You never know how much soaks in while we Scotties stare at the TV. Are we actually watching what’s on or do we just see motion? Do we comprehend what’s happening on TV and do we recognize sights and sounds?

Experts say that dogs do watch TV, but differently than humans. We like fast motion and sounds and we can pick out some colors and recognize that what’s on TV isn’t happening in real time. We can even have favorite TV shows.

Let’s just say for fun that when we “watch” TV, we totally understand what we’re watching. In that case, those Food Network shows are really inspirational TV! Show me to the kitchen!

Evidently, way before my time, there was a popular 80’s movie called Romancing the Stone that had some snapping gators or crocs or whatever that inspired a line: “Look at those snappers, will ya?”

This line has stuck with Wen over the decades, because when she sees any kind of gator with big teeth, she says “nice snapper.” Even with gator dog toys (which we have had many), the snapper comment comes up.

Here I am with our most recent little snapper toy who is flashing his teeth, but wait a minute—come to think of it, we Scotties have big teeth too and they’re real, so I suppose we could be called snappers also!

The big day has arrived and we Scotties modeled our costumes for photos. Sadie was (reluctantly) a colorful pea pod and Molly and I were Morticia and Gomez of the Addams Family. Once again, Wen came up with some creative outfits for us and we looked stylin’! Molly and I weren’t so sure about our wigs, but hey, Halloween only comes around once a year, so we cooperated, as did Sadie, who wasn’t exactly thrilled to be a vegetable, but she wore her costume without a fuss.

We hope that everyone has a fun and safe Halloween and don’t forget that chocolate is toxic to your canine buddies. Happy Halloween!

It’s almost here! Halloween’s coming and it will be here in just two days! The doorbell will ring over and over and Wen will give out candy to trick-or-treaters, all dressed up in their costumes, while we Scotties will have to spend the evening in our big cages.

That doesn’t mean that we don’t have costumes though. Every year, Wen dresses us Scotties in cute, ridiculous, or outrageously creative costumes for pictures and she knows how to go all out, much to our dismay.

This year, Sadie’s costume is a pea pod, which didn’t exactly thrill her and I won’t even mention what Molly and I will be, because it’s going to be a Halloween surprise. Let’s just say that all three of us Scotties are really good Halloween sports!

Every time I get a new toy, I have to guard it from my sneaky sisters and they are fast! If I happen to look up, my new toy can be stolen in a heartbeat, so I have to pay close attention not to ignore it for a second.

Wen gets me a new squeaky bottle toy (my favorite) practically every time she sees one in a store and I love to bite them incessantly (with their loud squeakers) until I crush the plastic bottles inside, but heaven forbid I drop one and look away, or it’s gone. Needless to say, I guard each toy with my life, because my toys are MY toys!

Over the years, I’ve worn a lot of outfits and accessories for photo ops. Some have been very flattering and clever and some have been really ridiculous, but I have always been a good sport and modeled whatever Wen has dressed me in.

Her latest accessory find, however, was pretty much the limit: a rubber drippy-looking thing that she put on my head. I sat there while she took my picture, knowing how silly I looked (because I am a good boy), but I honestly hope that it’s the last time that I have to model something so bizarre!

We Scotties have had some interesting Halloween costumes through the years and since it’s getting close to Halloween, we were scrolling through our photo library to remember some of our past costumes. Some years were obviously better than others for fun ideas, but 2017 seemed to have been a very good year for colorful unique looks. Sunny was Wonder Woman, Molly was a floozy with a pink wig, Sadie was a 50’s teeny bopper, and I was Spider-Man. That year was definitely one of our better efforts!

Before the recent Rocky Mountain Scottish Terrier Club Halloween party, Wen ordered a life-sized wheaten-colored plush Scottie online to be Morticia Addams in our wagon full of Addams Family characters. My sister, Molly was originally supposed to wear a wig and a black dress to be Morticia, as I was Gomez, but riding in our wagon freaked her out, so Wen had to come up with a Plan B stand-in for Molly.

Wen was excited to find a life-sized Scottie online, but when it was looking doubtful that the plush Scottie would arrive in time, she ordered another plush dog online, but it was considerably smaller. Of course, the small one arrived the day before the Halloween party, but the life-sized one didn’t show, so it was very disappointing to have to use the smaller dog as Morticia.

When we got home after the party, what was on our front porch? A big box with the life-sized Scottie in it and it would have been perfect for Morticia, but oh, well. Naturally, we Scotties had to check it out though and even Molly, who is more hesitant about new things, went right up to it as if she wanted to know “Who dat?”

Are you ready for some football? It’s Sunday and we’re ready to watch the Denver Broncos take on the Giants. Sunday Funday means watching football on TV and eating some great snacks (doggie snacks for us Scotties), so bring it on!!!

It’s that time of year again! Halloween’s coming and you know what that means—costumes for everybody!

By everybody, I mean that even our porch geese (inside and outside) are already dressed up for the festivities. Yes, all of them are normally dressed, because dressing up’s the point of porch geese, but since it’s close to Halloween, Wen has pulled out all the stops and dressed ours in elaborate costumes.

What can I say? Those honkers add a lot to our Halloween decor and if you think that Wen has put us Scotties on the back burner as far as costumes, just wait until you see ours!