I’m a Tibetan Terrier Puppy! dailybaxter (at) gmail (dot) comTumblr (3.0; @dailybaxter)http://www.dailybaxter.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz1q45AinU1qztkvqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We need to talk.</p> <p>What did you do to my downstairs.  It’s been almost a week, and it’s still really irritating.</p> <p>I know I look handsome, and I hear you say that the price of beauty is often painful, but I most definitely did not sign up for this.</p> <p>And let’s be clear.  I will keep licking it.  I do not believe you that it will get better if I leave it alone.  It was your lack of judgement that got me into this pickle—I’ll be handling the situation from here.</p> <p>Why don’t you take some time to think about what you’ve done.  I hope you’re happy.</p>http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/441335235http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/441335235Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:36:51 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz1q0aDpau1qztkvqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’ve got lots to smile about…no mats for 5 days in a row, tasty peanut butter and benadryl 5 days in a row, and a dapper holiday themed neckerchief.</p> <p>And a stick!</p> <p>OK OK, you got me.  I don’t really care about most of those things. I’d be happy with just a stick.</p> <p>You think I could get someone to put peanut butter on a stick for me?   Now <i>that</i> would be worth grinning about.  I’m smirking a bit just thinking about it.</p>http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/438213066http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/438213066Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:57:26 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyyyp6i0rK1qztkvqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>So…I didn’t get to go to Grandpa Mitch’s birthday party.  He turned 60, and I heard there was lots of people and lots of pizza.</p> <p>I don’t know what the problem was—I like people!  I like pizza!  I like Grandpa Mitch! </p> <p>I wish I could have been there, but I guess they thought I’d be better suited to guarding the house and keeping the cats in line while they were gone.  I am excellent at that!</p> <p>Thanks to Cousin Andrea for the special spray.  It’s not nearly as enjoyable as peanutbutter and benadryl, but I suppose it has it’s merits :)</p>http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/434777087http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/434777087Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:22:18 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyx14gbGki1qztkvqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This morning Amanda made me a special PB&J breakfast.</p> <p>Except instead of jelly she used that bottle of stuff.  She said it’s because I’m licking my weenis too much.</p> <p>I say my junk itches after getting all shaved down and that I’ll lick it for the next 40 years if it means more of this special breakfast treatment.</p>http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/432411151http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/432411151Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:19:28 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyx0zedmzw1qztkvqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>If this is medicine, then sign me up to be the next celebrity to go to rehab.</p> <p>Yum yum yum!</p>http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/432407325http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/432407325Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:16:00 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyvhljiESg1qztkvqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Your need to move all the things in the house to different spots and the parade of evil suck monsters and smelly sprays and scrubbers is just plain perplexing.</p> <p>Why is it better if the shoes are taken upstairs when you’re only going to bring them back downstairs and walk out the very door you moved them away from?</p> <p>Why is the house better when you mask all of its good smells with nasty chemicals and sponges I’m not allowed to eat?</p> <p>Me and my new haircut think you’d feel much more productive if you took us to the park instead.</p> <p>Don’t think about it, just do it.</p>http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/430606910http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/430606910Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:20:07 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kytrmuMOwG1qztkvqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Whew!  My longday has been all sorts of messed up.</p> <p>First, Amanda came home super early, and then I went to see <a href="http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/249752200/ok-so-after-a-day-with-lynda-the-groomer-i-came" target="_blank">Miss Lynda</a>.</p> <p>Apparently Amanda meant business about eradicating my weaving experiment—and I hadn’t been to the groomer since November 19th.  Yikes!</p> <p>Anyway, I am officially the cleanest Tibetan Terrier on the block.  I’m so shiny and white that I make the snow look dingy.</p> <p>Take that mother nature!</p>http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/428744736http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/428744736Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:01:42 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kytg0exRup1qztkvqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>You all know I was at Grandma’s house, but did you know that I learned to weave while I was there?</p> <p>I did.</p> <p>Problem is that I didn’t want to disturb any of Grandma’s special yarns, so I just practiced on myself.  I wove in tons and tons and tons (and tons) of mats into my fur.  It was fun, and I’m definitely a gifted weaver.</p> <p>Amanda and Ryan said this was a bad idea and have spent all their free time destroying my masterpieces with combs and brushes.</p> <p>They weren’t even swayed by how adorable I look with a cat toy stuck in my beard.  I don’t understand how they could be impervious to this kind of cute, they must have hearts of stone.</p>http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/428433020http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/428433020Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:50:38 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyogpaMxWF1qztkvqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>How many differences can you find between these two photos?  The left is from when I first arrived at Grandma’s, the right is now.</p> <p>What?!  I like the shaggy look.  But Grandma said it was important that I be able to see what’s both inside and outside her house.  It took her 3 days to cut off tiny pieces of my bangs and muzzle hairs.  She says she could have done a much better job, but I have a very wiggly face.  I say that scissors anywhere near your eyes are scary!</p> <p>Anyway, I DO like to be able to see, even if this cut isn’t perfect.</p> <p>Shhhhhhhhhhhh!  Don’t tell Amanda — you know how she is about hair and hair products.</p>http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/422839531http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/422839531Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:17:34 -0500<p>Grandma’s cranky tonight.  She says the honeymoon’s over, and she’s happy I’ll be going home tomorrow night.  Yeah?  Well me, too!  I don’t need any of her attitude.</p> <p>I think she must have had a bad day at work.  It couldn’t have anything to do with the fact that when she came home a plant was knocked over, the blockade she’d put up on her favorite chair so I couldn’t sit it in was on the floor, her bedclothes were messed up, and there was a pile of crap in the basement.  I’ve already established that Red is boring, and I had to entertain myself.</p> <p>Good thing I don’t hold a grudge - I still like her.</p> <p>But I do really miss Amanda & Ryan & can’t wait to see them.</p> <!--EndFragment-->http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/422825805http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/422825805Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:09:54 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kynu9rfWtD1qztkvqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’ve got another photo from my remote correspondents and it’s a doozy.</p> <p>I think I preferred the yorkies to this prehistoric looking goon.</p> <p>He’s not even cute if I squint my eyes and only look at him really quickly.</p> <p>Also, what is he standing near?  I think it’s water, but it sure is a funny color.  I’ve never seen the river that color—what do you think this means?</p> <p>Amanda and Ryan sure do some weird stuff when I’m not around.</p>http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/422134019http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/422134019Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:13:03 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kymirukk5l1qztkvqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ok, I admit it.  Red had a good move here.</p> <p>So he can leap.  Big whoop.  I can run faster & jump higher.  So fast & so high that mere mortal cameras are insufficient to capture my speeding images.</p> <p>Clearly Red’s a lot slower.</p>http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/420554351http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/420554351Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:07:00 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kymio75OKI1qztkvqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Yeah, he’s got it now — look at those teeth.</p> <p>Don’t worry, I’m not scared.  After all — I. Am. Baxter!</p>http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/420550453http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/420550453Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:04:55 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kymikqlklC1qztkvqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>NOW he’s getting the idea! </p>http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/420546553http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/420546553Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:02:50 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kymiijBbO61qztkvqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’m trying to convince him that we’ll have fun.  Doesn’t he look like he’s enjoying it?</p> <p>Actually, this picture looks sort of like the ReBax beast - half Red & half Baxter.  This is MY blog, so why did I get the back half?!</p>http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/420544304http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/420544304Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:01:31 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kymicwAkuf1qztkvqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Today was a longday.  Not as long as when I’m home, but longer than I’d like.</p> <p>So when Grandma came home and took us outside, Red (a Lowchen, since you asked) and I were <i>ready to play!</i></p> <p>At least I was.  Red took a little persuading.</p>http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/420538436http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/420538436Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:58:08 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kykyi0WgP91qztkvqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This just in from my southern correspondents:  Amanda and Ryan were seen petting these atrocities.</p> <p>They’re in a baby stroller at a street carnival.  Why? Why?</p> <p>I like Grandma Peg and all, but I can’t help feeling like I’ve been wronged.</p> <p>If you’re going to go all the way across the country to cheat on me, at least try to be a little bit classy.</p> <p><a href="http://www.akc.org/breeds/tibetan_terrier/index.cfm" target="_blank">Tibetan Terriers</a> > <a href="http://www.akc.org/breeds/yorkshire_terrier/index.cfm" target="_blank">Yorkshire Terriers</a>. It’s like comparing creme brulee to instant vanilla pudding. No contest.</p>http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/418826530http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/418826530Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:51:36 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kykgewN59F1qztkvqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>IT’S A MIRACLE!!!</p> <p>I woke up from a nap, and there was Long Dog, lying on his back and smiling like mad.</p> <p>I have no idea how this wonder of modern medicine occurred, but I think whoever was responsible should be nominated for the Nobel Prize.</p> <p>Don’t you agree?</p>http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/418064496http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/418064496Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:20:56 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyk2zdNhmg1qztkvqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Something bad happened.  Long Dog died.  I don’t know what happened.  Or how.</p> <p>One minute I was gently nuzzling him, the next he’d spilled his guts all over the carpet.</p> <p>Grandma says not to feel too sad.  He lived a long ;-) life, and wasn’t well when he arrived here at the park/country.</p> <p>Still, he was a good friend.  Sorry to see you go, Long Dog.</p>http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/417611180http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/417611180Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:30:49 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyijl7A7Va1qztkvqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Grandma thought it was impossible for me to get muddy feet with everything covered with 12”+ of snow.</p> <p>Clearly she was wrong.  I. Am. Baxter!   King of achieving the impossible!</p> <p>Then she figured out that I dug in her one open garden.  Oops.</p>http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/415770542http://www.dailybaxter.com/post/415770542Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:34:19 -0500