Aventures on a snowy night

It was a dark and snowy night Tuesday nighe when me and Bugs made the great escape of 2009. Daddy had been unloading the truck and bringing wheelbarrow loadz of brickz around to tha back yard. When himz finished emptying tha truck, himz put away tha wheelbarrow and came inside BUT himz forgot to close and lock tha back gate. And thatz where himz made himz big, big mistake!!!! Daddy took tha block out of tha doggie door so we boyz could go outside and thatz when tha great adbenture began.

We waz all sitting in tha den watching TB, well Mommy and Daddy waz, we waz sitting in our cratez. Daddy gave us the “free” command and boy himz had no idea what that waz going to mean. Me and Bugz went outside to go potty and thatz when we noticed tha gate waz open. Bugz stucked himz nose out the gate door and waz off with me hot on himz heelz. Me waz trying me best to get himz to stop and come home but tha farther himz trotted down tha street, the sweet freedom smelled. Next thing me knew we waz running to the end of our street and there was a really nice lady walking by so we decided the polite thing to do waz follow her to be sure herz got home safely.

The only problem with thiz grand plan waz Mommy and Daddy didn’t know we waz gone or where we had gone. In fact if it hadn’t been for that stinky kitty Lily Pantz themz probably wouldn’t have realize we waz gone for a long time. Mommy realized something was wrong when Lily Pantz sauntered into tha den. Hers never ever comez into tha den if herz thinkz we iz in there, yet here she waz. Mommy got up and looked out in tha back yard and no dogz. When Mommy sounded the alarm Daddy realized himz had forgotten to cloze and lock tha back gate. Me betz Mommy was not berry happy to hear that. Herz grabbed her coat and shoes and so did Daddy and themz took off in different directionz looking for us. Themz waz calling “MURPHY”, “BUGZ”

While Mommy and Daddy waz wandering around in tha snow storm, me and Bugz was toasty warm in the nice lady’z garage. Her had taken uz inside so herz could read tha information on Bugz tag. Me had lost mine last year and Mommy hadn’t replaced it yet. Bugz waz so happy to have made a new friend himz was wiggling and jiggling all over and it waz hard for tha nice lady to get the phone number off himz tag but herz managed and called Daddy. Well of course Daddy didn’t have himz phone with him so herz lefted a voice message and began to take us back home. We walked beside her like the good boyz we iz.

In tha mean time Daddy had gone home to get himz truck to ride around looking for us. Mommy waz still walking all ober tha place looking and calling for us. Herz said she imagined all sortz of horrible thingz happening to her boyz, hit by a car, picked up by a stranger, lost all night out in tha cold and snow fighting off coyotez, scaring some poor person who didn’t know we waz friendly. She even went down tha dark path leading to tha lake by herself looking for uz. Mommy finally decided to go get her truck too and to leave tha garage door open just in case we found our way home. Daddy had made a couple pazzez when himz came upon the nice lady and himz boys heading for home. Himz was glad to see us and us him and himz put us in tha truck and thanked tha nice lady. And brought us home to a very happy and relieved Mommy. As for us boyz, we was worn out from our great adventure and settled in on our sofa for a nap.

Alls well that ends well me alwayz sayz
Murphy

Me tricked Bugs

Last night me tricked Bugz off of tha seat beside Mommy so me could get up beside her. How do you ask?? Well..........

See it waz like thiz. All ebening, Bugz and Hank had been hogging the spot beside Mommy and not letting me get in me rightful place (beside Mommy). When Hank went home with Auntie Margert me thought me would finally be able to curl up beside Mommy but nooooooo Bugz had climb back up beside her once again. Me went ober to the doggie sofa (yep me and Bugz haz our own sofa) and looked at Mommy and started to whine.

Now Mommy can't stand to hear me whine cauze it'z not like a normal dog whine, it'z more like a deep breathy sound that herz findz most annoying. Her kept telling me to hush and wait me turn. Well me had been waiting me turn all ebening and that iz why me waz whining.

Finally me came up with a most brilliant idea from thiz boxer brain. Me got up off of tha doggie sofa and went up the stepz to tha kitchen and stood there looking back at Mommy and Bugz. And me whined and whined and looked at the doggie door. That'z all it took to pique (did you like that big work for a boxer?) Bugz interest. Himz got off tha sofa and came running up tha stairz. That waz the moment me waz waiting for. Az Bugz came up the stairz me pazzed him going back down the stairz and got on the sofa beside Mommy. Me master boxer plan had worked!!!! Me had me spot back Bugz waz on the doggie sofa where himz belonged.

Murphy (with the light bulb going off ober his head)

Company

We have company with uz for tha next several dayz. Couzin Hank iz staying with us while himz Mommy, Auntie Margaret and her beau iz in New Orleans, and Destin FL. Thiz iz going to be like ole timez having Hank here. Let tha partying beginz!!! Oopz better not let Mommy and Daddy know we iz planning to party.

Murphy

It's me job

As the good boxer me iz, it'z become me job to wake Mommy in the morning during the week. It was a bit confuzing last week cauze herz was on bacation but me figgered it out. See when the alarm goez off at 5:15 in tha morning, me barkz at Mommy to be sure she knowz itz time to get up and then me goez back to bed until Daddy getz me and Bugz breakfast ready. If tha alarm doezn't go off then we all sleepz in until at least 7:30, that iz if me and Bugz can stand it which iz only on tha weekendz usually.

Yesterday morning waz New Yearz day and eben though it waz a week day we all slept in. Tha only problem waz that Mommy waz sick with a cold so herz waz in the spare room with tha door shut. When Mommy iz sick me job becomez guarding her and making sure nobody botherz her. Thiz can be a problem sometimez. Like for instance yesterday morning. See me waz laying outside tha door cauze me waz worried to death about her being sick and me had to be sure nobody bothered her. Daddy came out of tha bedroom and wanted me to move out of himz way but me wanted to guard Mommy so me snapped at Daddy. Well me didn't mean anything personal by it, but me didn't want anyone to bother Mommy.

It seemz me defeated the purpose by cauzing thiz commotion. Mommy got up to see what waz going on and fussed at me for doing me job. She said I shouldn't take my job so seriously all of tha time. Then Daddy wouldn't talk to me all day either cauze himz waz not happy with me doing me job. Me sure haz a hard time figgering out how to do me job and keep everybody happy. All me wanted to do waz guard Mommy so herz could rest and instead me getz in trouble for doing me self impozed job.

Life can sure be hard when you iz a working boy. Guezz me needz to go check the Boxer Union Rule Book to see what it sayz about jobz and how themz should be handled so az not to upset the humanz

Murphy

Can you spot the differences???

We sure can. Mommy iz being funny again. Me iz going to show you the firzt picture and then tha second picture. There iz 14 (me thinkz) thingz that herz added. Can you find them? Me iz sure she didn't mean to make thiz into a game but what tha heck, if herz is going to doctor picturez of her boyz then we iz going to make gamez out of them. And juzt for tha record, me haz yet to see a picture of that ole stinky kitty that haz been changed to make her look silly.

Thiz iz picture #1 the way Mommy took it. Lookz pretty nice thiz way don't you think? Can you find all of tha changez??

This is picture #2 where Mommy haz gone and played around with stuff. Pretty silly don't ya think.

Merry Christmaz eberybody!! We iz going to look silly and hope it doez the trick to get lotz of presentz. We hope you all get lotz too.

Murphy, Bugz and Lily (who didn't have to be in tha picture)

Tha Trickz we haz to learn for a treat!!!

Mommy haz been watching way to much Animal Planet and for sure way to much of It'z Me or tha Dog (az if there would be a choice). Mommy now fancyz herself a dog trainer from tha thingz herz haz learned from watching that silly show. Like tonight for instance.

Tonight Mommy decided it would be a really good idea if me and Bugz E Doodle learned how to "shake" and how to "leave it". All of this training waz done with these really wonderful, tasty peanut butter treatz. Me had to sit and when Mommy said "paw" me waz to life up me paw and give it to her then herz would give me a tha treat. Now Mommy didn't care which paw it waz just so long az me gave her me paw. After two or three timez of asking for me paw, reaching down and picking up me paw and then giving me tha yummy treat me got it. Me iz after all a very smart Boxer boy. Only problem with learning this trick so fast iz this, when herz showed Daddy how smart me waz I gave her me paw and didn't get no treat. This happened several timez too!!! I'd give Mommy me paw when she asked and tha only thing me got waz a pat on me big ole head and a "good boy". That really don't seem fair to me.

Bugz on tha other paw waz even smarter than me. Himz pretended himz didn't understand what Mommy wanted himz to do and sat there looking puzzled or lay down (which iz what we usually haz to do to get a treat). Mommy would reach down and pick up himz paw and give him tha treat anyway. Me iz pretty sure himz knowz what her wanted himz just outsmarted her.

The other thing Mommy made uz do waz sit and watch az herz put a treat on tha floor while her said "leave it". This meant we had to leave that little peanut butter treat on tha floor right in front of our facez until her said "free". Both me and Bugz learned that one really fast cauze we haz to sit and wait to eat our dinner until Daddy sayz "free". Mommy and Daddy thinkz that we should work for our dinnerz and treatz and this iz how we earnz them by learning stupid dog trickz and leaving our treatz and dinner until we is "freed".

Me iz hopeful this will all pay off in tha end. Christmaz iz next Thruzday and me thinkz that if me and Bugz learnz these new trickz we will get lotz and lotz of stuff for Christmas. (hope Mommy and Daddy seez this and getz tha word to Santa)

Murphy

This is too much!!!

Our mommy has gone over tha top with this!!!! Hers saw our friends Cassie and Hunter's Christmas pictures and had to know how their Mommy made such "cute" Christmas pictures and of course their Mommy shared tha web site. The results are berry, berry embarrassing.

Can you believe our Mommy, who claims to love us berry much did this to me??? This is bad enough but it gets worse. Look what hers did to Bugs picture.

We guesses if this is what we has to do to get Santa to bring presents then it's a sacrifice we is willing to make but it sure is whomiliating!!!

Murphy and Bugs

Thanksgibing Weekend

We sure does love Thanksgibing Weekend. Why? Cause we gets to celebrate Bugs' "gottcha day" for one thing. It's been two years since Mommy and Daddy went all tha way to Texas to get Bugs. Me sure is glad thems did to cause me and Bugs are tha berry bestest of friends. Bugs is glad too cause, being the mischievious dog that hims is, if someone else had adopted hims thems might not have been able to cope with his Great Dane ways. Instead hims is in hims forever home and for this we is both thankful.

Tha other reason we love Thanksgibing weekend is because it's a four day weekend and our peoples has been here with us tha whole time, except when thems went to see Uncle Rick and Auntie Donna for turkey and to meets thems new baby boy Bodie (which stnds for Best Overall Dog Ever with an i for good measure) Hims a 10 week old Border Collie/English Shepherd mix. We hasn't met hims yet but we got a good sniff of hims when our peoples came home that night. Do you know that not only did them desert us for tha evening to eat turkey, but thems didn't bring us any home!!! Anyway we is both thankful for 4 day weekends and habing our peoples with us.

Murphy and Bugs

Uh oh! We is in BIG TROUBLE!!!!

Me and Bugs didn’t do nothin, really we didn’t do nothing much. It was all that stinkin kitty Lily’s fault. If hers had stayed in hers room where hers should have been it wouldn’t have happened!!!

See ole Lily Pants (what a silly name) has been comin out of hers room to snuggle up to Bugs, you all have seen tha pictures. If me was Bugs, me would have been embarrassed to have Mommy take pictures of an ole stinkin cat rubbin up against me. Anyway, hers had been rubbin on Bugs and hims was takin it and then Mommy went upstairs to tha little girls room and ole Lily Pants decided hers was going to be brave and go in with Mommy instead of stayin in hers room. Bugs was just standin there watching her prance by with that tail of hers straight up in tha air like hers was the queen of tha world. Me came upstairs and that’s when all hell (Mommy’s word not mine) broke loose.

Bugs saw me and got excited and rushed into tha bathroom after Lily and me followed him to see what was so interesting. There hers was in tha corner. All me wanted to do was sniff her. Bugs has been sniffing her and me wanted to get a good whiff of her as well. WELL, Bugs got excited and went after Lily and that got me excited so I went after her too. With both of us going after Lily, Mommy got excited and started screaming at us to leave Lily alone. Hers had hold of Bugs so hims couldn’t get after Lily but me had me face buried in Lily’s tummy to get a good smell and me thinks that’ what scared Mommy. Hers thought me was going to bite Lily. Daddy came running and hims was yelling and it got really exciting then! Me and Bugs thoughts thems was encouraging us and Lily was trying really hard to get to her room. All that noise was very confusing but finally Daddy got hold of me collar (me REALLY, REALLY hates having someone drag me by me collar) and that gave Lily time to escape into her room.

Mommy was worried cause hers saw blood on Lily’s tummy but me swears on the bag of dog bones, me did not bite her. Me slobbered on her, but me did not bite her!! It turns out tha blood was from Daddy and hims broken finger nail. After all that and not hurtin that ole kitty, we got locked in our crates while Mommy checked out Lily to be sure hers wasn’t hurt. Mommy says WE just set back all the progress Lily and Bugs has made. How is it our fault??? Don’t that ole kitty get some blame??

Murphy and Bugs (who is innocent!!!)

It's cold!

Me and Bugs are pups of berry little fur and it is getting cold and we is not liking it at all. Me thinks the warm Indian Summer days of last weekend is gone. It was cold enough last night for Mommy to build a nice big fire in da fire place. Me and Bugs was sacked out on our love seat next to tha fire place, soaking up all that nice heat. Daddy boughted lots of wood for tha winter and we sure is hoping thems plans on having lots of fires to keep us puppies warm. In fact it would be really, really nice if Mommy would start a fire right now. Me wonders if me thinks really, really hard and use psp (puppy sensory perception) if hers will get me message and start a fire???

Murphy

Lily Pants

We is all making progress in learning how to get along together. Bugs and Lily Pants has eben been touching noses sometimes. She's stopped running ebery time her sees us coming and Bugs has stopped, mostly, chasing her. Me thinks hims has figgered out hers is not a pesky squirrel. Most mornings now that ole Lily Pants comes out of her room and rolls around on tha floor in front of Bugs. Sometimes hers will eben rub up against him but then when Bugs tries to sniff her, Lily will swat hims face with her paw. Hers has eben done it to me once or twice.

The other night hers came all the way downstairs and into tha den where we was all watching our favorite show "Animal Planet" Me thinks her would have stayed but Bugs saw her sitting on the step and got excited cause her was in hims territory and took off after her.

Sometimes Bugs will lay in tha hall outside of Lily's room and wait for her. Mommy says hims gets really focused and tunes out eberthing but watching Lily. Why that silly dog is so obsessed with Lily me doesn't know. She's just a stinkin ole cat. In fact that's Bugs E Doodle esq there just waiting to see if Lily will come out from under tha gate so hims can sniff her. See how he's berry, berry focused and all cause of a cat!

Caged Critters

Now tell me if you thinks this a fair way to treat man's best friend. Me and the Bugs E Doodle esq was sequesterd (big word for a little boxer) to our outdoor kennel while Daddy pushed tha wheel barrel back and forth with wood in it. For some silly human reason hims thought that it would be a really good thing to do this without the assistance of hims tow bestest friends. Me guesses hims didn't realize that a doggie escort would have helped make this work hims was doing go much faster and we would have gotten some exercise too!! Why me bets if hims had asked, me and Bugs would have been glad to carry pieces of wood to tha back yard in our mouths. In fact we would have been really happy to play "beaver dog" and chewed on a couple sticks of wood while we watched hims work. Sometimes ya gots to wonder about your humans. Thems just don't reason like us dogs do.

Murphy, who has finally been released from the outdoor kennel.

We is down some family members

Auntie Margaret and Hank moved into thems own apartment almost two weeks ago. This is a good and a bad thing. We misses thems both but it's really, really nice to not have to watch me p's and q's where Auntie Margaret is concerned. Her's admits that her's doesn't understand tha bounderies of a dog like me. Her's thinks that if it's cute and furry it should be huged and kissed on. Well that's not always tha case and me tried me best to let her know that but hers never did get me signals. Now don't get me wrong, me loves Auntie Margaret but hers never did learn hers place in tha pack and as far as me was concerned hers place was below me. In fact her's not knowing her place in tha pack got me demoted to tha bottom. This is not a good thing cause me has always been after Mommy and Daddy.

The down side of not having thems here is we miss thems!! Auntie Margaret does bring Hank over every day during tha week for doggie day care so we gets to see him for 8-9 hours a day. This is good cause Hank and Bugs can play and leave me alone to do me job, which is to guard tha house.


Murphy tha guard dog who wants to be premoted back to hims rightful place in tha pack

Mommy's birsday

Mommy had a birsday last weekend and Daddy tooked her camping and lefted us at home with Auntie Margaret and Hank. We was not happy dogs at all!! Thems alwayz takez us camping! Last year themz even took us away for mommy's birsday to stay in a cabin but not thiz year. Nope this year themz wanted to go be by themselvez. Me and Bugz doesn't understand how thems could possibly want to go anywhere without thems boyz.

We waz pretty unhappy and didn't even want to eat dinner on Friday night. To make matterz even worse Mommy had told Auntie Margaret to keep the gatez up so me and Bugz couldn't get upstairz to sleep in our own bedz which meant we had to sleep in tha den. The only good thing waz Hank got to stay in tha den with us. We waz going to have a real doggie boyz night!! Auntie Margaret went to bed and lefted us alone and the party began. We waz running up and down tha stairz from tha den to tha kitchen and out thru tha dog door and back again. We waz barking and running and playing and having a really good time. There was nobody to tell us to go to bed or be quiet or nothing! We was having so much fun chasing each other around we didn't hear Auntie Margaret come back up from her basement room. BUSTED!!! She yelled at us to get inside and be quiet and get in our cratez.

Boy she can be a real doggie party pooper! Her told Mommy we sounded like a herd of elephantz stomping around. Since me has neber heard a herd of elephantz or even seen one, me has nothing to compare her remark to and me doubtz we was that loud at all. We did settle down though and go to sleep for the rest of the night.

The next day me and Bugz appeitete was back and we was hungry and ate all our food. We sure did miss our peoplez though, hungry or not. Auntie Margaret is nice and we likez her a lot, cept when she is wiping our facez, but her isn't our peoplez and we sure waz mopy. We didn't feel like partying to much on Saturday night cauze we wanted to be rested for when our peoplez got home on Sunday and okay we waz really tired from playing half the night before. When Mommy and Daddy got home on Sunday we couldn't even keep our feetz on the ground we waz so glad to see themz!!! Me sure hopez themz don't go away again and leavez us anytime soon.

Murphy

Who's sleeping in my bed?

This is Bugs E Doodle esq here, I just wanted to tell everybody that having a big brother isn't always a good thing!!! Just look at this! All I did was get out of my little bed to go get a drink of water and that ole Murphy got out of his bed and got into mine.

I tried and tried to get him to back to his bed but he wouldn't go. Finally I had to just force my way in and try to lay down beside him. That ole dog woudn't budge an inch! And Mommy, instead of making Murphy get up and go to his own bed was busy taking pictures, as if this needed to be recorded for history.

Bugs E Doodle esq

Bugz 2nd birthday

We had a birthday party today!! It waz Bugz 2nd birthday and we include Hank to cuz himz birthday waz July 4th and Mommy and Daddy didn't know it. Now that Bugz is two him is considered a grown up dog like me and Hank but don't think the Bugz E Doodle knows this. Me don't think that silly dog will ever be serious like me.

As usual we gotz 2 double cheeze burgerz and custard for dinner. The only problem with birthday parties is we still have to mind our mannerz. Daddy made Bugz sit and wait for himz dinner just like it waz any other day.


Then when himz had showed himz still remembered himz mannerz himz waz allowed to eat himz birthday dinner.

In fact we all had to sit and wait for our dinnerz. This does not seem very fair when it is a special day like a birthday. After tha dinner of double cheeze burgerz we got our birthday ice cream. Notice me ice cream bowl is on tha red carpet and nobody elsez is.

Poor cousin Hank didn't know what to make of tha birthday party. Himz mommy don't do parties for him like our peoplez do. His mommy had to encourage him to come to tha party but it didn't take long to figger it out.

Mommy even got presentz for everybody. Me and Hank got chew bonez and Bugz got a chew fish and himz won't share and has just about chewed it to piecez. We is all really tired after tha party. It's hard going to parties.

A major discovery!

There haz been a major discovery!!! It'z been discovered that me is not a Boxer/American Bulldog BUT a Boxer/English Mastiff. Itz true, Mommy and her friend Maggie (not to be confused with Auntie Margret) waz on themz work break and had gone for a walk when thiz man came around tha coner towardz them. On the end of himz leash waz a dog that Mommy thought waz me!! Hers knew it couldn't be cause me waz at home but just tha same it made her catch her breath. Now where her breath wasz running away to that she had to catch it me don't know, it'z just what she said.

Mommy stopped the man and asked him about himz dog. Hims said tha dogz name was Frank and himz waz a boxer/english mastiff mix that himz had rescued. Themz compared notez and had a nice conversation. Mommy said that what made her realize it wasn't me waz tha fact that this dog had more white on himz chest than me but except for that she would of sworn somebody and dognapped me.

Now tha really intersting thing about all this waz that when Mommy first brought me home and took me to visit Dr. Caldwell, her (Dr. Caldwell) said if herz had to guess she would say me was boxer and mastiff not boxer / american bulldog. Looks like me vet is a very smart lady.

Murphy, who haz discovered another side of himself.

Cousin Hank

Mommy finally got them picturez downloaded and haz breathing time to update me blog. It'z about time too, cuz thiz dog waz about to forget some of tha thingz that'z happened thiz summer. If me is lucky hers will take dictation (what eber that iz) for a couple adventurez.

If you rememberz the last time me wrote (with the help of Mommy) Auntie Margert and cousin Hank had come to stay with us for a while. Thingz haz turned out real good in that area. Hank haz learned hiz place in tha order of tha pack, which iz tha bottom but himz don't seem to mind to much. Isn't him a handsome fellow, all shiny and black. Of course himz isn't as handsome az me.

Hank really likez living here with us too. Himz getz treatz from Daddy and getz to sleep on the dog couch and go camping too! We taughted him how to be a camping dog just like me and Bugz. The best of all is himz has two buddiez to play with all day long, except me don't like to play all day long like Hank and Bugz do. Hank and Bugz just lovez to play keep away. And you know all know how Bugz just haz to have tha toy you iz playing with.

Even if we had the very same toy, which me and Bugz doez, then that ole silly Bugz wantz them all and isn't happy until himz getz them all. Lucky fog Bugz that Hank isn't a dominate male like me. There would be troublez then thatz for sure.

For tha most part me just watchez them to play cause being the older brother and the older cousin somebody has to be in charge and guess who that is.

For tha most part thingz haz been really good. Me and Auntie Margaret haz had a few disagreementz, like her not understanding tha me iz not a submissive dog or that when me goez into me crate itz me safe place and to leave me alone. Me is very sorry to say that me haz snapped at her 3 timez cause her getz in me face and yellz at me. Me triez to tell her to stop but herz doesn't seem to understand boxer talk. Mommy told her that when me sayz "roo, roo, roo" that me iz telling her to leave me alone that me has gone to tha safety of me crate and not to mess with me there. Me is alwayz really sorry afterwardz but sometimez a dogz gotta do what a dogz gotta do. Me lovez Auntie Margaret and would never ever bite her but boy or boy she can be slow understanding me. Thiz week haz been better cauze we haven't had no problemz, maybe you can train humanz after all.

Murphy

It's been a week since Auntie Margaret and Hanky Poo came to live with us and boy have me and the Bugs E Doodle had fun with Hanky Poo!!!! That little lab sure does like to play and play and play. This is a good thing cause me gets worn out playing with Bugs all of tha times. Having Hanky Poo around helps take tha pressure off of this little boxer pup!!! Bugs and Hank plays keep away and when thems gets out of line or two rowdy it's me job to run in and breaks up tha action. Sometimes this means me has to body slam one or the other of them two boys and sit on them. Our peoples is even leaving us alone at home for short periods of time and we is all good boys!

Me has taken on another job too. Mommy is having to get up earlier in tha morning so hers can ride the light rail (what ever that is) to work. When the alarm goes off it's me job to go bark at her 2 or 3 times to make sure hers is awake, then me goes back to me little bed. AND me is a smart enough boxer to know that me only has to do it Monday thru Friday. Mommy thinks it's cute that me has taken on this responsibility for her. It's just another job for this boxer is all.

As soon as Mommy puts some new batteries in her camera hers will take pictures to post.

Oh yeah we is all going camping next weekend.

Murphy

Our world has changed

My goodness it's been ober a month since me has been able to use Mommy's laptop and write me story. Lots and lots has happened since then. Mommy went to visit her human children for a whole week tha end of May. It was tha longest week but then hers came home and me and Bugs was soooooooo happy. Then me and Bugs went camp with our peoples and that was a great adventure too. But that's not where our world changed, nope that happened on Thursday of last week.

Mommy's friend, our Auntie Margaret, came to stay with us for awhile and she brought her dog, our cousin Hank, and her kitty Diva with her. Mommy and Daddy was worried at first about how things would work out with me, Bugs and Hank. That was silly, me showed Hank me was the top dog right away and things has been good ever since. Hank is lots of fun to play with cause hims lets me and Bugs beat him up. Hims said this was the first time hims has played with other dogs and hims didn't know the rules. You better believe me and Bugs taught him tha rules, our rules of course.

But the bestest thing that happened was when her stinking kitty Diva came up out of tha basement and went upstairs to visit with Miss Lily Pants. Me heard that kitty and was woofin at her. When Mommy came to see what was going on a flash of black and white kitty came flying down the stairs and up on top of the curtian rod. Auntie Margaret was trying to push me away from tha couch and Mommy was yelling for Daddy to get the remote (me had me electronic collar on) and Hank and Bugs was trying to help me get to the kitty. It was lots and lots of fun!! Of course Daddy found the remote and Mommy grabbed Bugs by the collar and put him in hims crate and then Hank settled down. But boy there was some action there for a little bit.

Me don't know how long cousin Hank is going to be here but it sure is fun!

Murphy