Cammie, The Throw Away Boxer

Help Cammie Heal

WCAU / NBC Philadelphia - Claudia Rivero & Ray Casalena

Cammie the Boxer was found clawing for her life at the foot of a bridge along the Brandywine Creek in Wilmington. She was beaten, burned and bruised and now she needs your help.

If you would like to help pay some of Cammie's medical bills, visit this Web site.

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Warm weather , feels good, but is it?

Beautiful warm weather this past week.

Took my two younger guys (the boxers, Diva and Mack) for a walk out into the country this week, and without realizing it brought some unexpected company into the house with us.....

My male boxer is a pretty cool guy, he stays next to you and walks on the asphalt, but my female is the opposite. She is as curious as a cat. She has to go into the longer grass along side the road and just sniff at everything. Her curiosity does not come without a price. She became the transport unit for 7 ticks.

Fortunately my son is not as squeamish as I am when it comes to removing the pesky little critters. And both my dogs have their Lyme's disease vaccines. So not to worry!

But if this is any indication of things to come, better keep the Frontline or Advantix handy....!

Dogs never cease to amaze me.

As a rule of thumb, my old senior English Bulldog, Lil Roy, (who incidentally come from HeavenSent Bulldog Rescue-Bless Them!) just does not like it outside except to do his business and hurry right back into the house. That is just the way he is...

Well today it is a toasty 86 degrees, took Lil Roy along out so I could hang up a few items of laundry, doesn't the little stinker plop down on the hot cement patio and will not move out of the blazing sun, no matter how I coax him.

The little guy decided after freezing his buns off all winter he is going to get a gosh darn good sunbath today...and he did!

I left him out for approximately 10 minutes which I figured was long enough then bribed him back in with "cookies"...

My boxers who are reverse brindle (almost black) have the sense to stay in the shade of the yard under the maple tree because they immediately heat up with their dark coats. Of course they use the doggie door. Roy absolutely refuses to do so. He wants door service when he wants it! Lil Roy is one character, just love him to death! How about your guys? Are they liking this warm summery weather?

Let me know, please leave a comment and tell me about your guys!

Houdini?

I do not know about your dogs, but my female boxer, Diva is Harry Houdini reincarnated. She is the sweetest petite little girl. But boy, does she like to get out of the fenced in yard ,any way possible.

We have a great fenced in yard, split rail fence with vinyl coated wire on the inside so the dogs can see through the fence to the outside world.

Well Diva discovered early on the the vinyl fence is fair game for her to bend and belly-crawl right underneath. This has become her favorite game. My Aunt Emma, bless her heart, (and with my good fortune!) lives right across the street and has a good view of my yard. She and my Uncle Lee enjoy watching my two boxers playing and running around the yard. My Aunt Emma is usually the one that calls me on the phone to tell me my little girl got out again. Diva is a Momma-baby, so she does not run away, just "hangs around" the outside of the fence while my frantic male, Mack, is trying to figure out how to get her back in! We usually just holler out the door, "In the house!" she will run right to the front door to be left in wearing the biggest boxer smirk that can sit on her sweet little face, "Ahh, see what I can do?!"

My husband has had to reinforce the bottom of the fence at multiple places, but she keeps making new escape hatches.

This afternoon while working on my website the phone rang, and sure enough it was Aunt Emma. To my surprise she told me BOTH my boxers were out! WHAT the heck? How could that be? Mack is much too bulky to crawl under the fence.

I went out and they were "visiting" my next door neighbor. They love her little boy Giovanni.
I was astounded, till I discovered my husband ,who worked outside all day in the yard yesterday, had accidently forgotten to lock the gate; consequently our dear nosey dogs discovered this, and left themselves out!

So that was my little bit of excitement for a Sunday afternoon....

Would love to hear about your pet's antics. Please feel free to post and share with us!