Last Spring – The Fall

Little oak tree, you can't live here. Let me take you to the woods and transplant you,

Holy crap! My right boot lace got caught on my left boot hook. My feet are tied together!

The Fall 3

Splat!

I didn't know humans could fly. Is it legal to say those words in this state?

Ew, this is so disgusting! I am soaked clear through to my underwear.

Ow! I''m not going to be able to walk for weeks! You know what this means, don't you? No supervision!

I'll go get us something from the fridge. I'll go get the toilet brush!

It has been a year now since The Fall. At the time I expected to be better in a few weeks, but it was months before I could even take the dogs for a hobble. My left knee never did recover, and still can’t fully bend it.

Toby takes advantage of my not being able to properly kick his butt. This morning – at that magical Dogging Hour of 3:00 a.m. – he decided to destroy a few things around the house.

Toby grabs and chews a package

Heh, Mom’s not looking. I’m going to steal her package.

Nah, I'm not interested

Oops. Caught. I’ll pretend that I am not interested.

Toby glances up at the package he was chewing

I just can’t help myself…

Ooh, I can't help myself. I really want it!

I really AM interested!

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Inside, my boys visit the Museum of the Imagination and view the world of art from a canine perspective.

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If Only Abbot and Costello Had Known

Remember this guy?

Mumy Loofah dog poses for mug shot.

Look what happened to him.

Unstuffed mummy loofah dog.

If only Abbot and Costello had known that small terriers can destroy mummies, they may have lived much happier lives.

When Geordie was younger, he destroyed stuffed toys all the time. It seemed the greater his social anxiety, the more toys he tore up. Toby has been pretty gentle with his stuffed toys and still has most of them.

On this particular day he was admonished to “SHUT UP ALREADY!!!” after barking at the school bus. Evidently his pride was wounded, and Mummy Loofah paid the price. I suppose that until now, Toby lived such a perfect life without getting into trouble that he didn’t need to destroy his toys.

Better watch out, Sextopus.

Stuffed squid with six arms. Sextopus.

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Toby…I Mean Blue Puppy…Strikes Again

Last week I had two jobs come in. My boys absolutely hate when I have to work and my attention is taken away from them. Toby, I mean Blue Puppy, had a bit of a meltdown over this.

Tipped over trash can.

Naughty Cairn terrier tears up trash while his toy Blue Puppy watches the carnage.

Blue Puppy lies amid the trash can carnage.

As you can see, Blue Puppy tipped over the trash can and ripped up all the papers while Toby innocently looked on. At least this was slightly better than when Toby got into the laundry and paraded around the house with dirty undies.

Toy kitty with stuffing ripped out of its head.

Humpty Kitty also fell victim to the carnage. All of that stuffing used to be her brains. I guess now she is Zombie Humpty Kitty.

Humpity! Humpity! Humpity!

How did Humpty Kitty get her name? I dunno. Maybe we should ask Englebert Humpamint.

Given how miserable today was, I am going to hurry and sign off so I can get some work done while the boys are sleeping. It’s funny, they are my muses, yet they keep me from getting absolutely anything done.

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What might Virtual Toby and Geordie do as they nap in front of the TV?

They go to the museum, of course!

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Snowby II

Snowman shaped like a terrier.

Whee! We got lucky and had more packing snow this week. I couldn’t resist, and I built another Snowby (Snow + Toby). Note the cinnamon swirl tummy and the heart on his chest. It was actually a leaf that had been caught up in the snow – but how convenient!

When I was a kid, I didn’t get to build snowmen. Now that I am old, I take great joy in them. My boys like sharing in the activity but in more of a destructive role. I have to keep Toby far, far away from my creations because he will tear up snow balls as fast as I can roll them.

Bitey sitting next to "surrendering" snowman.

“Aack!”

Puppy Geordie used to wait until I had the snowman assembled before he would destroy it. I had to build snowmen with their arms in surrender posture so they were high enough that Geordie couldn’t reach them.

Toby attacks his snowmen by peeing on them. I am pretty sure this Snowby is disgusted with us and is going to leave for the North Pole this weekend.

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The Snowby

Cairn terrier pup standing in snow.

This is The Usurper. He has outgrown his green sweater, but he has a green flower attached to his collar so you can still recognize him. It turns out this little puppy enjoys snow more than most anything in life….except maybe tennis balls.

A Snow Toby that looks more like Winnie the Poo than intended.

Toby and I played for hours out in the snow. I tried to build a Snow Toby, but it came out looking more like Winnie the Poo or Mickey Mouse. (My audience is divided on that one.) It was a nearly impossible task because Toby tore up each snow ball as fast as I could roll it.

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The Dog Ate Your Homework

Little Cairn Terrier chews a piece of paper.

I think Toby may have just won the Naughtiest Dog award for the month.

Over the holiday, family was visiting from out of town. My SIL is a primary school teacher and brought some papers to grade over on her Christmas break. As she was going over the children’s work, Toby decided to help himself to some papers to chew on and play “run around the house”. I told my SIL to tell the children that reindeer had gotten to their homework. Instead she took a photo of my naughty puppy caught red-tounged with papers in his mouth to show the students that the dog ate their homework! (That excuse doesn’t work for kids, but for some reason it does for teachers.)

I’m still not sure how, but Toby got toys and treats from Santa. He must have a very high tolerance for bad behavior in canines.

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Thanksgiving Poem

Cairn terrier puppy tears up box of tissues.

We’re thankful for tissues

to tear and destroy.

We give thanks for each other

We pesky brown boys!

Two Cairn terrier pups ride in the car.

(You may recognize the tissue incident from the boys’ book. So many of those stories are based on actual events!)

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Bitey shares many of his own stories to share from B.T. (Before Toby) in his book A Tired Mommy Is a Good Mommy. Inside, learn the origin of Geordie’s Thanksgiving angst.

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