And now there are Four

Life started out with just myself and Hercules. But now our pack has grown. First Sherrie joined us two years ago and now we have a new family member in the form of “Bear”, a new Rottweiler puppy. Bear does not live with us but he is here every day during weekdays and on occasion we “Puppy-sit” on weekends.

So how much do I enjoy having another puppy around?

Not so much. He’s ok for about five minutes and after that he is just plain annoying! He doesn’t stop for a second and wants to play with me all day long. That wouldn’t be so bad if he understood the rules of the game – i.e. I get the ball, the ball is thrown for me and even if there are two balls being thrown, they are both mine! Ditto with toys! If Mom comes home with a new toy and gives it to the pup he should realise it is still mine! Right?

Besides the issue of ‘toy ownership’, he is kinda cute and sort of well behaved when not trying to annoy me. And when I have the energy its quite fun to play tag with him!

Bear

Bear Bear

Bear Bear

Cute, right?

Woofs and Licks from Dexter
xxx

Sharing food?

I LOVE my food! Really, really love meal times! If I have to choose between a treat or meal and going for a walk … its a really difficult choice!

So my Mom was very proud of me when Hercules (The Cat) wanted to taste what I get for dinner. It took a lot of self control not to shoo him away … but I figured he’s just a little cat, how much could he possibly steal from me?

Food Thief!

Hercules the Food Thief!

Would you share your food with a Cat?

Love, Dex

 

Playing with Ox

My friend Ox came to visit. Ox is a lot older than me and quite grumpy, although Mom says he is sweet. I don’t see it – he bosses me around and growls at me when I try to take MY toys away from him … what’s “sweet” about that? But I love it when Ox comes to play or when we get to take long walks together with our people.

Ox Rocks!

Ox Rocks!

Thats Ox!

Ox & Dexter

Ox and Dexter playing Tag.

Thats all for today
xxx

 

 

All grown up

Here are some very recent photographs of Dexter – All grown up now at close on 4 years old! Dexter is an amazing watch dog but he is a sweet, loving dog with his family and friends, with the personality of a playful pup! Isn’t he just gorgeous?

Dexter

Dexter

Dexter

My vocabulary

According to various sorces, dogs can learn up to 200 words. So my Mom and I decided to write down all the words I know to see if we get to 200 …

These are all the words I know:

tennis
play
ball
sock
leave
sit
go see
Mommy
go
paw
lie down
bed
nap
tyre
go play with …
no
ok
alley
mommys room
newspaper
fetch the …
look
clean it up
dinner
breakfast
snack
treat
pool
drink some water
walk
lead
paw
where is …
car
bakkie
treat
biscuit
touch
inside
outside
bed
off
dog
kitty
bicycle
winnie (for wee)
pee
dig
come here
what is this
toy
collar
loves
stop licking
scratch
assume a position
move over
stand
go round
crossing
bath
stop
bottle
give it to …
bad dog
good dog
no jumping
wait
swim
forest
run
yay
huh
naughty
birds
back up
tuna
chicken
vet
off you go
kong
collar

and I know 11 people’s and 1 cat’s names!

Thats not quite 200 … so Mom says we have to learn more.

Loves & woofs
Dexter