Tuk & Jack's Puppy Capers

The Tree Monsters

There are monsters outside.  Sometimes Tuk and I hear them and we bark and bark and bark and finally Mom lets us out to try and catch one.

We usually run to the corner of the yard.  Tuk thinks that's where they hide.

Tuk sniffs around at the scent that they leave.

 

He's sure they are in the corner.

I think this is what the monsters look like.

My Tongue

When I'm at the park, my tongue starts hanging out and usually there is a bit of grass or dirt on it too.  Not much I can do about it.

There's just a lot of grass and dirt at the park so naturally it just gets on my tongue.  But that's ok, I don't mind!

Of course, after a nice long drink, it's usually clean.

 

And sometimes the tongue hanging out trick is contagious.

I don't think I'm naughty...

Just look at my sweet face.  How can Tuk call me naughty?

We Went Missing (by Tuk)

Jack is really quite a naughty puppy.  He can't really help himself, he just doesn't ever seem to think before charging ahead with some crazy idea he gets in his pea-brain.  I try and try to show him how to be a good dog, but I guess he's still just too young.

Today was really bad.  Mom got really mad at us, and even though she said she was just scared, I know she was mad.  It was all Jack's fault.  You see, he's figured out a way to open the gate that leads out to the street. 

There was no rain this morning so Mom let us outside.  After about 1 second, Jack tried the gate.  Even though it is ALWAYS locked, he ALWAYS tries to open it.  Well, what Mom didn't know was that the gardeners had forgotten to lock it back up after their visit this morning.  You can imagine how surprised we were when it opened right up for Jack.  We looked at each other and Jack said he was going to explore.  I told him it was a bad idea, but he didn't listen and he took off straight away out the gate.  I didn't think it was safe for him to go alone - he is just a puppy - so against my better judgment, I followed him.  Just to be sure he was ok.  Just to keep him safe.

Well, eventually Mom came looking for us and she was yelling and crying and hustled us back into the yard.  She scolded us for a long time and then she hugged us and kissed us and cried and cried.  I felt terrible.  She thought I'd taken off to have some fun like that naughty puppy, but honest I was only trying to keep my eye on him for her.  I don't know when he is ever going to grow up.

When Mom came outside for us, she saw my spot without me in it.

Then she noticed the gate was open.

 

She ran out the gate and looked down the drive, and we were not there.

Then she looked to the right.  We weren't there.

And to the left.  We weren't there.

She did finally find us way down the street and after she got us home (after she got done scolding us), I went right to my spot.

This is what the gate is supposed to look like - closed!

 

And here's that idiot Jack trying to apologize.

I know it's out there

I know that spooky, glow in the dark, green-eyed monster is still out there.  I keep looking and looking, but I haven't seen it today.  I'm sure it will be back, so I'll keep watching and waiting.

Sara, Sara, no time is a good time for goodbyes

Boy, oh boy, do I LOVE Sara.  Sara is a friend of mine.  Well, I mean, Mom thinks she's really a friend of hers, but she's my friend too and every now and then -- on a special day -- she comes home with my mom at lunch time to visit me.  Sara is the best friend ever because she doesn't mind that I get "too" excited to see her and she ALWAYS ALWAYS throws the ball for me.  Have I told you how much I love the ball?  And Sara?

Today Sara came to visit and Tuk and I ran over to her to say hi.  I know it looks like Tuk might be shining Sara on, but he's really excited to see her too.  He's just old, so you can't always tell.

Right away I got my ball and got ready for some lunchtime fun.  Tuk, as usual, stood back looking confused.  He SAYS he hangs back because he doesn't want to get knocked over in the frenzy.  Whatever.

I run over to give Sara the ball, but sometimes I get a little "too" excited and I just can't quite give the ball up.

Finally, Sara has the ball and waits for me to get ready.  As if I'm not always ready!

I'm ready!!!

She's taking too long!!!  I can't wait any longer so I leap into the air to show her I'm ready.  Mom laughed at me at this point because she said my ears looked like the Flying Nun.  Now who exactly is the Flying Nun?  And why exactly is Tuk oblivous and walking away?  What's his problem?

Whew!  Got the ball.  On my way back.

Sara is so beeee uuuu teeee full!!!  You can't really tell in the pictures from today becuase she's got her sunglasses on and Mom told me she's pregnant (which Mom also says makes her more beautiful), but I wanted you to see how beautiful Sara's blue eyes are without those darn sunglasses.  Here she is with Mom.

Spooky Valentine's Night

I think there might be a monster outside.  It has shiny green glow in the dark eyes.  I keep looking and looking and the eyes keep looking back at me!  It's spooky.

 

Apologies for my Mom

She hasn't been taking any pictures the last couple of weeks and this last Saturday my sister Roxy and I were racing around the park and it was a PERFECT opportunity for some glamorous action shots of the two of us.  Did she take any pictures?  No.  hrrmmpphhhhh.

Handsome Jack

My doppelganger?

Our Grandpaw went on a trip to Iowa.  Apparently this is the place that Grandpaw is from.  While he was there, he thought he saw ME!!!  It's kind of spooky - this pup looks exactly like me, don't you think?  The only difference is that he has a red collar, like my sister Roxy, and he has scoobies in his eyes that his Mom hasn't wiped away.

Jack & Roxy

My best friend in the whole wide world is Roxy.  She is my sister. She's the kind of best friend who makes you wake up each day and wonder if today is the day that you get to see her again.  When Roxy and I started out in this life, we were in the same litter at the same time.  Everyone says we look a lot alike.  In fact, our Moms call us the twins.  Well, actually my Mom usually calls us the monsters, and Roxy's Mom calls us the babies.  It's usually other people who call us twins.

Here's me and Roxy and our other brothers and sisters.  Roxy is in the front with the rainbow collar and I'm right next to her in the blue collar.  Don't tell Roxy, but you can tell she's a girl wearing that rainbow collar because her rump is so round.

Here we are again, Roxy in the front on the left (yellow), and me in the front on the right (blue).

Roxy and I knew right away that we were going to be special friends.  We were both a little scared of Tuk and one day we hid under the table.

We finally got bigger and there was no more hiding for us!  We're a team!

Sometimes we like to snuggle up and our Moms can't always tell who's who.  Can you tell?

Can you tell?

I love my sister so much that I usually let her take up the most space on the couch.  I don't mind.

This last summer we turned 3 and Mom put these silly collars on us.  It sure was hot that day!

I just loooove my Roxy.  This is probably my favorite picture of my girl.  I think it shows her playful side.

In case you're wondering about who is who in any of the photos that don't already tell you, I'm always on the left or in the front.  Roxy's always on the right or behind me.  Hehehe boys come first.