Looking for a baby

Me peoples is serious. Thems is really looking for a new baby. Thems even has a lead on getting another Boxer/Am Bulldog puppy like me. The only bad part is that thems is going to have to wait until probably after Christmas before thems can get the new baby. It hasn't even been born yet! Me don't know how this all works but me is sure that Mommy and Daddy has it all figgered out. The owners of the parents that of the new puppies is going to send pictures to me peoples The daddy is an American Bulldog just like me doggie daddy was and the mommy is a Boxer just like me doggie mommy was. Hey, ya don't think that maybe it is me real doggie parents do you. Then it really would be me real brother or sister!!!! That would be really grrreat!!!

Me is really excited and doesn't want to wait, but it will give us time to get ready for the new baby. Mommy promised me that this would be Daddy's baby and that me would always be her little Boxer puppy. Hers going to let Daddy bond with the new baby first so it will know it's hims little Boxer puppy. The best part is me gets to help teach it stuff cause me will be the big brother. Me wonders if it will be a little brother or a little sister. Mommy said this is just like having a really human baby and ya have to wait until the baby is born before you know if it's a boy or a girl.

Me needs to go think of some names.

Murphy

Maybe a Baby???

There is some intersting talk in me home this evening. It all started this afternoon when me peoples tooked me to Chatfield Park to play. We met a 6 month old American Bulldog puppy. Hims was as tall as me and after me let him know me was tha boss, we played real nice together. Mommy and Daddy thought him was a really cute puppy (not as cute as me though). After we was finished playing at tha park and was going home, me peoples was talking about maybe getting an American Bulldog puppy or maybe a Boxer puppy or maybe one like me, an American Bulldog/Boxer puppy. Isn't this exciting news???? Me don't think thems know me was listening cause me was tired out from all that playing and was napping. But me heard it and me hopes that thems is serious. This means me would have a little baby brother or sister to play with and keep me company. Me could teach it all the important Boxer rules me has learned in the last 19 months.

Mommy said that Daddy could pick this little puppy out and chose what ever color hims wanted and name it too. Right now them is referring to the possible new baby puppy as Puppy Pie. Maybe this could be me Christmas present!!!! Oh Santa......

Mommy also told Daddy that thems is going to maybe take me to the Boxer Meetup at Chatfield Park to play with other Boxers. Hers said this would be good for me cause me could play with dogs that play the same way me does. You can be sure hers is going to have that darn ole camera with her to take pictures of me playing with all them other boxers. Hers will post them her if we go.

Murphy

Yard Sales

We finally had the yard sale yesterday. Me doesn't quite understand how this selling a yard works cause this morning we still have a yard!!!!! Anyway when you have a yard sell you have to get up really early in tha morning, don't ask me why, it's tha rules or something. Seems to me you could just sleep in and sell the yard later in tha day. Who goes out looking for a yard to buy when it's hardly even light outside.

If you ask me, this looks like we was in tha garage, so maybe thems was selling tha garage too. Me doesn't think that Mommy and Daddy did so well cause thems still has tha garage and tha yard.
It was hardly daylight and her's was taking pictures of tha yard sell. Okay fine, if me has to look at the camera and have tha flash thingy go off in me eyes then here ya go. Me sure wishes that peoples didn't always need to flash things in thems dogs eyes.

Murphy

Phone Calls

Will somebody just tell me what is wrong with peoples and calling us so early in tha morning???? This has happened twice this weekend and is seriously disrupting me beauty sleep not to mention me mood. Not only that but, it makes Mommy really grumpy too when hers has to get up and find her phone to answer it.

As you can clearly see from this picture me is not liking the idea of waking up at 7:30 in tha morning on the weekend. This should be against tha law.

Yesterday it was Daddy who called to tell Mommy happy birthday and let her know hims was on his way home. We like knowing when Daddy is coming home and it is very thoughful of hims to call and lets us know but really Daddy...........at 8:00 yesterday morning? You knows me is not a morning puppy.

This morning it was Mommy's friend Margaret calling at 7:30 this morning to tell Mommy happy birthday. That was yesterday and hers shouldn't be calling today to say that to Mommy..........where was her birthday call yesterday me wants to know???? Mommy said that Margaret probably forgot there is a 2 hour time difference between where her lives and here but me doesn't think that's a good enough excuse.

So here's a new rule for everybody. If it's the weekend peoples please don't call before 9:00 in tha morning unless it's really, really, really important. That way me gets all of me beauty sleep and Mommy isn't grumpy.

Murphy

Happy Birfhday to Mommy!!!!

Happy Birfhday Mommy, me loves you berry, berry much!!!

But me has one itty, bitty, little complaint. WHAT HAPPENED TO THA CAMPING TRIP?????

We was supposed to go camping today for tha whole weekend and then something happened. It's snowing in tha mountains a really lot and that's where we was going. Daddy called tha peoples at Steamboat State Park and thems said it was really, really cold there and thems already had several inches of snow on tha ground with more expected today. WOOF..........this is not fair at all. Me peoples decided that it would be smart to not try to go cause it could be dangerous even trying to get there.

Grrrr me isn't scared of no ole danger...........me barks in tha face of danger or at tha very least me will buff. And everybody knows how much me loves tha snow. Me just loves to play in tha snow and run with me smushed up nose pushing tha snow in front of me so that wouldn't be any problem for me the fearless Murphy Pup.

Me is a little bit worried about tha cold though cause me is a short haired dog and don't get much of a winter coat even though it is only tha first day of fall. Me knows.........Mommy should go buy me a winter coat and some boots too then me would be warm in tha snow and we could go camping. Now me has to wait until next year to go camping and this is a berry long time.


This is what me would look like in a nice red quilted coat. It also somes in a really nice blue too. Me thinks since me is a boy dog me should get tha blue coat. Don't you think me would look bery dashing in this coat and maybe some matcing boots?

Me thinks me will try to get Mommy to take me shopping for a winter coat.......it might start snowing here next and me wouldn't want to be unprepared. Mommy, lets go shopping.

Murphy (who really wanted to go camping this weekend but has to stay home where it's warm and dry)

Tomorrow is a big day!!!!

Tomorrow is Mommy's birfhday and we is going to go camping........maybe in tha snow. Yep, it's snowing in tha mountains here and where we is going camping is in tha mountains so we may be camping in tha snow. This is going to be a really big adventure for a Boxer puppy. Me can't wait. Mommy has been gathering things together all night including me toys and food bowl. Mommy said her is going to take lots of pictures of me second camping trip.

Me will write more after tha trip

Murphy

Going on a trip

Mommy just told me something berry berry exciting. Hers said we is going on a trip next weekend. Yep, me said "we" cause Mommy said me gets to go too. Isn't this the bestest news ever?? It's Mommy's birfday next week on Friday and we are going to spend it in tha mountains doing what me really likes to do best..........CAMPING!!!!! WOOOF WOOOOF this is just the best thing every.

First though we has to have a yard sell this weekend. Me isn't sure why me peoples wants to see the yard but, me guesses thems has a good reason. Maybe we is going to get a new yard, although there really isn't nothing wrong with the one we gots. Mommy says we has to get up really early on Saturday morning to sell the yard. Now Mommy knows me is NOT a morning boxer so me sure hopes her isn't expecting me to get up to help. Me will just come downstairs and get on tha sofa and nap with one eye open in case something interesting happens.

Murphy

An interesting day at the Rainbow Bridge.

The Rainbow Bridge is a place of both peace and anticipation as departed pets await their beloved owners. There are plenty of things to keep them contented while they wait: trees you can't get stuck in, endless meadows, splashing streams, thickets perfect to hide in for pounce-attack games. But one day the residents noticed some rather... unusual newcomers arrive.

The koalas and the kangaroos slipped in rather quietly, but then came thebearded dragons, the skinks and the goannas. The influx of snakes startled anentire family of cats up a tree. Pythons, cobras, tiger snakes, brown snakes and even fierce snakes. There were so many at one point, it seemed the ground itself was alive with writhing. A burly wombat shouldered his way through the crowd and plopped down in a shady spot, barely missing a Jack Russell terrier who yapped indignantly as he abandoned his position. And then the crocodiles showed up.

Finally, a Great Dane managed to get up enough nerve to approach one of the reptilian giants."Um....excuse me," he said hesitantly. "But why are you all here?"The croc dropped her jaw and laughed. "Same as you, mate," she said. "Waitin'for someone who loved us."The dogs, cats, gerbils and other "typical pets" looked at each other in confusion, then at the plethora of weird, ugly and downright deadly creatures assembled. Who on Earth could possibly love some of those faces?"

I see him!" shouted a green mamba from his vantage point in one of the trees. A cacophony of squeaks, hisses, bellows and roars erupted as the mob surged forward toward a lone human walking across the field toward the bridge. The other animals managed to catch a glimpse of him before he was overwhelmed by the crowd."CRIKEY!" he shouted joyously right before he was bowled over by the wombat.

"Well I'll be," said a Persian as she tidied up her fur. "It's that Aussie my human liked to watch on TV. Had to be the craziest human on the whole planet."

Tha Smartest Dog in tha World

Okay so maybe not in tha world but in me world anyway. Do you want to know why me is the smartest dog in me world???? Well because for one thing Mommy said so but the real reason is because me learned how to do something new this weekend.

See this is what happened. All summer long me peoples have lefted the sliding glass door open so me could go in and out by meself when thems wasn't home. This was a very good idea cause me could go get a sun tan when me wanted or nap under the apple tree just any ole time and if it got to hot outside then me could come right back inside. This worked really well all summer long but then Mommy was worried about what thems was going to do in the fall and winter when it was too cold to leave the door open for me.

Mommy decided the very bestest thing to do would be to teach me to use the doggie door. See her's had never done it before cause that kitty Miss Pitty Pat would have learned how to use it and escaped and Mommy didn't want that to happen. Now that Miss Pitty Pat is in heaven Mommy thought it would be a good time to teach me how to use it. Me wasn't thinking this was a berry good idea at all. This would mean me had to use me head to get in and out of the door.

This is me looking inside trying to figger out what Mommy wanted from me. Now just look at the size of that opening and look at the size of me. What is Mommy thinking?? Does her really thinks me can fit through that thing? Me is a pampered pup and needs to be waited on paw and foot like the prince me is. Me doesn't think me is going to like this new door.

Hers had a really good training idea so maybe this won't be so bad. Hers decided the bestest way to teach me how to use the door was with treats. So her got some hotdogs (one of me favorite treats) and cut them into bite size pieces and offered them to me through the door. Okay Mommy, ready for another treat.

Me was very confused about what to do and that ole door made a lot of noise when me put my big ole head against it. It was scarey and me didn't like the plastic thingy flapping on me back when me came through tha door. Mommy knew me could do it and sure enough by yesterday after noon me was going in and out by meself and today Daddy called Mommy at her work place to tell her me was outside when hims came home and me let meself back in. Me really liked it better when me peoples would have to let me in and out or the door was just lefted open for me, but me guesses this will work too although me had hoped thems wouldn't figger out me could do it so quickly.

Murphy

Football Season Once Again

BUFF BUFF!!! It's that time of year again. FOOTBALL SEASON!!!! Only there is a little tiny problem, we is watching the Broncos play and thems is not doing good at all!!! Daddy is not happy and is yelling really ugly words cause hims is not happy with the Broncos. Me thinks this would be a really good time to go take a nap in me crate and stay out of tha way. Go Broncos...Daddy's nerves can't take you losing.

Murphy

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