Thanks For the Birthday Wishes!

Hi Gang! Here I am, then and now. What a difference 4 years makes! I think I look very distinguished with my gray hair, don't you? The Moms kind of dropped the ball on the whole birthday thing but that's okay, I am turning it into my birthday week! So far since my birthday, I have gotten some of that nummy Hawaiian bread, bison jerkey, homemade dog cookies (thanks Auntie KC!!) and a couple bites of people cookies. I heard Moms talking about a present tonight and Frosty Paws tomorrow! I can hardly wait!

Crossing Over

Today was very trying for my family. When mom tried to wash her hands after lunch, nothing came out of the faucet. Harrumph, I said. What the heck, mom said (g-rated version, for the kids).

We decided to go out and potty and see what was going on out there. What we found was a big hole surrounded by men. Water was spewing out of the hole, and a raging river was running through the parking lot, right in my path!

I looked upstream for a way around, but all I saw was the scary gurgling source of the river, and four men admiring the handsome boxer.

I looked downstream, but the river ran as far as I could see.

Mom insisted that I cross, and I gave her the look. Hey, my paws are dry and they are staying that way. I was angry, and she knew it.

But mom can be very persistent, and she would not budge except in the direction that would make me cross the torrent. Gamely, I crossed, braving the rapids and resisting the tug of the current.

Success. Hours later, I got my revenge on mom, when the water came back on and she was forced to take an ice-cold shower. Vengeance is sweet.

Voodoo Cubby Ruins the Mentalist...

...and more! Oh guys, tonight was so fun! I really got creative! Not only did I break the Charter Cable, but I also broke the Charter Internet! Good thing the moms weren't stupid enough to get the "Charter Bundle," or they couldn't have even used a phone to call and report the problem. That would have been SWEEEET!



Then, when Charter finally got it fixed after two hours (LOL), I started turning it off and on, so the moms got to watch snippets of all their favorite shows! Do you know who was the killer on The Mentalist? The moms don't - HAHAHA! Do you know who won on Chopped? No one in this place knows! Charter is sending out a technician tomorrow, even though they know it's a big outage - I really worked hard this time.

If you know Voodoo language, feel free to do the same spell on your TV's. Listen carefully!

I had the most fun evening, but I am totally exhausted from turning on and off the cable for 2 hours! Right now I am not turning it off and on, but it looks like TV from the 70's. All snowy! Gotta love that digital signal!

Mom says Charter totally sucks! So I don't even get in trouble for all the chaos I'm causing! Woohoo!

Vote for Piper!

Some of you may remember Piper, who was rescued by Legacy Boxer Rescue. She saved her mom's life! I told you that story about a year ago.


Now, Piper is up for the Humane Society's Dogs of Valor Award! So could you do a hero boxer a favor, and go vote for Piper?

There are some amazing hero dog stories for you to read, too. If you want to read Piper's original story, click here.

I Love Miniwheats

Mom shot this very boring video of us drooling over Miniwheats. We demonstrate some impressive drooling, and Dakota shows her weirdness.

Voodoo Cubby Strikes Again!

All day today, I have stopped the TV from working intermittently - I am trying to get the moms to play with me, but instead they choose to cuss Charter. Hello, can't you see I'm bored!

I pause the picture for 30 seconds to a minute - usually during important plot moments.

Now I have completely gotten rid of the picture for 5 minutes. It says it will be back in a moment. We'll just see about that.

No one can stop my reign of cable terror! Hahahaha!

Voodoo Cubby

My butt healed up, although the moms say I now have a weird skin tag hanging off there. I haven't seen anything like that. I have been feeling a new voodoo power, though. Maybe like Spiderman's spider bite, my Cocker Spaniel bite has given me special powers...

I used my new super boxer voodoo this week to get my way. The moms think it was just that Charter Cable is sucky, but I beg to differ. Voodoo takes a lot of work and a mastermind! I'll give you the timeline of events, and you tell me if any company could be this bad.


Saturday, April 18: Our cable went out. We had basic channels and HBO, but no extended cable. Mom called to report the problem, and let them sell her a DVR - ha ha ha. So naive.

Monday, April 20: Charter was scheduled to bring the DVR. Mom had to wait at home with me all day. I voodooed them away from the house so she would have to stay home another day. Nobody came.

Tuesday, April 21: Charter was scheduled to come again, so mom stayed home again with me. To keep her blood pressure at a reasonable level, I had to let them come. But my evil was not done. I like visitors, and Dakota got locked up (double bonus), so I made sure the box did not work properly. The guy had to stay for over an hour before they could get the DVR to work.

Wednesday, April 22: Mam had errands to run, but when she got up, the cable was out completely (insert evil laugh here). This forced her to cancel her errands and stay home with me while waiting for Charter dork to come fix things. I kept him from coming with a spell, but mom figured out what was wrong late in the day and talked the people on the phone into fixing our account.

To keep mom out of jail, I cooled it for a couple of days (she was thinking of throwing the box through the window). Just when they were feeling secure and happy, I struck again.

Saturday, April 25: The moms were planning on leaving me while they did a home visit for Legacy Boxer Rescue. I don't think so. When they got up, they were dismayed to find the new DVR was totally dead. Not even a dim light as a glimmer of hope. Mom had to stay home with little old me and wait for Mr. Charter, while the other mom did the visit alone. Mr. Charter was unable to fix the dead DVR, and the replacement he put in was also hexed by me, and it didn't work either. He put in a regular old cable box instead (but I got another visitor for an hour). As soon as he left, the signal started popping in and out, leading to another visit later that day. Still no luck for them (thanks to Voodoo Cubby).

Sunday, April 26: Finally the moms were sleeping in, when they were rudely awakened by a knock on the door. The cable guy was unexpectedly back to fix it again! So many visitors for me - I'm really liking this cable thing. The guys are much more interesting than the television.

For now, things seem to be back to normal, no DVR, but the cable is working. Tomorrow is another day, though. I may need a reason for mom to stay home. I think she's planning on going to the grocery store tomorrow.

Don't count on it...