Animal House

It's funny when I think that we have our hands full with a dog and a cat, what's going to happen when we have children?? You may say we do have it easy but have you ever had to deal with a rebellious cat?? On Saturday night Phoenix decided to show us that she needs more attention (trust me she gets a lot) and used our bed as a toilet. It was only pee but still she peed on our bed!! So we've been giving Phoenix even more attention and she seems to be fine.

Phoenix being pretty for Baxter.

Baxter wondering why the mattress pad is in the bathtub (drying).

Baxter and Phoenix

Well it only took seven months but Baxter and Phoenix can finally be together with out too much disaster. We have been putting a gate on the stairs to keep Phoenix upstairs and Baxter downstairs because Baxter is a bit puppy crazy and Phoenix well some say she's a bit of a *&^%& (she loves us though). Everything isn't 100% yet though, as you can see from the video we have to keep our eye on them not just because of Baxter but also because Phoenix likes to tease Baxter.

Mike is very comfy to sit with.

Christmas Holidays

Well we are back at work and in our normal routine, I miss wearing sweat pants everyday and hanging out with Mike, Baxter and Phoenix but summer will be here before we know it.

Below are a bunch of pictures from our holiday and they were all taken with my new iPhone!!!!!! (best husband ever! love you)

Baxter loves to eat plants and he could not understand why everyone had big trees in their houses and he wasn't aloud to eat them.

We were able to play some pond hockey at my mom and dads. Baxter wanted to play so bad with the boys but skate blades and dogs don't mix so we watched from inside.

While they were playing Baxter went on his first walk on the trail. It was very exciting!!

New Years brought lots of snow!!!!! Very exciting. On New Years day while Mike was playing hockey Baxter and I went over to play in the snow and have a visit at mom and dads.

How can you not love snow and living in the country when it looks like this??

Baxter didn't stop running the whole time we were there, he went for lots of adventures in the woods and took himself on some trail walks.

This weekend we went to Collingwood to take advantage of the snow, it was really cold but the skiing was incredible!


Even Baxter was amazed at all the snow, he could hardly walk in it.




Here's a video of Baxter in the backyard doing his regular crazy run. (more movies to come)

Getting Ready for Christmas

Baxter is getting ready for his first Christmas, left on his list is more snow. As you can see from the middle picture he has investigated every last snow flake in the back yard and is ready for a new blanket. It is pretty entertaining to watch him in the backyard because he hops at all the pieces a ice on the deck. In case you don't know Boxers love to hop at things, it can put a smile on anyones face, (trust me and google it).

Here are some pictures from the weekend.

If I don't get around to making a post before Christmas, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays love the Underwoods!!!!!

In the Dog House

On Saturday Mike and I bought Baxter his first bed.

On Monday Baxter and the bed had a cage match.

Can you guess who won???

Thank goodness we didn't splurge on the bed we wanted.

Behind

So as I was told yesterday "Baxter is behind on his blogging", sorry. I think I was waiting to take some more snow pictures but apparently it doesn't snow here anymore!!! Hopefully December will be better.

Santa came early for Baxter, he is now the proud owner of a fleece lined rain coat. I think he knows how handsome he is in it, he was walking very proudly on Saturday in it. Thanks Santa, we love you!!! (I'm sure you can guess who Santa is). I will have pictures up soon, we will have to have a photo shoot.

We have now had at least three encounters with people walking their dogs WITHOUT a leash. I personally think that all dogs should be walked on a leash, even the best ones. One walk through the park Baxter got body checked by a very interested female dog. Her owner just ran by us calling her dogs name while I was trying to hold Baxter back. I had to grab the other dog by it's collar and wait until her owner came jogging back (she was across the soccer field). Here's the kicker- she didn't even have a leash with her! That's worse than not having a bag with you for clean up. And just last week Baxter and I got the evil eye from a guy because his Jack Russel ran up to play with Baxter, I'm sorry but not our fault. Then he stood there waiting for us to walk away like I had the problem dog, I wanted to say "do you mind I'm trying to pull my 60lbs dog away from your crazy Jack Russel". Ohwell, maybe I will just have to start saying something to people.

Well here are some new pictures of the not so little man.

Snow!!!!

On Thursday night I went to let Baxter outside and to our surprise it was snowing like crazy!! It didn't snow for long but it was cold enough that it lasted until the sun came out on Friday morning. Baxter was in his glory, jumping and running like crazy. He kept begging me to come out and play with him but with the beginning of a flu bug coming I opted to throw some snowballs for him from the doorway.

We can't wait for the next snowfall (hopefully it will be one to stay) it is the best entertainment we have found yet! Luckily we have a dog that loves the snow as much as we do.