Day 1

Having a little brudder is going to be fun, fun, fun. Mommy let me sleep in the spare bedroom with her cause hers didn't want us to be playing all night. Daddy thoughts hims would start teaching Bugs to sleep beside hims bed like me sleeps beside Mommy but that didn't work so Bugs had to spend the night in hims crate. Hims didn't seem to mind though, not like me did. Mommy and Daddy still laugh when they thinks about me going "Aaahhhwoooo" whenever thems would try to make me sleep in me crate.

This is how me and Bugs spended our very first day together. We played and played and played and in between playing Mommy putted that little boy in his crate so hers could have some peace and quiet. It was a good thing that Mommy decided to stay home today cause that way my little bug didn't have to spend hims whole day in hims crate. Mommy even thinks that before to long we will be able to play outside unsupervised. See how nice we is standing together?

Me has to go take a nap now cause all this playing is hard work and tires out a big boxer puppy.

Oh Mommy just got a picture of Tyson the boxer on Santa's knee. Her's says her will post it on me blog later but hers is tired too. Being a Mommy to two rowdy pups is hard work for her too.

Murphy

I'm a BIG BROTHER!!!

Thems is home!!! And they broughted a new little baby brother for me. Hims name is Bugs and hims is from Austin, TX. Hims is Great Dane/Boxer mix and is a blue merle coloring. Hims looks more like a great dane than a boxer me thinks. Mommy says hims is a Southern puppy and will probably say things like "ya'll" and "yehaw" cause that's how thems talks in TX. This is Bugs and Daddy meeting for the berry firstes time. Daddy even wore a shirt the same color as Bugs so thems would match. Hims has had a really tough life for a little guy only 4 months old. Hims was found wandering the streets of Austin with a big dog and was picked up by some really nice people at P.A.W.S. of Austin. There hims was put in a foster home until Mommy and Daddy saw hims picture on Petfinder.com and asked if thems could adopt him. They traveled for almost a thousand miles just to get him.







Mommy said that little fellow is a world class traveler too. Hims curled up in the back of the car and went right to sleep and would wake up to get water and go potty. Hims even got to spend the night in a motel. (grrrr........how comes me never got to spend the night in a motel?) Mommy said hims was really good there too and didn't have no accidents, although hims has had two already in Mommy's office since thems got home. That's Bugs in the motel room,







Me thinks having a little brother is going to be lots of fun. Me peoples putted him in the outside kennel at first soe we could sniff each other before we actually got introduced.








After we got used to the smell of each other thems let us out to play. We have played and played and played this afternoon. This little bug sure knows how to play like a boxer puppy. We've played so hard that me is tired. Isn't hims cute? Hims giving me great dane/boxer kisses.

Hims is a little pushy though, cause hims thinks hims can have all the toys and bones. Mommy says hers thinks that cause hims was on his own for a little while but she is sure we can work it out. Since me is the big brother, me has to show him who is in charge and how to be a good puppy. That's going to have to wait for another day cause me needs to go take a nap. Me is one tired boxer puppy.

Murphy.

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!!!

It's Thanksgiving again and we is just lazing around tha house watching football (and it's not even Sunday) and waiting for tha turkey to roast. We is also excited cause tomorrow is tha day that Mommy and Daddy goes to Austin, TX to gets me little brother Bugs. Mommy says me can't go cause it would be a little to much to have me along and a brand new baby. Me don't think this is very fair at all. Me wouldn't be any trouble at all and could help entertain the little Bug and keep hims out of trouble but thems isn't listening to me at all.

Me is a little scared about this new change. Me has been the only puppy in this house for a year and a half and me has had ALL of Mommy and Daddy's attention. Now me is going to have to share with this new comer. Mommy says hers will always love me the bestest cause me is her little puppy and Bugs is going to be Daddy's little puppy. Hers also said me shouldn't be worried cause Daddy will love me just as much as hims always has but hims will love hims baby too. Hers says thems has lots of love to give to two puppys but me is still worried about this. What if thems likes that new baby best? Me will be thinking about this while thems is gone and see if me can come up with a way to make sure thems doesn't forget thems has me.

Murphy who is going to be a big brother tomorrow.

More new family members

This is very exciting! Mommy's human sister Jeanne has a new baby hers rescued. It's a Brussels Griffon puppy named Spike. Hims just turned a year old with hims new Mommy.

Mommy thinks that Aunt Jeanne should get one of thems puppy pocketbooks to carry Spike around in but Aunt Jeanne says hims a "manly" kind of dog for such a little fellow and looks great in his harness and leash. We is inclined to agree that hims is a manly little fellow.

Can you tell hims Mommy thinks hims is the bee's knees??? Welcome to the Carroll family little Spike. "What is with Mommy's girl and her sister with them little dogs?"

Cousin Murhpy.

Me's getting a puppy!!!!!

Me thought something was going on around here and now me knows for sure. Last night Mommy and Daddy brought in another dog crate and set in tha opposite side of tha den from me crate. Now me already has a nice crate so me knew it wasn't for me. Thems said thems was preparing for a new baby in tha family.

This morning Daddy got up really, really early and went to tha Maxfund to interview for a puppy who's name was Doris. Things didn't go well cause hims and Doris didn't hit it off at all, BUT while hims was figgering out hers wasn't his puppy, hims got a phone call from some peoples in TX and guess what? We IS getting a new baby. Hims name is Bugs and is half boxer and half great dane. This is a picture of him from the PAWS website. As soon as me peoples gets him and takes some more pictures Mommy will post them.

Hims about 8-10 weeks old and is in a foster home in Austin, TX where Mommy and Daddy is going to go to get him. Thems is going over Thanksgiving Weekend. Me can't wait to meet him and teach him all the rules in the Boxer Union Box. Mommy said the right puppy for Daddy would show up when the time was right and that it was apparent that Doris wasn't the right puppy but Bugs is. Me is going to be the bestest big brother in the whole world for this little bug. Me just wishes me could go with thems to get this cute little puppy but Mommy said it's too far for me to travel right now.



Muprhy, who's going to be a big brother soon

This is Tyson

Well Mommy has finally gotten around to scanning in the pictures her human boy Rhett sended her of the little boxer puppy Tyson.

Thems pictures don't show Tyson's face cause Rhett said that silly baby wouldn't keep still. Hims kept moving around a lot like puppies do. From what you can see of little Tyson's face hims has a black muzzle like me but hims overall color is lighter than me. Rhett told Mommy that Tyson looks like me.

This other picture of Tyson and hims older brother Max shows him little boxer face a little bit better. Mommy said Tyson was sick with kennel cough and gave it to Max and her human girl Tara's dog Drew. Everybody's better now though but we was worried cause as you can see Max is an old gentleman and hims never been sick before.

Me may have some exciting news to share on Monday. Mommy and Daddy went and looked at a puppy today and thems may bring her home on Monday but that's all me knows for the time being. Cause Mommy and Daddy don't want me to worry to much about something that may not happen. Me will keep you posted cause inqurying minds want to know. Murphy

Hump Day

This has been quite a week so far and it's only Wednesday. Yesterday was Halloween and Mommy had a doggie visitor at her work place yesterday and it wasn't me!! This isn't fair but me will forgive Mommy cause it was me little friend Frogknot. Froggies Mommy tooked him trick or treating yesterday. Mommy says him has become a very brave little dog, not at all the fraidy cat hims was the last time hims came to her work. Her even took pictures of him in his little custome.

We have a new little puppy in tha family too. No, we haven't gotten a baby for us yet. Tha new puppy belongs to Mommy's human son Rhett. Hims and his girlfriend Carla adopted thems a little boxer puppy. They named it Tyson after tha boxer not tha chicken. Carla is sending some pictures and as soon as we gets them Mommy will post them here for everybody to see. We is still looking for a baby for us too. If anyone knows where we can find another puppy like me (Boxer/American Bulldog) let us know. Me peoples says thems is willing to travel some distance to find thems new baby.

Murphy

Estes Park

WE just got home from our weekend trip. Yep, me said we cause Mommy and Daddy tooked me along with them. Me was a little bit worried on Friday morninig when me saw thems suitcases and stuff coming downstairs and being put in tha living room. That stuff usually signals that thems is going away and me is going to tha kennel. Not this time, Me got to go too.

We all tooked off in tha truck, with me in the little space behind Mommy and Daddy. It was a tight fit but me didn't complain at all. Mommy even opened tha tiny little windows back there so me could sniff all tha new smells coming out way. We was going to a new place in tha mountains called Estes Park. Mommy says it's her favorite mountain town in Colorado. We was going to stay in a cabin that allow peoples to bring thems dogs. Only thing was tha dogs couldn't redecorate tha cabins. This is our cabin. Me wasn't real sure about this cause me could smell other dogs had been there and Mommy and Daddy was scared me would want to "mark" me territory.

Me peoples broughted me own little bed, toys and dishes so me would feel more comfortable. The only problem was the cabin was really tiny and close to tha road. There was no really safe place to take me for walks. Of course me peoples is very, very smart (that's the reason me chose them) and decided that maybe me would like to go for a ride into tha Rocky Mountain National Park and looks for Elks.

Tha ranger said for us to be careful and look out for Coyotes cause thems liked to stalk dogs. Mommy figgered me would think thems was just another dog and want to play so hers said not to worry thems would keep me on tha leash and close to thems.

Can you believe how deep this snow is? We was on Trail Ridge Road and couldn't go no farther cause thems had the road closed because of tha snow. If it was this deep all tha way up then we would have been covered up for sure. Me isn't no St Benard or Great Pyrnees so me wouldn't have been able to rescue me peoples from this stuff.

This is tha end of tha road. Me knows it's so cause the sign says Road Closed. Of course Mommy was being funny and snapped me picture while me was marking some snow. Well you just never know what other dog might come along and think that was hims clump of snow.

We didn't see no Elks in that park but there was some deers. Me was in tha truck when we saw thems. There was lots of Elk in Estes Park wandering around but Mommy didn't take pictures cause hers has lots of pictures of Elks from other trips to there.

After tha park we wented into Estes Park and walked around. Me was a very, very good boxer too!!. Me walked along the sidewalk with me peoples just as polite as you please. Me even did some window shopping. Mommy thought this was very funny cause me would stand up on me back feets and look into store windows. There was lots of peoples too and thems all wanted to pet me and tell me how handsome me was. The only thing me didn't like was the chriping noise that was going on every time we wanted to cross tha streets. We went back to tha cabin and me and Daddy tooked a nap cause we was really tired.

Mommy has added tha pictures to http://www.flickr.com/photos/83167452@N00/sets/72157594352788427/ if you wants to see them all.

Murphy

Catching Snowballs

It's snowing, it's snowing WOOF WOOF it's snowing!!!! And the bestest part about the snow is Mommy came home from work early cause of it. AND hers tooked me with her to go vote early and then to tha grocery store. Of course me had to wait in tha truck but that was okay cause me got to go with her.

Then we came home and went to tha ball field up tha street to play in tha snow. Mommy wanted to play fetch with snowballs. Now here's tha thing about playing catch with a snowball......when Mommy threw it would land right in tha snow and leave a hole and disappear. Me would stick me little boxer nose in that hole left by tha snowball and there was nothing there. Where did it go??? This happened every time her throwed the snowball, me would go running after it and find where it had it tha ground and stick me nose in that ole hole but no snow ball. Me couldn't figure it out but Mommy thought it was very funny and laughed everytime me would stick me little nose in those holes looking for snowballs. And that's not all, when hers would throw those snowballs for me to catch in me little boxer mouth thems would melt right away. Now me don't think this is so funny even if Mommy does. thank goodness hers didn't have the camera thingy or hers would have taken pictures to post here for everybody to see.

Murphy

Big Snow Coming

Batten down tha hatches, what ever that means, cause a big snow storm is coming!!! At least that's what Mommy says. Me doesn't know how big a "big snow storm" really is but me can't wait!!! Me just loves tha snow!!! The other thing Mommy said was this, it's not going to interfer with us going away for tha weekend like it did for Mommy's birfday weekend. Now this is news to me!!! Were is "we" going and does this include yours truly????

Me did notice that my little suitcase is packed and sitting next to tha box that Mommy packs when hers and Daddy is going away for tha weekend. Of course this usually means me is going to tha kennel and thems is going away. But, hers did say "us" so maybe this means Murphy too. But me doesn't have any idea of where we could be going that a "big snow storm" wouldn't stop us. Me better go sit real close to Mommy and see if me can find out anymore about where "us" is going and if "us" includes this little boxer puppy.

Murphy

Mommy's Day Off

Me loves it when Mommy takes the day off, like hers did yesterday, cause it means hers is going to stay home and play with me. Hers tooked me to me favorite park yesterday, after me worried hers into it, and we had tha bestest time. It was a beautiful fall day and me runned all over tha place to sniff all the smells. Me likes going during tha week cause there isn't so many dogs to meet .

Me made a new friend too. Hims was a puppy like me only BIGGER. Mommy said hims was a Neapolitan Mastiff. Hers even took pictures of us introducing ourselves to each other and playing together. See how big hims is! Hims makes me look little. Mommy said that this dog had some growing to do and more weight to gain.

Hims played like a boxer though cause hims was a rough as me and we had tha bestest time till Mommy said it was time to go.

It snowed last night so maybe we can go to tha park again today. Me is sure the smells will be different today. Hint hint

Murphy

SNOW

It's raining, it's snowing, tha Bulldog is snoring. Ahhh sorry Baywee, it was tha only thing me could think of that rhymed. Me is very excited cause it's snowing outside and because me has a doggie door me can run in and out to play in tha snow as much as me wants to. Buff, buff .... let it snow!!!!!


Murphy the sled dog

It wasn't me fault

Me swears it wasn't me fault!!!! It was an accident really. Me was just passing by tha counter by tha stove and it happened. There was some steaks on tha counter and me just wanted to take a little smell and that's when it happened. Me put me little boxer nose up on tha counter to take a sniff and then sticked me tongue out to take just a little taste and tha piece of steak just fell right in me little boxer mouth. Me tried to spit it back out on tha counter but when me tried it slipped right down me throat. It was an accident, it really really was.

Me almost got away with tha accident too but Mommy decided it was time to cook thems dinner. (Hers hadn't noticed me was skulking around with me nubbin tucked low and me ears hanging down) Hers was getting tha cooking stuff together and all of a sudden her noticed it, there was 2 pieces of meat instead of 3. Me was busted!!! And what was really, really bad was hers didn't believe me story about tha meat falling into me mouth. Her says from now her can't leave meats out on the counter cause me might have another accident.

Murphy

Left behind

This morning me had to wake Mommy up cause hers was sleeping late and it was time to get up. Me did this by sticking me wet boxer nose on her nose. Hers tried to push me away but me just kept on putting me wet boxer nose on her nose and her had to get up. Me thought her realized it was time to take this puppy for a nice long walk, but no hers and Daddy sat and drinked thems coffee and rustled newspapers around.

Then Daddy wanted to go out to breakfast and thems got dressed. Me got real excieted cause wanted to go have breakfast too and me was hoping thems would take me with them. Me raced up and down them stairs, placing meself right where thems would be able to see me and take me with them. Me didn't want them to forget me but you know what??? Thems made me go sit on me ottoman by tha libing room window and said for me to wait. Well when thems does that me has to wait there until them tells me to come and that's when me got lefted behind. There is times when being a well trained boxer puppy is not a good thing.

When thems finally came home from having breakfast where was this little boxer puppy??? Hims was sitting on hims ottoman waiting like a good boy, just like Mommy said. Finally hers and Daddy realized that me wanted to go for a walk and thems gotted me leash and off we went. Sometimes peoples can be so slow to get the message we dogs is trying to give them!!!

Murphy

Cookie

This is a picture of Cookie. Hers belongs to Mommy's goodest friend Maggie. Isn't her just the most beautifulest little Cocker Spaniel?? Mommy thinks hers needs red or purple bows in her ears to show of her black fur. Me hasn't met Cookie yet but Mommy says maybe someday soon. Me hopes so cause me thinks we could be really good friends.

Murphy

Snow

Mommy says it might, maybe snow tonight. Me keeps going to me dogdoor and sticking me little boxer head out to check. The only thing that is happening out there now is rain and me don't like getting me little boxer head wet with rain. Maybe in tha morning when we wakes up there will be snow. Me sure hopes so!!

Let it snow

Murphy

Looking for a baby

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

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

Me needs to go think of some names.

Murphy

Maybe a Baby???

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

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

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

Murphy

Yard Sales

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

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

Murphy

Phone Calls

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

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

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

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

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

Murphy

Happy Birfhday to Mommy!!!!

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

Tomorrow is a big day!!!!

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

Me will write more after tha trip

Murphy

Going on a trip

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

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

Murphy

An interesting day at the Rainbow Bridge.

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

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

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

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

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

Tha Smartest Dog in tha World

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

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

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

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

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

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

Murphy

Football Season Once Again

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

Murphy

Big OOPS

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

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

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

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

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

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



Murphy

Another Sad Day

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

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

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

Murphy

The Murphy Mug

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


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



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

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

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

Murphy

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

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

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

Murphy

Sunday Morning is tha Bestest

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

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



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








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












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

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

Murphy

Saturday afternoon

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

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

Murphy

More camping stories

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

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


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

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


Murphy

Party Dog - Part one of tha camping trip story

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

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

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

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

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

Murphy

Not going to be left behind

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

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

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

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

Count down

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

Murphy

Left behind

Me sometimes doesn't understand why me peoples does what them does but Mommy always says it's for me own good. This morning me peoples went off and left me at home to guard the house while thems went to the Bronco's Training Camp and then to see some Dragon boat races. Me really, really wanted to go, especially to the Bronco's Training Camp. This would have been me big opportunity to try out as a running boxer for tha team. Mommy said it was going to be berry, berry hot today and it would not be a good thing to take a dog. Me wasn't berry happy but me knew me had an important job here at home so me stayed and guarded the house.

When me peopels came home Mommy said me should be a happy boxer that thems lefted me behind. When thems got to the Dragon boat place there was peoples with thems dogs with them and this upset Mommy. See there was all this really hot pavement and there wasn't much shade and thems peoples who had their dogs with them was making them dogs walk on the really hot pavement. Mommy said her saw one Golden Retriever who had her tongue lolling out the side of her mouth her was so hot. In fact hers was so hot her wasn't even panting. This upset Mommy a lot. Hers says peoples claim to love their dogs but they don't always act like it. Mommy lefted me at home cause her knew it would be way to hot for me to walk on that pavement and there wasn't no place for a dog to get water or take a potty break. Her said cause her loved me so much her thought me was safer and more comfortable at home where me had lots of water, air conditioninig and access to the back yard if me needed to go.

Me is sooooo lucky to have peoples who loves me so much. Peoples forgets the pads on our paws can burn. We never complain cause we wants to be with our peoples but sometimes it sure can be painful. Me wanted to go really bad with them but now me understands why me had to stay home. Of course me will forget this the next time me gets left at home.

Murphy who doesn't have burnt pads on him feet

10 days to go

It is only 10 more days till me gets to go on bacation with me peoples. This is one excited boxer dog. Me knows me is really getting to go cause Mommy is getting things together to take for me. Hers even added them to her "camping list". Me is going to have me own little suitcase too. Well it isn't really a suitcase but more of a cloth Whole Foods grocery bag. This should be big enough to hold me food bowl, rubber bone, leash and dog food. Me sure hopes Mommy doesn't forget to take me bed too.

The only bad part about this whole camping trip is me has to stay on a leash of teethered cause we is going to be out in the mountains and the camp ground rules is dogs has to be on a leash or teethered at all times. Mommy says this is to keep me safe from other peoples and thems pets. Her also says there is wild animals out there in them mountains so her doesn't want me chasing them. It don't matter, cause this boxer is going to be with hims peoples and that's all that matters. This will be the longest trip me has taken in tha car too. This is so exciting me is wiggling all over just thinking about it. WOOF!!!! Hurry up lets go camping!!!!

Murphy the moutain dog

Car rides

Me loves to go on car rides and do you know why? Cause Mommy puts the windows part way down in the back seat and me can stick me head out and sniff all of tha smells that need to be sniffed. Me just bounces back and forth between tha two back windows and sticks me head out that window and sniffs. You would be very, very surprised at how different the smells are sniffing out tha left window and then sniffing out tha right window. And along with all them wonderful smells there is the having the wind blowing in me face and making me ears flap back. Last night me got to go to tha Post Office with Mommy because her said it was late and her needed a big strong boxer to go with her to protect her. Then tonight Mommy and Daddy took me for a ride just because thems thought me needed to go for a ride. Isn't them wonderful parents. Now if them would just let me drive.

One of the bestest car rides happens on the weekends. On Saturday mornings Mommy always takes me for a car ride to tha bank with her. Me just loves going to tha bank and me knows cause me recognizes the smells that are on tha way to tha bank. Mommy pulls up to this glass window thing and do you know what that window does? It has a metal hand that sticks out for Mommy to put this bundle of papers her has. Then it talks!!!!! It will say hello to her and it will say " what a handsome dog" and "what's his name?" Me always cocks me head trying to figure out where the mouth was that was making the words. Then the metal hand comes back out and it has a little piece of paper in it for Mommy and dog treat for me. It happens every time we goes to tha bank and me don't even have to do anything to get that treat either besides being handsome. Mommy laughs cause me gets really excited when that metal hand comes back out with that dog treat in it. Me can't wait until next Saturday.

Murphy

We's going camping!!!

Things is starting to get back to normal around here. Mommy is still sad and really misses her kitty but me is doing me boxer best to fill the void that was left when Miss Pitty crossed the Rainbow Bridge.

There is some exciting news. Me is going to get to go on bacation with Mommy and Daddy in 2 weeks. We is going camping!!!!! Mommy says that hers has always taken her dogs camping and it's time me gets to go. Mommy and Daddy got tha camper out today and opened it up. This was very, very interesting and me went inside and got right up on tha bed and laid down. That camper bed is going to work just fine for a boxer dog to sleep on. Me isn't sure where thems is going to sleep but me has me spot all picked out. The best part about going camping (me hasn't ever been before but me heard thems talking) is that Mommy and Daddy will have to take me EVERYWHERE thems goes cause ya can't leave a dog alone in tha campground. That's tha rules and me thinks that is a very good rule too. Me can't wait, me is going to pack me little suitcase with all me toys, leash, a blanket (it gets cold in tha mountains even in tha summer) my dish and some dog food (although me is counting on getting people food). Me can't wait!!!!

Murphy

Miss Pitty Pat

Me was going to whine and whimper about how me had been mistreated over the last few days, while Mommy and Daddy was gone but Miss Pitty Pat is really, really sick and Mommy is very worried so me can't be selfish right now.

Daddy called Miss Pitty Pat this morning and hers didn't come to him but instead was laying in the floor in their bedroom crying. Hers can't walk. Mommy is scared her kitty had a stroke and thems is going to have to put her to sleep. Thems is getting ready to take her to the vet now.

Me will keep you posted.

Murphy

Miss Pitty Pat 2/14/1996 - 7/18/2006

UPDATE 10:06

This is a very, very sad day in our household. Mommy had to make the decision to put her very bestest kitty cat, Miss Pitty Pat, to sleep this morning. Miss Pitty’s kidney failed on her and there is nothing that can be done to save her. Mommy didn’t know her little kitty was so sick and her’s feels terrible cause hers thinks her let that little girl down.
Miss Pitty Pat has been Mommy’s kitty for 10 years. Her’s even made the trip with Mommy to Colorado, keeping her the bestest company on that trip. Mommy says her was like having a dog cause her came when her was called by her name and wagged her tail just like a dog. We are all so sad. Mommy can’t stop crying and me doesn’t know what to do to make her feel better.

Me sure is going to miss that kitty too. We would play and play and play all of the time. Hers was my kitty to.

Murphy

Something's up

Okay so something is happening here and me isn't sure what the dickens it is. FSaturday is Daddy's birthday and Mommy has been packing her suitcase and gathering together things like thems is going away to celebrate. Me has noticed a pattern. When Mommy has her suitcase out and is putting things in it that means thems is going somewhere and me doesn't get to go whith thems. Not only that, her has started collecting other things that means her is going away. And it's looking like me is going to have to go spend time at me vet's place again. Grrrr this is so not fair. Me wants to go on trips with thems. Wasn't me good when we went on the picnic and saw tha bear??? Mommy did say me gets to go camping with them next month for a few days but me wants to go this time too. And what's really, really not fair is them kitties get to stay home and be kitty sitted by our neighbor boy Eric. Me wants to stay home and have him come dog sit me. We could have such a really good time. Me has to come up with a plan.

Murphy, who doesn't want to get lefted behind

Rain Rain Rain

It has rained the whole live long weekend. When it's all rainy like this me doesn't get to go outside much. Mommy says wet dogs don't smell so good. One of tha things we did cause we was bored was change the way me blog looks. Me isn't sure me likes it or not. Mommy says as soon as she can figure out how, hers is going to create something special for me.

The Monsoons are here and we need all this rain so there won't be any fire bans when we goes camping next month. Anyway with all this rain we couldn't go outside and play very much. Mommy tooked me for a little short walk last night. Of course wouldn't you know it, a daggum ole rabbit (two really) just hopped right in front of me and you know me wanted to chase them. Mommy saw it as a "training opportunity" and zapped me and told me to sit. Me did but me was really alert watching them ole bunnies. Mommy made me sit there for a little bit. Then hers tooked me close to where one of them bunnies was sitting and made me sit. When it started to hop away and me tried to chase it Mommy zapped me again and told me "down". Well of course me did what hers asked but it was hard. Mommy says that me has to learn me can't chase bunnies. Her says me being allowed to go on walks off leash depends on me learning this. Me is going to try to learn to change me behavior where them ole bunnies are concerned but it's going to take some time that is for sure.


Murphy

Letter to My Pets:

Mommy thinks she may have posted this before but just in case she hasn't here it is again and her says it's all true especially the parts about hers going to the bathroom by herself. Me and Miss Pitty Pat usually go with her just in case her needs our help.

Murphy

Letter to My Pets:

When I say to move, it means to go someplace else, not to switch positionswith each other so there are still two of you in my way.

The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. All otherdishes are mine and contain my food. Please note that placing your paw printin the middle of MY plate and food does not stake a claim making it YOURplate and food.

The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Beating meto the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help in your quest toreach the bottom first, because I fall faster than you can run.

I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very sorry aboutthis. Do not think that I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure yourcomfort.

Dogs and cats actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is notnecessary to sleep perpendicular to one another, stretched out to thefullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out andhaving tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm.

For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by somemiracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is notnecessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob, or get your paw underthe edge of the door and try to pull it open. I must exit through the samedoor I entered Honest.

Also, I have been using the bathroom by myself for quite some time --canineor feline attendance is not mandatory.

I can't stress this one enough -- kiss me, THEN go smell the otherdog's/cat's behind. To pacify you, my dear companions, I have posted the following notice on ourfront door:

Rules for Non-Pet Owners Who Visit and then Complain about Our Pets

1. The pets live here. You don't.
2. If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture.(That's why it's called "fur"niture.)
3. To you, our pets are just animals. To us, they are an adoptedson/daughter who happens to be hairy, walks on all fours and doesn't speakclearly.
4. Dogs and cats are better than kids because: - they don't ask for moneyall the time - they are easier to train - they usually come when called -they don't hang out with drug-using friends - they don't need a gazilliondollars for a college education, and - if they get pregnant, you can sellthe children.

Not again tonight!!!!

It's happening again tonight. Them kids in tha neighborhood is letting off more fireworks and the 4th of July is over. Me really doesn't mind all of tha noise but it really upsets Mommy especially when it starts at hers bedtime. Do you know them kids was setting off fireworks until 1:00 in tha morning? Daddy putted in hims earplugs and slepted through it but Mommy can't use them earplug things. Her says her hears her blood plusing and it keeps her awake. Me thinks Mommy really is a very light sleeper. Anyway me sure hopes them stops with all them fireworks early tonight so Mommy can get some sleep. Her will start getting grumpy if her doesn't get her sleep.

Murphy

Fireworks on the 4th of July

BANG BOOM CRACK ZING WHIZZ

Today was the 4th of July and that means it was Independence Day and everybody has cookouts and BBQ's. The other thing peoples does is light fireworks. Fireworks make beautiful colors in tha sky but sometime the peoples lighting them things gets carried away with them. Now me is not afraid of all them loud bangs and noises cause me is a very brave Boxer, but me is really getting tired of all these fireworks!!! These things are really nosiy and them is strating to get on me nerves big time. It's 10:30 at the night time and all of this noise is keeping me and Mommy up. Hers has to go back to work tomorrow and hers needs to sleep. Don't them peoples out there know its time to go to bed???? Go to bed peoples its way late at night!!! Mommy needs to rest so her can go to work tomorrow.


Murphy who needs hims beauty sleep

Long Weekend

It's the 4th of July weekend and Mommy and Daddy is off for a really long weekend with me. Thems have four days off. Me is so excited to have all this time with them. It's only Saturday and already me has done all kinds of things

Mommy usually takes me with her to tha bank on Saturday morning so me knows me is going to get a dog biscuit and sits with me head out tha window and looks very handsome. As usual Mommy took me to tha bank with her this morning and the ladies in the window for tha drive through thought me was very very handsome. Thems knew me was waiting for me biscuit and was very happy to give me one. Then Mommy tooked me home and went to run some errands and her came home with a surprise for me. Her's brought me a swiming pool. Me isn't really sure what to do with it but Mommy said her was going to take some pictures as soon as her batteries for tha camera recharge. Me thinks me is supposed to get in tha pool but me isn't real sure.

Then the most exciting thing happened. Mommy said to Daddy lets go on a picnic and lets take Murphy with us. And thems did. We went to KFC and Mommy bought some chicken for thems and hers had packed some chicken breasts from last week for me. We headed up the mountain to find a picnic place. Daddy pulled over at the picnic area of Buffalo Bill's Grave Site and we had a really nice dinner but that wasn't the bestest part.

The best part of tha whole day was later when we went to Genesse Park. We was driving up tha mountain and suddenly Mommy said "There's a bear!!!!" Her yelled for Daddy to back up so we could see tha bear. Now according to Mommy if you lived in Chicago (wherever that is) you would say "da Bear" but since we is in Colorado her just said "a bear". Sure enough Daddy backed the car up and there on Mommy's side of tha car, out in tha woods was a big ole black bear. Hims was just ambling peacefully along. Well me was really excited and had me head hanging out tha window and one foot too, just sniffing in the smell of that ole bear. Mommy was worried me might try to jump out of tha window and go after tha bear. Daddy was worried Mommy would get out of tha car to get a closer look at the bear. Me thinks there was a greater chance of Mommy getting out of the car than me. Me isn't stupid.

We watched the bear until hims disappeared and then we drove to the end of tha road and stopped. Me decided it was safe then to stick me head out tha window and growled and woofed a couple times just to let that ole bear know that Murphy the Bear Dog was in tha area and ready to take him on. Me is pretty smart for a boxer and knows that if you is going to threaten something as big as that ole bear you certainly don't do it near where tha bear is. Mommy was really excited about seeing tha bear and so was me. Wow a bear, who would have thought that me, Murphy, would ever get to see a bear.

Me can't wait to see what the rest of tha long weekend has in store for me.

Murphy

Me is not a tattletale

Miss Pitty Pat says me is a tattletale and this is not tha truth at all. See this is what happened. Last night we was all sitting in tha den trying to escape tha heat. Mommy had opened tha sliding glass door to tha outside and had tha screen door in place. There was only one problem with having the screen door in place. See a couple weeks ago Mommy had put me outside and shut tha screen and forgotted me was out there. Me wanted to come back inside and so me pushed at the bottome of the screen door and pushed the screen out and came back inside. The screen hasn't been fixed and there is the problem.

So back to me story. We was all sitting in tha den trying to escape tha heat and suddenly me realized something was not right. Me kept whining and woofing at Mommy and hers would say "Hush Murphy" or "Murphy lay down and be quiet". Hers just didn't understand me was trying to tell her something really important. Me didn't give up though, me kept worrying Mommy and finally hers said "Murphy do you need to go outside?" Well finally!! Yes me needed to go outside and so did her. We got to tha back door and Mommy opened tha screen door and said "Let's go outside" well me knew right away hers wasn't going to go outside with me so me had to do something and fast cause time was wasting so me just stood in tha middle of tha kitchen and barked at her. Mommy walked out tha door and said "Murphy come". Well me has to obey that command cause me was trained to but that was okay cause her was outside now too and that's what me wanted her to do. Me runned right over to that patio table and woofed and Mommy said "Miss Pitty Pat what are you doing out here?"

Finally!!! Me knew that ole kitty was outside and wasn't supposed to be. Hers had pushed through tha torn screen (me fault) and escaped. Miss Pitty Pat isn't supposed to go outside cause hers won't stay in tha back yard. Mommy is afraid her will go to tha park and maybe get eaten by a coyote. Mommy scooped that kitty up and brought her back inside. And that is why me is a tattletale or at least that is what Miss Pitty Pat is calling me now. Mommy says me was a good dog and let her know that her little kitty was outside and her was proud of me. Miss Pitty Pat hasn't spoken to me all day today but me don't care cause Mommy would be so very sad if something happened to her Miss Pitty Pat.

Murphy

Pizza Night

Me just loves it when Mommy and Daddy decides it's Pizza Night at our house. Mommy decided it was just to hot to do any cooking for dinner tonight. Me thinks her was just being a little bit lazy cause her had a perfectly lovely piece of beef in tha fridgerator. Her says her forgot to put it in tha crockpot. Anyway cause Mommy didn't feel like cooking thems deemed it was Pizza Night and Daddy ordered a pizza for us.

When the Pizza guy came to tha house with our pizza me decided it would be a good thing to go outside when Daddy wasn't looking and greet this deliverer of wonderful food so out me bounded. Daddy didn't think it was such a good idea and made me come back inside. Heck all me wanted to do was give the pizza man a big ole boxer kiss as a thank you.

Daddy paid tha pizza man and broughted that pizza inside for us to have for dinner. This is how it works when we have pizza night. Daddy and Mommy fill their plates with a couple slices of pizza and goes to watch the telebision and me goes and sits very attentively in front of Mommy to wait for her to give me the crust that her doesn't eat. This is a very good plan cause Mommy doesn't waste and food and me gets to have pizza. When Mommy finishes hers pizza me goes and sits very attentively in front of Daddy and wait for his handouts. The only thing is Daddy eats all of his pizza so me don't get any pizza from him. Tonight me had 3 pieces of pizza crust and it was yummy!! Me is sure if me vet Dr. Caldwell knew about this her would not be happy but me isn't going to tell her.

Murphy

Happy Summer Solistice

This has been a berry interesting week for this Boxer Pup. Monday there was an accident and it wasn't me fault, really!!! See Daddy and Mommy went off to tha work places and left me out of me crate like thems been doing. The problem was this, usually Daddy comes home during tha day and him lets me outside while hims here. Monday hims was gone all tha live long day and that's when tha accident happened that wasn't me fault. Me had to pee really bad and me tried really, really hard not to go inside. Me almost made it til thems got home but it happened, the accident in the den. Me was lucky that Mommy and Daddy understood and wasn't mad at me. This was the first accident me had in almost 7 months.

Mommy had a wonderful idea. Hers thought that maybe they could put the kitties downstairs in Daddy's office and shut the door. Then thems could leave the sliding glass door open just enough for me to go in and out, just like a pet door. This is the bestest idea hers has ever had cause this whole week both Mommy and Daddy has been gone from 6:30 in tha morning until 4:30 or 5:00 and me can go outside and suntan or come inside and sleep on tha sofa. And best of all, me gets more exercise cause me can run around the back yard and play. Me hasn't had anymore accidents either since me can go outside when me wants too.

Tha other thing that happened was me had to go see Dr Caldwell for a checkup and some shots. Hers said me was very handsome and in excellent health and hers also suggested that Mommy might want to get some over that counter medicine to wipe me face with cause me has doggie acne and hers doesn't want it to turn into something serious. Her also suggested that Mommy should get me a wading pool to play in. Me thinks this is a very wonderful idea cause me really loves to play in tha water. Me hopes her goes and gets me a wading pool soon. After all today is tha first day of summer. Murphy

Me is a really bonefide full grown dog for sure. Me knows this cause me has not been crated for 3 weeks. The only time me has to go into the crate now is if me is being a bad dog or gets to excited. Of course this means me has new responsibilities as a grownup dog. Me is now really responsible for being a guard dog while Mommy and Daddy is away from the house. Most of the time this is not a problem cause me likes to sit on me ottoman in tha living room and look out the picture window. It's been really hot and when it gets really hot me gets really sleepy and has to take naps all throughout tha day even when me is on guard duty.

Yesterday Mommy and Daddy wented out to see a moobee and left me to guard the house. This was okay cause me likes to gurad the house but it is really hard work and it was getting really warm in tha house and it made me sleepy. So me decided to take a little break (thats what ya do when you works, ya take breaks) and go lay on tha love seat in that den where it was really cool and dark. Me knows me hadn't been napping very long but sure enough while me was all curled up and comfy on tha love seat in walks Mommy and Daddy.

Mommy is used to me meeting hers at the top of the stairs when hers comes in through tha garage door. Not today........today me didn't greet her. Mommy went into that living room and looked, no Murphy. Hers went up stairs and looked, no Murphy. Hers asked Daddy "wheres Murphy". This whole time me was curled up on tha love seat snoozing. Hers came back into tha den and saw me in tha dark and said "MURPHY you is suppose to be gurading the house!" Me woked up and saw her there and me had to hang me head cause me had been busted. Sleeping on tha job. Me was worried hers would bust me down the ranks from House Dog First Class to House Dog in tha Dog House Class.

Hers didn't bust me down tha ranks. Nope not me Mommy. Hers gave me another chance today when hers and Daddy went out to run errands and me went to tha ottoman in tha living room and put me nose on tha window and watched for burglars just like a gurad dog should.

Murphy

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