Nub Wags -N- Kidney Bean Dances

LOL Mya

2008-12-28T15:38:00.000-05:00

It was a Merry Christmas!!

2008-12-26T08:32:00.005-05:00

Hello everyone! I had a great Christmas yesterday. Santa was very good to me. (Although he did NOT leave a trampoline but I forgive him, that wouldn't really fit in a sleigh) He did leave me some other tasty treats!!

A chubby little squeaky reindeer!

PIG EARS!

3 New Squeaky Tenny Balls!!

This is my favorite! It's an Orbee Football. Smells minty!

I hope everyone else had a great holiday!!!
Best wishes to everyone for the new year!

It's Christmas Eve Eve!

2008-12-23T14:10:00.007-05:00

So last weekend we celebrated Christmas with my Grandparents and I had tons of fun. I didn't get to play too much with Max & Shoogie because it was so bitterly cold out and I just kept wanting to come back inside and snuggle with my Grandma and wrestle with my Grandpa. He kept hog-tying me, that little rascal. I'll get him back one day. I'm going to pee on his shoe when he's not looking! Ha! That'll teach him!

Santa wrote me back!!!!

2008-12-18T21:45:00.002-05:00

You may need to click on it so that it opens bigger and you can read it.

It's coming up fast

2008-12-18T19:01:00.005-05:00

My parents are running around in a flurry of boxes and phone calls and trash bags. Sometimes they stop, take a moment, look at me and say "whant whant whant YARD whant whant." THEY look excited so I get excited. Then they pet me vigorously and continue packing. Only 11 more days to go until I get this YARD thing. It must be a late Christmas present. It'd better be good for all this fuss they're going through. I haven't been getting much attention lately.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

2008-12-15T21:58:00.001-05:00

Mom had her annual Christmas photo shoot today. I got lots and lots of treats for "co-operating so well" she said. (Whatever that means)

Merry Christmas, Everyone!

Christmas is coming!!!

2008-12-14T21:14:00.003-05:00

That one in the white wrapping paper has my name on it.
And it smells good.......
How much longer till Christmas again?

More Smilebox

2008-12-13T23:29:00.000-05:00

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

I'm helping, again!

2008-12-13T21:50:00.002-05:00

Amongst the packing, the shopping, the gift wrapping and the regular household duties, my SuperMamma is making another blanket for a friend for Christmas.

Here I am trying to help.
I was going to hold the fabric straight so she could cut it and keep it warm at the same time.

After yelling and trying to get me to lay somewhere else she made me a little scarf with the extra fabric. So stylish!!

Moms new addiction.....smilebox!

2008-12-12T18:35:00.002-05:00

Make a Smilebox photobook

Blast from the past....camping!

2008-12-11T21:02:00.002-05:00

This was my very first camping trip. (Well, my only. We didn't get to go this year) I was only 3 months old and very teeny. This was back in September 2007.

This was my favorite thing to do while there. Whenever someone got up from their chair around the fire I jumped up there and took their spot. It was sooo cozy! It only folded in on me once.

I loved exploring everything new; the dirt, the water, the campfire, being outside. I loved it and I really hope we can go next year!!

Back to the crate for me....

2008-12-10T21:36:00.003-05:00

Mom got the lights and ornaments on the tree last night and told me that she trusted me when she left for work today. I let her down... I ate some of the hanging toys. I couldn't help it. That wooden snowman looked so tasty. I got yelled at and I heard them talking about putting me back in the crate until the tree comes down. Oh well, at least its only for a few weeks.

Long, lost brother??

2008-12-09T21:25:00.003-05:00

My mom wants to get me a playmate, another boxer buddy but my Dad is dead-set against it. So she begs, he says no, she pouts and it goes on and on....

Today, while scouring the humane society pages looking at doggies she could rescue (she doesn't give up), Mom found a boxer at the local humane society. He's around my age and looks just like me (except for the tail).

Mom asked of course, but the answer was still no. I want a playmate so I hope Dad gives in eventually. Good luck, Radar! I hope you find a happy forever home, too bad it couldn't be mine.
~*~Miss Mya~*~

Why is every news story about a boxer sad news???

2008-12-08T17:47:00.004-05:00

TAMPA -- A dog that was nearly starved to death is getting a second chance at life.

His name is Casper, which seems appropriate for a dog that's a mere ghost of what he should be. "He has pretty much no muscles left. He's just a rack of bones, and he's one of the worst dogs I've ever seen," said Dr. Isabelle Roese, head veterinarian of Hillsborough County Animal Services.

Roese says they think Casper is a boxer that should weigh 55 to 60 pounds. But right now he weighs less than half that. He also has terrible sores all over his body from a skin condition Dr. Roese says could have been easily treated before it got as bad as it did.

They're trying to limit how much they touch him because it's so painful for him. And while Casper seems to have a good appetite, it's too soon to know if his emaciated body is processing the food.

Animal abuse investigator Michele Perez says Casper could barely walk when they found him last Sunday, chained up in the backyard of a Carrollwood home. Perez said that, based on her 16 years of experience in the field, she believes Casper didn't have much time left.

"I believe it would have been just a few days and he would have been dead, if we had gotten there later."

34-year-old Wilmer Fernandez and 32-year-old Aixa Rodriguez are charged with animal cruelty and neglect. Bail was posted at $6500 each, and they bonded out.

Abuse investigator Perez says she can't get over his how she says they went about their daily lives with a dog in such bad shape right outside their patio door.

"When the family was sitting down at the dining room table to eat dinner, and if the vertical blinds weren't closed, Casper was in plain view, at all times," Perez said.

Perez is also upset that Casper was in full view of several neighbors with adjoining yards, yet no one ever called about him. A deputy working an unrelated case in the neighborhood spotted Casper and called Animal Services.

Thursday, Perez transported Casper and two of the other four dogs seized Sunday to the Humane Society of Tampa Bay. Executive Director Sherry Silk said Casper will get intensive veterinary care, including a special diet and antibiotics for his skin. Once he's stabilized, they'll move him to longterm foster care.

While he's not out of the woods yet, they're all hoping Casper will eventually be well enough to be adopted.

"What I hope for Casper...is to end up in a good, loving home with people that will appreciate him for who he is. He has a right to a second chance," Perez said.

** Borrowed from http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=8004071&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1 **

Get better soon, Casper. xoxoxo. ~*~Mya~*~

The tree is intact!

2008-12-08T17:42:00.003-05:00

My friend Brad (soon to be roommate) came over yesterday and stayed the night. He had some "job thing" to do today. He let me out to pee before he left this morning and when the parents came home I hadn't eaten the tree!! Of course there's still no lights or hanging toys on it yet so as soon as Mom finds those darn lights she'll be nervous all day all over again.

Boxer eats plastic, ends up sick as a dog

2008-12-06T22:06:00.002-05:00

FRAMINGHAM — Eden, a 12-month-old boxer, got into the holiday spirit, and then into trouble, recently by checking for goodies inside bags on her owner's kitchen counter.

The boxer, known for counter surfing, had help with the caper from her two littermates.

"The male boxers, taller than females, brushed the counter contents onto the floor and then they all had a party," said Bill Lannon of Uxbridge.

But the hijinks ended badly when Eden ate something she shouldn't have unbeknownst to her owners, Bill and Janice Lannon.

Two days before Thanksgiving, Eden began to get sick. She wouldn't eat and had lost 8 pounds by the time she was taken for exploratory surgery yesterday at Slade Veterinary Hospital in Framingham.

Veterinarians Marianne Martin and Anita Migday, owner of the hospital, operated on the pup and found the culprit behind her weight loss - about a quarter-pound of plastic bags.

Bill Lannon is not certain what attracted Eden to the plastic bags.

"Boxers eat anything, including hats and leftover food - that's a given," said Lannon. "Believe it or not, the blockage (from the bags) is the best of the options. If not the blockage, it would have been a disease. It's better than the alternatives. I'm pretty happy and thankful to have Eden back.

"We call Eden, 'the one.' She was the best one in the litter - with the highest expectations for her ability to be a champion in the show ring," said Lannon.

"We kept three out of the same litter and highly recommend not doing that," said Lannon, who breeds dogs. "One-year-old boxers are a bundle of energy, into everything and always challenging. When they hit 3, they settle down. Until then, they run and get into everything and we have three at the same age. It's like having triplets."

*** From http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x984837699/Boxer-eats-plastic-ends-up-sick-as-a-dog ***

Feel better soon, Eden!!

xoxo ~*~Mya~*~

Injuries

2008-12-06T17:30:00.003-05:00

While at my Grandparents house last week I got a little beat up.

I sliced open my paw and got bit in the butt!! I didn't care, I was having fun!

Mom says I didn't know better than to mess with Max while he was chomping on a hambone. He didn't mean to hurt me he was just trying to keep me away from his bone and I just wanted to play.

Moms getting nervous again

2008-12-06T17:25:00.002-05:00

I helped her put up the tree today. No lights or hanging toys yet. I heard her talking to Dad about not trusting me all day out of the crate with the tree up. I think they're going to give it a shot though. I'd better be good. I've gotten used to sleeping on the couch all day and zooming around the house without getting yelled at. I hope they give me a chance!!

Ski Jacket & SNOW!!!

2008-12-06T17:08:00.003-05:00

Georgia gave me her ski jacket that doesn't fit her anymore. It has a fuzzy hood; I love it! Thanks, Georgia!!

Today it snowed a little and Mom let me play outside for a while.
My favorite thing to do is eat it!!!

Busy, Busy, Busy....And A Christmas Flashback!

2008-12-03T20:38:00.004-05:00

Mom and Dad have been running around packing boxes upon boxes lately. We move into our new house at the end of this month. They're really excited and keep talking about this "yard" thing. I can't wait to see what that means.

I think Moms putting that tree thing up this week. She says she'll manage to fit it in somewhere amongst the boxes. Mom's going to take another picture of me by that tree to see how big I'm getting. Here's last years pic....

Playing Around

2008-11-28T08:17:00.004-05:00

I had lots of fun yesterday playing in the kennel with Shoogie and Max. Then we played in the yard off leash. My Mom doesn't even get nervous about that anymore. I listen really well, better than they do! We played until I was tuckered out and crashed. I hope we can do it again today!!

Early Xmas Present

2008-11-27T11:46:00.002-05:00

My mom wouldn't let me go outside and hang out with Max and Shoogie because it was too cold. Soooo she went out and bought me a jacket. She also got me some socks to keep my feet from scratching the hard word floors when I get excited and run in circles.

Then, my Grandpa said the coat still wouldn't be warm enough so he gave me a really cool Harley Davidson thermal shirt for underneath it. I was so warmy and toasty and I finally got to go out and play with my friends.

Hurry up, let me in!!

Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!

2008-11-27T08:01:00.005-05:00

Well it's finally arrived. Turkey day!!! I'm at my Grandma's for a few days with my Mom and Dad. The Great-Grandparents are coming too. They love me. Well except for that time they yelled because I was waking up Great-Grandma by jumping on her chest and desperately trying to scratch that stupid blanket off of her face. They laughed about it later though. They should be here soon, I'm so excited.

I have a lot to do today so I'll leave you with some Thanksgiving boxers...

Look closely, there's a Boxer stalking this juicy turkey.
Be stealthy buddy, they'll never know it was you!!

Small setback

2008-11-24T20:35:00.005-05:00

Well, today was my second day home alone by myself and we had a minor setback. My Mom came home mid-day and hung out again but when she let me outside I didn't have to poo. Well after she left I did so I poo'd in the house. I knew it was wrong but nobody was there to let me out. It's THEIR fault. I tried to eat it before they got home but it tasted really bad!!! I'll try harder tomorrow.

On another note, here's my new toy from Georgia.
Thanks, Georgia I'm so glad you don't like the taste of rubber!

BUCKEYES!!

2008-11-22T16:01:00.001-05:00

Good job Buckeyes!!

Way to whoop on Michigan today!

Early Turkey Day

2008-11-22T15:52:00.002-05:00

Today Mom made a turkey for us and a few friends. She gave me something new this year. A nice, juicy turkey neck, heart and liver. Yum yum. I was a little scared at first and just licked it for a while. Then I took the heart to my crate and ate it up. I made short work of the neck and liver after that. It was sooooo good. Thanks, Mom!! Oh, and Happy Birthday too!

All went well, yeah!!!

2008-11-21T21:29:00.002-05:00

So my Mom left me out of my crate while she went off wherever she goes every day. She came home mid-day to check on me and have lunch with me, then off she went again. So....about 7 hours on my own with a little break mid-day and all went well. I didn't chew on anything or eat anything I wasn't supposed to or go potty in the house. They were so proud they were beaming!! I'm a rockstar!

Here's a little baby-tongue for not believing in me!

Two Nosed Puppies or Cleft Palates?

2008-11-20T22:50:00.003-05:00

Two noses are better than one! LOVE the teeth, girls!!

Tomorrows the big day!!!

2008-11-20T16:47:00.000-05:00

My mom has decided I'm grown up enough to be trusted out of the crate for the day. (She said something about rather having me "mess up" the apartment than the house) Tomorrow she is going to leave me out and come home at lunch to hang out with me and check on how things are going. I keep telling her she doesn't have anything to worry about.

And then she reminded me of this....I, of course, reminded her that was 9 months ago, I was immature then and I just wanted to see out of the window. If they would have just left the blinds up like they do now I wouldn't have had to chew through them to see.

So the blinds will be up tomorrow and Mom will be super impressed by my maturity when she gets home.

Plast from the past....My friend Bailey

2008-11-19T17:03:00.000-05:00

Bailey and I are great friends. We laugh, cuddle and tell secrets.
This was back in Sept. 2007.

Weather

2008-11-19T16:57:00.000-05:00

It's getting very, very chilly here lately. I only go out to do my business and most of the time I don't even make it off of the concrete to do that. My moms a little mad about that but Hey, you try to do your business with the wind whipping you around. It's kinda tough! Maybe Santa will get me a cozy sweater for Christmas. I can't wait!!!

All by myself...

2008-11-19T08:40:00.000-05:00

Soooo, the humans left me alone in the apartment outside of my crate again last night for a good 3+ hours! They came home and did the baby talk thing and walked all around checking for damage. Of course, there was none. I spent the whole time zooming around, upstairs, downstairs, over the couch, upstairs, downstairs, over the couch.... I don't know when they're going to learn that I'm a GOOD GIRL! Hopefully they'll smarten up soon and I can be done with the crate for good!

Considering a dog?

2008-11-18T20:19:00.001-05:00

10 Reasons to choose a boxer:

1. We get along well with other animals.

2. We're playful, fun-loving and can amuse ourselves!

3. We can amuse YOU!

4. We get along well with other dogs.

5. You can dress us up.

6. TRICKS!

7. We're very smart!

8. We're cuddlebugs!

9. We are good with children!

10. We're just SO DARN CUTE!!

Plast from the past....SNOW

2008-11-18T12:40:00.000-05:00

Since the first snow of the season happened here yesterday, I thought I'd break out these old pics of me playing in the snow, (my FIRST snow) last year. This was during that big blizzard that dumped 2 ft of snow in 24 hours which is unusual for Columbus....enjoy!

I don't know what this stuff is...but its FUN!!

"No, I don't want to come inside!"

Getting ready to catch snowflakes on my tongue....

Bedtime Snack

2008-11-17T18:11:00.000-05:00

A little chicken before bedtime...

Mid-leap

Blast from the past....Brynn

2008-11-14T18:42:00.000-05:00

It's always good to be fed on a frisbee by a little person. Thanks, Brynn.

I think she wanted to eat some too.

Dog Vader

2008-11-14T11:24:00.000-05:00

Thanks, Paul!

Our new neighbors

2008-11-13T21:25:00.000-05:00

The New House

2008-11-13T17:40:00.000-05:00

Mom & Dad keeps jabbering on and on about this new house. Every time they say "yard" they look at me and do that baby talk thing. I'll have to look that one up on Wikipedia. Anyway, here's a pic of our new house.

ipoop

2008-11-13T16:13:00.000-05:00

I'm bored

2008-11-12T17:27:00.000-05:00

By the time my people get back home nowadays, it's almost dark out. We can't play with my frisbee or my ball in the backyard for a while anymore, it's too cold, and dark. What's a boxer to do?

Snooze....

This makes me sick to my stomach

2008-11-11T19:13:00.000-05:00

Chad Billingsley's Brindle Boxer was among the things stolen during a recent rash of robberies.

SMYRNA, Ga. -- The dog bowls for food and water still sit on the floor of Chad Billingsley's apartment. There are training pads, toys and the empty travel crate with it's door wide open. The newest family member who used all of those items is gone. Someone stole Billingsley's 8-week-old brindle Boxer puppy.

"I can't understand why someone could take a part of someone's family like that. I'd only had him a week, but already I'm so attached to him", Billingsley said.

It happened Thursday around noon at the Magnolia Vinings apartments. Billingsley's girlfriend came home for lunch to let the puppy out and found the front door kicked in and the travel crate open and empty.

According to Cobb County police Det. Wade Wagnon, there were several burglaries in the apartment complex around the same time.

"Most of the time when there's a dog in the apartment that's something that will dissuade a burglar from going inside in the first place, but in this particular case it appears to be that was one of the things they were interested in taking", he said.

The investigator has taken a personal interest in the case, in part because he himself has a boxer that he raised from infancy.

"All we want is to have the person who took the dog turn it into a veterinarian's office", said Det. Wagnon.

The reason they hope someone gets it to a vet is that the puppy just had its ears surgically clipped and is supposed to be on antibiotics and pain medication. The dog still had blue bandages around its head when he was stolen.

"There's a chance they saw the puppy and thought it was a pit bull", said Det. Wagnon.

Instead, they took a family pet that Chad Billingsley was hoping to bring to the new home he's building to be his constant companion.

"I worry about him, wherever he is. It's upsetting, it really is", said Billingsley.

*** This happened in Georgia and was taken from http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=123335&catid=3 ***

Look everybody, It's a boxer sandwich!

2008-11-11T18:42:00.000-05:00

The new Dog.com catalog is HERE!!!

2008-11-10T18:03:00.000-05:00

Sooooo, we received the Christmas issue of Dog.com's catalog today.
Definitely some nub wagging going on for THAT!

It's here, It's here, Let me have it!

Let me see what I want......

Oh, this is soooo cute! It'd look great on me!
Mmmoooommmm........This is what I want for Christmas!

Why all the yelling? I'm HELPING!

2008-11-10T17:54:00.001-05:00

I have yet to understand why my momperson constantly yells at me when I try to help her around the house. For example, today, when she FINALLY came home she was putting their bowls into that big noisy dog bowl washer thing and I started giving them a quick pre-wash like always. She starting yelling at me....WHY?? I'm HELPING!!

I tried to tell her but she never listens to me.

Would a Thank You be too much to ask?? I'm so under appreciated!

Rape victim's tribute to 'dog of the year'

2008-11-09T22:03:00.000-05:00

Rape victim's tribute to 'dog of the year'
by JO STEELE - Thursday, November 6, 2008

Jo-Ann Heggie says her dog stopped her from suicide

A suicidal woman who had been raped twice claimed her life was transformed by her 'soulmate with a furry coat on' - Britain's official dog of the year.

Jo-Ann Heggie, who was raped when she was 14 and 21, said red boxer Odin stopped her from killing herself after a series of failed attempts.

'I feel safe and protected with him,' said the 30-year-old.

'With depression, I still have down days but Odin licks the tears away. He represents the person I used to be - my nutty, extrovert side, the bit that was taken away.'

Ms Heggie, from Kirkcaldy in Fife, entered Odin into Dogs Today magazine's Dog Of The Year award and won.

'I just had to tell everyone what Odin has done for me,' she said.

The prize was a holiday at a hotel - including a place for best friend Odin.

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*Yeah for Odin, Good job* ~Mya Face~

Sharkface

2008-11-09T18:08:00.000-05:00

My momperson makes fun of this face I make when they try to move me off of MY bed or MY couch. I don't understand what the big deal is, this is my scary face. They call it my "sharkface."

Before they tried to move me, I was soooo comfy!

This is the start of the sharkface...getting ready to scare them off.

Mid-sharkface. Getting scarier, don't you think?
Almost there, they can see all my vicious teeth now!
I make sure and give them the crazy "I'll snap at any moment" googly eyes too!
There it is. Full blown SHARKFACE! Back off skinpeople!

I think it worked because they made funny giggling sounds and left me alone.
That's right, now cover me back up with my blankie and rub my head.

I'm such a princess

2008-11-09T12:52:00.000-05:00

Just wanted everyone to get a glimpse of my beauty.

More to come....

I want a trampoline for Christmas

2008-11-09T11:19:00.000-05:00

Dear Santa,
Please! Please! Please!
I won't get into the bathroom trash or chew on the mini-blinds, I PROMISE!
Love,
Miss Mya

My Momperson found this online and it looks like SO much FUN!

Welcome!

2008-11-09T10:37:00.000-05:00

My name is Mya and I'm a 1 1/2 year old fawn boxer girl. I live with my two people, some fish and some turtles. Recently my people bought me a house with a yard and lots of room to zoom around in. They will be moving all of my stuff in a few months. I hope this craziness doesn't mess with my Christmas!

My people like to call me a few different things. Mya Face & Mya Papaya. My grandmaleperson calls me Mugg and loves to wrestle. He's my favorite grandperson although my grandfemaleperson likes to snuggle with me and lets me sleep by her when I grace their house with my presence. Earlier this year my people went away (something about a wedding/honeymoon, I think) and I got to stay for two whole weeks with my grandpeople and a few of my friends, Max and Shoogie. Max gets irritated with me easily because he doesn't ever want to play but I always do. Shoogie is on the older side so she won't play either but we all have a lot of fun. They even have their own pool!

Welcome to my blog, enjoy your stay, I'll be adding lots of pics and some videos for all the boxer lovers out there. My momperson always says something about boxer owners being a crazy breed in and of themselves. Whatever.