can u smell the science all around me?

Beep beep boop. Beep beep boop..Why, hello my friends -  can u feel it? Can u smell the science all around me?  Can u taste it?? Cuz it's me, Baxter, your roving rover reporter reporting to you today from the confines of this very interesting and very white lab room. Which you are currently viewing on a monitor from the mom n dad waiting room.   I am here today to contribute my time and my tummy to science.  You see, some of u may remember that a couple years ago I went to the canine cognition center and I had a swell time taking tests that really didn't seem like tests at all.  In fact, they were so easy, it was like eating for free.  no work or nuttin.  And, I am glad to tell you that today's experience was just like that, only better, because the snackies just kept coming and coming and you can see in the image below that at times that I forgot all my training and did not sit or stay or anything, as excited as i was about finding the treats that they would hide under stuff.  And yet I still got snackies.  Which only makes me wonder why I have to wait and work so hard for them at home, but I guess that is a thesis I must work on for another day.

Anyhoo, these tests were a little different because they were prototypes and my participation would help refine each experiment.  And I was still fed the same if not more, which probably is why my mom didn't bother giving me lunch at all when I got home come to think of it, and to tell you the truth I didn't really even notice I did not have my usual lunch, as snackielicious as the study was.  Hard to believe, right? But the snackiefest was that fantastic.  Sorry Doctor Tushieman, but mom says I will be back on the diet wagon tomorrow and I promise I will do extra walkies to make up for it.

And I will be burning calories playing with this! My new squirrel buddy toyfriend, which I earned for my participation along with a writing pen that I let mom keep in her car cuz, well school is almost out and I do not want to see a pen again until September if u know what I mean. 

So that was my Friday, and I am Baxter your roving rover reporter wishing you a super satisfying Saturday!!

i just use my paws :)

 

no, see, this is how u do it mom - i just use my paws. my neck will be just fine. :) :)

- baxter, 5.4 years old, hoping to prove that despite his mom's worries,  it is okay for him to chew on his antler.

dapper doxie duds: happy bunnies

 




but mom, what do u mean i cannot model gabriella's happy new dud for pictures?  i see that it is a little small but i think i can manage. watch... 

(fumble) (fumble fumble)

 

mom i know we are losing daylight 

but do not worry i will have this on in a jiffy.

(fumble)

(fumble fumble)

 okay, almos..

(hwwwwwwuuuuuuuuuuup!)

 






  
ok..(hwuuuuup!)   i cannot... (hwuuuuup!) 
i cannot do this for very..(hwuuuuuuup!)

mom hur..(hwuuuuup!)   mom hurr..(hwuuuuuup!) 

(hwuuuuuuuuuuuuuup!)  hurreee!!

 hee hee, mom i toldjoo i could do it.  i hope u like your new happy bunny harness gabriella!! :) :)

scenes from a restaurant: conversations with an only child

so anyhoo, mom n dad, that's why u should never let a walrus borrow your ladder except on wednesdays or holidays or date numbers cleanly divisible by 12.96541.... o hey,  did i ever tell u about why me n duk duk need a lion on our pirate ship?

ooo- sure!  i most definitely would like a snackietizer while we are waiting for our lunch if u do not mind.   (crunch crunch) o, kibble - dat's yummy! (crunchy crunch crunch)

(crunch crunch) 

hey, (crunch) whatchoo takin pictures of back there, mom? (crunchy crunchy crunch crunch)

hee hee, o my tail chub?  well, if u think that's funny, mom, i got a good one 4 u. o these are tasty. may i have help myself to a few more pieces of kibble please?  

okay.. (crunchy crunch crunch) so, after we put out flags..(crunch crunch)..me and duk duk worked on our mariners badge and didjoo know..(crunchy crunch).. that even though we live far from the coast, seafood.. (crunch crunch).. is always very close at hand and readily accessible? 

here, let me ..(crunch crunch) ..show you..(crunch crunch) ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

(blink...blink...blink....)

okay, i apologize for such uncouthy behavior.

(blink.   blink.)

boy our food sure is taking a long time.

(blink.)

hey didjoo know when i do my eyes like this, i can see stars?  

i think it is the milky way galaxy.  or maybe it is a whole new universe altogether, filled with rawhide meteors and planets made of cheese! ....hey, u know, i really think scooby doo could do a whole lot better for companions, dontchoo? i mean i like shaggy, but u never see them doing anything but solving mysteries and why wouldn't shaggy at least take scooby doo to the pet store or the park like we do, right mom? cuz even though solving mysteries can be fun it can also be scary and speaking of scary, please do not be alarmed by the poopie snakes me and duk duk left in the driveway to dry bcuz when they are ready we are going to take them down to the creek and try catching fishes with them . oh i cannot wait for our lunch to come, can u mom?  :)

scenes from a restaurant: part 1

boy, i sure wish duk duk and chocobot and lil pink puppy

could have come with me n mom n dad to this nice restaurant. 

already i can smell some wonderful things!

hey, what's a dog gotta do to get some service here?

uh-hmmmmm... uh-hmmmmmm.....uh-hmmmmmmmmmmm.  
dang, no steak or monkey chow.  but ooo, i see they have poop au vin and hasenpfeffer...

uh-hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...









 

um, mister waiter, may i please have the chargrilled kibble burger, medium rare, with gummy worms and green glitter with a side of bacon and cheese frenchy fries and a pink cotton candy sundae? but hold the tomatoes please bcuz i am on a diet.   o, and can i get the gummy worms and glitter on my burger but make sure they do not touch each other and can u please bring a dogduknunicorn bag out when u bring my meal bcuz i already know i will be taking some home for my friends and i want it 2 stay nice n hot. :) :)

memorial day

with gratitude and remembrance, today we honor those who have fallen in service to our country, and the families they left behind.

- baxter, 5.4 years old, duk duk the current, 0.5 years old, chocobot, 178 septaur cycles old, and lil pink puppy, 0.8 years old, while waiting for their ride to participate in their chipscout memorial day activities.

negotiation 101

 Hee hee hee.   Okay, in my defense, I have not purchased a pair of shoes in quite a while.  Years, I think.  Which is how I found myself in desperate need of a new pair of respectable summer walkies shoes. And I suppose how the online bargain shopping floodgate recently opened, because, well, I had a need to feed and I really don't want to be shopping for shoes like, all the time. Cuz u know, I got a blog to write and goodies to make and a tiny and big boyfriend to play with.

Tiny chumley of course, was rather disappointed as we made our way through the stack of packages that were on our doorstep yesterday.  Sniffing first with great anticipation that his dieting days might be over,  til realization set in that these were goods not meant to be either played with or eaten.

sigh... mom, really, nothing for me?? i am sorry to tell u but my tummy says these are hard times and  if u want to take a picture of me with your new shoes,  it will cost u five pieces of kibble or a strawberry.   but both if u want me to sit and perk my ears.  do we have a deal?? :)

i like to play

  

i like to play

on rainy days

and sunny days

and cloudy days

and windy days

and every day 

in between. :)

- baxter, 5.4 years old

dukkie and the tramp

hee hee hee. okay duk duk, i will play tramp this time butchoo totally need to help me find a moustache comb otherwise when it comes time to do the sphaghetti scene i will not be able to eat it much less see it. :)

i like tummy rubs :)

turning upside down

and thumping my tail gently,

i like tummy rubs. :)

- baxter. 5.4 years old, on the how to and joys of a nice mid-day tummy rub.

dapper doxie duds: otto n linus

dear diary,
yippee! it seems like forever since i have talked to you about modeling duds and lucky for me and my tummy, that streak is now broken.  cuz this is me, modeling the duds that my mom made for ike's brothers otto and linus!  and i will tell you all about them.

this is otto's summer dud, made from a nice green and blue cotton batik and trimmed in solid green twill. it is super cool because not only did mom use vintage woven label trim, but she also put a squirrel charm on there that u cannot see very well unless u enlarge the image, but trust me, it is very cool and personally i would like one on one of my duds so mom if u ever read my diary, i forgive u so long as u remember this.













this is otto's winter dud and it is made from a super nice pendleton wool houndstoothy plaid.  and a swell silk necktie that my mom quilted to add texture. and just like his brother ike's winter dud, my mom made an etched and stamped copper tag with otto's name on it.  very dapper, right? :)

now every dog needs an all season dud and dontchoo think that a dud pieced together from double mercerized golf shirting materials would fit the bill, especially when there is a snackie pocket involved because the material is so stretchy  that if u are lucky enough to have more than one snackie to put in your pocket, you can? mom, if u are still reading my diary, i really would like one of these too please.













and last but not least, here is linus's happy trains n boats pieced necktie dud!  and it would probably be helpful to know that linus is actually technically ike and otto's uncle, because linus once belonged to ike n otto's mom's dad. but sadly, ike n otto's mom's dad passed away, and linus now lives with ike and otto.  so to help linus remember his dad now that he is gone, my mom made linus's duds out of some of his dad's neckties.  that way when he goes walkies, his dad will always be close by, hugging him and keeping him safe.



anyhoo diary, those are the duds for otto n linus and i hope they like them a lot - i know i did, and i could not even focus on them for very long on account of the visitors we had yesterday who were working on the house so as u can imagine it was quite a zoo around here and if you are still reading my diary, i do not believe you mom when you say it is of my own doing because u know i am barking to protect our house and those guys were so taking things away - even if they were replacing it with other things.  and they did not give me snackies.    which every grown dog knows is totally a barkable offense.

toodley-doo!
b. :)

and this little piggy...

was very snoozy after his wonderful walkie in the warm warm sun! :)

table manners

Always preferring to accompany us rather than be left home alone, tiny chumley has been happy to work on his outdoor dining table manners lately, sitting like a little gent at the table and patiently waiting until it is time to be served a little lunchtime snackie or two.

see mom, i can reach the table and everything.  i told u i do not need a booster seat.  but may we please get a doggie bag the next time we go to the hot dog place?  i like my kibble n all, but everything there smells so delicious!! :) :)

places 2 go, things 2 do

Although being part of craft shows has mostly cured me of my need to attend them and buy buy buy, it's still fun to get out when the weather is nice and go with big and tiny boyfriends for an early morning crafty stroll, before the crowds and loud music and heat settle in like unwelcome guests to our tiny little party.

This year, the weather was exceptionally fabulous for yesterday's show, and while I found myself intrigued and amused by one piece of art in particular, tiny chumley found himself equally intrigued and delighted to sniff ankles and shake hands with friends old and new for snackies, and by the promise of what he was certain he would find if he only looked hard enough.

xcuse me! make way, make way, let a doxie thru. beep beep! hey mister, watch out i'm right down here.  anybuddy know where the food trucks and little kids are? cuz i smell some serious snackie opportunities!! :)