Sasha

Mommy has a friend Kathy who lives in Florida. Kathy sent Mommy some pictures of her baby girl Sasha. Sasha is a little Pug. We thought we would share them pictures with our friends. Kathy, Mommy says if you are looking at the me blog she hopes you don't mind us posting these cute pictures of Sasha. We just wanted everyone to see how beautiful hers is.

Murphy

Pictures of Mommy's family

Mommy finally downloaded her pictures from her trip so now me can post some of me other dog family and human family in Virginia. Oh and Mommy promised that the next time hers goes back to Virginia hers is taking me and Daddy.

This is a picture of Mommy's human girl Tara and her little Rat Terrier Drew. Mommy says hims looks like an Aardvark cause of hims coloring and big ears. And hims wears clothes all the time too.









Here is Mr Drew again. Hims is 6 months old and only weighs about 4 pounds. Me thinks hims might be smaller than me friend Frogknot.











This Mommy holding that little Drew dog. Mommy says me wasn't that little when hers brought me home at 3 months old and this puppy is 6 months old. Her also said this is one sneaky little Rat Terrier. Hims would run up onto her lap and lay there and then reach up and nip her tummy. Me would never ever nip me Mommy!







This handsome old man is Max the Maxium Pup although Mommy says hims is no longer a puppy but an older gentleman of 11 which is 77 in dog year, but don't tell him he's a Senior Citizen. Max was Mommy's second Boxer. Her says we are marked the same except him is Boxer and something where me is Boxer and American Bulldog.






Mommy says there is more pictures but hers thinks these is enough for me to post. Me is going to get to meet Max and Drew the next time hers goes to VA. Me sure hopes thems likes me.

Murphy

Welcome home Mommy

In case anybody was wondering, me has not had access to a computer for a week. Mommy wented on a bacation to Virginia to see her human children and left me at home with Daddy. She had tha door to her office closed so me couldn't get to tha computer in there. Daddy stays on hims computer all tha time so me couldn't use it either. Mommy got home today and me is able to use tha computer again. Me sure did miss Mommy too!!!

Mommy said hers had a really good time visiting with hers children and grandchildren. Hers took lots of pictures and says her will let me see them and help me post them her later this week. Me can't wait to see pictures of litte Drew the rat terrier and Max the boxer.

Murphy, who is so happy that hims Mommy is home

A very important week

This has been a very important week in the life of this not so little Boxer Puppy. Remember Mommy and Daddy lifted me alone and out of the crate on Sunday for all day and me didn't have any accidents or get into any trouble. Mommy and Daddy decided that maybe it was time to trust their Boxer boy and leave me out all day while thems went off to work. It has been a wonderful week of freedom for me. If Daddy gets tha chance hims comes home to let me outside for a little while and then hims goes back to work. Mommy says me has a very important job to do now that me is a big boy and that job is to guard the house while thems is away. Me takes this responsibility very very seriously too!!!!! When thems leaves the house them says "Murphy, guard the house" and me trots right over to me ottoman in front of the picture window and sits there looking out the window and watching for burglars. When thems comes home, there me is right where thems left me too.

Now don't think me just sits there all day. See being a bonifide guard dog means you has to patrol the house and that's what me does too. Me patrols the den and naps on the love seat, then me patrols the upstairs and if the bedroom door is open me will do in there and patrol and sometimes get up on the bed with Miss Pitty Pat and nap. Then it's back down to the living room to patrol some more from the sofa and another nap. After patrolling there for awhile me sometimes goes down to Daddy's office to patrol from the futon. See all this patrol is hard work and me has to take lots of naps.

Oh yeah me got some new clothes yesterday too. Mommy broughted me home a beautiful new black and orange flame collar that has "Harley Davidson" emblems on it. It's very nice and doesn't fall off me neck and head like me choke collar. Me likes it a lot.


Murphy the bonifide guard dog

Red letter day

This has been a very important day for a not so little boxer pup. This morning Mommy took me fo a walk and guess what?? Me was walking with Mommy off tha leash. We walked for about 30 minutes and hers had the leash attached to me collar by both ends and laid across me back as a handle incase her needed to reach down for it. Well hers only reached for it once and that was when we passed a really old Chow that me showed a slight interest in. Other than that we walked the whole way without Mommy holding the leash at all. This is a wonderful thing.

Even bettern is this. Mommy and Daddy decided to go on an afternoon road trip to a Holy Cross Abbey Winery and then to the Royal Gorge. Do you know what thems did, them lefted me out of the crate the whole time thems was gone and that was for almost 7 hours. Me was a really good Boxer too. Me didn't mess in the house or tear up anything. Me did just what Mommy and Daddy said and that was to guard the house. Me thinks them is going to start leaving me out while thems is a work. Isn't this exciting??? And the best part of all, to reward me for being so good, Mommy gave me the rest of a pork roast as an hors de voure before dinner and then some of thems flank steak for dinner. It's good to be a dog.

Murphy

Getting Me Nails Clipped

Well this was certainly an interesting day. Mommy decided that today would be a really good day to get me toe nails clipped. Hers said the last time them was clipped was when me got fixed in March. Me don't remember it cause apparently me was still asleep. Well me was WIDE AWAKE today. We wented to PetCo and this really nice lady (who likes boxers a lot) tried to clip me nails. Daddy had to wrestle me to the floor to try to hold me still while the nice lady clipped me nails. Me has decided this is not a very pleasant experience and can't decide why Mommy would put me through this torture. Mommy thinks it would be a good idea to have me toe nails clipped every couple months. Personally, me don't think it's a good idea at all. Just take me for lots of walks and that should work a lot better.

There is fire works being let off outside. It must be cause it's Memorial Day Weekend. Me wasn't sure what that meant or why there is fire works but Mommy explained it to me. Hers says this weekend is to remember those men and women who served in the Armed Forces past and present. Hers said her Daddy was a veteran of World War I and the Korean War and that her has a nephew who was in the Airforce so we is memorializing them. So thank you Granddaddy Carroll and cousin Shannon for keeping us free and safe.

Murphy (who is saluting everyone who is serving our country in the Armed Forces.)

Mommy's Cranky

It's really, really hot today and Mommy is really, really cranky. Her says her must be adapting to Colorado after almost 6 years cause even her thinks it's hot. And me just learned that when Mommy is hot hers gets really cranky and me doesn't like it one little bit. Her gets really short tempered with me and fusses, "Murphy move, Murphy lay down, Murphy get off me". This is not how Mommy normally is either so me hopes it don't stay hot to long. Me doesn't get cranky when me gets hot, me justs goes finds a nice cool spot on the floor and takes a nap until its cool outside.

Daddy had to work late today and when him left to go to this call him left me out of the crate til Mommy got home from work. Me was a really good puppy too. When Mommy got home me was laying on the couch in the living room guarding the house (well me was really sleeping but me won't tell Mommy that). Then Mommy went out to get something to eat and hers lefted me out again. Me is hoping that it won't be long before thems leaves me out all the time and the crate will be just a safe place for me when me gets a little out of control. Maybe Saturday me can prove meself cause Mommy and Daddy is going to a cookout. If them will leave me out to guard the house me will show them what a good boy me is. Come on Mommy and Daddy just give me a chance.

Your Big Boy

Murphy

Thunder storms and other things

This is scary. There is really, really high winds tonight. Mommy says there is a thunder storm warning for our county. Me isn't scared of thunder but this wind is really unsettling for a little boxer puppy. Me even heard Mommy and Daddy discussing going to the basement incase there was tornado. Me guesses them doesn't know that dogs and cats would know if something like that was going to happen. We have a 6th sense when it comes to weather that is not normal. Me thinks that there isn't no tornado coming but me is a little bit nervous anyway. Me isn't used to hearing the wind like this. Usually when tha wind gets really high it's during the night and we is all asleep.

This is a very strange story on the news tonight. Peoples are bringing them pets into the vets because them is hooked on drugs like Cocaine and Meth as well as over the counter drugs. This is awful. How could pets get like this? Why would thems peoples give their pets drugs or leave drugs in places where them pets can get them. This is so sad. Humans should realize how lucky them is to have us animals for friends.

Mommy says the drugs aren't always illegal drugs either, sometimes them gets over the counter drugs. Mommy says her is careful to keep all her over the counter drugs up hign in tha medicine cabinet and hopes everybody else does too. Hers even has the sedatives left over from me was "fixed" up out of the way so thems doesn't get accidently eaten. Me is so glad that Mommy and Daddy are good pet owners.

Murphy

Gottcha Day

Tomorrow is me "Gottcha Day" Mommy brought me home a year ago tomorrow. Hers said hers had picked me out on tha 20th but her actually got me on tha 23rd. Me hopes there is some treats and presents for a puppy's "Gottcha Day"

Murphy

In the dog house

Well actually me is in the dog crate. See me was a bad puppy today or at least that's what Mommy says. You remember that wonderful new dog bed Mommy boughted me for me crate?? Well me ate it today while me was in the crate. Mommy was not happy when hers came home from work and found pieces of the dog bed all over tha place including on me nose and lips. Her told Daddy that was it!! No more dog beds for me and the crate. Hers thinks me destorys the beds in me crate cause me gets bored and hers is right. Me does get bored being in there for 3-4 hours or more during the day with only a bone to chew on so me tears up me bed. In fact Mommy thought it might be interesting to leave me out if Daddy is only going to be gone for 3-4 hours during the late afternoon. This would be a really good test to see if me could be a really good boy. Me sure hopes thems tries this new idea.

Murphy

Happy Mother's Day

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!!

Me wants to wish me dog mother (where ever hers is ) and me human mother a very happy Mother's Day!!!

Me must have been a really, really good Boxer this week or else these are early "Gottcha" Presents. Mommy broughted home a new bed for me crate and then hers and Daddy went to PetCo (thems didn't take me) and came home with two new heavy duty toys for me. Thems only let me have one of them though. It's a big hard rubber chicken bone. Me thinks Mommy likes it a lot cause her keeps wandering around the house chanting something about "Chicken bone, chicken bone, wheres that darned ole chicken bone" or "Chicken bone, chicken bone, Murphy fetch that chicken bone" and then hers laughs. This is very strange behavior for Mommy cause hers normally only pickups up me toys and doesn't have anything to say about them. Hers says it has to do with another little dog her human boy had who was named Sudsy. It was a little Boston Terrier and thems would chant that song to it when it played with its chicken bone. Humans can be very, very strange.

Murphy

A break through

Me is so excited and Mommy and Daddy is so proud of me. Do you know why?? This is why, see Daddy took me on a walk tha other day and hims decided to take tha leash off me and trust me to stay beside him while we walk. Me didn't let him down either. Me stayed right beside him just like hims wanted me to do. Mommy took tha day off from work and hers took me for two walks today. The first walk was around tha lake and her would drape tha leash across me back and let me walk beside her without holding tha leash. When hers saw peoples coming hers would reach down and get tha leash. Hers even took me over to see a Prairie Dog Village and me just sat there and looked at them silly things. Tha only time me got in trouble was when........you guessed it..........a rabbit appeared. Them darn ole rabbits!!!!

Then later in tha morning Mommy took me for another little short walk. We went on tha trail and Mommy took the leash completely off me and me stayed right beside her. Hers was so proud of me. Me likes it when thems is proud of me. Daddy says little steps in trusting me to be a good dog and do what me should is what needs to be done. Him says slowly thems will allow more distractions while me is walking off leash.

Me is such a good dog

Murphy

We's getting a new back fence

This is very exciting news. We is getting a new back fence and guess what? Daddy doesn't have to build it. Hims is only helping pay for it. Our neighbor behind us is going to build tha fence and hims wants to start tomorrow. See we have this lattice type fence seperating our backyards and you can see right through it and so there is no privacy. Now normally this isn't a big deal cause thems has a really nice back yard to look at and really nice kitty that comes to the fence to visit with me but sometimes it is a problem. Mommy says it would be nice to go out in tha back yard and not feel obligated to talk to tha neighbors cause thems can see you out there.

There is going to be one little, itty, bitty problem while this fence is getting builded. Me won't be able to run loose in tha back yard. Daddy promised him would take me out on a leash but see me and Mommy goes out back to play ball in tha evening when hers gets home. If the fence is being fixed then me can't run loose to play ball. Maybe Mommy will take some pictures so she can show everybody tha new fence.

Murphy

Yard work and walks

Me learned something this weekend and this is what it was. If me wants to go for a walk me has to stay out of the way when Mommy and Daddy is doing the yard work and house work too. You would think cause me letted them sleep in yesterday morning and this morning thems would want to take me for a walk right away. NOPE this is not how it works on the weekends. See first thems has to get up and have some coffee and read the newspaper. This would be fine if thems would let me have some coffee too but Mommy says me has enough energy and coffee would only make me worse. Then thems had to talk about what needed to be done and this took some more time. Now me may only be a dog but it seems to me that this is something that could have been done while thems was walking me.

After deciding who was going to do what the house work began and when that was finished the yard work. Now here's the thing about yard work, me has to stay in tha house when thems doing it in the front yard. When thems moves to tha back yard me is put in tha outside kennel for safe keeping. Well that's what Mommy says anyway. Hers says it's not a good idea for me to be barking and snapping at the lawn mower or the weed eater. Hers says the weed eater could make me already short nose even shorter if me got to close. Once thems got all this work done, without any help from me, then thems had to sit and rest for awhile. Me did get to finally go for a walk later in tha afternoon.

Oh yeah, Mommy says a really important day is coming soon. This day is May 23 and is the day hers went and got me and broughted me home to be hers and Daddy's dog. Hers says this day is as important as having a birthday. Hers says in a way me has two birthdays, one to mark the day me was actually born and the other to mark the day me became a part of hers and Daddy's family. Me sure hope this means they is going to have a party.

Muprhy

April Showers May Flowers??

This has been one rainy week. Mommy says there is an saying that goes "April Showers bring May flowers" and Daddy says "May flowers bring tha pilgrims" of course hims being funny. Any way me is wondering what all these May showers bring. It has been raining all week and all month. Okay so tha month is only 4 days old but that's beside tha point. We have a sprinkler system to keep the grass and flowers green so what do we need this rain for?? Tha problem with all of this rain is this, Mommy and Daddy can't take me for a walk. Tha last time me got to go for a walk was on Sunday and here it is Thrusday and nothing but rain. This is not fair!! Me has to go for walks or otherwise me has to much energy and it gets me into trouble. Me sure hopes tha sun comes back soon. Oh yeah all this rain has made tha grass grow really tall but it's to wet to mow. It it keeps up me won't be able to find me way from tha back yard to tha back door. All this grass also means Mommy andDaddy needs to do yard work and this will interfer with me play time and walk time.

Me is going to go chew on me bone and think about what to do when it's raining

Murphy who has cabin fever

New Toys

Mommy was feeling sorry for me this evening (or else me had gotten or her last nerve with me wanting to play) and took me on a trip to Petco to get some new toys. The reason hers needed to get me some new toys is this, me had been playing fetch with this nice little tennis ball and suddenly it had disappeared. Mommy had looked and looked and looked all over tha place for that tennis ball and couldn't find it. (Hers didn't know me had eaten it) So hers decided this evening, after looking all over the place again, to take me to Petco and get some new tennis balls.

Mommy was very, very pleased with how good me was while we was in Petco. See the last time hers had taken me there, me was a tiny bit unruly and did things me shouldn't have done like marking the toy aisle. This time though, me was very well behaved (darned ole training). We wented into the store and me was very excited but right away Mommy made me pay attention to her. When we went to the toy aisle hers made me sit and then lay down while hers looked at the toys. Then when we went to the check out counter hers again made me sit and then lay down while hers paid for me toys. Me was really good while the boy at the check out counter petted me. By the way Baywee, if you is reading this you is getting cheated. Mommy doesn't make me pay for me toys like your Mommy does. You needs to hide your piggy bank so hers had to pay for your new toys with her money. Mommy was so very proud of me that hers came home and bragged to Daddy at how good me was.

Then it happened. We played with the balls and had a really big time but Daddy was a tiny bit skeptical about me having them balls cause hims thought me would eat them. Mommy said that me wouldn't do that and the smaller ones was really tought. Well you guessed it..........me ate one of the little yellow tennis balls and that's when me thinks Mommy figgered out that me had probably eaten the one hers had been looking for all week. Me couldn't help it......Mommy knows me is an aggressive chewer and me hasn't eaten or chewed up any of her shoes or tha furniture so hers needs to give her little boxer boy a break. Mommy tooked the other 3 balls and put them up and said me could only have them if hers was playing fetch with me. Grrrrr this is not fair at all. If thems is me toys then me should be able to eat them if me wants to.

Murphy

Yesterday Hail, Today Snow

Mommy says this is Spring Time in the Rockies. Me isn't sure what her means but it sure is cornfusing. Last night there was a Hail Storm.
Me doesn't know if you can make it out or not but that is balls of hail out there on tha street.










This is very cornfusing cause this stuff looks like snow but it makes a lot of noise and snow don't make no noise. Me thinks me needs to go outside and investigate this stuff.









This is some really strange stuff. It's cold like snow but it sure isn't soft like snow. It hurts when it's falling from the sky and lands on me. Me doesn't think me likes hail to much.














This is what me back yard looked like after the hail. Lots of balls of hail. Mommy says its frozen balls of rain. This is very nice but it hurts and me doesn't like it.

Murphy who really doesn't like hail

This has been some weekend!!!!

Mommy gave to me two new stuffed animals. One was a Koloa Bear and tha other was a little Monkey. Me was having a really good time with that ole Koloa Bear until me started to eat its little plastic nose and them Mommy tooked it from me. Hers says hers can't understand why me has to eat them. Hers thinks me should just snuggle up to stuffed animals and play with them really easy. But me isn't that kind of dog. Me likes to play rough with things. Hers said that a Boxer shouldn’t eat plastic cause it wasn’t good for their digestive system.

Then hers gaved to me a cute teeny, tiny Monkey to play with. Now isn’t that monkey just the cutest thing. Look at how me is giving it a boxer hug. There was only one little bitty problem. Me chewed it’s head off on Sunday morning and Mommy had to go pick up its stuffings in the yard before Daddy could mow.

After all these new toys, me came back inside to play with Daddy. Mommy tooked some pictures of me and Daddy playing. This will give you an idea of how me managed to make Daddy’s chair flip over. See this is what happens, Daddy will say “Murphy come here” and me jumps off the floor and lands square on hims chest and that’s what will flip hims chair over we found out.

Me didn't flip Daddy out of hims chair this time. And as you can see, me is still a teeny tiny lap puppy.

Today we did some yard work. Well actually Mommy and Daddy did tha yard work and me watched and laughed at them, just like Baywee says you have to do. Mommy went around and scooped strategically placed poop so Daddy could mow. Me doesn't think that Mommy and Daddy appreciate how much work and thought goes into placing the poop in all the right places. If thems did thems wouldn't always be picking it up. Me did learn one valuable lesson about laughing at your peoples. Thems don’t like to be laughed at and thems put me in tha outside kennel. Thems said it was to keep me safe but me knows it was to get even for laughing at them.

Me will have to write more about this weekend cause Mommy tooked lots of pictures and hers wants to post them all. MOMMYS!!!

Murphy

My Daddy is funny

My Daddy is funny. Hims does the silliest things sometimes and doesn't even mean too. When we plays together at night hims like to have me jump on hims lap. Usually hims says "Come here Murphy" and me jumps way up in the air and lands smack dab in the middle of hims lap. Daddy usually laughs at this. Well tonight me was laughing instead. This is what happened.

Daddy was in hims reclining chair and called me like hims usually does and me did what me usually does and that's jump into hims lap. This time instead of just sitting there and waiting for me (all 90+ lbs) to land on him, he leaned back in hims chair to brace for me landing and guess what happened. Yep, Daddy flipped over backwards in hims chair with me on top of him. Mommy was laughing so hard hers couldn't help him. Me was laughing pretty hard too cause there was Daddy laying on hims back with hims feet in the air and hims wasn't able to get out of hims chair cause it was it's back too. Daddy sure was a funny site let me tell you. Me is just glad hims wasn't hurt cause me likes to jump in hims lap.

Murphy

Wet Dog

Running through the sprinkler system is the bestest fun in the world!!! Tonight Mommy let me go outside in the backyard cause hers thought me had to go do me business. There was only one thing, the sprinkler system was working and that meant there was water spraying everywhere. Me took off running just as fast as me could right through the spraying water, round and round and round the yard. This was lots of fun for a boxer and me didn't even try to bite the sprinkler heads either. Daddy is worried that me will bite them sprinkler heads and break them but me would much rather run through them than bite them.

The only problem with running through spraying water is that me gets all wet and then Mommy thinks me smells like a wet dog. Now isn't that the funniest thing you ever did hear? Of course me would smell like a wet dog and her doesn't like that smell. DUH me is a wet dog. That's what happens when me runs through the spraying water, me gets wet. It wouldn't be much fun if me didn't get wet. Mommy is baffled that me likes the water so much. Hers says me isn't no water dog like a spaniel or a lab and yet there me is playing in the water.

Me wishes Mommy would hurry up and buy me a doggie swimming pool so me can play in it.

Murphy

Happy Easter

Happy Easter Everybody!!

This has been a really lazy weekend. Mommy took off Good Friday (that's what her says the Friday before Easter is called) so hers could have a 3 day weekend. We haven't done much of anything but go for walks and just laze around the house. This is fun cause it meant me got to spend more time with Mommy and everybody knows how much me loves to spend time with Mommy. We went for lots of walks too. Right now we is watching me favoritest movie, Old Yeller. Mommy says the movie makes her cry in the end.

There was one really strange thing that happened this weekend. Friday evening all of a sudden out of the ground came water!!!! These things came right up out of the ground and sprayed water all over tha place. Me was trying to bite the things and drink the water that was being sprayed but Mommy made me come inside. Hers said that me was being silly trying to bite water that was watering the grass and that me had better get use to it cause it was going to be coming out of the ground like that 3 nights a week. Me just can't figger out how them things raises up out of the ground and spews water on tha grass. This is a mystery and one me intends to solve. When me gets the answer me will let everybody know.

Oh yeah and one other thing. Mommy and Daddy left me in the house for 4 hours and me didn't have to stay in the crate. Me was able to roam the house, well except for the upstairs bedrooms and bathrooms. Mommy said me should guard the house while thems was gone and me did too. Me didn't get into any trouble either!! Maybe this means that thems will eventually leave me out of tha crate all of the times. Me sure hopes so cause it gets really boring having to sit in there even if it is nice and big and roomy. Me would rather use it as a den and take naps in there.

Murphy

Me and Mommy went for a nice evening walk just a little while ago and was having a really nice time just strolling along when it happened. Out jumped this little rabbit and me forgotted all me training. If Mommy didn’t have the leash firmly in hand me would have been gone. Me isn’t sure what it is about them little furry rabbits but every time me sees on of them things me suddenly becomes “ta ta BEAGLE BOY” and wants to hunt them little rabbits. Mommy had to zap me a couple times just to get me attention. Me sat down like her asked me to, even laid down but me was still watching where that rabbit runned off too just in case me could make a break for it.

Mommy said all dogs are descendants of wolves from 1000’s of years ago and dogs became tamed by people cause them wanted a faithful companion. Hers says wolves has to hunt for thems dinner and thems hunts rabbits among other things. If this is true (and Mommy never tells me anything wrong) then it must be that when me sees a rabbit me thinks that me is really a wolf and wants to go catch me dinner. It’s instinct her says and me agrees cause me can’t figger out any other reason for wanting to chase them little rabbits. It’s probably a really good thing that Mommy had that leash and me is mostly trained cause me would probably have gotten lost chasing that silly rabbit and then what would me do?


Murphy aka Beagle Boy

Mommy played a trick on me

Last night my silly Mommy played a trick on me. Hers and Daddy had gone out and lefted me in charge of guarding the house. When thems does this, me usually sits on me ottoman in front of the picture window and looks at everything that goes on outside. This way me can see if a burglar in a Daddy or Mommy suit is trying to break in. This works really well too cause there hasn't been no burglar in a Daddy or Mommy suit break in the house. Well, me heard one of them silly ole kitties thumping down the stairs and me decided to take a teeny tiny break from me post watching out the window and what do you suppose happened??

There was a knocking on the picture window glass and there was a face looking in the window. Me stopped investigating the kitty and looked at the window and there just as big as life was a burglar in a Mommy suit!!!!! Well this was a first and me wasn't sure what to do. Should me bark really loudly like a guard dog?? Should me go hide and hope that burglar in a Mommy suit went away??? Me was scared and confused. This had never ever happened before and me didn't know what to do. There wasn't nothing about it in the Boxer Union Book in the Guard Dog Chapter.

The knocking on the window kept up and then.............the front door opened. Me is embarrassed to admit it, but me crouched down and tried to hide. Then me heard that silly Mommy laughing and saw it wasn't a burglar in a Mommy suit at all just Mommy playing a trick on me. Hers thought hers was really funny tricking me like that. Me didn't think it was very funny at all. How would her like it if a burglar in a boxer suit tried to break in and it was just me playing a trick on her??? Me bets her wouldn't like it one little bit either.


Embarrassing

Murphy

Walking after dark

Mommy was late taking me out for a walk tonight cause it looked stormy and was raining a little bit. Me wouldn't have minded going but me thinks Mommy might have been afraid hers would melt in the rain. So to make up for it Mommy took me for a walk after hers watched tonights American Idol.

There is a big difference in walking in the afternoon when there is sunlight and going for a walk after dark. Did you know there was lots of things lurking out there in the dark?? We was walking, walking, walking and there was this big shadow following us. This shadow was of a big mean fierce dog and hims was following us. And there was all of these dogs outside barking at me too. And the smells are different and the sounds are different and me couldn't see as well and it was just plain scary. Mommy thinks this is another good training tool. Grrr, hers and hers training tools. Me has had almost enough of all of this training stuff.

Then to top everything off, after we came home me got into trouble. That darn ole cat of Daddy's jumped off hims lap right in front of me boxer face and me tried to chase it. Daddy didn't like it either but what did hims think me would do??? Any self respecting boxer puppy would have tried to do the same thing. Me is sure of it. BUT.......it made Daddy mad and hims made me go get in me crate for some "time out" and so me could think about what me had done. Well me had already thought about what me had done, why does him thinks me did it??? A cat jumped in front of me face and me doggy instinct kicked in and me chased the cat. Silly ole darn cat, getting me in trouble like that. Grrrrrr

Murphy

Muddy feet

It seems that one of the things about spring is mud. This is especially true when the backyard is a bit tore up from the Sprinkler men working there a couple weeks ago. Yous remember thems? That was when me scared thems men so bad thems jumped the fence when the seen me coming.
The reason me brings this up is because Mommy and Daddy has founded a new way to humilate me, a sweet little boxer dog.

When thems lets me out back to go do me business or just to hang out, me gets me little boxer paws muddy. Me really can't help this cause there is muddy places where me likes to go. When this first happened Mommy grabbed a towel to wipe the mud off me paws. It didn't work really well so hers came up with a really bright idea. Hers has Daddy put the leash on me and hold me while hers gets the water hose and sprays off me paws. Hers picks up each of me little paws and sprays them on the bottom and between me toes to get the mud off. This would be fun if thems would let me bite at the water coming out of the hose but noooooooo, thems makes me stand there like a good boy.

This wasn't bad enough, on top of that when Mommy took me for a walk this morning we passed a whole yard full of squeaky toy dogs. Thems was running up and down the fence line squeaking threats at me and Mommy decided to use Daddy's new trainig tool. Hers made me lay down there and let them nasty little squeaky things yip and yap at me and all me could do was just lay there and not even buff back at thems. This just doesn't seem fair at all. Me should at least be able to buff back at them when thems gets to squeaking at me. After all didn't me prove me was a good boy earlier when these peoples were walking a really tiny squeaky dog and me didn't even pay it any attention? Sometimes these going for a walk rules just don't make no sense.

Murphy

Early Morning Walks

Happy April Fool's Day!!!!

Mommy says this is the day to trick all fools. Hers can't trick me though cause me knows it's Saturday morning and that means going for a really nice walk.

We wented a new way this morning for our walk. We walked down tha sidewalk towards a really busy street that leads to tha path by tha lake but we didn't go there. We walked past lots of dogs in thems fenced in yards. Do you know that them dogs was barking and barking at me. Not all of what thems was barking was very friendly either. Them dogs wanted to know what this little boxer puppy was doing in their "hood" and thems were threatening me. Do you know that Daddy thinks it's a really good training idea to make me sit down and then lay down and let them dogs bark at me. Hims seems to think that this is furthering me education in becoming an obedient dog. Because me is a really good little boxer dog (most of tha time) me does what hims asks but it sure is silly. How would him like it if me made him lay down and listen to mean peoples call him names and threaten to beat him up?? Me bets hims wouldn't like it at all. And to make matters worse Daddy told Mommy about this wonderful "training tool" and hers is going to start using it too!!!!

After we came home from the walk there was yard work to be done and Daddy lefted the back gate open to the back yard. Yep, you guessed it. This little boxer dog decided it would be a very good idea to go exploring and me would have to but Mommy happened to come out of the garage door about the same time me came out of the back gate. Me did have a little fun and run into the neighbors yard and out a little into tha street. Mommy called me to "come" and that darn ole training kicked in. Me came to her and hers didn't even have the buzzing gadget with her to get me attention. Grrrr........me knows me is supposed to be obidient but dog gone it, me wanted to explore.

It looks like it may rain so me is going to go snuggle up on the luv seat with Mommy and watch some Animal Planet. That's me favorite program.

Murphy

A new family member

Mommy got word that hers is a grandma again. Mommy's two legged girl Tara called to tell Mommy that hers is the proud grandma of a little, itty bitty, miniature Rat Terrier named Prince Drew Caramel Beauregard. Tara is calling hims Drew. Hims is 8 weeks old and only 2# Mommy says it's a living squeaky toy but hers is real happy for Tara cause hers has been looking for a little pocket dog for some time. We haven't seen it yet but Mommy is going back to Virginia in June and will get to see her new little, teeny weeny, grandson.

Mommy cautioned Tara to watch out for Parvo with the new baby and sure enough Tara had to take that little puppy to the emergency vet Sunday night cause it was feeling bad. The vet said that little Drew didn't appear to have Parvo at the moment but was suffering from worms and infection so the vet gave little Drew some medicine and hims was feeling much better today. This is one lucky little fellow to have a Mommy who noticed the very first day that hims was sick and needed to see a doctor. Hims also got some new toys and a rhinestone collar cause hims is a prince. Hummm..........me thinks that maybe me needs to have some words with Mommy about collars. Me is a prince and me doesn't have no rhinestone collar.

Me can not even imagine how little this puppy must be if hims only weighs 2#. Me little boxer head weighs more than that. Mommy says me would probably hurt it if me were to go visit and try to play with it. Me doesn't think this is true. After all me good pal Baywee has a little, teeny weeny brother, Frog and hers doesn't hurt it when thems play. Me would be really careful too.

This is a picture of a miniature Rat Terrier.

This one is the same color as Drew. Isn't it cute? Me bets little Drew is cuter.

When Mommy's girl Tara sends pictures of Drew we will post them here.

Uncle Murphy

Sprung

Mommy finally sprung me this morning around 9:30. Me was getting a little worried cause it was getting late and hers hadn't come for me yet. What if hers had forgotted hers had a little boxer puppy? This was a really, really big concern for me cause who would take me home? The peoples at the Vets is really nice but me wouldn't want to go live with them. Me was so excited when hers showed up me forgot all the manners me had learned and jumped right up on her. Oh yeah, and me left that place with all the parts me went there with. The only thing me left behind this time was some dirt cause them gave me a bath.

Me is really, really glad to be home. Now me has to go talk to Miss Pitty cause hers has a tail of woe to tell me.

Murphy

In the Kennel

This is your friend Murphy, the little boxer puppy, writing from Bouton's Animal Hospital and Kennel. Me has been abandoned here while my Mommy and Daddy are off having fun with them friends in Estes Park.

Mommy tooked me to the Kennel on Friday. Her's didn't even warn me either just said "Murphy do you want to go for a ride?" and loaded me up in the car and drove me to the Vet's Office where her abandoned me!!!! Me thought me was going for just a friendly visit, stand on the scale and see how much me weighs and say hello to everybody there. Nope this is not what happened. The nice technician Lady had Mommy fill out the paperwork and put her leash on me and that's when me realized that something was wrong. The lady was trying to lead me into the back and Mommy was going out the front door and leaving me.

"MOMMY WAIT!!!!" "The lasted time you lefted me here I was missing parts when you came to pick me up. " Me barked at her and gave her me very bestest sad boxer puppy look. " PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME" me was whimpering, "me is scared of what will be missing when you comes to get me" Nothing worked at all. The technician Lady told Mommy she would have to leave before me would go with her and sure enough that's what her did. Hers' LEFT ME !!!
What kind of Mommy leaves her little baby when hims is whimpering and barking for her to take him with her??

Mommy is supposed to come get me tomorrow. Me sure hopes her doesn't forget me. But what me really hopes is me goes home with all the parts me went there with this time.

Murphy, who is writing this from behind bars.

Mommy had tha flu

Mommy was sick yesterday. It was a very sad thing to see this is for sure. Hers got up yesterday morning at 3:00 in tha morning with her tummy hurtin and hers had to stay home from work. Me thought this would be a good thing cause the last time Mommy was sick hers played with me. Not yesterday. Yesteday hers spented the whole live long day and night in bed sleeping. Me being the good little boxer puppy spent the whole live long day by her side (on the floor on my bed).

Now this is the thing, me was right there beside her, protecting her from burglars and who gets to sleep in tha bed with Mommy?? That darn ole Miss Pitty Pat. What good can an ole kitty do for a sick Mommy is what I want to know. Alls hers did was lay there purring like hers was something special and me was doing all the protecting work that had to be done.

Thank goodness Mommy is better today. Me knew hers was better first thing when her got up cause hers was loving me and wanting to play with me.

Murphy

This is tha question

If it is Spring time here in tha Rockies why is it snowing again???? This is what this little boxer puppy wants to know. It snowed on Sunday and then it snowed again yesterday, the very first day of Spring and now it's snowing again. Mommy let me go outside just a little while ago and what do you think me noticed tha very first thing?? SNOW!!! There is snow falling down out of tha sky again to night. If this keeps up me will never get to go on a walk again. Me doesn't think me likes Spring to much if this is what it's going to be like. In fact Winter was much nicer and me thinks me likes it a whole lot better.

Murphy

Welcome Spring

Mommy says today is the very firstest day of Spring but it sure don't look like it to this little boxer puppy. It snowed all last night and most of today. This is what me back yard looks like. Does this look like a spring day to you??? This looks an awful lot like winter to this little boxer pup.

There is snow all over tha place. Me helped Mommy shovel off tha sidewalk to the hot tub this evening. And then me tried to find me toys that got lefted outside. Everything is covered in snow.

Me thinks there might be a bone under here somewhere.

This sure is cold on me little boxer nose.

Maybe me can talk Mommy into taking me for a walk.

Welcome Spring

Murphy

Two walks in one day!!!

Oh boy, oh boy. Me got to go on two walks today. Mommy took me on a nice walk this morning and then Daddy tooked me for a walk this evening. This is a red letter boxer day for sure. On top of that it snowed again today. Not a bunch but it was fun to be playing in the snow while Mommy and Daddy sat in the hot water place and sipped their drinks.

Something strange did happen before we went for a walk this evening. Mommy and Daddy picked up me crate and moved it from the den to the living room and putted it in the corner there. Then thems took more furniture out of the den and put it in the garage. Me keeps going to the corner where me crate was and it's empty space. Daddy says me has a cyber crate in that corner for the time being. Then me will go up to the living room and bam there is me crate sitting right there in the corner with the door open just like always. Me goes into it and sniffs around to be sure it's me crate. This is really cornfusing for a little boxer dog and me has to sit there and scratch me head and try and figger this all out. Me heard them talking about some people coming tomorrow to do some rug cleaning in tha den. And Mommy said something about having to wipe me little boxer feet when me come back inside. Me will just have to wait and see what happens cause this is a really big mystery to me.

Murphy

Strange noises

There has been some really, really, really strange noises coming from that new refrigerator that Mommy and Daddy boughted. Me will be laying there on tha loveseat in the den and all of a sudden me hears that sounds like chulink, chulink. When me hears this noise me will start growling really low grrr grrr, just like any good little boxer watch dog puppy would do. Then me will get up off the loveseat and very cautiously go into the kitchen where that noise is coming from. When me gets there the noise has stopped and there isn't anything. Mommy would say "get it Murphy, go get it" and me would take off barking me silly boxer head off while Mommy laughed. Mommy and Daddy think it's really funny to see me go stand in front of the refrigerator with me little boxer head cocked quizzically, looking at the refrigerator. In fact me was standing right there in front of that new refrigerator when me actually figgered out that the noise was really coming from it. Now me doesn't look so silly growling at the sound.

Murphy, always on guard

What not to do early Sunday Morning

There are some very, very, very valuable lessons learned on Sunday Mornings. Me knows cause me was finding them out this morning. For some silly reason Mommy and Daddy likes to "sleep in" on tha weekend. What them is sleeping in me doesn't know but thems gets really cranky if you try to get them up to play to early. This is very confusing for a boxer puppy cause during the week thems gets up at undogly hours to go to the work places but on weekends thems doesn't.

Sometime during the night Mommy went into the spare bedroom to sleep cause Daddy was snoring really loudly. When hers does that me gets to get in tha bed with her and sleep. Now me knows the rules for sleeping with Mommy on these rare occasions and me follows them to a T. During the week there is no rules for waking Mommy up but on the weekend there is lots of them. Me founded out this morning through trial and error what some of them rules was.

1. Do not sit on Mommy anywhere!!! Hers is not really happy to wake up with a 90 # boxer
puppy sitting on her.
2.Do not lick or put a cold nose on Mommy anywhere!!!! Hers doesn't like to shocked awake by icy cold things.
3.Making whining noises, little barks or yips is generally not a good thing either, specially if you are looking right at her face.
4. Bringing toys to tha bed and trying to poke them into her face, under the covers or into her hand really makes her mad.
5. Biting her toes can get you banned from tha bed and tha bedroom so it's not a good idea
either.
6. If you wake Mommy up to go outside, you better go outside. Her is not in the mood to play silly Boxer games on the weekend mornings.

Me has a feeling there is more but me just hasn't stumbled on them yet. Now me is ready to go take a little dog nap. After all me has been up for 1 whole hour and me needs to rest. Trying to get Mommy up is hard work.


Murphy

Another Saturday Morning

Whoo hoo, it's Saturday again and me got Mommy up at 6:15 in tha morning. Hers wasn't real happy about that but hers went to bed early last night so me thought her could get up early. The hard part was getting her to understand that me wanted to go for a walk right away. Now you would think that if you had an extremely hyper puppy bouncing off of tha walls that you would know this puppy needs some exercise. Nope, not Mommy, hers wanted to go sit at her computer first and drink her coffee. Meanwhile this little boxer puppy was waiting impatiently to go for a walk. Do you know what hers and Daddy's excuse was for not taking me for a walk? It was becasuse it was to cold outside.

Mommy and Daddy decided to leave me, poor little Murphy puppy, alone on Saturday morning and go for breakfast and then go shopping. Thems left me to guard the house cause them digging mens was coming back. When thems got home, Mommy took me for a walk. We passed a house with some squeaky toy dogs (sorry Frogknot but them little dogs sure do squeak a lot) and me wanted to go see what thems was squeaking about but Mommy said that me had to pay attention to her. How in tha wide wide world of Boxer puppies is me going to figger out what them squeaky dogs is all about if me has to all the time pay attention to Mommy. Her still doesn't get it. Me knows what hers looks like and me pays attention to her when me wants to.

After we got home them digging men wanted to show Mommy and Daddy about this new sprinkler system thems had installed. Ya know this could be a lot of fun. The sprinkler thingys
pop up out of tha ground and squirts water all over the yard. Me could have the biggest time chasing them in the summer time. Me will keep you updated on how this new adventure turns out.

Then do you know what happen? Some mens showed up to deliver a new refridgerator. That's what Mommy and Daddy had been shopping for. Me got put in me crate to kee me out of tha way and so me would scare anybody else. Me tried to help Mommy put things in the new refridgerator but hers kept saying get out of the way Murphy. So now we have a brand new refrigerator for Mommy to store left overs that wind up in me food. Yummy.

Now me and Mommy is snuggled up on the luv seat. Mommy loves it when me puts me big ole head on her shoulder so that is what me is doing.

Murphy

A slow week here at the Murphy Household

There wasn't a whole lot going on this week. Me chewed up the indestructible ball by Sunday evening (and Mommy thought me couldn't do it) Then because me didn't have anything else to do me chewed up the blanket in me crate. That's the 2nd one in a week and Mommy wasn't happy about it. Hers even took out what was left to throw away and didn't put anything back.

On Wednesday some men came to the house and was digging a really big hole in tha front yard. Me was really worried that Mommy was going to blame me for it cause me has a hole the me digs up in the back yard. Lucky for me, Mommy saw them mens digging and me didn't' get blamed. Her did have to pick up the garbage thems left laying around and hers wasn't to happy about that.

It snowed on Wednesday night and them men couldn't come back to work but thems came back today and me had a really big time with them. This is what happened. Daddy forgotted that them mens had taken the gate down and let me out into the back yard. Hims didn't realize that there was of them hole digging men out there but me did!!! Me went bounding up to say a friendly boxer hello and scared that poor digging man half to death. Him was so scared of me that him jumped over the 6 foot fence to get away. Me thought that was pretty darn funny and me is still laughing about that one. Then me noticed that there was an escape route to the front yard and off me trotted to see what them digging men was doing in the front yard. The man that jumped the fence asked Daddy if me was friendly cause hims jumped the fence to get away from me. Them silly digging mens, just cause me is a big boxer puppy doesn't mean me is a mean boxer puppy. It was pretty funny to see him jump over that fence though.

Them is suppose to come back tomorrow to finish digging. Mommy says them is putting a sprinkler system in. Me isn't sure what that is but Mommy seems to think that even though it isn't for me, that I will have a really good time with it this summer.

Time to go vault through the air and put all 90 pounds of me on Daddy's lay

Murphy

Got a clue?

It's about time Mommy took a hint from reading Baywee's Blog. Me was wondering when hers and Daddy would go shopping and buy me a new toy. Thems went to Pet Smart (without me) this morning and thems came back with a really neat toy. Me almost got a Tshirt too, horrors!!!! Me hopes Mommy forgets about going back and getting it even if it is a Harley Tshirt and hers thinks me would look cute in it.

This is me new toy. It is a glow in tha dark ball and it makes noises like a baby when it rolls around. Mommy says it's supposed to be indestructible. We'll just see about that..

Come on Daddy, hurry up and open up this new toy. Me wants it now!!!! Just how much longer can a little boxer puppy be expected to sit and be good. Give it up now!!

Okay, what's in there making all of that noise??

Thanks Mommy and Daddy for tha new ball. Me hasn't destroyed it yet and it's been a whole hour. Me's tired now and needs to take a nap and this bone will make a really good pillow. And on top of that if me has me head on it Miss Pitty won't be able to steal it.

Daddy calls this me Playmate Pet of the Month pose

Murphy

Cleanliness

What is it with Mommys and cleanliness??? My Mommy decided that we had to have a very clean house this weekend. There wasn't any company coming, no dinner parties or just plain visits and yet hers had to have a clean house. The worst part was, me was expected to stay out of her way while hers cleaned. This is hard to do cause me is a shadow when it comes to following Mommy everywhere hers goes. Mommy says her now knows where the expression "dogging her every move" came from.

Anyway, Mommy was cleaning, cleaning, cleaning yesterday. Her even made Daddy help! Me heard "Murphy move" so much yesterday that me thought me litttle boxer name had been changed to Murphy Move. Now this is not a very good name for a dog. Mommy was in such a cleaning frenzy that her even cleaned off the stratically placed nose prints that I had on the living room window, the front storm door and the sliding glass door to the back yard. On that door there was nose prints on both sides. It takes lots of hard work and determination to get them nose prints just exactly right and in the right places on the window and doors. Why, even Daddy has placed his nose prints on the storm door going out to the front yard. Me knows hims had to work hard to get them at just the right height so Mommy wouldn't give me the credit for doing it. Hers even cleaned hims nose prints too. Can you believe that? Now we have to go and start placing them nose prints all over again. This is a lot of hard work!!

We did go for a lovely walk yesterday morning. Mommy decided to take me the very first thing. We walked a really long way and me practice (with Mommy's urging) me latest command, which is "down". What happens is this, we'll be walking along having a really nice time and all of a sudden Mommy will say "Murphy, sit". Me is supposed to sit down and immediately look up at her, even though me knows just what hers looks like. Then Mommy will say "Murphy, down" and me is supposed to lay down on the ground. Me hasn't figgered out exactly the purpose of this down yet, but me can do it and it makes Mommy very happy and proud of me. Anyway, we walked on a very loose leash and Mommy was very pleased with me progress. Her says taking me for a walk was fun now. Daddy even tried to walk me and me stayed right close to him and didn't pull on the leash or nothing. So now we can go on lots of walks cause me is being a good boxer puppy, most of the time.

Gotta run, thems is calling me for kibbles and me can't miss out on that.

Murphy

Me just found out some very disturbing information. Yesterday there was some funny business going on and it wasn't with me. Mommy came home from her work and her was telling Daddy about how there was a frog at work yesterday and the frog was really cute and fun to play with. And that this frog kissed her on her nose. Me was kind of puzzled that Mommy would think a frog was a fun thing to play with and that her thought it was cute was very strange indeed. And doesn't Mommy know that frogs cause warts? If a frog kissed her on her nose, her may wind up with warts on the end of her nose.

Then me saw the strangest thing on Mommy's computer. Do you know what it was?? There, on me bully friend Baywee's Blog, was a picture of someone that looked really, really familiar. Me thought me recognized this person in the picture. Me scratched me boxer head and thinked and thinked who is this person with the puppy. Then it came to me (me being a very smart boxer) it was a picture of me very own Mommy holding that little puppy. And that puppy looked a really whole lot like Baywees new little tiny puppy brother Frog!!!


Now how did that Frog wind up in my Mommy's lap??

There hims was just sitting in her lap as pretty as you please
and him was going to have a meeting with my Mommy! Now it makes sense. The cute little frog me Mommy was talking about was Baywee's little Frog and him had gone to work with his Mommy and had gone to visit me Mommy and me Auntie Maggie.

See that Frog sitting there? See how Mommy is holding him in her hands having a meeting?? This sure is a little puppy. Me two front paws are bigger than that little thing.

Now me want's to know if this seems fair?? It was me birthday and me wanted to go some place special. Me hasn't been to Mommy's work since me was little tiny puppy and even then me didn't get to sit in Mommy's lap at her desk and have a meeting. Sure me got to go have lunch with Mommy and Aunt Maggie at a real restruarnt but now me wants to go to work and have a meeting with Mommy.

Hello little Frog, me hopes you liked me Mommy. She is a really nice Mommy. But next time you need to come visit me. We can have a meeting. Bring Baywee.


The Murphster

This is how a birthday works

This is how me birthday worked. Mommy and Daddy had to go to work cause thems has to earn money to feed all them hungry mouths in this house. Me is the hungriest mouth to feed cause me is still a growing puppy. Mommy wonders if when me will stop growing. Hers had me weighed at the vet and me weighs in at 87.8#. This is what me looks like at 1 year old. Me bets me dog mommy would never recognize me.



Me was giving Mommy all of me attention cause her had something that smelled really really good and me was pretty sure it was for yours truly, the birthday puppy. Mommy loves it when me looks like this. Her's says me is really handsome.

What is in that bag on the stove. That is where all the good food smell is coming from. Me thinks it could be me birthday hambugers. Me little mouth is just drooling in anticipation. Come on Daddy give it up to the Murphy Dog.

Daddy please don't play keep away with the puppy.

Me doesn't want it over there, me doesn't want it in the air.

Me doesn't want it far and wide, me wants the hamburger that's by your side.

Come on give me that hamburger!!!

Finally!!! Slurp, yum, slurp.........this is a really good birthday hamburger. And there's another one in the bag for me. This is a really good birthday treat. And mommy says that maybe hers will take me for ice cream later.

Murphy

It's Me Birthday!!!

Oh boy,Oh boy,Oh boy,Oh boy,It's me 1 year birthday!! Me is so excited! Me even got a birthday card from me Pet Insurance. Thems is really nice to send that to me. See what the card says. Me can't believe me got me very own. Mommy wanted to scan in the picture on the front of the card but her was having troubles doing that.

Dear Murphy,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
You bring so many smiles to yourfamily. May your special day be filled with wondrous adventures.
FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT VPI PET INSURANCE

Me also got a really nice birthday e-mail from Dogster. Thems is going to spotlight me in the Birthday Stroll. Woof Woof Woof. This is so exciting.

Dear Murphy,

Woof woof!
We want to wish you a very Happy Birthday full of love and joy and tail wagging. We are thrilled to be able to celebrate it with you! Murphy will be profiled today with other birthday doggies on Dogster's special Birthday Stroll:
http://www.dogster.com/assign_stroll.php?o=birthday
Since it's your birthday we want to give you something special, so we given you 25 Dogster bones and one vote of 5 Paws! Dogster loves you!

Sincerely,
Your Friends at Dogster

Me wonders what it will be like to be 1 year old??? And me sure hopes Mommy and Daddy gets me some ice cream and some hamburgers from McDonalds for me birthday dinner.

Murphy who is 1 today

Basketballs

Mommy wented to tha store yesterday and looked for another ball for me. Me eated a hole in me big tennis ball after about an hour of playing with it. So mommy, being a really good mommy, wented to Wal-Mart and bought a basket ball for me to play with. (Me thinks her is still trying to make up for having me fixed when me wasn't broken.)

Notice how nice and round this wonderful basket ball is.

Me played and played and played with this new toy. Me chased it all over the back yard trying to get it into me mouth. Daddy was concerned that me wasn't going to be able to pick it up in me little boxer mouth. Me didn't want to disapppoint me Daddy so me worked and worked to get the basket ball in my little mouth. Me is proud to say that with much persistance me succeed in getting the ball in me mouth and it is no longer round.

Murphy 1, basketball 0 at the end of the game.

Me friend Baywee's mommy sented me mommy a link to get a jolly ball for me to play with. Hers is going to look into it. Me wouldn't mind having one of them toys made out of old fire hose and see how quickly me could chew that up.

Murphy (only 3 more days to me birthday)

Aggressive Chewer or me needs some sturdy toys

Mommy is looking to find me some sturdier toys. Every time hers buys me a toy it only last for 1 day at the mostest. Her's bought me a nice new ball made out of tennis ball materials as a coming home from the hospital present. Hers thought for sure that this new toy would last a really long time. NOT!! That new ball was chewed up in no time at all. Me only had it for about an hour when mommy saw me had chewed a big ole hole in it. The only thing me hasn't been able to chew up is me Kong Toys and the really hard rubber bones that Daddy boughted for me.

Mommy says me is an aggressive chewer and me needs toys made special for them kinds of dogs. Her says it's cause of the American Bulldog half of me. Her's even got on the internet and looked for toys for Pitbulls cause them kinds of dogs are REALLY aggressive chewers. Me thinks hers may have solved the problem of toys for me. Hers found a site with toys just for Pitbulls that hers thinks will work for me too. Thems even has squeaky toys for aggressive chewers made out of recycled fire hose. Maybe me will get some of them toys for me birthday next week.
Just in case this doesn't pan out, if anybody knows where Mommy can get me some really sturdy toys please let her know.

One thing for sure, being and aggressive chewer paid off today. Me was able to get that goofy ole medical collar off of me neck and me chewed it right up. Now me doesn't have to wear that collar no more and me feels much better for it.

Murphy who is free from that goofy medical collar

This is embarrassing !!!

This is embarrassing!! Her's just had to go and show everybody what me looked like with this goofy collar on .Mommy took this picture of me hours after me got home from the vet. Isn't this the silliest collar you ever did see?? This is so humiliating. No dog should have to wear one of these let alone have their mommy post pictures of it.

Thems tried to make me feel better by giving me a fresh bone and buying me a new ball but who can gnaw on a bone or play with a ball like this me wants to know??? Besides me really didn't feel to good.

Murphy who is hanging his head in shame.

Who is in my crate

Well this is just not right!!! Me came downstairs from Mommys bedroom and what did I find in me own personal crate??? A black kitty that's what. There in me crate, me very own private escape was Diamond Lil.

Her's was locked into me crate and hers was not a happy kitty either. Who would have done this horrible thing to both of us?? Who could have locked the kitty in and me out of me crate?

Doesn't them know this is where me goes to take a nap? Doesn't them know this is me private home? Doesn't them know me would never share it with a silly ole kitty? Not even Miss Pitty Pat. Here me is a convalescing puppy and needs to have me crate to go rest in and there is a kitty. Okay so they was going to take Lil to the vet and needed to be sure thems could find that silly kitty but did thems have to use me crate???

Murphy

Enough of this foolishness

Me is feeling much better today. That is except for this silly head collar the doctor putted on me to keep me from licking meself. This thing is so big it gets in tha way of everything and me is bouncing off of chairs, tables, walls and even steps. Mommy couldn't leave well enough alone and her had to go take some pictures. Me is sure her is going to post them as soon as hers gets a chance and that will be embarrassing for sure.

Me don't know why the vet don't want me licking meself. Doesn't her know that dogs have very clean tongues and that thems licking themselves when there is cuts makes them heal faster. Mommy says that of all the dogs hers has had fixed this is the first time one has had to wear a color. Hummm it just occurred to me that something must be wrong with the way Mommy takes care of hers puppies if she has to keep taking them to get fixed. Me wonders if thems was like me, not broken but Mommy took them to get fixed anyway. This is something me will have to go think about.


Murphy (who is hiding from Mommy and the camera)

Call the Poolice !!!!

Somebody quick call tha poolice, the FBI, the CIA, Interpol, ABC, CNN, NBC, CBS, FOX !!! I've been robbed. They're gone, missing, not there!!! Me's lost them!!! Somebody tooked them!!!! Mommy took me to the vet this morning and me had them and when me came back and them was gone. Somewhere between leaving home this morning to go to the vet and coming home them disappeared. What you may be asking is all the fuss about??? What could a little puppy have possibly lost that is so important??? Hims family jewels is what hims has lost!!! This is awful, where did thems get too??

This is what happened. Last night for no reason at all, Mommy took up my food bowl. Me doesn't know why here did this cause there was still food in that bowl. Then to make matters worse her took up the water bowl too and even closed the lids on the porcelain watering bowls. This was very strange indeed and had me worried that maybe Mommy wasn't feeling very good. Then to make things worse, when Mommy and me went to bed for the night hers shutted the bedroom door so me couldn't get out and roam the house. This is not a good thing cause a burglar could get in the house. Me thinks this might be what happened last night.

When we got up this morning Mommy forgot to feed me and hers didn't give me any water either. Me thinks hers might have been distracted by the kitties and forgotted. Mommy did take me for a ride though. We went to see my vet this morning and Mommy lefted me there. The last time hers lefted me at the vet was to go away for the weekend and me was worried that her was going away again and forgotted to tell me.

The next thing me remembers is waking up with this funny looking thing around me head and feeling really sleepy and confused. Mommy and Daddy camed to get me and the vet said me did really good there today but me don't remember being there at all. Mommy took me to the car and me was all woobly on me legs like when me was a little puppy. Her and Daddy helped me into the truck but that thing on me head kept bumping into things. Daddy got in the back with me and we headed for home. It hurted to sit on me behind and me wanted to go lick but that ole head thingy kepted me from it. Mommy putted me in me crate so me could go back to sleep for awhile. Me don't ever remember being this sleepy for this long. The worst thing is me gets the feeling me lefted something at me vet's office that me needed to keep. That's where to poolice comes in. Me was robbed at the vets office. Somebody call the poolice..........and wake me up when thems gets here so me can fill out tha report.

Murphy, who is still very confused and sleepy

Clipped?

Okay this is really becoming a puzzle for a little boxer puppy. Mommy and Daddy are talking about me getting clipped. Does any body know what them is talking about?? Me already knows thems likes me little boxer ears to be floppy so it can't be that them is wanting to clip me ears. Maybe it's me toenails. Me friend Baywee goes and gets her nails clipped regularly and me knows that is something me hasn't had done yet. Maybe that is what them silly peoples is talking about, although me nails isn't that long. Walking on the sidewalks helps keep them short enough.

We wented outside this afternoon so Mommy and Daddy could sit in the hot tub. Doesn't them know it's really, really, really cold out there?? It only got to 15 degrees today and that is not very warm at all. Here are these silly humans sitting in a big ole tub of steaming hot water and liking it. Me will never, ever understand what makes Mommy and Daddy tick or if thems even does tick. Me thinks thems is a little bit goofy. Me stayed out ther with thems just in case me was needed to rescue them but it was against me better boxer judgement. Me will have to check the Boxer Union Box to see if there isn't some out clause for human goofiness when it's really cold outside. Right now a nice warm blanket on the couch is about the only place this boxer puppy wants to be.

Oh yeah, Mommy boughted me a new toy today. Me guesses it's the beginning of hers and Daddy getting ready for me birthday on March 1. It's only 10 days away. Me really wants a nice fleece dog pad to put in me crate to sleep on. Oh yeah and a birthday cake.

Murphy

IT'S COLD!!!

Brrrr it is really to cold for a boxer puppy to go outside today. Mommy said that there should be an indoor dog park so hers could take me there to go play. Mommy said it was a 3 dog night last night. Me is for sure her is nutty now. Can't be no 3 dog night. There is only one dog here and hims is here every night.

Training was way more fun this week. Thems had another boxer there that looked just like me only me is bigger and much more handsome not to mention friendlier. That other boxer growled at me and wanted to get into a fight. Me just wanted to go sniff some butt and be friends. Mr Trainer Man said that me was hard to train but that ole boxer was even tougher to train. ***big boxer grin*** Of course me is not as hard to train cause me is smarter. The trainer man teached me how to "place" this time. This is really the silliest of all the commands me is having to learn. See to "place" means to go to this place and stay there. Now why in this big world would a boxer want to stay in one place???? There is way to much to see in this world to have to stay in one place until them releases me. Sometimes peoples can come up with the silliest commands for dogs. Mommy and Daddy are making me practice "placing" on me ottoman in front of the picture window at home. From a boxer point of view this makes a tiny bit more sense. Me can get up on me ottoman and sit there all day long and look out the window. Silly mommy, hers thinks me is learning to "place".

There is something strange going on here today. Mommy and Daddy are talking about taking me somewhere on Monday and getting me fixed. Me isn't sure what is wrong with me that needs fixing. Besides, isn't that what all this training is for??? Thems is acting odd that's for sure. Me will have to keep a close eye on thems to make sure them don't do something really dumb.

Murphy

Happy Valentines Day

Mommy says that today is the day of love. And that it's when you let those who are very special to you know you love them. So here goes

Me loves you Mommy and Daddy and Miss Pitty and Lil and Smoke. Me loves all my puppy friends Me's made here and on Dogster. (That also means there's only 15 more days til me birthday)

Happy Valentines Day!!!

Murphy

Greeting Company

We have company and mommy said me was very, very good. Her didn't even have to keep me on tha leash til me settled down. Mommy says the best part is that the company knows that me can't be petted until me sits down and waits to be told me can get pets. This isn't really very fair cause it's exciting to have company come visit. Me knows they come just to see me and give me lots of pets so why me has to sit and wait to be told that me can have pets dosen't make any sense. But if that's the way Mommy want's to play this silly training game then this is what me will do.

Right now the company is downstairs in Daddy's office and thems has shut the door so me can't get down there. Thems is bottling the stuff daddy makes. Hims calls it mead. Me has licked some up off the flooe when it got spilled and it's sweet and sticky like honey. Anyway, me needs to get downstairs so thems would have the proper supervision. If this being upstairs with Mommy will Daddy and company is downstairs is part of this training stuff me doesn't like it.

We had company on the weekend too. Mommy and Daddy had a party and our friends came over for dinner and then to go outside and sit in the hot water place. Me was good then too even though Mommy kept me on the leash til me got over being so excited. Then me went politely, well as politely as me possibly could, and greeted everybody. When it came time for dinner Mommy thought it was best if me stayed in me crate while everybody ate. Hers thought that having a great big puppy wondering around the table might not be a good idea. Me could at least see and hear what was going on so it wasn't so bad and when it was time to go out to the hot water place me got to go and make sure nobody drowned in the water. That was pretty neat cause me could walk up the steps and lick who ever was close.

Me thinks me is starting to get the hang of how to behave with company.

Murphy

Drill Master Sargent Mommy

Me made a startling discovery today. Me Mommy is a Drill Master and her is a tough drill master to boot. Today Mommy and Daddy tooked me for a walk but instead of letting me go where ever me wanted to and sniff at anything me wanted, Mommy made me walk right beside her! Now what fun is this me wants to know????? Me walks right beside Mommy all the times inside tha house so why should me have to do this when we is outside walking?? Outside there is lots of things to see and hear and smell. On top of everything else, Mommy would be walking me and all of a sudden her would say "sit Murpy" and me would have to stop walking (just when me was doing it right) and sit and look at her. Doesn't this sound like a Boxer Boot Camp to you?? It does to me. Me was expecting her to say "drop and give me 20 boxer" Me isn't a Boxer Marine me is just a plain little boxer puppy. We was walking past some little kids and thems looked like thems needed a nice boxer kiss but nooooooo me had to sit there and look at mommy and pretend me didn't see them little kids. Doesn't her knows how hard it is for me to ignore them little kids when thems need boxer kisses so badly??

Going for a walk with Mommy is becoming quite a chore. What fun is this walking going to be if me has to walk right beside her?? Me has to figger out how to get around this. Mommy says that her can be as stubborn as me and that cause her is the more stubborn than me, that her will get her way. Hummmm we'll just see about that. Me can be a pretty hard headed little boxer puppy.

Private Murphy who's thinking of going AWOL

Homework for Murphy

Who ever heard of a puppy having homework?? This is what me wants to know. Dave the trainer man said that Mommy, Daddy and me had homework and it was for me to sit and look at Mommy or Daddy when thems asks me to sit. Now this is silly don’t you think? Me knows what thems looks like already. Why would me need to look at them when me is sitting??? There is so many other things to look at that if me is looking at them me might miss other things. But nooooooooo, the homework is to look at them when me is asked to sit. Me can’t just give them a quick glance and then look away. Nope me has to be focused totally on them.

On top of this silliness, there is new words me has to learn and what actions are involved when them words is spoken. Come, Sit, Wait, Look, Up, Down, Off, Free. Now them is a lot of words with a lot of actions involved with them and me is supposed to concentrate on what it is that me needs to do when me hears them. Now me knows that when Mommy and Daddy say “Murphy, come” that me is supposed to come to them right away. Well this is all very nice but what if me is busy doing something much more interesting than coming to them???? Shouldn’t a boxer puppy be allowed to continue doing what it is hims is doing and then come?? Nope the action for the command is “come” is come right this minute and look at me.

Then there is “sit”. Well of course me knows what sit means. It means sit down and wait for a treat. That was the very first thing me learned when Mommy brought me home. Not anymore. Now “sit” means that me has to sit down in front of Mommy or Daddy and look up at them until them tells me “free”. And what does “free” mean? It means me can relax for a moment or two until them decides to give me some other silly voice command like up, or down or off. This is like being in doggie boot camp. This is an outrage and me thinks me needs to get me Boxer Union Representative to help out here. Next thing you know me is going to be this really well behaved puppy!!!!

Murphy who doesn't like to do homework

Mind hims own business

Me was worrying Mommy this morning cause me was whining and hers was getting a tiny bit upset with me. So Daddy decided it might be a good idea to take me for a walk, which was what me was whining about to begin with. Sometimes Mommy can be a little slow when it comes to figuring out what it is me wants. Anyway, Daddy tooked me for a walk and hims was doing leash corrections just like trainer Dave and the man with a dog name, Duke said to do cause me is a "hard case". Me knows how to walks on a leash, me just gets excited and forgets everything me knows and needs corrections sometimes. Well this is what happened while we was walking and this strange man gave Daddy what for. Hims thought Daddy was being mean to me. Grrrrr.....that man doesn't know me Daddy. Hims wouldn't be mean to me, hims loves his little boxer puppy. Just cause me was misbehaving and him corrected me doesn't mean hims was being mean. That man needs to mind hims own business. If hims hadn't said that me was a handsome dog me might have growled at him.

Mommy says that dogs can be like children and need to know thems boundaries and what is expected of thems. And when you have a puppy like me, who wants to be in charge, sometimes you have to use tough love to let them know who is in charge. Hers says that a well behaved, well mannered dog is going to welcomed and loved by everybody. Me wants to be a well mannered, well behaved dog when me grows up so everybody will love me. Not that thems don't love me already but there is always them new people me is going to meet.

Murphy

Geeses

Yesterday Mommy had this really brilliant idea that it would be a good training opportunity if hers tooked me to tha park next to our house and work on walking calmly on the leash. When we got to tha park there was all of them geeses all over tha place. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, this was exciting!!!!! Thems things makes all kinds of noise and thems poop all over tha place. Mommy wanted me to walk right beside her and pretend me didn't see them noisey geeses or smell their smelly poop on tha ground.

This little boxer puppy is here to tell you that pretending all of that fuss is not going on is hard work. Them geeses was all over tha place. Mommy would walk me right towards them and if me pulled on tha leash at all to go investigate hers gave a quick yank, a buzz and said come and turned in the other direction and walked away. Then, can you believe it, hers would do it all over again and walk back towards them geeses. This silly Mommy of mine could not make up her mind what direction hers wanted to walk in. Me knew what direction me wanted to go and that was to them geeses to chase them. This went on until all of them geeses had flown away. Mommy kept saying "good Murphy" and patting me head every time her said sit and me sitted there beside her. Well of course me did that, what else could me do?? Me was on this leash and couldn't go anywhere. Not even chase tha geese.

Me has to admit (and me really don't want Mommy to see this) walking beside Mommy on the leash and not pulling her along is really kind of nice. That choke collar isn't choking me tha whole time we is walking and Mommy is a lot happier about taking me out. Hers even had Daddy come out later to show him how good me was being on tha leash and have him works with me some. All this working to be a good dog is really hard on a puppy. Me has to think really hard what it is that Mommy and Daddy wants it makes me tired. Me was so tired that when Mommy when to take this picture me didn't even get up to look at the camera up close.

Murphy

New Top Dog

There is a new top dog at me house and it isn't yours truly. This is how it happened.

We went to the Training Man's place for some more private training. This was the owner of the training place and hims name is Dave. Him also had another man there from a far away place in Canada. Hims name is Buck (sounds like a dogs name to me) and hims trains police dogs. Thems both said me was a lot of dog. Well of course me is a lot of dog! Me is a Boxer and an American Bulldog too. Don't let this sweet Boxer disposition full you. Me can be just as hard headed and stubborn as a bulldog when me wants to be. And me wants to be when it comes to training. Me is proud to say that them mens said me was going to be a special case. And to train me, thems was going to have to make it personal? Whatever that means.

Thems worked with me walking on tha leash without pulling in all directions and sitting down when told to. Thems also wanted me to sit when there was distractions like this Buck man running by me and coming to pet me. Well for goodness sakes, a dog is suppose to show interest in them kinds of things and it's only polite to get up and go greet the person who wants to pet you isn't it? NOPE, this is not what a "good" dog is supposed to do. Me found out that me is suppose to sit there and pretend that nothing of interest is happening around me. Now how silly is this??? After awhile me got tired of Dave yanking on me leash and me went along with tha program. Unfortunately Dave is really smart and him said me had this attitude of "bring it on" and again him said me is a lot of dog. Me is very proud of that. Go ahead trainer man, make it personal.

After a while thems had Mommy and Daddy leading me around and making me sit and all that polite doggie stuff. Me went along and figured when we gots home me would just go back to being in charge of everything, just like a dog's suppose to be. NOPE this is not what happenend and this is where tha new top dog comes into tha story.

While Dave was working with Daddy, the man with tha dog name Buck was talking to Mommy and this was not a good thing. Hims told her that her and Daddy had to reestablish who was the alpha dogs in the pack at thems house. To do this Buck said thems had to make me wait to go up/down stairs, in/out doors until after thems did, thems was to put me in me crate while thems ated their dinner and then feed me, not let me up on tha couch with them. Hims didn't even want them to let me sleep on me little bed by Mommy's side of tha bed on tha floor for awhile.
Hims said me was getting to bossy and pushy and that was a dominance sign. Well guess what? Mommy and Daddy took me home and started doing what this man with tha dog name suggested. That is everything but not letting me sleep beside Mommy on tha floor. Her said that as the Alpha dogs in tha house thems already has the best place to sleep and it's up higher than mine. Mommy is now making me wait at tha top or bottom of tha stairs and at doors for hers to go first. Hers making me sit in tha crate while thems eats first and her;s making me lay on tha floor and not on tha couch while hers is there. HUMP!!! Me went and sat in me crate and gave her me best "sad dog" face and it didn't even work. Me is now being a gentledog and letting her go first, but only cause her insists.

Daddy isn't so strict so me thinks me likes him better right now.

Murphy the newly polite and gentle dog

Driver's Licenses

Mommy found a web site that gives dogs drivers licenses and thems doesn't even have to be 16 years old, read, pass a test or nothing. Hers says if me is really good and learns how to be trained then her will get me a drivers licenses.

This is the problem. Me tries really hard to be a good puppy and be trained to not jump on peoples but me gets so excited that me forgets to be a trained puppy. Like when we have company. It's the puppy's job to go meet and greet everybody. Me has to jump up to see who it is cause otherwise all me see is a row of knees. When that happens me has to go sniffing all them knees to figure out who tha company is. Then once me knows who tha company is me has to give them all big wet puppy kisses. This is the only polite thing to do.

The other thing Mommy wants me to be trained not to do is jump on her when we is outside playing. Mommy doesn't understand that part of being a boxer is running and jumping as high as me can in tha air. Me can't help it if her happens to be standing right there when me runs by and jumps up in tha air.

Getting this drivers licenses is going to be complicated. Me is going to be a year old a month from today. Me better get busy and be trained. We is going to training class tomorrow night so me will find out what else this training is all about and see if me can do it. Mommy and Daddy both say thems see some improvement in me behavior.

Murphy who wants a drivers licenses for hims birthday.