Fruits and Veggies...

I like the menu here. I get feed three times a day, but in addition to that there are treats for all the things I do right and an occasional snack.

Some of my snacks have been interesting: apple, orange, banana, strawberries, carrots, asparagus, broccoli. I hope they don't think I am a vegan?

Here I am eating a green apple. I little tart but I liked it.

Summer Vacation

Sorry I missed my post yesterday. After the graduation ceremony and the fact I am now on summer break and just couldn't muster the energy to do anything buy sleep and be lazy for a day!

Summer vacation Rocks!

I did manage to raise my head off the floor so I would look cute in this shot, but that was it.

Falling asleep in my Dad's lap...

Too much excitement for one day. I am once again exhausted.

I fell asleep in my Dad's legs tonight.

I hope tomorrow goes okay for everyone - it's 6/6/6 ahhhhh (humans have some pretty stupid superstitions).

Boy do I have my brothers trained.

I don't like being out in the rain (who would). So last night I needed to go out and take care of my "business".

What is a puppy to do?

So I got my brother to provide valet service!

Nice umbrella :)

Rain out - no baseball.

I went to watch my two brothers play baseball tonight. There was a bad storm and it rained very hard. The humans are all so stupid, they don't know enough to get out of the rain.

I ducked underneath a lawn chair for cover. I still got pretty wet.

Now I have a good puppy smell going!

More school today

I am going to be the smartest puppy in the universe, so much time at school. Today I went to my older brothers eight grade picnic. Tomorrow he has graduation.

I am in this picture, unfortunately some other girls are in front of me so you can't see me...

The end of day 14 - two weeks at my new house.

Time is already flying by. You have to enjoy every minute of being a puppy, it just does not last long enough. It's been a great two weeks.

I must admit puppy class wore me out. When I got home, it was time a for a little siesta!

What a life :)

Meeting all the other puppies

There where three great things that happened at puppy class.

1. I got to meet lot's of other dogs and their parents
2. I got to show off my brothers and sisters (and my dad)
3. I got to see my first mom Anne!

Oh yeah there we a forth thing too - LOTS of TREATS!

I am so digging this. Every time I sat, someone gave me a treat. All kinds of people with all kinds of treats. It's like they think we are stupid or something. It is so easy for us dogs to understand what we should be doing, now we just have to get the humans to understand us.

I wish I could go to puppy class all the time. I would probably need to step-up my exercise routine or it might start to show around the mid section.

Check out the great facility and all the other dogs!

Puppy Class - Seeing My First Mom!

Wow - it was like going home. I had my first puppy class tonight. It is being offered at Downtown Dogs by The Canine Coach. I am telling you these ladies really know us dogs. They understand that we respond so much better to positive rewards (namely treats), then being yelled at.

I got to see my old mom :) She is awesome, I was kissing her and sniffing her, I have missed her and it was great to she her again. It's not the best picture because I was so excited I couldn't settle down for the shot.

What happened to my leash...

Ahhhh, my leash is all yucky. It has peppery spicy red stuff on it. What happened? How am I suppose to enjoy playing tug now...

Well, I am taking the family to my first puppy class tonight. I hope we cover the section about not putting yucky stuff on the things I want to chew on.

Two Weeks!

Well, it has been two weeks since moving to this new house. The first two weeks have been great. Very busy and a lot of fun. I sure have meet a lot of new people and seen many new places.

After eating my real breakfast this morning, I laid in the shade of the tree and chewed on the wood chips. It was my brunch. I love to lay around and hang with my pack.

Playing ball - Future Flyball Champion?

I am slowly breaking these guys in with tennis ball. They have a lot to learn. They think they can roll it away and I will bring it back to them. Stupid humans.

The first problem is this tennis ball is purple? Hmmmm. Secondly when I just got done with breakfast I would much rather just lay around and relax. And lastly, if they want to play with me they have got to start behaving better. They don't respond to any of my commands.

I do like to play. I am getting to be very fast. They can't keep up in a foot race.

Saturday morning

I slept in my crate all night without getting up to have the 2 am potty break. I think I was so tired from all the fun we had yesterday.

I walked down to Lake Harriet and got to hang out at the lake. There are all kinds of people and dogs down there. So much to sniff and put in my mouth. I was overwhelmed.

There must be a little confusion because everyone I meet at the lake kept calling me, "YoursoCute", and here I thought my name was "Murphy" (or is it George, or Fritz). As long as no one starts calling me Taffy!

I got up this morning with my Dad around 6:30. We sat on the front step and read the paper and had some coffee.

What a beautiful day :)

Eating out of my chew toy...

I have been eating all of my meals out of my Kong chew toy. It does keep me busy and certainly extends the eating time from 15 seconds to 5 minutes. It is fun trying to get the food out of that thing. I chase it all over my pen.

I don't see anyone else in the family eating this way, I wonder what's up with that.

Day 13 - Trip to the Vet

I got to meet my new doctor this morning. I was given a clean bill of health. They gave me a shot in the right shoulder, it didn't really hurt.

They said I weight just over 8lbs. That means I have gained almost two pounds in the last 13 days. I must say I am eating well.

Unfortunately the camera did not work, so there are no photos of me at the vet, but here I am playing with a piece of rope!

Day 12 Playing with the big dogs

The most exciting thing today was getting the chance to play with a number of other dogs that where all VERY big. I mean don't get me wrong, I am starting to fill in nicely and my abs are ripped, but these dogs where 10x my size.

At first I am always a bit apprehensive around big dogs, but very quickly after a little sniffing we are all friends.

It was such a beautiful day and night, I went for a late night walk with the family and then we just hung out in the front yard. The mosquito's weren't too bad, for me that is. I just have too much fur so I don't have to worry about them.

Tomorrow should be very interesting, I have an appointment with the vet!

More family introductions...

I want you to meet my big brother Eric. He is one of my new three brothers. (I wonder how my other three brothers are doing?).

Eric helps take care of me and play with me. I hope I get to sleep in his bedroom soon.

Last night he had a great baseball game and came from behind to beat the other team. From my point of view, flyball looks much more fun the baseball. There is way too much standing around and scratching yourself in baseball.

Eric always has a smile on his face! I love him lots...

Day 11 - The Journey Has Just Begun

As a tribute to Johnny Cash, here I am behind bars.

Well, I am have been growing and have more energy than ever. I have developed this great dance move where I "bounce" off the floor with all four legs going air born. I bet the T-Wolves could use this type of talent.

My new owners keep reading a lot of books about how to raise a puppy. I must admit it makes me laugh. I have looked all over the house. There are four siblings here and I don't see any books on how to raise children. I think they now have four books on how to raise me. It just shows who will be the central figure in this family.

I think they are getting the hang of house training. It's time to shift gears on them. Need them to figure out: biting / chewing everything, playing tug with my leash, jumping all over people. Adolescence will be great!

I was so worn out yesterday, I actually fell asleep with my head resting on my water bowl. Eventually my nose dipped into the bowl and it woke me up.