First thing every morning, we sniffers converge in our backyard.  Yes, we Scotties like to cruise around, explore the yard, and do our early morning routine, which consists of watching for squirrels that run across the top of our fence and sniffing out interesting spots to tear up the grass and dig holes.

Since we are quite proficient at destroying spots in the grass, we Scotties have a designated area where we run zoomies and do our sniffing so that a portion of the yard always looks nice and untouched by Scottie destruction.  Wen wishes that we wouldn’t tear up the yard, but we’re terriers and we’re just following our instinct.  All three of us used to be obsessed with chewing and eating landscaping mulch, but once Wen fenced off the mulched flower beds from us, we had to find a new hobby, so we began tearing up the grass and digging holes.  Dogs will be dogs and we like to keep ourselves busy by doing our own kind of doggie landscaping.

 

 

 

Ever since my sister, Sadie chewed up and ate the fabric cover off a squeaky ball, there has been a serious lack of toys for us Scotties.  Normally there are toys around our living room for us to grab and play with, but right now it’s slim pickings as I can see only one partially chewed rope toy.

I guess that Wen has become tired of Sadie destroying toys and eating parts of them, so there is currently a moratorium on new toys.  The only new toy I saw recently was a plush elk head with plastic antlers, which is one of my favorites, but Sadie got ahold of it and ate off part of its ears, so the toy disappeared along with the others.

Hopefully the serious lack of toys will come to and end, because I want my elk toy back and how is it fair that Molly and I lose toys thanks to Sadie?  We like to chew on them too, but we sure don’t eat them!

We Scotties recently got some new toys—three braided rope toys to chew on.  All three of us gnawed on the toys, but Sadie went all out and one by one, she chewed them apart until there were pieces of string all over the living room floor.

It was kind of unusual to actually see Molly chewing on a rope, because she normally doesn’t show much interest in toys.  Sadie, however, is the toy terminator and just as she destroys everything, she destroyed the ropes one by one, so Wen threw them in the trash.

It was disappointing for Molly and me to lose our new toys, but maybe Wen will feel sorry for us and buy us some more.  It’s not looking particularly good though, because Sadie ate the fabric cover off a squeaky ball prior to chewing up the rope toys.  She truly is the toy terminator and it doesn’t matter whether a toy is made of rubber, fabric, or rope.  She will destroy them all!

We have nice rose bushes in our yard that produce really pretty roses.  While all the bushes are colorful, only two of them have roses that are really fragrant and those are the ones that Wen likes to cut and bring inside to enjoy.

Whenever there’s a rose in a vase on our kitchen counter, that old saying, “Take time to smell the roses.” comes to mind.  Just one sniff of a sweet-smelling rose can brighten your day.

There’s one thing that for sure makes us Scotties lick our lips and that’s when we hear any mention of food.  Our favorite words in our vocabulary just happen to be eat, treat, and who’s hungry?  It’s quite obvious that we are very much food-motivated.  Yep, we do love our food!

For example, here’s what happened when Wen asked Sadie if she wanted a treat….

I guess that’s a yes!

So it was bonus day the other day when I got two new dog toys that looked like cans of soda.  Decisions, decisions…. which one to attack and chew up first—Dr. Pupper or Mtn Chew?

It was National Dog Day yesterday, a day to celebrate us canines.  Actually, it kind of seemed like any other day, but I suppose it was nice for us to have a special day.

Yesterday’s National Dog Day was mentioned on TV throughout the day though and because of it being our day, we did get a new squeaky toy and treats, so bring on any day that celebrates us!  (We are kind of exceptional if you ask me!)

Today is the last preseason football game for the Denver Broncos and we will be watching to see how well our new quarterback does.  Yes, it’s that time again….time to start getting serious about football!  Go Broncos!

We Scotties enjoy piano music.  When Wen plays the piano, we three Scotties always end up stretching out on the couch to listen and we stay there until the concert’s over.  It’s been a little while since the last time we heard live music, so we’d appreciate it if you’d play us a tune!