampered pooches? This is the new house on wheels. Isn't it grand? After going camping last month for a week Mommy and Daddy decided that the old house on wheels wasn't large enough for thems and us. It was okay for a weekend but not for 10 days. Me and Bugs is inclined to agree with thems.

This house on wheels has a seperate sleeping area as well as an over that driver seat bed so our peoples don't have to put the sofa down to sleep on and thems has room to walk around. Us do to which is very good. When the sofa was laid out into a bed me and Bugs had no room to turn around. Now we do.

We hasn't been out on a trip in it yet, but we did get to go and check it out and sniff it really good. See this bunk bed? Me thinks this will be me bed. It's just right for a boxer. Me don't know where that Bugs a doodle is goine to sleep cause tha upper bunk is to big for hims to get on and me isn't sharing me bed.

We has to wait to on a camping trip until next month, whenever that is. Next weekend me, Bugs and Daddy is taking Mommy away to a cabin in tha mountains for her birthday. Bugs has never been to a cabin before but me has and it's fun!!!

Murphy

Rescue Puppy

Mommy's friend Kathy, who lives in Florida, has rescued this beautiful little 4 month old black pug. Hers already had one little pug she calls Sasha and now hers has gone and gotten Sasha a little sister. Isn't her so pretty. Unfortunately me doesn't know what her name is yet. Mommy says it should be Coco but her friend said that the poor little thing would think is't name was CocoNo. It sound to me as if this little girl might be tha bad daughter just like Bugs is tha bad son.

Happy Birthday Bugs

Two double cheeseburgers for Bugs

This is a little late but as me Mommy says, better late than never. We was even late having Bugs birthday dinner but hims didn't know tha difference and hims was glad to get tha treat from McDonalds. Now me is curious about this, for me birthday me got two cheeseburgers and a cup of banilla custard. For Bugs birthday hims got two "double" cheeseburgers and a cup of banilla custard. Does this seem fair? Okay so me got to have two "double" cheeseburgers and a cup of banilla custard to but that's not tha point. Tha point is that when Daddy went to get tha birthday treats for McDonalds, hims comes home with two "double" cheeseburgers and a cup of banilla custard per dog but when Mommy comes home with tha birthday treast its only two cheeseburgers and a cup of banilla custard per dog. This does not seem fair to me and since me birthday is next, me is going to work on getting three double cheeseburgers, after all me will be 3 years old.

Bug's didn't like mommy taking hims picture while hims was eating hims birthday dinner

And a cup of banilla ice cream

That's some good stuff

But that's not tha worst of it, nope not at all. That darn ole Bugs wasn't satisfied with hims two "double" cheeseburgers and a cup of banilla custard, nope that silly puppy had to go steal the food off tha counter that was going to be dinner for our peoples. That wasn't tha worst of it, nope we both wounded up in "time out" cause of hims being greedy. That don't seem fair, seeing as how me is tha good son.

Me told you we'd get into trouble

UH OH!!

Me thinks Bugs has really done it this time and just two days before hims birthday too. This is not a good way to get McDonald cheeseburgers and ice cream if ya ask this Boxer.

Our peoples wented out for dinner and of course thems lefted us at home to guard things, at least that's what thems says. Personally me thinks thems just don't want to share thems dinner in a fancy place with us boys. Anyway, Bugs decided hims wanted to try hims paw at cooking dinner for us (we hadn't had no supper at tha time) so hims borrowed one of them cookbooks Mommy lefted on tha coffee table to see if hims could find a good recipe for us. Me was impressed cause me didn't know hims could read, much less be a gourmet puppy chef. Hims chose the Cajun Cookbook to use for our dinners.

It was a little hard for Bugs to read in tha den cause all of them lights was off and it was cloudy outside so there wasn't much more light in tha kitchen either so hims promptly tooked tha cookbook through tha dog door and out into tha back yard to read it. Hims gots a little rough with tha cover of tha book and tore of tha front and tha back by accident trying to turn tha pages. Then it started to rain really hard and it got tha book wet on top of everything else. Me told that little puppy that hims should get that book back inside before him got into really big trouble. The more hims tried to pick up tha book the worse it got. Then we heards tha garage door open and Bugs forgot all about bringing tha book inside cause hims wanted to go greet our peoples and see if thems had brought us any left overs. Thems didn't but thems did give us dinner right away.

Mommy looked tha back door and saw something laying on tha ground in tha rain and wented outside to see what it was and hers was not happy let me tell you! Not only had Bugs destoryed or at least partially destoryed a book, hims had destroyed a book that hers had borrowed from tha liberry. Hers has scolded that puppy and told hims dogs couldn't read or cook and now if hers can't repair tha book hers is going to have to pay for it.

Me sure is glad me isn't in that puppy's paws right now and it being so close to hims birthday, not to mention that Christmas is only 4 1/2 months away. Me will have to have a serious big brother to little brother talk to hims.

Murphy, the really really good son

Did ya miss us???

This is us waiting for Mommy and Daddy to finish loading the house on wheels so we could leave for bacation

Me and Bugs has been on bacation with Mommy and Daddy. We went camping in tha house on wheels for 4 days with friends of our peoples. This is tha same peoples me went camping with last year but it was Bugs first time in a group camping trip. Hims was a really good puppy too cept when hims picked a fight with yours truly over hims food bowl. Mommy and Daddy wasn't to happy with us cause we was fighting right in tha middle of everybody. Thems seperated us and putted us on our seperate runs. Me was not happy about this either. That darn Bugs is always picking fights and pushing me to me limit and getting me into trouble.

We had lots of fun chasing these big ole black squirrels up tha trees and trying to catch little chipmunks. Them ole black squirrels was as big as cats and made chattering noises as thems runned up the trees. Me thinks thems was saying really ugly things to us.

One scary thing did happen while we was camping. It rained every night from Saturday thru Tuesday but that wasn't tha scary thing, cause me and Bugs is use to rain. Tha scary thing was tha really bad wind storm that suddenly came up early on Monday morning. When me says early me means about 4:oo am in tha morning. We was all sleeping in tha house on wheels and all of a sudden this sound like a really big train came roaring thru tha trees. Now me don't know what a train sounds like, but since that's what Mommy said it sounded like me can only go with what she says. Anyway, tha wind was blowing so hard that the tarps (which is scary enough when it's just a little windy) that was supposed to shelter from tha storm was flapping up and down really, really, really high!! It woke Mommy and Daddy up cause thems heard a really loud snap and then one of thems scary ole tarps was flapping on top of tha camper. Me and Bugs was really worried cause we didn't know if that ole tarp was going to eat tha house on wheels or not and if it did what would happen to us? When we finally gots up to go outside when it was day light we was happy to see that the only thing that was broked was thems nasty ole tarps.

On Tuesday our peoples tooked us to a doggy bed and breakfast to stay for the rest of tha week cause thems was going to a retreat and pets wasn't allowed. Me and Bugs had never been to a Doggy B & B before but this was a really swanky place for dogs. There was no runs or crates for us dogs, no sir!! We had our own loft room with a couch and a recliner chair and toys to play with and everything two dogs could possibly want. We got to have special cooked hamburger & rice and there was other dogs to play with. The peoples at tha B&B said me and Bugs was very well behaved and knew all our commands. Well of course we does, our peoples has been training s all of tha time. And the very bestest part was that Mommy and Daddy could pick us up on thems way home from the retreat instead of waiting to get us on Monday from the Vets kennel.

As much fun as we had for them 5 days, me and Bugs was sure glad when Mommy came to pick us up!! We gots home and climbeded into our favorite chairs and wented to sleep.

Murphy, who is really glad to be back from bacation.


PS Bug's 1 year birthday is on Friday so everbody send him birthday wishes. Mommy will get hims cheeseburgers from McDonalds which means me will get cheeseburgers too.

Daddy's Heinz 57 Party

Mommy gave Daddy a party earlier this month cause it was him's Heinz 57. Me waited to tell eberybody about it til Mommy downloaded the pictures.

Mommy invited them friends to a Champagne Brunch to help Daddy celebrate hims birthday. Auntie Margret came from TX to visit too!!Me and Bugs got to go BUT we had to stay in tha kennel cause the last time thems had a party out doors we broked almost all of tha wine glasses and came close to knocking Uncle Phil down. Even though we was in tha kennel we gots to see everybody and Aunt Maggie (Mommy's friend from work)broughted us doggy treats.

After tha party was over we gots to come out and eat some of tha left overs. Me and Bugs loves to eat bananas. And Daddy and Auntie Margaret teased us with these things that thems blew in our faces.

We wasn't real sure what that thing was coming from Auntie Margaret's mouth and me wanted to bite it.

Then Daddy did it to us too!! Now you would think your Daddy wouldn't try to tease you with this noise maker thingy but hims did. Bugs really, really, really wanted that ole noise maker too, but Daddy wouldn't give it to him. Now that just isn't fair. Here we was locked up in that kennel during tha whole party and now we can't even have tha toy.

Finally!!! Auntie Margaret let Bugs try to blow in it but hims lips couldn't do it. That little puppy can throw hims head back and howl with tha best of thems. He always is going "AWWWWWOOOO" but hims couldn't make them lips blow that noise maker.

We gots new names too, Auntie Margaret called Bugs "Lover Lips" cause hims was all of tha times trying to kiss her and her called me "Cuddle Butt". Now me isn't to sure about being called Cuddle Butt, somebody might think me has a big butt....

Your Pals

Cuddle Butt and Lover Lips

Dog Days of Summer

Me and Bugs knows what it means when we hears the term "the dog days of summer"!!
Mommy and Daddy tooked us camping again last weekend to the Boyd Lake State Park in tha house on wheels. It was soooooooooo hot me and Bugs wanted to spend the whole camping trip in tha house on wheels cause there was air conditioning. Being "House Dogs First Class" we is not used to being in that kind of heat.

Mommy and Daddy didn't like it either. Thems decided tha bestest thing to do was stay inside the air conditioning during tha hottest part of tha day. Of course with all of us in that house on wheels tha air conditioning got used up quickly but it was better than being outside in all of that heat that's for sure.

The good thing was that Bugs learned how much fun it was to play in tha lake. We had little tiny waves coming into tha shore to bite at and Bugs was pretending hims was a Kangaroo and hopping way up in the air as hims was playing in tha water. We even went out as far as our chests. Mommy was a little worried we would go to far and her would have to try to rescue us.

Mommy was concerned for a little black dog who was at tha campground. Hims owners lefted him in a little hard sided crate all day while thems was gone somewheres. Hers wanted to give him some water but hims wasn't very friendly and growled and barked at her. Me thinks hims was just scared and thirsty and didn't know our Mommy wanted to help him. Mommy worried and worried and would go check on him to make sure hims was okay and try to make friends with him but hims wasn't having none of it. Mommy was afraid her might get bit trying to help him so all hers could do was keep an eye on him and make sure hims wasn't in distress. Hims peoples finally came home about 10:00 at night. Me sure is glad me and Bugs has such wonderful humans to take care of us.

We did learn something from this whole camping trip, it's way to hot to camping in July in the lower country of Colorado. We're going to wait to go back there late in tha fall, it'll be lots cooler, less people and more fun.

Oh yeah, and Mommy brought home a nice wicker dog basket for me and Bugs. Daddy didn't think me would fit in tha dog basket but me has plenty of room. Bugs doesn't seem to like it to much which is fine with me cause hims thinks everything is for him and hims doesn't share really well either.

Murphy

Pooped Puppies

We is some pooped puppies tonight!! Me and Bugs gots to go camping again this weekend with our peoples. And we gots to go to tha good place where we don't have to be tied up all of tha times. Do you know what hard work it is to camp at almost 9'000 feet? Well let me tell you something, running up and down tha mountain sniffing eberything takes a lot out of us puppies.

Mommy and Daddy said we was tha bestest dogs too, cause thems was other people camped near us and thems had a little Weimaraner puppy about Bugs age and we stayed right with our peoples in our camp site. That little puppy's people keeped it tied up and didn't pay it no attention either. That poor little fellow wimpered and cried and barked all of tha time. Me and Bugs on the other paw, didn't bark at all. We did growl a little at some imagined bears and moutain lions but thems was only imagined. We had tha bestest time chasing this black squirrel up a tree and Bugs tried to catch this robin. Silly puppy, hims doesn't know ya can't catch no bird!! Mommy said Bugs must think hims is a bird dog like me thinks me is a rabbit dog. We was so good we eben let Mommy and Daddy sleep until 7:00 in the morning yesterday, today we got them up at 6:00.

The bestest part about camping and not being tied up is you gets to have your own camp chair and you gets to go in and out of the house on wheels anytime you wants too. In fact Mommy has two extra camp chairs hers is going to designate special for me and Bugs not that we won't want to sit in thems chairs but it's a really nice touch on Mommy and Daddy's part. Now me will tell you that Mommy did have a run set up for me and one for Bugs just in case we got to rowdy or wanted to wander off but we didn't cause we is the bestest puppies anyone could ever want.

We had a bisitor too. A little humming bird camed to our camp to eat from the feeded Mommy hung out. Thems little birds is fast and Bugs couldn't catch thems. Mommy was lucky enough to catch it on tha camera. If ya look really hard you can make out the little humming bird. Do ya see it?

AND Mommy and Daddy thwarted (don't ya like tha new big word me learned this weekend) us escaping out of tha house on wheels when thems stops to get gas. Mommy got this brillant idea of getting a dog barrier like you would use in a SUV and adapted it for the house on wheels. At first thems had the bottom bar to high and me and Bugs would just slip right under it but thems fixed that before we ever lefted our house. Thems adjusted them bars so we couldn't get under them and we couldn't go over them. All we could do is stick our head through tha bar to get pets on tha head. Mommy thougt we looked like we was in jail.

We is going camping again in two weeks but this time to Boyd State Park and that means we is going to have to be tied up tha whole time.

Murpy, who is pooped

A very sad week

This has been a very sad week for my poor Mommy. Hers has been so unhappy cause her wonderful horse Fancy died on tha first day of Summer. Nobody knows why Fancy died either except that hers was 25 years old. Tha last time Mommy saw her a couple days earlier Fancy was fine and running around with Mommy's other horse and Fancy's daughter Jasmine. Mommy had Fancy for 23 of them 25 years and broughted hers and Jasmine (who is 20) to Colorado when hers moved here from Virginia. That was before hers got me and Bugs. Me and Bugs has been doing our berry best to let her know we loves her. The bad part for Mommy is to lose Fancy after losing her very bestest kitty Miss Pitty Pat in July of last year.

This is a picture of Mommy's horses. The one on tha left is her girl Fancy and the one on the right is her girl Jasmine. In fact just like Mommy refers to me and Bugs as the boys, well hers always referred to them as tha girls and when her did everyone knew just exactly who hers was talking about.

Me got to meet them a couple times but Bugs never did. Tha first time Mommy took me to meet her girls me was just a little puppy and me thought thems was tha biggest dogs me had ever seen. And thems big dogs would let Mommy get up thems back and ride her around. Me was a little worried that this was what Mommy was going to do to me when me grew up, but me is glad to report that peoples don't ride dogs thems rides horses and thems creatures was horses.

Mommy said that her was sure Miss Pitty Pat, Bozo Kitty, Sasha, Buffy, Ginger Pony and Sugar Pony (thems all was Fancy's friends and Mommy's pets that crossed before her) was waiting at tha Rainbow Bridge when Fancy got there so she would have someone to play with and keep her company. Mommy said hers knows Fancy would be especially happy to see Sugar Pony cause thems was pasture mates when Mommy got Fancy. Thems came as a packaged deal. Knowing this makes Mommy happy and feel a little better about not having Fancy with her anymore.

Murphy

Can you believe this?

Me and Bugs wented to see our Vet, Dr. Caldwell last week for me yearly checkup. Bugs only had to get hims Bordatello squirt in hims nose and me had to have that and a rabies shot. This is a good thing cause thems found a coyote in Colorado who attacked an old lady on hers porch and bit her and hims had rabies. Mommy says this NOT a good thing to have cause thems will put you down for having it. Anyways the vet visit was okay and Dr. Caldwell said me was really healthy and me teeth was really white but there was one small problem. Me is FAT!!! Me weighs 106 #'s and hers said that even though me daddy weighed in at 125# she didn't want me to be over 95#. Now you all has seen tha pictures of me, do you thinks me is fat??? Mommy says me is a stocky boy and all muscles but that me butt is pretty wide. Hurmphuf, me is not fat nor does me have a wide load in tha back. Dr. Caldwell says me has to go on a diet. This means me has to have carrots and peas added to me breakfast and dinner to make up the rest of me dinner. Me does NOT like carrots or peas. Mommy cooks them in chicken broth to make thems taste better and trick me into eating them. Patuee!!! Me does not like thems at all but me has to eat them.

The good news is Aunty Margert camed to visit from TX over the weekend. Tha last times her came to visit us was when me was a puppy two years ago. Bugs hogged all of hers attention cause hims had never met her before. Mommy says hers might come back in July for Daddy's Heinz 57 birthday party.

Murphy, who hates vegetables

A house on wheels

Mommy and Daddy bought a house on wheels a week ago and me and Bugs didn’t know why thems would do something like that. Why would somebody want to have a house on wheels? Was we going to leave our regular house and live in this new house on wheels? We sure hoped not cause we like our house. Thems tooked us into this new house to let us sniff it but we still couldn’t figger it out and then this weekend we found out why. We went on a family adventure in this new house on wheels. Seems this house on wheels is a replacement for our camper.

Mommy loaded us into this new contraption and hers and Daddy and us puppies headed off on a wonderful bacation. Me and Bugs loved riding in this house cause there was great big windows and we could really hang our heads out tha windows, that is until Mommy caught Bugs hanging half way out. Hers had Daddy stop so hers could close them big windows so we wouldn’t accidentally fall out on tha road.

That was okay cause we had this great big couch to lay on (that’s right we had a couch to ride on) and we could put our heads on the back of tha drivers seats and look over Daddy’s shoulder or lick his ear as needed. On top of that we could walk back and forth from tha front to tha back of tha house. It was wonderful.

Me did start to get a little worried when me noticed we was heading in tha same direction as when we went camping last month. What if we was going to go camping and at that place where we had to stay tied up tha whole time, but nope we drove right by it. Me and Bugs was sure happy about that. (This is what me had told Bugs camping was like tha first time we went) Then we started going up a mountain road and stopped at this beautiful place where we had gone when we was camping tha last time. Me and Bugs was so happy to see this house on wheels turn up tha road that Mommy and Daddy wanted to camp and then Daddy parked tha house on wheels and we jumped out over top of Mommy to get out we was so excited.

The whole weekend was wonderful!!! The only time we was tied up was while thems was setting up camp or taking down camp, the rest of the time me and Bugs was loose to do anything we wanted. We walked all over tha place and sniffed everything and we never ever ran away. And best of all Mommy or Daddy and sometimes both of them would take us for walks in the woods. Mommy said tha sunrise veiw was just beautiful of Pikes Peak.

We had tha bestest time. We would go into tha house on wheels and everybody would take naps and thems even left tha door open so we could go in or out but we stayed right with thems.

The only time we lefted was when some ole stray dogs wondered into our camp and me and Bugs ran right out and chased them away.

Mommy said we was so good except….when thems stopped to get gas on tha way home. Me and Bugs thought it was time for us to get out too so we jumped right into tha front seat and out the door behind Mommy before Daddy could stop us and then……..we runned all over tha parking lot evading everyone trying to catch us. Mommy and Daddy was mad at us cause thems was worried we’d get hit by a car. Thems finally got us back into tha house on wheels and decided that from now on leashes would stay on us so thems could keep us from jumping out.

Except for that little goof up and we is allowed one goof up we was so good that we might get to go camping again in two weeks.

Get me a lawyer!!!

This is tha last straw! Tha bad son, Bugs has really gone and done it and me is suffering the consequences right along with hims. Cause that ole Bugs can't stay out of trouble Mommy and Daddy has had to resort to desperate measures. What happened you asked?

Well if you remembers, Bugs pulled the stuffing out of two of tha cushions on the couch. Mommy was able to repair thems BUT it resulted in Bugs having to spend the day in my crate (cause it's bigger than hims) when our peoples wasn't here. Mommy and Daddy talked about getting baby gates to block off part of tha house so we could only get in tha kitchen and tha den, but thems hadn't done anything about it. Well for tha longest time it was only something thems talked about but then Saturday morning while Mommy was sleeping the straw that broked the peoples back happened!

Mommy was sleeping in tha spare bedroom and lefted the door open so we could be with her. Bugs got bored waiting for Mommy to wake up and picked up one of hers pretty bed pillows to play with. Me told hims not to do it. Me told him it would get us in trouble. Me tried to make him stop, but hims grabbed tha pillow and tooked off. Me tried to get it back from him but when me grabbed it to take it away from him, Bugs pulled hard and tha pillow split open. There was pillow stuffin everywhere. When Mommy woked up hers saw tha stuffing and was not happy. Hers yelled at us!!! Me tried to tell her it wasn't me fault but hers was mad and me don't blame her.

So..... Daddy and Mommy went to Wally World to get baby gates. Thems figgerd that cause thems would be gone 20 mins tops it would be okay to leave Bugs out of tha crate. NOT A GOOD IDEA!!! Bugs was just sitting there looking around cause hims had gotten bored again and saw one of them couch cushions and thought hims would play with it. Don't do it, me told Bugs but hims said hims was bored and needed something to do. Me did the best me could to stop him but when that darn ole Bugs sets hims mind on doing something this little boxer can't stop hims. Trying to take it from hims only makes it worse cause hims thinks we is playing tug o war then. Anyway when our peoples got home there was a mess and Daddy said some really bad words!!!

Now when ever thems leaves us we is locked out of the main part of tha house. The only place we can go is tha kitchen and tha den. Daddy even shuts the door to tha basement and hims office. We is in prison!!! Me is innocent and me is being made to stay in prison with that darn ole puppy!! Get me a lawyer this is unfair treatment. Me is not aiding and abetting this little rascal, me is trying to stop tha crimes!!! It's not fair that me is being punished too. Me wants me phone call!!

Murphy in the orange jumpsuit

Gottcha Day 2

Today we is celebrating me 2 year gottcha day!!! It was two years ago today that Mommy drove out to Elizabeth Colorado and picked me up and brought me home. On the way home that day this little 30 # puppy learned how to sit. It was me very first command/trick.

Mommy said me picked her when hers came to find her forever puppy. This may be so, but if Mommy hadn't been smart enough to realize me was picking her for me very own human, me may have gone to a home where thems didn't understand this little boxer dog. Me knows Daddy had reservations cause me was such a big puppy but hims is very glad to have me too.

So it's not only me gottcha day but it's also me peoples gottcha day too. Cause me got them!!!!

Happy Gottcha Day Mommy and Daddy

Your little boxer puppy,

Murphy

Da bacation is over!

Boy oh boy, did we have some bacation. Me isn't sure me can tell you all about it in a single blog. It may take a couple days so much stuff happened. Me will try to tell the story with some pictures.

Me and Bugs was worried we was going to get left behind, what with all tha commotion of loading up tha truck and making sure all our stuff was packed. Mommy even had a suitcase for me and Bugs to share. It was full up with dog toys, food, etc. Cause we was scared we was going to get left behind we jumped into tha truck to wait for everybody to get ready to go.

This was that little Doodlebugs first camping trip and hims didn't know what to expect. Me had told hims all about tha last time me went camping but me couldn't prepare him for what was going to happen. As you can see Bugs was ready for hims first big adventure.

We rode in tha truck for tha longest time and then Mommy and Daddy went to this campground called tha Lone Duck and parked tha camper and began to set up our home. Me and Bugs decided that tha camper was just a really large dog kennel that we all shared together. What we didn't know was this campground had some really awful rules. Me and Bugs had to stay on a leash or tied up all of tha times while we was on tha property. Does this look like tha face of a happy Boxer?? Me didn't think so either.

And look at me poor little bubba. Hims had never been tied up before and this was not at all what me had told hims it would be like. The only good part about all of this was we gots lots and lots of attention from our peoples cause thems had to take us with them everywheres they went. We even got to spend time sitting around tha campfire.

We did get to go some places off of tha leash and that was fun!!! We climbed up a great big mountain and met some dogs on tha trail and then meeted a whole bunch of peoples when we was coming back down tha mountain and thems was going up tha mountain. All that mountain climbing is hard work when you isn't a mountain goat and one thing for sure, me and Bugs isn't no mountain goat. Me was one tired dog after all that climbing. In fact looking at these pictures makes me tired. Me will have to tell you the rest of the adventure tomorrow. Me had a berry embarassing thing happen and Bugs thought it was really funny.

Tha good news is we is going camping again next month and we won't have to be tied up all of the times.

Murphy