Mommy had a birthday and me is having a month day

It was Mommy's birthday last week and her's and Daddy went off and lefted me for the weekend. Me seems to remember the last time thems went away and lefted me, thems promised to take me on the next trip. Arf!! Her says thems forgot and even if thems hadn't forgotten thems couldn't have take me cause no pets was allowed. Now me is thinking really hard with me little boxer brain and me has come to this thought, how come if thems forgot about taking me, thems remembered to take me to the kennel???? Pretty smart thinking for a little boxer wouldn't ya say.

Me is going to be seven months old tomorrow. Mommy says me is over half grown and like a human teenager person thing. Now me doesn't know what a teenager is but her said O'livia (me human girl) is a teenager and hers is lots of fun. So maybe being a teenager is a good thing for a boxer puppy. Me knows that Daddy is leaving me outside the crate sometimes when him goes to do work stuff. Him has been so happy me hasn't made a mess, or chewed up stuff (other than me toys) or nuthin. Me sure hope that Santa Man person is taking good notes so me can get presents at Christmas.

Murphy

Me is the Host

My peoples is having a cookout in our back yard tonight and me gets to go this time. Mommy says it's a test to see if me can be a good boy and not jump on everybody. Me is so excited me can hardly contain meself. It's going to be hard not to jump up and greet all them peoples cause that's what boxers do. If me is good me won't be put into the crate or outside in the kennel where me can only watch. Me is sure these peoples coming is going to want to pet a puppy.

This is me making sure our friends are comfortable and have a little boxer puppy to pet whenever thems wants to. This is a very important job. If Mommy and Daddy didn't have me to go around getting all of them pets then thems would be very unhappy.

See how patiently me is sitting there. Me wants to be sure that everybody gets plenty of food so thems will have enough to share with me if'n thems wants too. And just in case Santa is watching like me pal Baywee says, me didn't try to get no food off the table at all. Me was on me best boxer behavior. Me see's you have a plate of food yous might need some help with. Well me is you puppy and is at your service. If'n you gots something you don't like me is sure me can take it off your hands.

Who let that cat out??? Everything was fine until Daddy let that ole Miss Pitty Pat out of the basement. Me sees her sneaking behind the lady. Hers thinks that since hers is a Southern Kitty that hers should be out playing the Hostess Kitty. Grrr thats me job, not being a hostes kitty, but being the host. Daddy said so. Miss Pitty is so sneaky. Hers is trying to get everybody to notice her, but it's not working. These peoples knows a good boxer puppy

The best part of the cookout was when Daddy's friend Patti brung me some new stuffed animals. Patti says her knew that Mommy and Daddy had lots of stuff, but her knew that a little boxer puppy can never ever have to many stuffed toys. Her brunged me a green fluff frog that goes "ribit ribit" when me bites it and hers brung me the dog me is holding. Me only jumped on one person and licked their face and hers liked it. Me also only knocked down one of the guests but hers was laughing so hard hers must have liked it. Mommy and Daddy kept saying me was being such a good boy. Me thinks Mommy and Daddy can finish the job now. Me has powered down and is resting with me new dog toy. Being a good puppy host is hard work and me is really tired.

How fair is this?

Grrrrr.....Mommy and Daddy are having a dinner/meeting at our house and me is bannished to the outside!!!! Now me is wondering if this is not cruel and unusual treament of a boxer puppy? Me sat in front of the french door and did me very best impression of a good boxer and did anyone let me in??? No, they did not. Instead all of the company came to the door and said "oh look at Murphy, he's grown so much". WELL, if me has grown so much why is me sitting with me little boxer nose pressed on the glass???? In fact mommy's friend Donna said me looked as if me was trying to tell everyone that me was really professional and me would behaave if let inside for the dinner meeting. Well of course that was what me was trying to tell everybody. Why else would me be sitting with me little boxer nose pressed against the glass looking cute? At least somebody understands boxers. This is not fair and me is going to the boxer union with a griev ummmm a complaint.

They is sitting down to have dinner and here me is standing up on me little hind legs with me little nose barely reaching the bottom of the window looking in and does anybody care??? NO!!! Me even sucked in me little boxer cheeks so me would look underfed and that didn't help. There sits all them peoples eating a really yummy smelling dinner and here me is on the outside looking in. Grrrrrrrowl, Now tell me, how fair is this???

Even that ole Miss Pitty Pat is sitting inside eating raw shirmp that mommy is putting in a little crystal plate for hers. This is not fair. Hers gets me in trouble and there her is sitting at mommy's feet making loud meowing sounds and being hand fed raw shrimp. Me would like to be hand fed anything. Me could sit at mommy's feet and give her me best "feed me look" and do it real quiet too. This is not fair and me knows it's against all the boxer union rules and regulations.

Me is a very social puppy and likes to go around giving everybody hello kisses. Me is sure if mommy would just let me inside that them peoples would be more than happy to have thems faces licked clean. This is just not fair and me is going to write to the Santa man and tell him to bring mommy and daddy coals to chew on.

Murphy

September 12 Me didn't mean to do it.

Me is really worried. Me been thinking and thinking about what me friend Baywee told me in an e-mail. Using me very good boxer logic, me is sure her is correct. See Baywee told me that there is the man called Santa and him keeps lists. Him keeps one list of good little dogs and brings them all the presents thems wants. Baywee also told me that this Santa man keeps another list of bad little dogs and him gives them only coal to chew on. Now me is sure that Baywee knows what hers is talking about cause hers is older than me and knows more than me.

Me is really worried and a little scared that after tonight me just might be on the "bad little dog list" and will only get coal to chew on and me don't want no coal to chew on. Me wants to get lots of presents. See what happened is this.....

While Mommy was fixing the dinner food for her and Daddy, me and Daddy was playing "fight the boxer puppy "(that would be me) When we plays this game Daddy gets really rough with me cause that's how we play. When him gets to playing rough me gets excited and jumps around play biting at him. Now this is the truth, Boxer Honor, me was play biting and some how me tooth bumped Daddy's eye and cutted it. Daddy yelled ouch and me was scared cause me didn't mean to put me tooth on his eye. Mommy looked at his eye and it was bleeding a little. Daddy is okay but Mommy says it's time me learns that me can't play bite no more.

You don't think Santa is going to count this against me and put me on the "bad little dog list" do you? Me doesn't want to be on that list. Me really does try me best to be a good little boxer and this shouldn't count against me. Do you think all the times me is a good boy will make this Santa man forget about me hurting me Daddy by accident?? Me sure hopes so cause me wants to be a good boy and get lots of presents at the Christmas time that Baywee was telling me about.

Me better go think about how me is going to prove to Santa that me is a good boy

Murphy

September 8, 2005 Kitties and stuffed toys are not the same thing

Well me just learned a new boxer lesson. It was a very important boxer lesson too. Me learned that just because there is a kittie sitting in the toy basket it doesn't mean it is a play toy. See here is what happened. This is for real and me means it too. Boxer honor. Mommy tries to keeps all me toys in a basket so hers and daddy don't fall over them and it makes her happy too. So when me needs to get a new toy to play with it me has to go get one out of the toy basket. Usually as fast as mommy puts them in the basket me pulls them out again. Me, is after all, is good helper and it is me duty to pull them out again and spread them around the house again so hers can pick them all up again. Any thing to make me mommy happy.

Well tonight me went to get a toy and found a wonderful new one sitting in the basket. It was a Miss Pitty Pat looking stuffed toy. (Miss Pitty Pat is me best kitty friend) Oh boy, now me can really play rough with a kitty. Me already has a leopard kitty (thats hers in the basket without no face) and it was so much fun chewing the eyes off and pulling the stuffing out it's nose. Well right away me started making plans to do the same to this Miss Pitty Pat stuffed Kitty. Me was going to have so much fun playing this new toy. Me could hardly wait.

Me just rushed up and tried to grab that toy right out of the basket to start chewing on it. This stuffed kitty was really real looking and sounding. It made a kitty noise like "meeoooooooooowwwww" and Marrraaooooooow" like a real kitty. It was going to be fun playing with this kitty toy. It even smelled like a real kitty and it swatted and me little boxer nose like a real kitty. When me tried to get me toofers on it, the kitty toy ran away to the kitchen. OH BOY ARWWOOOH, WOOF WOOF it moves like a real kitty too. So me took off after the new kitty toy and chased it all around the living room.

Me finally catched in her in the kitchen. Me had the new kitty toy on the ground, laying on it and licking it and holding it down and laying on it when Mommy came into the kitchen to see what the ruckus was all about. Her was not a happy Mommy!!!! Her said "NO Murphy, let Miss Pitty Pat up." Me little head jerked up. Miss Pitty Pat????? Me was laying on Miss Pitty Pat and trying to chew off her eyes. OH NO me is in big trouble now. Me jumped up and started licking Miss Pitty Pat. Me was trying to make it up to her. Mommy started to laugh at me cause me was trying so hard to not look like me was going to pull the stuffing out Miss Pitty Pat's nose. Me even offered to share me dinner with her. Hers just turned up her little terra cotta nose at it. Me doesn't think her is very happy with me.

As anyone could see, Miss Pitty Pat is A Okay, thank goodness. It was a close call. Me would hate to hurt me only bestest, truest kitty friend. Lil and Smoke don't like me at all and it wouldn't be a very good thing to eat the eyes off of Miss Pitty Pat or pull the stuffing out of her nose. Then me would not have a bestest kitty friend anymore. From now on if me sees a toy in me toy basket that looks like Miss Pitty or even Lil or Smoke, me is going tosniff it really good and make sure it's not alive before trying to eat it's eyes off.

Murphy

Monday, September 5, 2005 Labor Day

Me really likes 3 day weekends. That means Mommy and Daddy stay home with me and we do chores and play. Mostly me just plays and Mommy and Daddy does the chores. Mommy says me is the “Supervisor
Puppy". Well what else is a puppy supposed to do?? Me can't push the lawn mower and even if me could why would me? Me couldn't chase it and push at the same time. (This is boxer logic at work here). This is me supervising while Daddy mows the grass. If me wasn’t there to be sure hims does the job right, there is no telling how he would mow the grass.

Next Daddy and me watered the yard. Me loves it when hims is out there watering the yard. That means me gets to taste the water that is going on the yard. It’s a wet job but me is up to the challenge. Who said a boxer isn’t a water dog???

After we did the outside chores me went to the window and watched the neighbors do thems outside chores. Me has a little stool in front of the window that me stands or sits on to watch what is going on outside. Me use to have the whole sofa but Mommy decided that me was destroying the cushions so hers moved the sofa and put an ottoman there. Mommy thinks me is guarding the house but me is really being just nosey. Sometimes me barks at the outside kitties when thems comes into our yard. Me thinks someone is coming.

Me was really tired after all the activity of the weekend so me went to the den to watch TV with Mommy and Daddy and maybe catch a quick doggy nap. Daddy calls it me "Power Down Time". Him says me has only two speeds, wide open and powered down. It takes lots of energy to keep this household going. Why, without me, Mommy and Daddy wouldn’t get nearly as much done as they do. The yard would be a mess not to mention our big ole doghouse. How they managed before me is a mystery.

.

This is much better than the floor for napping. This is Mommy’s chair but me spends most of the time in it even more than hers does. Even when Mommy is sitting in her chair, me is in it with her. Of course her tries to make me go and lay on the ottoman (not the same one as in the living room) me tried me very best to perch on the arm right next to her but me little boxer butt is too big and winds up on Mommys arm or in her lap. After all, everybody knows that boxers need to be next to there people. Now me is ready for a real nap.

Murphy

Sunday, September 4, 2005 Lazy Sunday Morning

Looks like it's going to be a really lazy Sunday here in our little house. Daddy is having problems getting up this morning. Hims got up one time this morning and was grumpy so Mommy sent him back to his bed to sleep somemore. Me don't understand why hims needs more sleep. Hims went to bed before Mommy and me. Me, Miss Pitty, Lil and Smoke all was real quite this morning and let them both sleep in until 7:30. That was being really good for those ole yowly cats Lil and Smoke. Them two cats start making a fuss on the weekend mornings really really early and it makes daddy really unhappy. Me and Miss Pitty are good. We don't make no fuss on the weekend mornings. Even if me has to get up early to go outside me will always go back to bed with Mommy if hers takes me into the spare bedroom where me can sleep with her. Sometimes me does stick me nose on daddy's butt in the morning but that's to just let hims know me needs to go outside.

While Daddy was still sleeping me was looking out the window at what was going on in the neighborhood. Mommy moved the ottoman in front of the picture window for me to stand on and watch what is happening outside. Our neighbor across the street is out watering hims grass with a water hose and sprayer. Me sure wishes me could go over there and help him. Me loves to help water the yard. Me could show him how much fun it really is. Woof, woof, look there goes them little dogs up the street with thems mommy and daddy. Thems must be going on a walk. Maybe someday me can meet them.

When Daddy does get up, maybe we can go for a nice walk. Although Mommy says since it's Labor Day Weekend we might have to do some chores around the house. Me is not sure what "Labor Day Weekend" has to do with chores. Hers is always doing chores on the weekend. Why just yesterday me helped her vaccum the carpets in the living room and den. It takes lots of engery for a puppy like me to help vaccum. Me had to bark a lot at the thing and snap at it in case it tries to get out of line. Then me has to run around and around it to make sure it stays in the right place. Mommy says it isn't going to hurt her so I could just go play with me toys but you never know so me has to be on guard in case.

Today's chores looks like yard work. Yippee!!! Me loves yard work. Mommy goes out side with a plastic grocery bad and scoops up poop so Daddy can mow the yard. This really a lot of fun cause Mommy has to find where me has gone to make me deposits and then scoop them up. Me doesn't understand why her has to do that but her does. Then Daddy gets out the mower thingy and me has to do the same thing with it that me does with the vacuum. This could be a very exciting day.

Right now me thinks it's nap time

Murphy

September 3, 2005 Mommy's shirt is not a playtoy

Mommy is not happy with her little boxer pup (okay so me isn't so little anymore. Can't a puppy have his illusions?) Her caught me eating her black shirt. And her got it on the picture box thing that her likes to carry around with her. Me can't even blame it on the kitties. Miss Pitty was there but did Mommy blame her?? No...her said her knew that kitties didn't like to chew on clothes. Me little stuffed leopard was there but Mommy said her was pretty certain the leopard didn't do it since it don't have no teeth. Her said since it was in me mouth and her had it on a picture she was certain that me was the culprit. Dogone it that picture box sure can get a puppy in trouble. Me gave Mommy me most innocent look (her took a picture of that too) but her wasn't buying none of it. Her said me has plenty of toys to chew on and using her shirt or hers and daddys underwear and socks as toys is not a good thing to do. Me guesses me will try to do better but it's so hard when them clothes tastes and smells so good.

Mommy is not happy with her little boxer pup (okay so me isn't so little anymore. Can't a puppy have his illusions?) Her caught me eating her black shirt. And her got it on the picture box thing that her likes to carry around with her. Me can't even blame it on the kitties. Miss Pitty was there but did Mommy blame her?? No...her said her knew that kitties didn't like to chew on clothes. Me little stuffed leopard was there but Mommy said her was pretty certain the leopard didn't do it since it don't have no teeth. Her said since it was in me mouth and her had it on a picture she was certain that me was the culprit. Dogone it that picture box sure can get a puppy in trouble.

Me gave Mommy me most innocent look (her took a picture of that too) but her wasn't buying none of it. Her said me has plenty of toys to chew on and using her shirt or hers and daddys underwear and socks as toys is not a good thing to do. Me guesses me will try to do better but it's so hard when them clothes tastes and smells so good.

Murphy