Tuk & Jack's Puppy Capers

The Fence

Life's been pretty exciting lately.  We've had lots of visitors staying with us (including Grampaw!!) and Mom says that's why she hasn't been able to tell all of you any of my stories.  Frankly, I think she's been a bit lazy and has let the team down, but whatever, she knows how to turn on the black box that holds our stories and I don't.  She has promised me that real soon she'll show you pictures of our visitors ... and I'll keep bugging her...  muwahahah.

There is one story that I REALLY wanted to tell you right now.  A long time ago I figured out that I could jump over the fence and get into the old person's yard next door.  I'm such a big strong boy and it's so fun!  There's lots of open space and new things to smell and sometimes the old man is there.  I like to bark at him a bit and he acts silly and hides behind a big green thing.  Actually that's only happened once and boy oh boy was Mom mad when she found out about that.  I just can't help it, it's so fun jumping over that fence!  Well, anyway my fun is over.  The old man came over the other day and had a talk with Mom and he kept pointing at me and saying my name.  Mom ended up having two guys come over and put a big long stick thing in front of the fence and now I can't get over there any more.  It really doesn't seem fair at all that my fun has been ruined.

Here's the stick thingy in front of my fence.

Mom said it would look better pretty soon - she said the green stuff would start to cover it up like this.

Then even more fun happened.  The two guys who put up the stick thingy put up new white things on the short fence and then spread all this white stuff over everything.  Mom says the short fence looks real pretty now.  What do you think?

Here's me in front of the new short fence that Mom likes.  When I was sitting here looking handsome for Mom, she said "uh oh..."  Do you see what Mom saw?

Well, I guess I must have bumped the white stuff that those guys put on the fence.  When Mom saw it she said I was just perfect!  Well, actually what she said was "that's just perfect Jack, just perfect," but that's the same thing.

All In The Family

Mom went to play with some puppies today.  I'm not really sure why I didn't get to go ... I like puppies!  I can be gentle!  I'm a good boy!  Anyway, she said they were a little too young for me to play with and she also said that they were related to me.  They are my half-nieces and half-nephew.  Now, I'm not really sure how this family connection works out, but I guess my dog-mommy had another litter of puppies a while ago, and one of those puppies - AJ - is the daddy of this group of puppies with some other Mommy.  There are 6 puppies in this group - 2 yellow (both girls), and 4 black (1 is a boy and 3 are girls).  That's a lot of girls.  That's 5 girls!!!  Any way, Mom went to visit them today and took some photos.  I guess they kind of look like me, but not really.  I mean, I'm so handsome!  Don't you think?

Here's Mom with three of them.  She isn't really sure if the one black boy is in the group or not.  She said she was just grabbin' puppies.  If you ask me, that one in the middle looks a little funny, the one on the right looks like it wants to escape, and the one on the left seems half asleep.

I guess this is what Mom meant when she said she was just grabbin' puppies.

Here she is with the same three and now they ALL want to escape.

Here's all 6 chasing their Mom, Tally, hoping for a snack, or maybe that ball.

This picture bothers me a little bit.  What's Mom doing kissing that puppy?

That's my dog-mommy, Squirt, behind Mom!!!  Wish you could see her face.  She's beautiful.

Uhm, here's Mom again acting like she REALLY likes this puppy.

More kissing!



Here they are with their Mommy, Tally.  Tally seems like my kind of dog - she's got a ball.  And I guess that yellow girl with a collar might be ok too.  She seems more interested in the ball than a snack.



I like this puppy too.  It snuck in a little lick on Mom - just what I like to do.

An Aging Beautiful Boy

Mom's been noticing how much grey hair Tuk is getting.  She calls Tuk her "Beautiful Boy" and she wanted you to see how he's changed in the last few years.

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I Can't Get Enough Of You

When Roxy was here this weekend we did a lot of playing in the yard.  Mostly I would try to pin Roxy and get the ball from her. Mom took some moooving pictures of us to show you what a big, handsome, and strong boy I am. Oh, and to show me and Roxy playing too.

Master of the Ball

Another game that Roxy and I like to play is "Master of the Ball."  See, we both love the ball.  A lot.  And it's really fun to keep the ball away from each other.  Of course, when Roxy has the ball ... I REALLY WANT IT!!! and Roxy is REALLY good at keeping it.  Mom says Roxy is a little better at this game than me, but what does she know.

Uh oh, just noticed Roxy has the ball.

I'm going in!

I am trying so hard to get that ball!  I'm doing all the work and Roxy just lays there and won't let go.

Maybe a blitz attack will work.

Whoa!!!  She flips up and I've got to scramble to get away!

After all that, she's STILL got the ball!

Oh, and by the way, while all this fun is going on,Tuk just sits to the side looking
a little irritated and nervous.

But he comes around.  When me and Roxy were posing and showing off our tongues for Mom, he decided he wanted in on the picture.  I gotta say though, I think he isn't holding up his end.  He didn't even look up!

My Twin

Yesterday my sister, Roxy, came for a visit.  I looooove Roxy and everyone says
we look like twins.  What do you think?

 

Ok, forget the fact that we have different collars, and she's a girl, and that I've got a waaaay cool name tag, but don'tcha think we look a lot alike?

 Here's a little closer look (of me... .muwahahah).

 We love to chase the ball together.  Tuk usually stands out of the way so he doesn't get knocked over.

Darn, Roxy got it.

Grampaw Came To Visit!!!

Last weekend my Grampaw and Shawn came to visit.  I'm not exactly sure who Shawn is... I know I've seen her before on visits with Grampaw, and Tuk seemed to know her really well, but I was just a bit confused.  Mom said she was her sister, but all I could really understand was that she was part of the family.

Here's Mom and Shawn, her sister.

Any way, Grampaw is the greatest because he always teaches me new things when I get to see him.  This time he tried to teach me to WAIT before I lunged for whatever he was tossing my direction - a ball, a cookie, my stuffie... it's not that easy to wait! 

Mom was looking for a photo of me and Grampaw on this visit, but she couldn't find one, so here is a picture of me and Grampaw when I was just a baby.

Grampaw also took some pictures of me and Mom and Tuk and I guess I wasn't all that good at that either!  I kept trying to be a good boy, but sometimes it's just too hard to sit still and I absolutely can NOT leave my ball alone...

Of course, Tuk behaved himself - he's just always perfect.

But!  I do think that I am VERY handsome, even though I have trouble keeping my tongue in my mouth.  What do you think?

Mom's in a tizzy and it's not about us!

Mom keeps walking around asking "where where where are the Cadbury Mini Eggs?"  She says she can't find them in the grocery store, or at Target, or at Walgreens.  She's starting to act weird.  She says they are the best candy in the entire world and she waits ALL YEAR to get them. I'm not sure Tuk and I are going to make it through this weekend!

Here's what they look like.  Maybe you can help Mom out and tell her if you find them in a store somewhere.

We Got New Tags!!! (and I think Mom's cheating on us...)

I think Mom might be cheating on us.  She seems to have a bit of a crush on some doggies in Australia.  Apparently they are GIRLS and very big.  Huh, bet I could beat them in a race!  Anyway, Mom keeps looking at their blog and she keeps saying how they have great collars.  She was searching around on the internet to try to find collars like these two girls (like we'd even like girlie collars anyway), and she found us some new I.D. tags!  They're so cool!  And.... Mom was so proud of herself, they are from Australia. 

Anyway, here we are with our new tags.  Tuk's is a paw print and mine is a dog house.  Mom thinks that's kind of funny, but I don't get the joke.  I think my tag is cool.  Oh, and I guess if you want to go see these girls and their blog, it's here: The Adventures of Kaya and Luna.

The Joy of Sunshine

This evening when Mom came home Tuk and I told her we wanted to play ball.  Well, that quickly led to some wrestling and chasing.  I hope you like this video.  Let us know and post a comment!  It's free!