Murphy's Active Dream

I thought you might enjoy seeing my brother slowly leaving our bed.  I think Murphy might like being with Sneaky Snake Jr. better than with me.  But I really know me and Murphy will always be best buds.

Murphy didn't even notice that I left and came back.

Stanley

Team In Trouble

 It seems like things are always changing at my house.  Just as me and Stanley get used to the little pen in the mudroom, Mom and Dad take down one of the gates and we get to run all over the place!  We've been exploring the kitchen and living room. There is so much to see and chew! It has been so wonderful being able to play with our toys in the house.

Of course about the time one of us finds a good toy to play with, the other decides it's time to wrestle.  We spend LOTS of our time wrestling!

Stanley really likes to throw his weight around when we wrestle.  I think he is a heavy weight and I am a feather weight.  

Sometimes I catch him by surprise and I take him to the floor!

But we don't spend all our time in the house, we spend a lot of time playing on the hillside too.  Mom tries to keep us in the yard but we are always sneaking down the hill.  Lately it has been raining a lot so mom has told us, "Do not go on the hillside or you will get muddy."  I try to listen to mom but sometimes I just can't help myself.  This afternoon I tip toed down the hillside for a quick looksie. 

 But I guess mom noticed.

And of course Stanley and I are a team.

"Brother . . . keep a straight face and maybe she won't notice . . . "

Murphy

Hard At Work

Since me and Stanley spend a lot of time chewing on the plants that grow on the hillside, Mom spends a lot of time checking to see if they are toxic to us.  
She says sometimes it's frustrating because not all sources agree on whether a plant is bad for us.  Stanley thought the safe thing was just to chew on mom's shoe.  I disapproved so I told him, "Stop!".

There are many different types of plants and sometimes the plant is bad, sometimes the flower, sometimes the bulb, sometimes the whole thing.

Even though the tulips were OK (the bulb is toxic). Mom decided to cut them all off at the ground.  "We'll see what happens next year." she said.

 Today she was checking on poppy plants but the information was so confusing she just said, "I'm ripping them out!"  Mom says she wants us to be very safe.  So even though her back was hurting, she ripped out 2 big black garbage bags of poppies.

She was working so hard that me and Stanley thought it was only right to help her.

Mom was surprised to see how deep the root went on poppies, so we had to help dig.

Mom said our help was really a pain-in-the-butt but she would not have wanted it any other way.  We worked so hard we took a break to share a stick.

It was another fun day.

Murphy

April Showers

 Today Murphy and I are 10 weeks old.  This means it was time to check our weights.  Murphy weighed  5 lb 12 oz.  I weighed in at 9 lb 15 oz.

 It has been raining here and the flowers are blooming.  There's nothing like a fresh tulip for a treat.

This one tasted extra good.

Sometimes Murphy needs a helping tail to reach his flowers.

The bad thing is mom won't let us in the house until the mud has been washed from our legs.

Stanley

Busy Meeting New Friends

Mom and Dad want to introduce me and Stanley to as many people and pets as possible.  They said it was really important to be properly socialized.  We're not sure what that means but we sure are having a lot of fun.

We met our new friend Mickie.  She liked to hold me and I like being held so it was a win-win combination. (Stanley was sound asleep behind the storage box on the left.)

But it didn't take long before I felt the need to chew something . . . anything.

Unfortunately I never can keep my eyes open for too long.

 The next day, in the morning, we went to meet Raleigh and JuJu and their human Sherrie.  I think JuJu liked us right away but Raleigh took some time.  Mom and Sherrie wondered if I might be an alpha male.  Imagine that, little me, an alpha male!  Luckily, Raleigh decided I might be an okay pup after all.  Their human, Sherri, gave us lots of toys to play with and I found a special one I really liked so my mom said she'd look for it at Pet Smart.  We had lots of fun.

Stanley was trying to figure out who was who. Raleigh and JuJu looked a lot alike.

I know it looks like I was peeing but honestly I wasn't!

Jazzi thinks I have great potential.

Jazzi's mom Nikki liked me and Stanley, so Stanley licked her.  Nikki is allergic to puppy licks but  she thought we were worth it.

Later that same afternoon, Heather and "M" came over to play with us.  We REALLY liked "M", she was so much fun!  And she brought us presents too!

After we left Raleigh and JuJu and their human Sherri, we went to meet another new friend.  His name is Jazzi.  He is all grown up so we thought he might have some advice for us.  I asked him if he thought I could be an alpha dog and he said, "You might be."

"M" brought us a skunk, a stuffed animal and a tire tug toy.

We chased "M" back and forth across the yard about a zillion times! 

We had so much fun chasing "M".  She is a REALLY FAST runner!

We thanked Heather and "M" for coming to see us and for all the presents.

We met so many new friends and it was such a fun day.  But now I have to sleep.








Murphy

Bath Time

 I had a bath the same day as Murphy.

I had my ears cleaned, but I still pretend to have selective hearing.

Now I can go on the hill and roll in some fun dirt.

It is nice when life returns to normal.

Stanley

No Words Necessary

Murphy