Summer's Here

Here I am, sitting pretty in all this soft, green grass.  I LOVE being over here especially when Bob Barker and Agnies have to sit on the other side of the gate and I'm in my secret garden all by myself.  I think the pink gate shows off my gorgeous coat, don't you? 

Toys Aren't Us

Do you ever wonder what your human parents were thinking?  They do some really goofy stuff.  I'm 8 months old now and my teeth are really getting big.  I have the constant urge to chew on anything in sight.  Anyway, I don't have many toys left since I ate them all...stuffed toys have been gone for quite a while and plastic toys are great fun to chew into little pieces and spit all over the floor.  Anyway, last Saturday, Mom and Dad came in with a bag from PetsMart.  They pulled out all kinds of 'tuff' dog toys.  This must be a contest I'm thinking.  Anyhow, I get the first one--it's a great big orange-looking bone with little bumpy things all over.  Yessiree Bob (and I'm not talking Bob the Basset), it took me less than a minute to rip the end right off that thing.  What's next?  Cool, a hard toy for treats.  Let's see...yep, that one was pretty easy, too.  Oh yeah, give me the hard hippo--head came right off.  How about the kevlar tug toy?  Shredded. 

Everyone just stood there staring at me with their mouths open.  Mom said thank goodness they were all on sale and it must be a record--five toys in under five minutes.  Poor Agnies and Bob didn't even get to smell the toys much less taste them.  

When we got through, we all went to sit on the deck.  The deck step was looking pretty good so I chewed off the end.  They said I must be Lucia's sister because she chewed on the other end when she was little.  I think lumber is better to chew on than mulch but that's just my opinion.  The bar stools and hutch looked good but I got in real big trouble for that.  The tree over there is going to be a bit of a challenge but...