Murphy and I went down to the lake one afternoon to relax a bit and watch the sky change colors as the sun went down. He likes the rocks. Here we are looking across Lake Tahoe to the East Shore, not much wind.















Notice the doodie bags stuffed into my belt, it's a new look for me as a new dog owner. I think it is stylish? Murphy drank the empty in my back pocket.......I don't think I've ever seen the lake so calm. Murphy is more interested in the rock, like I said, he like rocks.

Murphy's Good Buddy

Murphy and Reno are good buddies. Murphy bites him all day long, and Reno patiently suffers it.

Reno isn't allowed in the kitchen -- but Murphy is. In fact, that's where his food and water are kept. Reno likes to sit with just his front feet on the kitchen floor. That way he thinks he's not in the kitchen



Reno and Murphy went to the park down the street. This is Murphy chewing on Reno's leash. Poor Reno.



After playing hard, they crash out.



They need a lot of sleep.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Sorry we missed so many people at Thanksgiving. At the same time, we are thankful for having so many nice relatives we couldn't get them all visited on one day.

Thanksgiving was a lot of firsts for Murphy: first visit to SF, first visit to the Pacific Ocean, first time meeting uncles Patrick and Ken, and, of course, first Thanksgiving. Alas, being negligent puppy keepers, we failed to record these firsts on digital film. All in all, the day was a great time. Murphy ate as much puppy Iams as he could fit in his belly. We ate some awesome potatoes.

Here are some photos from Murphy's first 2.5 months. He'll be three months old December 9!



He started out pretty small:



He really likes chewing on his seal. And Jeff's dirty socks. Yuck.

He slept a lot.

He discovered grass ...

and leaves.

He also got his first collar, harness, and lead. He didn't (and still doesn't) like being on the lead.

We took him to Tahoe where he romped through Sonoma Pines and the forest. He loves pine needles and pine cones.


















He wasn't so sure about the lake.

It made him really cold and tired.

Figuring everything out made him so sleepy.






He also discovered he liked bikes.





He likes to ride along with us.




And he's pretty sure he can fix it better than Jeff.











He ate pretty good and really started to grow.



And then it snowed!

Note the snowball Jeff threw at him at the end. Poor puppy.

Murphy truly loved the snow. He ran and jumped and slid around until he was completely out of gas.

He's seems to be a happy little puppy. He loves people, he loves other dogs. He loves to chomp everything.

More later...