Those Humans....They're so Easy to Fool....

It's not often that Baxter gets an entire blog post about him.....until he proved that maybe he really is smarter than the average dog.

Baxter has a habit, one that we really really love, of barking at things that go past the house. He'll bark at the little old lady walking her dog, or the parents strolling their baby down the street, or the kids walking outside....you get the idea. We usually go to the door to see what he's barking at, it gets him to stop barking, and sometimes it's quite entertaining to see the object that sets off his bark. A lot of times, he's barking at nothing...noises can cause a bark too.

So yesterday, Baxter decided to bark. Roo and mommy went to the door to see what he was barking at. We looked and didn't see anything...not a second later, we turned around and there he was eating Roo's pizza.

Yeah, premeditated barking to thief the pizza......hmmm.....old dog, new trick!

If Baxter Doesn't Like it....

Then The Roo doesn't usually like it. I got The Roo this fun outdoor water set that you blow up and then attach a hose to and water sprays out. It has a dolphin, a palm tree and even a slide. We set it up in the yard and Baxter was outside when we turned the water on. Of course, he barked. The Roo saw him bark at it. So when The Roo and I went to play in it, he got scared. This isn't the first time this has happened. Baxter always barks at the vacuum and depending on whether or not Baxter is nearby when we're vacuuming, The Roo will get upset at that too.