Chef unleashed !

September 10 /09

Wow, has it been a whole month since I last posted to my blog?

August seems to have come and gone so quickly. Well, for us it was just one show after another. And even though I didn't win any ribbons in the last two shows, I did have a great time. I even went to a beach! A couple of the shows were held lakeside at beautiful parks. But wouldn't you know it - Mama left her camera at home. And now you can't see me be afraid of the water.

That's right. I've discovered that I'm not a dog in the water - I'm a chicken! Mama and Papa took me to play fetch at the beach and when they threw sticks into the water, I would s-l-o-w-l-y wade in til my knees and stop dead in my tracks. Then I'd start pawing at the water trying to make the stick come to me. "What the heck am I doing?" I asked myself. My mind said, go get the stick but my body just stood there. I was shocked.

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Anyway, I don't think Boxers were really bred to swim. We're so barrel-chested, I bet we'd just tip over head-first and drown. And it's even worse for those of us with docked tails because tails help to balance and propel.

Besides, when I was one, I fell through the ice into a friend's swimming pool in the wintertime and I had to be pulled to safety.

I don't think I'm ever going to learn to swim. But that's OK.

Want to see me run instead?

That's me at a BBQ at my breeder's house in the country a few weeks ago.There's nothing that makes me happier than running off-leash in a wide open space in the sunshine.

In the truck on the way to the BBQ. I love driving in the country.

And looking out the window.

There was the delicious smell of cow poop everywhere.

At the BBQ I stole my breeder's football. Heh.

This is my impersonation of a football player.

I played with all my relatives. Here I am with cousin Leo.

Look what our parents got to eat. I copped a couple of scraps and I'll tell you something - if you know a girldog who can cook like this, I'd marry her tomorrow.

And here I am running and jumping with our friend, Liana. Some of you may remember a similar video from last summer. Liana always makes me jump for joy.

I sure hope all of you are having a great end-of-summer too!