Me IS a hunting dog!

Boy, oh boy, oh boy!!! Me did it today!!!! Me caught a squirrel today. Yep, me Murphy tha boxer pup caught meself a squirrel in me own back yard. It was sort of already dying but me got it!!!! See this iz what happened.

Me waz just hangin out in me back yard w/all tha snow and all of a sudden me spotted it. A grey fuzzy thing waz laying on tha ground sort of flopping around. Being tha naturally curiouz boxer me iz, of course me trotted right ober there to see what it was. Me can't tell you how surprised me waz to see that squirrel. Thiz iz tha same ole squirrel that would race up and down tha fence tormenting me and Bugz, and here it waz on tha ground at me mercy. Me thought about it for a boxer second and decided me would teach that ole squirrel a lesson about teazing me and Bugz. Me snatched it up and then dropped it cauze about that time Mommy and spotted all ob tha activity in tha back yard.

Mommy came running outside barefoot in tha snow calling me. Well me waz too caught up in tha excitment ob teaching tha squirrel a lesson to pay attention to her and tha commandz herz was giving me. Her said "MURPHY, Leave it" and me couldn't. Then "MURPHY, drop it" and me did but me picked it right back up again. Then herz tried "MURPY lets go for a ride". Well thiz iz a sure fire way to get me to come to her so me dropped tha squirrel and started towardz her but then me wanted to take the squirrel for a ride too. So Mommy tried "DROP IT" and "MURPHY, letz go for a walk". And me dropped tha squirrel and started for her again but again, me wanted to take the squirrel with me.

Then, Bugz and Daddy heard all tha commotion and wanted to come out to see what waz happening. Mommy saw Bugz and told Daddy to crate him so himz wouldn't try to take the squirrel from me and start a fight. In tha mean time herz knew herz had to do something to break me fixation on tha squirrel. Herz, being the smart human herz iz, grabbed the pooper scooper thingy and banged it against tha grill. Tha noize waz so loud it made me look up and jump. Herz did it again and called me "MURPY, COME" and me obeyed and trotted right in tha house and Daddy put me im me crate.

It waz a trick so themz could take that ole squirrel ,who waz now completely dead, and throw it away. That wazn't berry fair me doezn't think. It waz me squirrel and themz took it and threw it away, all becauze themz was afraid I would eat it or bring it in tha houze. Mommy sayz cauze it waz already almost dead, herz waz afraid it might have been poizoned or sick and herz didn't want that to happen to me. Okay so maybe herz waz right but me iz still offically a hunting dog now cauze me caught it eben if it waz already almost deat.

And thatz my story.

Murphy

pocket water bowls

It waz such a beautiful weekend that our peoplez took us for walkz both dayz! This waz a really good thing except me thought me waz going to drop from exhauztion on Saturday. See we hadn't done much walking ober tha winter and so me waz really out of shape. Daddy took us for a longer walk than usual and wore me little boxer butt out. Me waz so tired that instead of sitting at the curb before crossing me laid down. To say me little butt waz draggin iz putting it mildly. Mommy cautioned Daddy to take it slow and let me build up me stamina, what ever that iz, cauze me can't tell him when me haz had enough.

Sunday Daddy tooked Bugz for a nice long walk and me and Mommy went for a nice little walk that waz good for juzt us two. We waz gone only about a half hour and we waz both tired, not az tired az Saturday but a nice pleasant tired. Bugz on tha other hand waz plumb tuckered out when himz got back from himz walk with Daddy. Themz had been gone a couple hourz and himz waz a really thirsty pup. Daddy tried to offer himz water from tha water bottle but Bugz wouldn't drink.

This little problem needed a solution, the kind only our peoplez could solve. Themz went to tha pet store and found little foldup and put in your pocket, canvaz water bowlz for us. Mine iz a really cute striped one and Bugz is red. Mommy and Daddy put water in them to show us what them iz for. I drank out of both them little bowlz but Bugz being the OC dog himz iz didn't take but a little sip out of himz bowl. Me iz so glad we have smart people az our human parentz!!!

OH yeah, we got a new toy too. One of them thingz that throwz tha little tennis ball really far and we going running like crazy after tha ball to bring it back. We iz going to go to tha ball field now and play fetch.


Murphy

Deck o Cards

We had a lovely dinner party last night with Auntie Margaret, Hank and Auntie Margaret's friend John. It waz lovely cauze me and the boyz gotz to lay in tha living room with tha peoplez and be social. Then being the good boyz all three of uz iz, we laid on tha rug in tha living room while the peoplez had dinner.

After dinner the peoplez decided to play cardz. Thatz when thiz little boxer pup realize himz didn't like the sound of cardz being shuffled. Mostly it waz cauze me had never heard a deck of cardz being shuffled before and it upsetted me. Tha ole silly Auntie waz shuffling cardz and me sat up looking really interested in the whol operation. Hers couldn't leave well enough alone, nope not Auntie, herz had to push tha envelope and shuffle them thingz in me boxer face. You know what comez next right? Me tried to grab them cardz from her handz with me toothz. Me didn't get them and Mommy made me come on the other side of her chair away from Auntie.

Then is waz Mommy'z turn to shuffle them cardz. Herz didn't shuffle them in me face but the offending sound made me go after them cardz in Mommy'z hand. NOT A GOOD THING TO DO!!!! Me little tooth scrapped Mommy's finger az me tried to grab them cardz from her hand. Boy waz her mad at me!!! She made me lay down beside her and herz fussed at me for being a silly dog. Then John waz going to shuffle cardz cauze it waz himz turn and me waz starting to show interest again at going for tha cardz. (notice Mommy pays attention to me signals) Soooo, because Auntie don't know when to leave me along and not antagonize me, me and tha boyz got sent to ta den and had tha gate put up to keep uz there.

Me sure wishez Auntie would learn that me iz not Hank, who is a very easy going Lab, and learn me iz a very reactive type dog who don't like to be teazed. Ebery time she cauze me to be bad her excuze is me can do that with Hank, or herz hazn't learned to read my body language or signz. What iz her blind???

The Murphday boy

It's ME 4th Murphday!!!!

It's me Murphday and look at tha email that dogster sent to me. Now if Mommy and Daddy rememberz tha Chezzeburgerz and ice cream me will be a happy dog.

Dear Murphy,

Woof woof!

We want to wish you a very Happy Birthday full of love and joy and tail wagging. We are thrilled to be able to celebrate it with you!

Murphy will be profiled today with other birthday doggies on Dogster's special Birthday Stroll.

Since it's your birthday we want to give you something special, so we have given you 25 Dogster bones and one vote of 5 Paws! Dogster loves you!

Sincerely,
Your Friends at Dogster

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.