Bath time!

Our grandpawents are coming to visit! And it's a long weekend! And it's a holiday! So we all got baths!

Mama and Daddy used to go hardest to easiest. Then they tried easiest to hardest and LOVED it! That made me second!

Daddy carried Buddha to the bath tub and being a good brofur I got in with him! Mama said that was not allowed. Mama can really be the FUN POLICE sometimes!

I got to be second and I jumped right into the tub!! I enjoyed it even though I was stiff as a board! Then it was time for TOWELING OFF! THAT WAS FANTASTIC!!!!! I was done, then I came back for more!!!!

When it was Joey's turn I stood in the bathroom and held vigil with my head low. And I gave kisses to Mama and Daddy and Joey a couple times.

Now we're all like LIONS!! And Mama says we're not allowed outside ever again! Our back yard is ALLLLLL DIRT! BOL BOL BOL BOL! Hey! I have to go potty! We're going to have to go outside!!!!!

I had a barkday!!

I had a barkday last Friday!! It was SOOOOO fun! I went to camp during the day and played and played with my furrends! Then after dinner we had FROSTY PAWS!!!! It was SOOOO yummy! I couldn't decide if I'd eat it all at once or a little at a time, so I did a little of both! BOL!

Mama has been petting me extra and gazing at me all lovey-like. It's a little weird, but it's okay! She says now that I'm THREE YEARS OLD she thinks I'm more mature all of a sudden! But she says she's not ready for me to not be her baby yet!

Instead of just being her baby, this year I'm her 'baby man'. I AM growing up!! Baby man! Maybe next year I'll be a whole man??? Who knows???

I really like being three! People are nicer when you're newly three! I'm getting special treatment!! I could get used to this!!

Vet vet vet!

Oh the vet is SCARY!!! I get all AMPED UP! It's SUPER SCARY because Daddy gives me RELAX PILLS before we go, so then I have to get EXTRA AMPED UP so I can be ALERT AND ON GUARD!

WHO in their RIGHT MIND would want to poke and prod doggies all day for a living? Those people are SICK! SICK!!!!

Daddy noticed that when he touches my back my leg goes up and I scratch! Mama thought maybe I have back cancer.

Nope! Not back cancer! That weirdo vet said when doggies get to growing up, like me, (I'M ALMOST THREE!!!!) they sometimes get prezzies! Like, ALLERGIES! I might get allergies too!

But my skin looked okay. That weirdo vet said my skin is just dry dry dry! I need conditioning! I need a bath! DOUBLE WEIRDO VET LADY!!!

Doesn't she know it's going to be TWELVE DEGREES tonight???? If I get a bath I'll FREEZE! I'm inside and all, but it's the thought!

At least Mama listened to me! She says no bath and sooper conditioning until it warms up a little bit!

I'm a hiker!

I'm a hiker! I've been hiking with Daddy, JUST me and him! Doin' MAN stuff!! It's GREAT!!!

We walk on a lot of dirt and go on big ups and downs and there are big rocks too!!! There are even MORE smells and things to see!

It's nice hiking with Daddy because I don't have to worry about protecting him like I do Mama!! BOL! I can be more relaxed!

I think it feels nice to walk all over those different types of things! So different than my usual carpet and floor and flat dirt or pavement!

Mama says my face is getting shaggier. I'm getting to be a real grown up! Maybe! Almost! Or something!

Counter-surf or bust!!!

Let my people go!!!

I am a very smart dog.

I'm a noble dog!

I want the best for EVFURRY ONE!

That's why I did what I did when at camp on Friday.

I opened the gate to the doggie play area and I let ALL THE DOGGIES FREE! Including me!!! We were evfurrywhere between the play areas!!

When Mama came to pick me up, they told her and she laughed and laughed. She said she and Daddy were so proud of me!

I'm a very smart dog.

And nofurry was hurt or lost during my release of all dogs.

But it sure was fun!!!

Empty threats!!!

Yesterday I went to camp and played with my furrends. It was FUN!!!

When I got home we ate and hung out in the bedroom. I was dozing, and then I heard something weird.

MAMA was STRADDLING BUDDHA and CLEANING HIS EARS WITH Q-TIPS!!!!

My brow wrinkled. Mama said, "You're next, Frank!!"

I backed out of the room and decided to relax in a different room. Not before I sniffed those dirty Q-tips though. Interesting!!!

Mama found me and scratched my ears real good! Top and bottom! She brought two q-tips but she didn't use them. I HATE HATE HATE anyone even LOOKING at my ears funny!

That wasn't funny, Mama. Don't kid like that! I won't be able to trust you!!!

Bath day!

Today we all got baths because Buddha pooped in his crate and made him and his crate a stinky mess.

It was weird though, ONLY Buddha's head was stinky, the rest of his body was not!!! That one time I had to poop in my crate I was sure to smear it ALL OVER ME and everything else!

I guess all doggies are different!

Anyhoo, it was different because (1) they didn't close the bathroom door and (2) Mama called me and I went into my crate. She grabbed the scruff of my neck and then I said 'okay!'. We walked to the bathroom and I hopped right into the tub!

I really didn't mind much! Daddy did have to hold me in, because after a few minutes I didn't understand why we weren't done. Mama says I have a lot of hair!

Mama picked out the dingle-berries from my bottom. Secretly I am happy about this! I am squeaky clean everywhere!

When it was Joey's turn Buddha was crated (because he'd just rub it in) and I got to come in the bathroom and give Joey and Mama and Daddy kisses. Joey was unhappy and made sad noises. I stayed close and looked pained just for her. Mama said that was nice of me.

We're clean! Not for long! BOL!

The outside

Me and Joey and Mama and Daddy went on a big adventure about a week ago. We even GOT IN THE CAR and went somewhere AWAY FROM OUR HOUSE AND YARD AND NEIGHBORHOOD!!! It was SO exciting! Me and Joey were PSYCHED!!

When we got there, we hiked for TWO MILES in a park that had deer and bears and bunnies and even more than that!!!! There were SO MANY SMELLS!!!! It was AMAZING!!!!! We were SO HAPPY and ENRICHED!!!

Mama and Daddy say we're gonna do this more often. When we got home I kept being an ADVENTURER!!! I SMELLED everything like it was the first time! I was BRAVE! I jumped up on the table! The counters! I TOOK stuff! It is EXCITING being the new ADVENTURER FRANK!!!!

The bad side is that Joey caught a virus and that's the only place she coulda got it. Or maybe on a dog walk, but the vet said her kinda sick was GOING AROUND.

Will me and Buddha get the yuckies??? Mama says maybe. I say she should feed us all RICE AND BOILED CHICKEN JUST IN CASE!!!

Will we never leave the compound again? Will we get sick evfurry time we do???

Oh, I think rice and boiled chicken will sooth my soul.....

Mmmm! Bacon!

I love my parents EXTRA when they're cooking bacon!!! The piggy kind, not the cute little Scottie kind!

The aroma FILLS MY NOSE HOLES! I can't stand it!

Daddy gave me some bacon today! Some raw, some cooked, and I got to lick the plate!

THEN I got all sorts of energy! That bacon ENERGIZED me! It was fuel for my tank!

So we went for a walk!

I loooooove bacon!

Mommy Alarm

I used to be a good Mommy alarm in the mornings. I'd POUNCE on the bed and kick faces and say, "GOOD MORNING!!! I LOVE YOU!!! HOW 'BOUT SOME BREAKFAST???"

I still do that, in a less wiggly way, but this morning when I LAID DOWN ON MY MAMA she just giggled at me!!

Now that I think about it, position is important. When I used to sit my butt on her head, she used to get up SOOPERFAST!!!!! Hm. I'll have to do that next time. Until then, I'll make like Mamas hips & knees are comfy!! Bol Bol Bol Bol!!!!