every day is BOXER day

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo

OK, if you guys have never put an ad in the lists for meats, you gotta. Momma got deliveries for days, from one ad! My lunch just now, was a ROAST. Yup, all to myself! Mom normally make s a fancy meal for us, but has been just cooking the meat today in order to make room in the freezer (she will mix it up laters) So she just put down a dish full of meat for us! I LOVE my momma!

New recipes!

WOOOHOOOOOOO! Mom came up with a great score on some organ meats from a butcher, so we are getting some NUMMMMMMY foods made up. She has the giant cauldron sized pots out. You know the ones that take up the whole stove?! LOL

Well, the one she has going right now is : fresh sweet potato, fresh green beans, fresh apple, fresh parsley & mint from the garden, strawberries from the garden, and lamb with chicken gizzards.

Next batch is: beef roast, beef heart, potatoes, fresh green beans, fresh baby carrots, Spinach, Rice

Then its the pork with fresh sweet potato, fresh green beans, fresh apple, fresh parsley & mint from the garden, and cantaloupe!

Can you tell the heat wave is finally over?! *rotfl* Now its time to refill our freezer!

WOHOOOOOO

OK, mom is the best mom ever. No more kibble bibble in my bowls. Nope, here on out I get steaks, roasts, ducks, rabbits, chickens, goose, boneless pork chops, eggs, liver..... I can handle the vegetables that she thinks I don't notice so long as this yummy yummy meat stuff keeps on trucking my way! YUM YUM! We get more treats now than we used to too! Plus all the great foods. She even cooks for us when its too hot for her to cook for herself! This is PAWSOME

dogmanic.ning.com

OK, after much debate here is moms contest. You play on her site, on dogmanic.ning.com.

OK guys, free loot! Yuppers, prize time. I think a simple photo contest for this first edition! On a whim, I think this one will be springtime bliss. I want pictures of your fur babies showing what spring means to you, and them. Whether it be flowers, gardens, hiking, camping, whatever it is to you.

Post a photo, make sure to message me to make sure I see it. You have until June 15th for this first contest.

1st prize will be a framed sketch of your dog.
2nd prize a beaded harness
3rd place gets a grab bag. (it could contain charms, toys, odds and ends, one never knows!)

camping adventure

First, gramma came over to play with us. We got to play with her and her old border collie for the whole first night. For some reason momma kept grabbing things like our back packs, getting them adjusted for us to wear, and grabbing our food! Gramma told us it was ok, and we got to wiggle at her to keep distracted. Uh huh. The next thing you know, mom was loading up the truck up with all kinds of stuff, and she loaded us in too! We watched gramma waving from the door as we drove away.

It took furever but we got to the campgrounds. As we watched from the truck, suddenly mom had a whole tent home set up for us! It was pawsome. We got to run and play for a while on leash while mom ran the entire campground with us! Oh the bouncing and snorting was grand I tell you. But soon she had us on tie outs, and we had to stay in one area while the smoke from the fire kept following us around! This was the start to a grand adventure. *sigh*

First we had smoke in our eyes, and keeping us from being able to breath well. Then came the chipmunks. If squirrels are tree rats, these are tree mice! These tiny creatures surrounded us, darting in to invade our camp. Next came some odd looking bluejays, about a dozen of them! Soon it was 30 degrees, we couldn't breathe, and we were surrounded by tiny wild creatures after our lunch! Mom took us for walks, but even moving and wearing sweaters it was getting colder. (later we found out that it was snowing not far away from us)

By the time we were able to go to bed we were shaking from the cold even with sweaters, and ended up sleeping on top of momma and daddy's mummy bags, under a zero degree sleeping bag! We were perfectly comfy so long as we stayed under the cover, but mom and dad were in pain from the cold slipping past the terma pads and the large tree roots under them. Come morning, not even light out yet, the next days adventure started. We again got to explore, running among the trees and examining the flowers. We got a neighbor moved in who had a Pomeranian. They were setting up for a huge white water celebration being held this weekend. Thus started the barking from Brigid as the man scoured the entire campground for any wood he could find. They tried to get us to go, but daddy has an appointment friday so we had to come back. I am bummed that we missed the pawty, but you dont know how glad i was to come home! Gramma was waiting for us, and we were wiggling so hard we pinned her to the couch and Brigid sat on her head kissing her!

We reallllllllllly just wanted to come home!

yippee

So gramma came over to see us yesterday! She says it was to help mom with her business stuff, but we all know that's not true. Nope, it was to see ME! And she brought Brittany too. I loves having dogs come over, so I spent the next 6 hours kissing everybody. After a while mom made me go lay down, but I always ended up back over there kissing again.

I love my gramma!

Oh, and for dogs wanting to see some of the stuff mom is starting to work on, she has a website where she is starting to show stuff for sale. Its not a true store site, no clicking to order..... its old school right now. Also, if you look on her page and click "applications" she also has a few things on Shopit, which will soon accept some other types of payments! *yipppppppeeeeeee* Anyway, its http://dogmanic.ning.com for those who want to peek. Mom adds stuff ALL DAY EVERY DAY.

PS, if you go to "photos" and then sort by albums its much easier to check it out.

wow

OK, so much has been happening since we last spoke. Well, first mom is now home with me all the time! And I get to sample all the dog stuff FIRST! *happy dance* I am getting my home cooked meals again, and I have cuddles on demand!

More laters, but I just cant believe the good luck! Whats next for this dog, the lottery?!

Tagged

RULES OF THE GAME: (copy and paste)

"I tagged Eve and Bella"

Each player starts with seven random facts about themselves. Dogs who are tagged, need to post in their diary the rules and their 7 pawsome facts. Then choose some dogs to tag and list their names. Don’t forget to bark them a pmail that they have been tagged and to read your diary, or, send them a fun Rosette announcing they've been Tagged!

1. I am a cassanova

2. I love to play chase the laser light

3. I love to run as fast as I can for no apparent reason

4. I have mom trained to cook me home made foods

5. I am a total snuggle bug, often pinning my mom in place for hours

6. I love meetin new friends, dog or human

7. I really LOVE going for hikes up in the mountains

UH oh

OK, mom has decided that we have had it too easy for too long, and we are getting sloppy. This came with the statement that things were going to change. I don't like the sounds of this. She hasn't told me just what it is that she is thinking of doing, but that tone cant be good! *sigh* Sounds like we are going "back to school". Wonder what she's going to do with us this time!?!

Dad wants to have us trained to recall like we used to again, but we need to go to an enclosed field free of other dogs for a while to do it. We stopped going for runs off leash when we moved here, and when dad HAS let us off, we made ourselves look bad. But its so good to run! We always come back, but we haven't been good about it as of late.... And mom is pretty mad about it. So they might work more on that. (we cant play in dog park to train because of Brigid's bossiness)

She's also talked about training us to jump thru hoops. Might do that one. She has one, but never really worked us on it. But we are bored with our regular routine! Not sure, what do you pups think?

There be kittens

I hear the weirdest sound coming from moms craft room. It smells like kitty, but yet I hear this high pitched squeaky meow! MOM HAS KITTENS IN THERE! Man, I wanna go see them. Sounds like fun. Mom says that I need to wait a little while though, cause they are really young and besides, they had lots of stress with moving around to be here. *sigh* Maybe when their eyes open I can go see them!

MAN

Mom brought the kitties back to the shelter..... and I didn't get to say hi to these ones! Mom usually lets me meet them, just away from BRIGID. BOL. Mom said that Holly would scratch me, and that Sasha was sick and had a real bad cold mom didn't want me around. POO! Well here's hoping that she brings home more..... I heard her talking to dad last night and she was saying they REALLY need people willing to foster momma cats with their babies right now. We could do that! I would be great with a litter of kittens

Baby pics

Oh man, she's gone off the deep end. Mom is posting baby pictures of me on dogster. ARG. She said she's going to switch out often and just keep going till she runs out. This could take a while, she's got thousands of dog photos!

plot

Ok, mother is plotting against us, I just know it. She brought in another cat! Its funny looking. Mom calls it a tortoiseshell, named Holly. They said at mom's work that she was getting kennel stress and starting to act out, so mom is giving it a try to see if maybe she can make her happy again. Meanwhile, we have ANOTHER FREAKING CAT IN THE HOUSE. ARG!!!! We just got back to being catless. *grumbles* that didn't last long. And you know how scary these kitties are!

Bad dog?

No way! Momma got mad at me... ME! The golden dog! How could she? See, we went and got Brigids stitches out..... and we went to this park that we know that nobody goes to. Daddy let us off leash.... well we flushed a duckie and chased him for a while and we ran and ran, and each time daddy whistled, we flipped him the paw! But in my defense, we haven't been leash in ages, Brigid has been in a "no play" zone for 2 weeks, and it was right after a nice rain! It was WONDERFUL.

not fair

OK, so whats wrong with my girl dog? Mom dropped her off at the vets, and we had a great day running around playing and driving and going places..... but then when we get the puppy she is BROKEN. Brigid wont play with me, and mom tells us to stop if we even try! I want to play darn it. Not fair at all!

CATS

OK, so mom came home and tells me that I almost had a puppy in the house tonight. She was going ot foster a pitty pup for a month until she is old enough to be spayed...... but the other lady at the shelter took her home (or was going to as of when mom left) Man, I almost had a new friend to play with. Darn it.....

And she had just brought home MORE cats on Saturday. *sigh* She took her fosters in, but then one came back... mom says she's getting spayed Tuesday.... and now there is a new male in there too! AND mom wont let us in there to check them out, even if we can hear them all night. *sigh* its not fair I tell you. Mom said the new guy would scratch my nose though, so maybe its ok if they stay in there.....

Mom said that the other male got a hold put on him his first day back, so he might be going to his fr-ever home tonight. Thats pretty cool! *dances around the computer* Let's all keep out paws crossed pups

vet

Well, mom got us a new vet today. Brigid really likes him... I think he's alright too. We got pets and love while we were there..... and of course, A CAR RIDE. WOOHOOOO. Mom took us with her and daddy to go there, adn we got to go on this really windy road that goes thru orchards and grape vines and was just really pretty. PLUS, we got a couple of french fries when they stopped for lunch.... Oh, and we got to stop at a new park, look around, adn then went for a walk in minto brown park! WOOF! It was lots fo fun..... we walked along a river to this pond.... looked at some geese, wiggled for some kids.... it was wonderful. We even got to introduce these two older ladies to Boxers! The one had seen pictures of us, the other had no idea what kinda doggie we were. *tilts head* not sure how thats possible! But we did our best happy dog dance and wiggled nicely for pets. They were very happy to meet us.

Oh, and our new vet says that I am really soft! Kinda like velvet. BOL. Brigid didn't get those compliments. Ptttttttt. Oh, and no one tell her... but she's got her spay appointment. Well, she knows she has an appointment, but she doesn't know what it is yet. BOL. Nor does she understand that Momma and Daddy wont be there with her! If she knew that, she'd be really scared, so don't tell her. Right now she thinks its some great new thing just for her.

K

OK, I got to meet Kiona and her pack! *wags nubby* She is very pretty girl, and her boys seem pretty cool too! We got to walk around with them for a while in petsmart, just to get outta the house. It was lots of fun. And her mom and dad gave me lots of attention too! *dances*

Walkies!

Well, mom was itching to get outta the house today, and we went for a nice LONG walk and a pretty car ride! See, she took us to Minto Brown.... it has a dog park, but we didn't go to that part..... We went along the river. Mom says its weird to have construction crews and convicts all line up to compliment dogs, but we get it all the time. BOL. So here we are walking along a river and run into a convicts road cleanup crew who are all complimenting the dogs and wanting to get all close. (mom said we couldn't cause the sheriff wouldn't like it) Mom said that normal pups dont have crowds of people show up to pet them outta the trees, but yet we keep having it happen! BOL Anyway, we getta go out again in a few minutes, to meet up with a fellow dogster! Kiona lives in our town, and we are all going to go to petsmart. Hope everything goes well! More laters on any new developments! BOL

and then there were TWO kitties

OK, so moms job is doing construction on the cat area, and we needed to remove all the cats to do it. Well, there was only so much room in the lobby (in dog kennels on tables mostly) to put them, so we have some in foster homes. We are hoping that it gets done quickly... the guy said 2 or 3 days, but we don't figure its going to happen..... anyway. .... mom has now got a second cat! This one is in a big kennel in her craft room. He's a 15 pound tom cat named Seargent. He's a nice kitty. He has happy feet! Even when Brigid is looking at him through the cage bars.

She said when she goes back to work, if we MUST keep him here past that then she will harness him and let us meet face to face. I cant wait... but we are alerting to it everytime one of them moves at all! LOL

CAT!

So mom has a new foster. Its a tiny little cat named Eve. She's a little tiger stripe, kinda brown in color. And BOY do I wanna be her friend. The bad part is she is scary! Even though she's here because she's shy, and she's the size of a 6 month old kitten.... She's scary when she spits and swats at you! All I wanted to do was look at her *pouts*

moms sick!

OK, so momma has been VERY sick the last couple of days. She's been sleeping lots, and making funny noises. Not to worry though, cause I keep jumping on her and sticking my muzzle right on her nose to check her out! None of that coughing stuff on this dogs watch!

On the plus side... after two days of my constant watch, she felt well enough to make us some treats..... ok they are easy. You just liquefy in blender some liver and mix it with corn muffin mix and bake it. BOL. not real hard, but for a woman who's barely been getting out from under the blankets it pretty good. Uh oh, there she goes coughing again..... Time to go stand on her!

no fair

Brigid is getting all the attention again! Just cause her face is all puffy. Here I am all healthy, and do you think I get any special attention?????? NO. Its not fair I tell you. So I have been sitting ON mom everytime she sits down. That should give her the hint dont you think?

DOTD!

Oh my goodness, diary of the day! *WOOF* Too cool. Ok, I wanna thank my momma for typing, my daddy for giving me cuddles all day yesterday...... Gramma for being gramma.....

Its been wonderful, mom has been off work for 3 days! 3!!! So we've gotten some major lovin' the last few days. She is making something in the crock pot right now for us as well! YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

The snow flakes stopped falling. Man, I liked running through those! *sigh* well maybe we'll get real snow next month, since it barely stuck here this time. Either that, or mom will pack us up in the truck and take us up to the mountains where they have LOTS of snow. She got me a new coat to go up in, so its all good. Brigid got a new one too

Well, its REALLY early here, so I am going back to bed. Bark at you laters guys

WOW!

OK, best week in a long time. First, mom is giving us lots of home cooked and good canned foods to go with our kibbles..... Then mom gets her car back so she can take us places more..... Then Gramma comes over to visit with us, and she left presents!!! Then, mom gets up and gives us bacon for breakfast on Xmas.... Then she gives us GIANT peanut butter dipped rawhides, and 10 new toys....... Then its snows..... (this area has less than a 1% chance of getting a white Christmas, but we got it!) then we get rabbit for dinner..... then mom opens her mail, and finds out that we are being honored by having our pictures included in the 2008 Evangers foods calender!!!!!!!! WOOOHOOOOOOOOOO

Cant wait to see what happens today

Oh my DOG

Ok, who ordered 2 days of high winds???? I HATE WIND. Mom keeps shoving me out the door to get me to go potty, and I ain't going. I hide under the tree and panic till she lets me in! Yesterday I refused to poop all day because of it, and its still blowing!

On the plus side, mom got up at 1:30 in the morning to come let us in bed with her, cause when there is anything weird she wants to have us close to her. We were fine in our kennels, but its always nice to cuddle up to momma. *sighs contently*

BURF DAY!

Its my burf day! WOOF! I got a great big blue snuggly blanket for my kennel, and mom made me lots of wonderful food!!! YUM YUM.

YIPPPEEEEEE

OK, so I finally got mom to take us out today. She's not feeling that wonderful, but she took us anyway. (gotta luv a good momma) She took us to her work, and let us meet a couple of her co workers. Then, she took us to auntie Joyce's place, and we got her! We then went to petsmart, and I got to walk with auntie!!!! It was great stuff! Then we went to home depot, and mom put us both in the cart and we got LOTS of attention. Then we got to explore a new park! Its not a doggie park, and mom wouldn't let us off leash but its fun anyway!

We might not have gotten the running we wanted, but we got so much attention and adventure that it was all right!

mixed bag

Well, yesterday was good! Mom took me and Brigid to the vet for Brigid's vaccinations. We still go to our old vet 30 + miles away, so we got to go for a nice ride, and we got to visit with our vet! LOVE our vet! I got lots of kisses in, and he took the time to check me over as well, since I was giving him LOTS of kisses. *grins* He said my ticker is still fine, not a single skip or pause, no murmurs or anything. He gave her the shots, cleaned our ears for us... the whole thing! We got to spend like 40 minutes with him! WOOF! Plus mom let us go to one of our old favorite places and POOP. She insisted on picking it up, but at least I got to leave my scent!

Then this morning something happened next door. We don't know what, but the humans where screaming. Not yelling, screaming and sobbing. We had 6 cop cars, a fire truck, and an ambulance there before mom made us go upstairs and stop watching (since we were really upset over the screaming women) We don't know for sure, but it seemed like maybe somebody died. No one went in the ambulance, and we think a coroner might have shown after we took off..... as we left a detective showed up, and they interviewed like 10 people one a time right in front of our house! No one is there right now, I just hope they thought to take Igor (their pitty) with them!

grrr

Moms got a new job, and I don't like it! She plays with sick animals a lot, so when she comes home, she wont even pet us until she showers!!!! What is that all about? She always used to greet us when she first came in before! It not fair I tell you!

Singing the blues

Well, the landlord finally showed up to hook up some stuff that was supposed to be hooked up before we moved..... and he is scared of us. Not just a little, a LOT. We sit nicely at a snap of mom's fingers, he's scared.... he comes over and mom puts us in our kennels, and as we lay quietly there, he puts up a warding hand like we are going to suddenly decide to eat him. Hmmmmmm. So now we have been in out kennels for about 4 hours, because he broke something and a bathroom floods every time he turns the water back on. Greaaaaat. So now we are watching him and a few guys he employs run back and forth trying to fix stuff. This sucks. I need to potty, and because I dont get to run free in the yard and in the house, I refuse to go. Wont do it unless everything is just right!

Howlaween

Well, mom went digging thru our old stuff.... She found our costume horde. So now she is trying to figure out what to dress us up as. I wanna do the jester! I looked really nice in the purple and black, it makes me look all manly! (and sets off my eyes nicely) She was considering another boxer outfit..... an adaption of the one from last year..... But I like doing something different every year. Any pup have an opinion? First year I had several different outfits, a different one for each event. Last year I did the boxer outfit (and won prizes with it too! Everyone was clapping for me! I LOVED that! Attention just for me! I got to walk.... ok well strut... out in front of everyone! It was great!) Mom says this year she might have to work and she was thinking that with her craft room still a mess we wont get new stuff made... so we have to use something bought. :(

hmmm

OK, Brigid and I have decided.... She's going up and getting mom and dad up and dressed, while I make the coffee. We aren't taking any more excuses, we want our walks! Its always "daddy's busy while its cool enough to do stuff" "momma has to stay off her feet"... Excuses! I want walks, and I want them NOW! If I don't get outta this yard soon, I am going to chew her shoes or something! Especially since she left us ALL DAY yesterday when she was with gramma. I wanted to go too!

*debates on stuff we can get into*

Hmmmmmm

Well, gotta say this new place is nice... Mom is putting these weird sticker things on the back door cause she is afraid that we might run thru it. BOL. We just wanna be able to run in and out but she says until we put up a better fence thats not happening. She noticed that now that I have a yard of my own, I seem to be more protective. I just don't want any old dog comin in is all! Be3sides, I might pose and look pretty, but we all know that I most often will challenge the pup to a game of chase! BOL

We're here!

OK, boy has it ever been a hectic week! Sheesh..... First off, we are here now. We have a YARD now..... OK, its not a big yard, but we can run around a little and have a place to poo now. And we have a much bigger floor plan in the house so we can run around more inside too! OH, and we have STAIRS. :-) We never had inside stairs before!

First few days it was great...... But then we got new neighbors. Now mom is being VERY careful about letting us play outside. *sigh* Dont get me wrong, we have pitty pals from the bark park and love to play with them. But the neighbor has a nice big pitty, and we have a fence that any one of us pups can push over. Plus his daddy told momma that Igor (the pitties name) is an escape artist..... one who is pushing boards off the fence already to peek thru! So mom is being careful... She is afraid that things could go badly if he comes thru. So we still go out, but we cant go when he is out. And we have to have leashes with us if his door isn't closed (cause a screen on a sliding door wont keep him in if he wants out. BOL)

What the pawrents came up with is this: When the humans have some money, they are going to pull the boards off the fence, put them all back on just one side (its a friendly neighbor fence, so there is currently boards on both sides spaced to peek) Then we will secure the main posts a bit more with sunken metal posts, tack up some hardware cloth fencing for more support, and add all new boards on the other side. This will keep us all from going thru the fence.... and mom is putting cinder blocks with plants in them along the bottom of the fence to keep busy paws from going under. The fence is already the legal limit of 6 foot. If that doesn't keep us all in our own yards, nothing will. And NONE of us are outside much, and never alone.

Then, mom is putting a short fence out front to block us from running and startling any kids. See, we have a dead end street here, so the little dogs and small children play in the street in front of the houses. And we LOVE children. Mom is nervous that we might run out to say hi, and we being so big compared to the yorkies and chi's... we might scare the kids. So we have a short fence going in.... and our neighbors want one as well, for their pitty. They said Igor has been watching them out the window a lot since they moved in as well! I am just glad the pawrents get along well enough to work things out, cause really we like it here and I don't think Igor wants to hurt me....

Mom has a hurt back, so she's had dad do all the work lately.... he's got the house looking better now... most the stuff is put away. We love the running around! Its SO much fun! And mom found 6 dog stores close by! 2 real stores, one groomer with supply, one vet with supply, and a trainer with supply.... Oh and the humane society is close and they have a store too! Plus, we have lots of others around AND petsmart and petco are in town. The 6 are within 3 miles or so! BOL

Anyway, bark at you later. I wanna go bug Igor.

might be out for 1 week

We are moving and might not be able to get our paws on a computer for a week or so! We'll miss every dog till we get back!

BOXER KISSES

Kitty?!

Momma is sad... She had to bring a kitty to the vet to go to sleep..... All I know is that he smelled funny..... I wanted to see him but mom said that he wasn't feeling up to that so it was best if I said goodbye from the front seat. I liked that kitty.... he made funny noises at me! She has had him since she was 14 years old. He was a OLD kitty.... I liked to go sniff at him when I went to visit their house.... Now I wont get to see him anymore. And mom wont get up and play with me. Its not fair!

no treats?!

OK, mom got some "good doggie" charms for our collars, and a new hydro pack... plus a bunch of knives...... But no dog treats! What's with these people??? Dont they know they need to feed the boxers?! *sigh* of well, we got lots and lots of attention... that counts for something.

Happy Burf-Day momma!

Well, so far I gotta say mom's birthday is almost as good as mine! We got to go walking, we got fancy breakfast, we got to have a family nap, and now GRANDMA is here!

Yippeeeeeeeee! I'll keep you posted on if she gets any dog biscuits for presents!

I wanna play

Ok, tell mom to get off dogster. I mean seriously, I am standing right here! I am making chewbacca wookie noises, am pawing at her, snorting... How much more can a boxer dog do to get some loving around this place? I want attention dang it.

We went for a walk early this morning, she would not even let me walk slowly and sniff every blade of grass along the way. Seriously, what gives?!

good woofs

well the good doctor listened to my heart on that thing that clips on to my armpits.... they called it an EKG. No skips at all in my heart beat this time. So I am to be allowed to run, on very limited runs. Just kinda trying to make sure that I dont over do it. I wanna go for a LONG run. *snort*

nervous

OK, well our vet finally talked with a doggie heart specialist about my EKG. The specialist said that he doesn't think its boxer heart, but to do anther EKG and just see what happens.... then maybe go get fitted for the Holter if we need to. (We planned on getting that done in march, but if it needs to be done now we'll figure out the money for it) So tomorrow I go in at 4 PM and get another test done. I dont mind, I love my doctor, but mom is a nervous wreck! Wish me luck on keeping momma calm guys!

MAGIC pills

Ok, so as you probably saw from my other entires, we've had a rough last few weeks. We got my blood results back.... My blood is wonderful on all the tests that they could think of to run. No heart worms. Protein levels great. Kidney and liver function wonderful. Blood sugar great. Potassium was perfect.. the only think was my thyroid was a little low. They said it should be 1. something, and it was .78 ... that is not a dangerous level.... that did not cause my collapse. But we are fixing it anyway. My doctor said that I don't have to take these pills forever, and that it is in no way an issue that would detour breeding. Actually the main side affects of it being low are a drop in energy and a drop in sperm count.

Well mom gave me one last night..... felt a lot better by the time I went to bed! Played a little before bed. This morning, I was feeling great on our morning walk. We came in, and I got ANOTHER magic pill. By the time daddy came home, I was playing madly. Poor Brigid has been going nuts trying to get me to play..... well she's got me now.... Muhahahahaaaaaaaa. PIN THE PUPPPPPPYYYYYYYY. Been running around in the house.... been having so much fun.

Thank you doctor W~ I feel much better!

Still waiting to hear from the heart doctor about his take on my EKG tests and whether I need to wear a Holter. We still aren't able to go for a long run outside until we hear.... they wont let me off leash. But if it comes back as ok, we will try it in small amounts and see what happens. Mom is being VERY careful. I keep telling her I am not made of glass.

Vet

Better details tomorrow. But for now, we talked to our vet. He said that all my blood stuff came out at ideal levels for a 3 year old (he's aging me a little but it looks good on me so thats ok) The only blood thing he could find that was at all off is my thyroid levels. They are a bit low. We are supposed to be 1. something and I am at like .74 So I am not low enough to have caused the fainting issue...... kidneys, liver, sugar levels are all great. We still dunno what the heck made BOTH of us keel over like that. We have shown NOTHING since (but momma wont let us run either)

So Dr W is going to show a heart specialist our EKG and see if he thinks we need to wear a Holter vest. We don't have a problem doing that, especially considering what happened. We just have to figure out where to come up with the cost. We have spent $300 so far, to find out some things its not. We are narrowing the field. Meanwhile, we wait to hear the cardiologists opinion on wearing the vest and if we need it and such. Keep your paws crossed for me pups.......

Mom goes to pick up the thyriod medication on payday. He said its not low enough to worry about life threatening, but he knows that I will so we will fix it.

Dr W

OK, so momma took me to the vet. She got them to accept a post dated check for me to get in right away. *sigh* I love my doctor though so its ok. He spent a long time with me. We went over what had happened over and over again. They did EKG and are sending out blood samples. No real idea what the heck is going on yet. Momma is going nuts over the whole thing. She's not letting me off leash to go play at all. And since its hot out, there is no slack on this!

We did get to go for an 8 pm walk with Ashley.... And momma brought out a big bowl hoping that it would make us drink more (and it did! We only went for a SLOW 3/4 mile walk, and drank a 2 quart bottle as well as starting on a 1 liter!) We wanted to play so much. But momma and my doctor agree, this whole thing is too scary when we don't know for sure whats causing it.

Right now we aren't ruling out anything.......... it could be epilepsy or boxer heart or pretty much anything. What has us stumped is why our 14 month old went down at the same time!!!! Thats just weird, cause they never do that unless it like a food they ate or something. Momma asked about the frosty paws, but he doesn't think that its that. (don't tell him, but mom is calling a holistic vet and asking as well. Better safe than sorry!)

OMD whats wrong?????

OK, quick background... its a heat wave here. We went out at 8 pm last night, when it had cooled to like 78 degrees.... and mom had frosty paws for us, so we walked about a block, sat down and all had water and frosty paws for like 20 minutes.... then walked some more. We drank two one liter bottles, one hydro pack of water (about 2 liters) and a two quart bottle of water... with three of us, mostly just walking, with a tiny bit of wrestling. We came home and we weer fine.... We cuddled with momma and had some kibble.... cuddled some more with her cuddling to make sure we didn't decide we don't like fireworks. (we've never been scared before but she doesn't take chances) She stayed with us till midnight, put us to bed, keeping the tv on low between us ... on food channel so we'd hear nothing to upset us.

She gets up with us at 5:20 this morning. Its 60 degrees out, just at daylight. She walked us about 1/2 a block along the fence line, which was shaded. Daddy came out, so she off leashed us. He called and we sprinted to him...... Then we ran back to momma who was walking toward us. We got to her.... and just kinda passed out! I ran up, got wobbly and looked dizzy & just fell over sideways.... I was SO scared... I actually peed and was all panicked. Mom dropped to her knees beside us, cause then as she was calming me Brigid fell over too... She wasn't as bad, but she kinda collapsed too. Daddy meantime broke into a run and came up to us... Mommy had him deal with Brig cause she was not as bad. Mom checked my pulse and kept me calm. Brigid was only down for like 30 seconds, maybe. Mom had daddy keep her down for another minute and keep stroking her.... she was focused on me. I calmed down and after a couple minutes when my eyes looked normal and my pulse felt slower she let me up and we walked back home, slowly.

We came in and momma has been staring at my every move. Not a sign of distress. She took us back out (with daddy) 2 1/2 hours later, its now 76 out. We walked very slow, on leash so we couldn't play. We did fine... not any sign of anything weird.

Momma is freaking out. I am normally out running for hours every day (when its not hot out) and have never ever had anything even close to this happen. We've been tested for heart issues by our regular vet (though we haven't rented the machine to do the full tests for breeding yet. Mom was going to wait till Brigid was older and closer to time, and just rent two so we could test at the same time. ) All of our tests have always been strong and healthy without a hint of anything wrong with us. She is going to make another vet appointment and have us tested, again, to make sure its not a heart issue. If it is, both of us will get fixed cause we don't want to pass a heart condition. (she refuses to breed us until she gets all the testing completed.)

Mom is terrified. I was terrified. The look on my face brings her to tears just remembering it. I have never felt like that, and I never want to again!

Its ruff

Ok, its rough being a boy sometimes. My harem is demanding all my attention... no matter how much time I spend trying to clean their ears its just not enough. Then when the humans don't take us to see each other for a while, I get the paw. I mean, sheesh!

Take this last weekend for example. We had a meeting with a lady who does a Petlane thing about some suggestions to possibly help her out. No problem.... But my Chocolate Luv, Stella of my heart... Does she forgive that I haven't seen her? NO. She gives me attention, but nothing spectacular. I used to be her best boy. She said hi and all that, but we didnt even cuddle! *sniffle* Its not my fault the momma's have been slackin'.

Ashley still loves me. She's my best rotten girl..... But when we don't see each other for a few days, its all about rolling the puppy. Don't get me wrong, I love rubbin' Brigid in the dirt as much as the next guy (probably more so cause not a lot of guys does she let do that to her) But do we get our romps thru the field? Our running over the manicured laws of Xerox? NOPE.

Yup, life's ruff for a boy dog.

Tagged

Alright pups, my pal Eve tagged me ! Please play with us !

here are the rules:
each player starts with seven facts about themselves. dogs who are tagged , need to post in their Diary the rules & their 7 Pawsome facts. then chose 7 dogs to tag & list their names. don't forget to P-mail that they have been tagged & to read your Diary . or send them a fun rosette announcing they've been Tagged ! unfortunately pups i have no rosettes to give away but soon as my mom gets me some i'll pass them along. Bounce Bounce, kident bean!

7 Pawsome facts about yours truly

1. I am the golden dog
2. I love everybody..... except mean dogs who bite
3.I get to go everywhere, and mom bases her whole life around us
4. HATE rain & wind
5. I do tricks for total strangers just to get attention
6. I spend my whole day playing with Brigid and daddy, then mom comes home and we go nuts and play with her, and then ASHLEY & us all go for long play times and 3 mile walks
7. Fastest boxer in the world. Yup, they all try but non can compete!

i Tagged these 7 Pawsome Pups

1. Sugar
2. Ashley
3. Buster
4. Clutch
5. Loki
6. Choochi
7. Bane

Birthday Brigid?!

Wow, its already been a year. Brigid turned one today. The good news, I get the treats and the play time. The bad news, I just love having the song sang and I am very confused when they are singing it to some pup else! What about me? Dont they still love me?! *whimper*

Momma said I get everything she does though.... and I already sampled some of the frosting and DAAAANG thats the good stuff. Got me drooling, and I am not a drooler by nature! WOOF WOOF, two paws up! Yummers!

maaaaan

Boys, having a girl in heat is just not all its cracked up to be. Mom and dad were taking no chances with us. For a week, we couldnt be walked at the same time, I stopped eating, its was aweful. Mom was a nervous wreck over trying to keep us both healthy and happy, but she did it. She's been sleeping every since. BOL.

Moulton Falls

Ok, so momma got up early and packed up a bunch of stuff, made sandwhiches, and even got the dog backpack out & loaded. She wouldnt tell me whats going on, all she said was that we had to stay out of the way if we wanted to go for a ride. Hmmmmmmm. Thats alot of stuff for a RIDE mom...

But then we got to go to GRAMMA's place and run and play for a while. I WUFF my Gramma. She's the best! So then momma made us get back in the car, and we still havent used any of the stuff we had packed.... Strange..... But something great happened. She pointed the car toward the mountains behind Gramma's place! Yippeeeeeeeeeeeee. We got to go way up to the Moulton Falls park. *grins* My old pal Presley was there, and some of my bark park pals too! What were they doing way out here?! We got to go for a nice long walk. thru trees and on a big path. Momma wouldn't let us off to get ruff with the other kids.... well she let Brigid off at the end as we headed back. But as I wasnt the only boy with his na na's there, it was best I stayed on leash so momma could make certain to have control. WE spent hours out there! It was great fun. Then we went BAck to Gramma's place so daddy could grab his motorcycle, and we got to run MORE.

It was great! And momma even let me sleep curled up in the passenger seat so I could nuzzle her once in a while to say thank you! WOOF! She never lets me sit up front. Its been a great day so far. Time to take a nap

biter!

Ok, so last night we went for double walks! We got to meet Lucky and his beagle pal Joey and go walking with them..... a nice mile and a half on leash at a nice sedate pace. That was cool... But then my phone rang at 6, and it was ASHLEY. So on my way out, who do we run into but Stella's momma. *grins* got to love on her, and then pounce the rottie! It was great fun, yet more mile on these boxer paws! BOL. Brigid keeps trying to steal all of my lights though... momma put lights on us so we can run off leash in the dark and play together and be seen. (away from the roads of course!) it was lots of fun running with Ashley... and we both got that pup of mine together. But then, something bit me! I stopped and kept looking at my back leg. Momma thought I scraped a thorn or something, but it was dark.... well the momma and aunti both rubbed me and checked my feel, nothing. But I would NOT walk. So mom brought out a pocket light, and it was a FLEA! A flea jumped on me as we were walking around minding our own business! EWWWWWWWW, I hate biters. Momma got it off me, and I had not a care in the world as I went trotting off. BOL. Aunti couldnt believe how I reacted to a flea... and that momma could see the darn thing. BOL. There's a good side to a smooth coat! Teeeeeheeee

erg!

Been a BUSY doggie weekend peeps. Went to the bark park on Friday, was all pent up frustration. I was so keyed up momma was watching me to make sure I didnt pull a Brigid. *sigh* Saw an old friend.... The doggie Hutch that got stolen? Well they didnt KEEP him. In his case thats almost funny, cause he is a beautiful Weim, but he is the most bounce off the walls freakaziod pup I have ever had the honor of playing with. They probably changed their minds after a week with him! BOL. I was glad to see him, but I wasnt sure it was him and gave him a quick left and huge right paw to put him down in the mud and make sure. But he loves me anyway. And after everyone left, we let Brigid come in and play with me and Ashley for a while.

Saturday. Went for a couple of walks... maybe 3 miles or so, then in comes GRAMMA. *bounces and quivers* I WUV my Gramma. And she had Grampa and their old dog Brittany with her. We all hung out for a while, went for another walk. But then the fun started. We left Grandpa here to nap, and the rest of us piled in the car. We spent hours all running about together! We went to Petco so Gramma could look for a cheap sweater for Brittany (didnt find one, but got some other really cool stuff! WOOF! ) And we got to go to this really ritzy outdoor mall place with fire and water and giant sprite's dancing around fountains and slate seats and such. Lots of people stopping to see us. Gramma's funny cause when people come to see us boxers, she makes sure that they pay attention to the old border collie too! BOL! Way to go Gramma.... And the Home Depot, we got stopped every few feet so somebody could see us! teehee
Came back home and hung out with the Grans for a while... Then daddy came home! It was a good day

Sunday, the family all piled back in the car, and we went on a big trip to more home depots, and the motorcycle shop. I like going these places! Oh and when momma got her coffee, they gave us COOKIES. WOOOOO WOOOOOOOO.

after the storm

Ok, the weather sucked last night. Momma made us go out in it too. It was hailing, snowing, blowing, and raining like mad all day. So then mom gets home from work, she puts our raincoats on and makes us go out in it. *sigh* I hate the wind the most, but being put in bright yellow rubber sucks too.... hmmmm.... But she took us to the big park, and we got to walk around out there. That was cool. Cause there was a little Shibu who wanted to play. Then we found Walt and his dog Shadow..... Brigid LOVES Shadow. And we got to walk in the woods.... Sambo!! Sam Gonzo, a fellow dogster! that was fun cause he and his daddy walked with us around the park. He's a sweet little hound! I like him alot. And so does Brigid. She used to play with him when she was little, but she plays too hard for a gentle spirited basset now. She still wants to, but Sam's kinda scared when her feet start flying! Then mom bought herself a burrito, and didnt get us anything! Somebody tell her its ok for us to eat a burrito too! She wont believe me!

Oh, and the guy who stole our leaves last week, well we got them all back, so there! PTtttttttt. My leaves! HAH HAAHAHAHAHA. *runs off to bounce in the leaves*

woof

OK, man we've been busy lately! Mom has been working all the time. And when she's home, we are out running in the fields and going for walks! ALOT. My paws are getting tired!

Yesterday we got to go hang out with Ashley... So mom took us for a walk first. We went the first mile and a half on leash, then we met Ashley and ran adn played alot for the next mile and a half. Then we all got to visit with humans out by starbucks. Momma still hates their coffee, but its great for us so she suffers with it. BOL. We love the attention. So many people came to talk to us.... We feel bad for teh rottie though cause people come see us all the time, but only a few says anything to her, and she's flat gorgeous (even if I do say so myself, I got good taste in girlie tail!) *sigh* But momma talked to people who like boxers or want to know about them. We had one guy think we were small bull mastiff! BOL. That was funny. Momma got a weird look on her face and auntie was trying not to laugh. But mom was nice to the guy, cause lets face it, Brigid and I kinda DO look like mini mastiff's, and we are related! BOL.

Mom said that she might take us out hiking in a couple of weeks. Way out in the middle of nowhere! I cant wait. She said it depends on work, so everybody keep their paws crossed that she's off that weekend.

PS
Oh, and mom bought boots too small for me, so we put them on Brigid.... teeeeheeeeeeee. OMD! Too funny.... I was laughing at her. Mom told me to be nice cause I'm next. hmmmm

Pawty time

Stella got me rawhide flowers for valentines day! *sheepish look* I know its not very manly, but I loved it! WOOF! And best of all, I got to play with her for a really long time! Brigid was being kept busy, so she didnt even get grumpy at us. WOOHOOO. And Stella really seemed to like the stuff I got her too. It was SO fun. Spent about 2 hours over there cuddling and playing. :) She was even letting me pin her with no fuss. BOL. She laid there looking at me with a smile! so much fun. Loved it!

Now I just have to get together with Ashley and find out if she really liked my gifts or not. Momma said that autie called and told her that Ashley loved it, but I wanna hear it from my rotti! I spent a long time in the store sniffing toys and chewies, knowing they weren't for me. (mom got some very strange looks and had people stop and watch us shop. It seems they had never seen a guy shop for his girlfriends! SHeesh. Mom just told me who I was looking for and I sniffed around till i found what I wanted to give her! Isnt that pretty much what humans do too?!)

NOw dont over do it on the treats pups! Dont want any upset tummies in the health forums~

Pre Valentine

Ok, so I went shopping with momma. We wanted to burn time while we waited to see Ashley. So we got lots of extra stuff for the girls! WOOF. Ashley got home late, so I didnt get to SEE her *cries and whines* But momma ran the big bag of yummy stuff up to her and gave her a kiss for me. I had to stay in the car cause momma and auntie where both way too tired by then to have two happy boxers and a rotti in her house..... Plus Ashley has kitties and Brigid hasnt met them yet. (Not to mention that rabid squirrel that lurks in there someplace.... my lips still quiver when I go in there.... And I still dont like it when momma pets the fluffy one!)

And big news! I'm sure Brigid told you about it in her diary, so I wont go back over it, but she was a good girl. Seriously. She was good in two different stores, and there was even loose dogs in there! She even let a couple loose Collie and Corgi pups come close and didnt do anything about it. (mom had her pulled back and was talking to her the whole time during that one. ) Way to go Brigid. Keep that up, and momma might let you play with other dogs again SOMEDAY. I liked that Corgi pup alot... I bet he'd make a great playmate. *GRINS*

Well, off to get Stella's bag packed for our big date tonight. Got my big bow tie in the ready. WOOO WOOOOOO Chocolate girl, be ready! :)

Wiggle

wiggle wiggle.... Wiggle wiggle wiggle..... KIDNEY BEAN.... Wiggle wiggle.... wiggle wiggle wiggle... and dance and dance.............. wiggle wiggle

I wuv my pals!

I wuv my pals! You guys are all so great. I mean, I get so much luv from you guys. Here I am having a bad bad weekend for dog stuff, and i get pawmail's and rosettes and lots of support. WOOOOOWOOOOOOOO For the long winded version of the rest of my adventures the weekend, check Brigid's diary. ME, i am goign back to bed! BOL

I was bad dog yesterday

But hey, what can they expect from an ultra social boy like myself when they dont take me to see my public for a while?! But mom was SO mad at us. :( We started out ok. We went out, we went for a ride... all was good. So when Aunti called we came running to play. We went for a nice run and got to play with our favorite Rotti. And then we got to ride with them to the coffee play. So far so good. But then the minute I get close, I started kissing total strangers. And I do mean KISSING them. The guy liked me and encouraged me, and I refused to leave him alone no matter how many times mom called me off, I crept back for more. And then other guys came, and we had to be fair and compete for attention. More kisses all around. Boxer lovers unite! Mom finally couldnt take it anymore, so we all decided to go to this little pet store a couple towns up.

Well, we get to the store, and not one of the three of us would listen. Even Ashley was being naughty to the core. We were total madness in there. We wanted treats, we wanted chewies, we wanted bunnies.... and no amount of momma disipline was going to make us behave. Aunti was buying a new "Queen Bee" collar for Brigid, so hey me and Ash didnt need to be there right?! So we were trying to entertain ourselves. Uh, YEAH. So mom's get us to kinda behave, but not till after I give a guy that is with a blond Frenchie some kisses and paw shakes. Totally winning him over I might add. Though mom didnt see it that way. And then mom goes to check out with the duck fillets and venision melties, and Brigid and I just go nuts with trying to go seperate ways, hurting mom's hand, three times in a row. Mom blew up. She was tired of telling us to knock it off and making us listen..... She tossed her bag to the floor, dropped the leashes and roared at us. She held my chin so I had to listen to her.... it was aweful! I was crying and she still embarrassed me in front of the whole store! And Brigid, she got held and yelled at there too. Poor Ashley was already out front by then.

Then they did the unthinkable. They made us go through sit stays and lectures and wouldnt let us have no treats or nothing! Right in front of the whole store! Momma and Aunti were so dissapointed in us, we were so SAD! I pouted the whole way home...... It was horrible! Even late last night after we had gone for more walks, I was not pushing my luck! We all pushed her too far, who knows what she might have done to us next??!

Mom stayed home yesterday

ok, so mom stayed home with us yesterday.... And we got SO much cuddle time! WOOF! It was great! She stayed out late the night before with my Gramma ( still don't know why she wouldn't let us go back to where they were! ) and decided to stay home and sleep with us all day. She's at work today though. I really wish she'd get that business going so we could stay together all day.... I don't like it when she goes to work. I have dad, he gets home shortly after mom leaves and we get to play with him most of the day... But its not the same! I miss her.

Hmmm, Brigid's starting the Boxer Conga over there..... mom must be do home soon! That means daddy's going to let us out and then we only have about 45minutes to KIDNEY BEAN.......

*wiggles the butt till it leaves the ground* I cant wait! Mommmmmmmaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Hey ladies

Hey ladies..... I am the Gwydi Bean.... Casanova Boxer extrodinaire.... And I have come for your bones...... *boxer kisses* .... Look into my bronze eyes and tell me I am not the best Gwydion Boxer you have ever met?! New chewies are a great way to say I love you!

Dont Tell Ashley..... Or Brigid..... Or Stella... Hmmm maybe I better delete this!

Well

So momma took me to the bark friday night.... that was really cool! And I showed mom just how much I need to go in more, cause I was really worked up. So now she is trying to figure out how to do this! BOL.

GUess what! Daddy just got a motorcycle! Yup, I spent from 10 am till 3 pm in the car while he did it. But thats ok, cause mom took us to a pet store to try and find a muzzle for Brigid so she can play with her friends (in case someone comes in ). The bad news is that nobody in portland seems to carry the stupid nose cage for boxers! But we got new chewies and treats outta the trip! And then while daddy was in the store for so so long we got to play with momma in the car and say hi to new people. I like to meet new people!

Maybe when mom orders the muzzles from online, I can get some new stuff too! BOL. Mom always buys us extra stuff!

color ME confused

OK, this was just really very odd. My momma took me to the store, and there was a lady there with a puppy. So I went to look. It was a young male rotti pup.... maybe 5 months old.... about as big as Brigid. I started my happy dance wiggle.... and this lady started freaking out about me not coming anywhere near her pup... ok.... ???? .... So I stayed back, and this lady starts getting all weird when momma compliments her doggie, and asks how old he is. She started goig off on how he's going to be trained as a therapy dog and doesnt want him to learn to fight...... Who ME?? I was doing my best dance and happy wiggle butt!!! I even play bowed.... But when he wanted to come say hi she Freaked more. Momma thought this lady was totally crazy, but was nice to her..... She mentioned Ashley, my girlfriend who is both a rotti, and a registered therapy dog. The lady was all snotty and was like " oh well thats nice, and thank you for keeping THAT DOG awaay from him".... THAT DOG??! I shoulda peed on her foot! The only thing that saved her is I am a gentleman.

That dog indeed!!! Momma said that when we get Brigid's dominance under control more so she can focus back on me, she is going to go thru Delta for my vest! WOOOHOOOO! My vest wont be the same color as Ashley's though, cause she goes thru the Dove Lewis program.... But I think we are going to knock 'em dead! My aunti has been trying to get me thru the training for a while now, but momma was waiting till I matured a little. Now that I am two, I get to do the training! Dont tell Brigid, she'll get all jealous because I get to visit the old folks homes without her! She has gone in as a guest with me before, and we both LOVED doing it..... but I think if momma puts her thru the program she'd do better with kids.... they all love her stripes!

new chewies!

I got new chewies last night!!!! ok, well less me, and more we got new ones for Brigid. But thats ok... if she is busy with her big black Kong, or her ball of treats, then she lets me have MY stuff! *grins* My momma loves me! If we don't keep her distracted, that mean girl comes and steals my rawhides right out of my mouth......

We spent a long time in the pet store last night looking at Toys and Chewies.... And momma was looking at training stuff for Brigid. The trainer ladies were talking to momma for a really long time. So I entertained myself with a nice WOO WOO song. it goes like "wooowooooraraaaraaaaaaaooooooooooo" Deana was talking to momma then, and she was laughing so hard! She had never heard Boxer talk before.... but then she's never seen one sit still for an hour either! lol. And there was a puppy in there that I got to play with for a while till her mom and dad made her go home...... and a little stripy Chi boy was trying to challenge me to a dual.... Miss Brigid was in the shopping cart as the prize! I just got on my belly and poked him with my little nose! He called me a wussy!

HUsky!

I wanna be a husky! Momma keeps telling me that I cant become a husky, its not a thing you can train to become. But I been practicing real hard. My friend Jack is a fluffy husky. Red Siberian.... and I think he is the best! I wanna be just like him. So every night when momma puts us to bed, I push real hard to try to make my tail grow. Brigid keeps laughing at me. She keeps saying that it wont work, but I'll show her! Any day now I will get a longer nose, and a TAIL. yeaaaaaaah! And then I will be able to earn a fur coat like Jack has! Maybe if I stop letting momma brush me........

That PUPPY!!!

ARRRRRG! Ok, so I asked my momma "Momma can we please try to take Brigid back to the bark park??? I'll help her be good I promise" And momma, she said that she'd try it but only when there were only a few puppies who were pre-warned about things. And Brigid HAS been doing better lately. ...... WRONG. That darn puppy was all happy and playing with my best girl Ashley... all was good, until she decided to tackle one of the two other dogs in the bark!! For no reason at all! So now I don't get to go play with my friends except when mom can find a puppy sitter. (don't tell Brigid, but momma is getting her a muzzle soon so that she can play in that... SHHHHH, don't tell her or she'll eat mamma's credit cards!)

The one good thing is i got to play with Ashley for a while! We ran really hard out in the fields, all of us. Its a good thing Ash likes Brigid! Otherwise I would hardly get to see her either!

Oh, now don't any dog tell Ashley this.... but there was a FINE looking husky girl in heat at the bark too! yeah, she wanted me! Momma told me no though. Dang it!

Griffi!

OK, momma was acting strange last night. When she got home from work, she let us out... but half hour later put us back to bed and then left us! Whats up with that?! But when she got back, she had my gramma and grampa! Oh I was so happy!!! Momma and Gramma took us for a nice walk, and we got to visit for a long time!

Then the best news.... uncle Griffin should be ok!!!!!!! *bounce bounce* Mom told me that he went to my vet again, and Doc W told them that with his blood sugars down (he was over 600!) and the slightly improved energy, he might make a recovery! He is not all better yet though, so mom wont let me play with him right now... But maybe soon. They are still worried cause he really doesnt want to eat, but whatever it takes gramma is trying to do. Momma told me he's getting SHOTS everyday now, so I better not get that diabetes stuff or I could have to do that too!

And its Friday, so mom is going to take me to the bark park for a little while all by myself! woohoooooooo

Doggie Show

M y momma went someplace early yesterday.... And many hours later she came back home, with lots of Boxer stuff..... And she told me all about seeing lots of other dogs and getting to say hi to my old dog park pal Presley (a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog) while he was showing. From whats she's telling me about this dog show stuff, I wanna do it too! lots of people admiring me?! Sign me up! But momma said that there is far too much politics there. Now I dunno whats politics is, but it sounds bad.... maybe its giant bugs? If so, Presley is really brave, cause I dont think I would wanna come down with politics.

Momma came home with lots of books, and she got treats and new doggie foods for us to try.... and she smelleds like a billion other doggies! I was so happy to see her! And Brigid and I stood there and watched while she unpacked each of the bags too. She said that if I am really good she might take me to the pet expo this April... I cant wait, cause I get lots of treats there! And momma already told me that I dont even have to share with Brigid! Woohooo.... Dont tell Brigid!

Oh my goodness

OK, so momma suprised me by not telling me that grandma was comign over.... We were so excited! It was great.... then we loaded into the car (leaving Brigid home with Daddy and Grandpa) and we started to go to the bark park..... Well somethign is wrong with Griffen. Like bad wrong. We parked in a section that is very close, so it should be a 3 minute walk (faster if you are a boxer, but momma always makes me slow down. *snort* )

Well, first I should say, Griffen is a lab/sheltie cross. Basically he is a mini black lab. He should weight like 40 pounds. He now has gotten fat. Not just fat, but in the last couple of years, he has doubled his body wieght. He is now 81.5 pounds. So when he decided to sit down, every 10 feet... We just thought he was being lazy. But then he got real weak. We were almost to the bark, so momma let me loose inside for a minute while she started to call my vet. Meanwhile Griffy, well he poo'ed but there was blood in it! So we spoke to my vet, and he said that we coudl take this dog he'd never seen, he'd examine him for us! My vet is the bestest vet in the whole wide world and I love him *boxer wiggles*

After them staying late and doing massive amounts of blood testing and many Xrays and all that, we still arent sure what's happening. We know its nothing contagious like Giardia or nothing. But we can only guess whats actually going on. The Xrays were all funny. What parts should have shown up in the pictures, well only some showed. The rest was in a wierd fog. Not a fat deposit (which was my vote cause he a round dog) and not a fluid and not blood....we cant tell! Its a puzzle that my super doctor is going to solve. Griffy will be coming back down here to see Dr W lots till we figure this thing out! One guess is that it might be Cushings (SP?) and that might be whats making all this happen. I just want my pal to feel better. I was very worried about this whole thing, cause my momma took me in with her because she was afraid that what was wrong could be contagious and my being locked in the car with it could be bad. I saw my gramma and Griffy go into a room, and then my doctor went in and I couldnt... I was very upset. So everybody keep your paws crossed for the little black dog. I'll pass all kisses on to him for you!

WOOF!

let it snow let it snow

Its been a freak snow storm up here folks! I have gotten to play all day in about 4 1/2 inches of snow!! We hardly get any snow up here, so this is a huge deal.... even though I dont have much fur to stay warm in it, typical doggie bliss happens out there! *grins* I got to take Daddy and Brigid out in the field and run and run, then Momma came home early and we all went out, plus I got to bring my two best girls friends with us, Stella (chocolate Luuuuuuvvvvvvvva) and Ashley (Princess Rotti) We went for about a mile and a half hike thru the snow! All the girls played so good together, even Brigid was being a good girl!

I just have to figure out how momma can safely get me back down to the bark.... I got to go while Brigid stayed home over the weekend...... And I wanna go back and play with my friends in this.... But momma is scared that the major hill with all the twists in it would be a bad thing for her little sporty car.... And she says that with people wrecking left and right, she wont let me walk on the sidewalks either. Someone tell momma that I am fast and can get outta the way of a sliding car!

brrrrrrr

Its COLD out there. Everytime I go outside, I run back in and stand in front of the heater. Momma took us for a long walk last night, and even with coats, I was SO cold. I ran back in and stood in front of the heater for like 5 minutes before I would even let her take my coat off, and then I ran back in front of that heater. If dogs purred, it would have shook the house!

Dont get me wrong, I love to go run in this weather. But when I come in its straight for the warm stuff, then pile on momma for a nap. She's nice and warm......

Momma said that she's going to take me in to the park while daddy takes care of Brigid on the weekends.... That means I get to go in tonight!!! WOOOHOOOOOOO.

Goody

Ok, momma told me sumfin... She is getting a lady to help us with that bratty puppy. Brigid makes me have to go home early all the time cause she cant control her temper. So momma, she called in someone used to dealing with bullies like Brigid. And when momma told me what they have come up with so far, I cant wait! This will be lots of fun... Well except momma said that I wont be going to play with my friends much except on weekends when Momma can leave Brigid home with daddy. Or on play dates someplace other than with all the dogs at the same time.... since Brigid does fine if its not a big pack.

The fun part is that they are going to come up with lots of new things to do to try and distract and train puppy. I like to play the long stay game and give paw and do things that get me lots of attention. If momma's training Brigid to do stuff, I get to too! And I get lots of treats and loves and stuff as well. WOOOWOOOOOOOOO. Since we cant go to standard classes for obedience standing or agility, because Thuggers wont be nice to other doggies, we doing classes focused on just us for a while.

Well, except I get to see my girlfriend alot too. Momma promised I still get to see my Rotti! And she promised that I do get to go when she has someone to sit for Brigid. This is gonna be good.... I get to play again. I cant wait! *bounce bounce*

glub glub

Stupid rain. I just wanna go for a run. Do you relise how much standing water is in my bark park right now??! We came in last night, and tried to run... Tried is the right way to put it! Momma let us run like mad dogs for a while, then leashed Brigid so she would let Shelby and Petie play without jumping in the middle. (I swear that pup just has to be the center of attention! She HATES it when I run and play with other doggies especially. )

I tried to get momma to take us thru the woods off leash, but she said she's not in the mood to fight with anyone today..... Why would my momma get in a fight? She tells Brigid no no bad dog if she does it!

Bark at ya laters....

Oh YEAH!

OK, so I got to go up to my friends cabin for the weekend! So much fun. Mom wouldnt let us go wandering though. Something about being worried that someone might get scared if we ran into there yard, since they dont know us and sometimes we get to running and leave the yard we were in. Cant help myself! But we had lots of fun anyway. I just wish my girl Ashley would have been able to make it. But with my aunite being sick, oh my. But I got to give auntie kisses when we got back. Well, ok only a few this time because I was so happy to see my Ashley.

Anyway, I just wanted to tell all my friends that I hope they all had wonderful new years. Hope all of you are safe, and I hope to see some of you at the bark

chewies!

Santa was listening! We got chewies... lots and lots of chewies!!! *bounce bounce* We got two that are bigger than us.... and cane rawhides, and bully sticks and pork chops hides and jsut too many to name! they are every where! And we got lots of balls and toys too!

thank you Santa.... but next year can I get that Chinchilla?

UGH

That Brigid woke me up again. I keep telling her I am not a morning dog.... Gimmie till like 10, then I will be right with ya.... *yawn* But this 4 am stuff, yeah this sucks. Somebody give her a doggie downer so we can all go back to sleep!

Presents!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My girl Stella gave me toys!! And chewies too. WOOOF! I got squeaky balls and rattling & SQUEAKING TOYS!! WOOOHHOOOOOOOOOOO Even Brigid was being a good grrrl. Well good for her anyway!

But then last night at the bark park, I had to go home early because SHE was being a bad girl. I'm always a good boy! Why should I have to go home just because SHE cant behave?! Its not fair I tell ya!

Rotti

I miss my Rotti. Auntie met us for coffee last weekend, and I havent gotten to see her since then. I keep looking for her. Momma said that she'll be back next weekend, but I dont believe her. I want my ROTTI!

I went for a nice walk with my other steady girl, Stella last night. She's my chocolate luv..... But her butt smells funny and brings out the jump her bones instinct. Momma told me no no bad boy, and that she is not in heat (she's been spayed) But you sure could have fooled me. Momma says if I dont stop that then Stella wont want to play with me no more. Is that true? I wouldn't like that at all...

Kitty came home!!!!!!

Well, my favorite kitty came home!!! My Auntie hired a actual tracking doggie to come find him..... and all signals pointed toward someone picking him up... but he came walking in on his own one day! No idea if someone let him go back out or just what happened. But I am so happy that he is home that my nubby is going to fly off wagging so fast!

We went out and sat at Starbucks with my best girl and my puppy..... it was lots of fun! Haven't really gotten to play with Ashley much lately with all the holiday stuff thats been going on... .but got to give her kisses and let her know just how much we miss her! Daddy and Momma kept telling us we had to calm down, but it was just so good to see her! Good thing we had spent so long running at Grandma's place recently, or there would have been no calming us down!

oh NO

My mommy told me something this morning. Something bad. I wanted to go play off leash in the dark with my lights on, and she wouldnt let me. I was mad at her and pouting until when we got back inside. Then she told me whats been going on. It seems my good friend Hutch has been stolen. I like hutch. He's a really BIG weim, with a dark grey coat, and he and I have been friends since we were little pups. Someone took him from his yard.

It gets worse. There is another doggie that I liked, though I didnt know as well. A shibu named Olive has also been taken. Both dogs are beautiful purebreds like me. And like me, love people. They dont know that they arent supposed to talk to strangers and take treats when they are offered.

And then she said while she was sharing bad news there was something else. My rottie gal Ashley has two kitties at her place ( I love kitties!) And one of her kitties has wandered away. My favorite kitty of the two is the rabid squirrel, JJ. (long story made short, when they first got him he ran up out of no where and used my jowels as a punching bag, and then ran off with his tail all poofed up. Then would come up and cuddle with momma while looking at me. I used to get so scared for her I would go into a panic cause I thought he would hurt her. We have since been the best of friends) My aunti has been all over putting up notices of a missing kitty, hoping someone maybe brought him inside trying to be helpful to a wandering kitty on a cold night and didnt know he was a cherished pet.

To anyone who might have my kitty, please please PLEASE bring my JJ home. We miss him!

To the people stealing doggies. DONT HURT MY FRIENDS. Bring them back to where you got them, cause its not jsut their kids and momma's who are crying!

pretty lights

OK.... So Heffner was telling us about being able to get outta the car and go look at the fancy lights, and I just couldnt pass that up. So I told my momma all about how I wanted to go see. I promised to be a good doggie, and I was golden! Every time we stopped, I posed all stacked out in my little red fleece jacket. And the snow was just barely coming down in there.... so we had tiny flakes fallin thru the bright lights reflecting in our eyes. It was so much fun! That is until Brigid and Griffin started bickering. Over treats too. I dont get it, its not like you dont get another one if one gets taken by someone else! But once he got started, he just was not ready to stop. So I was not able to go see more than a couple doggies up close. Only when momma stood still way back with the trouble makers and let my leash extend out did i get to say hi.

Sheesh! Some doggies. Anyway, thanks to the Oregon Outdoors for telling every dog about the mile or so of lights to go see. Maybe next year momma can take the day off or get outta work early and take a whole pack of us! I know ..... IF Brittany cant make the walk next year I will have momma bring a cart and I will pull her around the track in comfort.... I like Brittany alot, even if she wont let me kiss her!

whimper

My best grrrl Ashley has been gone forever.... Every time momma takes me out for walks or the dog park, I start looking for my rotti. Its not fair. Momma keeps telling me she'll be home soon, and something about a vacation. I dont care what she says, this vacation thing is a BAD THING. Next person who says they are going away on vacation, I am grabbing their pant legs and not letting go!

Gammmma

My gamma came over two days in a row now! *bounce bounce* She lives in Washington, so I dont get to see her that much.... But I wuv my gamma and gampa. They bring over their doggies, and I run from dogggie to doggie giving lots of kisses so they know that I like them. Brigid keeps grumbling at the Lab though cause he was mean to her ONE TIME. Now she's mean to him every time she can think of a reason. Talk about holding a grudge.

And plus I got another new toy, and more chewies!! One of my bark park auntie's missed my burf day cause it was raining SO hard that day.... So she's been bringing my present in with her every day in case we are there at the same time. *woof!* She got me the stripy ball on my main page, but that one wasnt mine it was a bark ball. This one is all MINE! I ran around and played with auntie and momma for a whole hour with that ball.

happy burf-day to MEEEEEE

man I love that song! Momma was singing to me this morning..... And she said that today when she gets home there will be lots of treats and surprises for me..... WOOOHOOOOOOO. Now I just gotta trick the puppy into goign into her kennel, and slam the door! She takes all my toys from me. :(

WOW

my momma let me have PEOPLE FOOD. *puppy grins* I got to go play with my girlfriend Stella (my favorite chocolate love) at the bark park, then momma went and got us roast beef sandwhiches with CHEESE on them. She Never lets me have people food, and I got a whole sandwhich all to myself..... and then Stella and me, we wrestled on my new human friends lap for a while..... And they sang for me, and gave me a big bag with new toys and treats in it!!! It was SO cool....

If that puppy of mine would stop getting jealous and bugging their cat, I might have gotten momma to stay there so I could play all night. But nnoooooo, she had to stick her head under the couch and bug the kitty. I get so upset when Brigid ruins things for me.

stupid rain

Its STILL raining.... i hate the rain. i have boxer fur..... I HATE RAIN. *glub*

darn rain

Well, mom took us out for all day trying to let us play. We got her up at 3 AM on her one day off..... *goofy grin* But that's ok. One look at the boxer wiggle, and she always forgets to be mad at us. We went for a long walk in the dark, and I got to drag mom into some bushes! (there was a cat in there making funny sounds...... But mom made us go back to the path again) And we got to go for a car ride all over town while they shopped. Plus mom and dad took us to home depot, though they always make us ride in the cart. Nothing for us in there.... but we got a whole BAG of rawhide chewies at teh next store.

We got to go to 2 dog parks today. Brigid was all scared that the big dogs were gonna eat her when we went to the first one, but thats what she gets for growling at them before she goes in. But its ok, I might pretend that I dont care, but I'd protect her is she needed it. Dont tell her that though....... she might make me do it all the time! And it was raining again. It seems like its gonna rain furever.