Last Post - Redirecting

Hi all, this is the last post for Toby's blog. A new blog - incorporating Toby, the family and myself - has been created. Visit The Marching Jester.

Until then, so long from Blogger.com.

Here comes the relos!

Mommy's cousin in Sydney came visiting us in March and put up at our place for five days. She brought her husband and her little girl Tasha along with her. Tasha never warmed up to me for the entire duration of her stay. She'll cry and scream and yell whenever I got near her.

All I wanted to do was say hi, sniff her and lick her hands. But she doesn't seem to have any experience with animals. Which is sad. I think all animals (and me!) are wonderful beings and we enrich humans lives just as much as they enrich ours.

Yet, strangely enough, Tasha warmed up to me the day her family's leaving for home. She didn't cry when I approached her and she even allow me to lick her. Mommy did encourage Tasha to approach me by holding me down. I have a tendency to over-react by snapping when I'm unsure of things.





Daddy took a video of Tasha and I trying to get along. I think I did pretty well in the presence of a young lady! Woof!

FHM Punk

Sleeping with Daddy's FHM cap on. And yes, I'm in Daddy's room again. There's no place like his room :O

Hot summer dayz

Fast forward two months and renovation works to the house were finally over. It was the middle of March - the dying days of summer and it was hell bent on expending all its heat onto Melbourne before fading away.

Here's Mommy, Daddy and I in Daddy's room. It's hardly big, but Daddy's really proud to have his own room. He often told me how much he wanted his own room as he never had one before. These days I lounge around in Daddy's room more often than he does. Daddy's room? Woof!

If you look closely enough you can just spot Mommy and Daddy sweating profusely underneath their tops. And I couldn't stop panting! It was really hot then! If I remember correctly it was 40 degrees days and 30 degrees nights!

Doggy fact: Apologies for the poor picture quality. Between Mommy and Daddy, Daddy's the better photographer :O

Sleeping Silly

Daddy loves taking pictures of me sleeping on my back. He thinks it's cute. I think he's annoying. Doesn't he know it's rude to take pictures of dogs who're fast asleep. Hello, superstitious here!








PS: I remember those days. Mommy and Daddy didn't have a room to sleep in, as the rooms weren't ready to be moved into. But they were always accomodating and I spent the nights with them in the same bed. We spent three weeks sleeping in the living area in rather dusty and dirty conditions. Ahhhh, good times. Woof!

Mr Curious moves into his own home

After years of rental madness and months of moving grief, Mommy and Daddy finally moved into their own home in January. In order to save on rent, they moved in when the house wasn't ready to be moved in. I don't know what to make of it, the house wasn't painted. The floors weren't done and the old carpets stank. It just wasn't ready for a young couple to move into. But they did it. My parents are weird like that.

Daddy - who calls me Mr Curious due to my propensity to sniff and check out everything - caught me unawares here with painting in progress in the bathroom.

Another Christmas Prezzie!?

Turned out Aunty Crystal had a prezzie for me as well! I'm beginning to like this whole Christmas shenanigans. If you failed to guess what I received in the previous post, try guessing what this is! Woof!

My Christmas Prezzie

Mommy bought me a present on a very special day. I still don't quite understand what Christmas is all about, but hey I got another toy! Mommy caught me on video as I opened my prezzie. Yay!

I wonder what it is?!

Daddy's Bored

Here's Daddy posing with me while I was fast asleep on Daddy's and Mommy's bed one cool November evening.

Snoop Dog

Hello! I've been really busy in the last six months so this blog has been neglected. No more! I promise to blog more with my little paws! Woof!

Here's an old picture of myself back in November 2007, chilling on my couch, sleeping. Daddy and Mommy got a little mischievous and decided to spruce me up with some dodgy headgear.

At home

Here's furry old me, looking into the barrel of Daddy's camera.

In our new backyard

Daddy and Mommy - together with Aunty Crystal - have moved to a new home. It's a lot bigger than our old apartment, and there's a huge backyard for me to run crazy around. Mommy's good friend Kayleen decided to visit a couple of days after we've moved together with her dog Jeri, a pomeranian.

Aye, it's mighty cold out there mate?

Mommy wrapped Daddy's scarf around me one spring evening. I think it kinda suits me?

In the bin...again!

Now when I say Daddy loves humiliating me and watching me look silly, he takes it to the extremities.





Daddy I know it's cute when you're watching me looking on helpless, but surely you've better things to do. No?

In Princes Park



Here's a video of Daddy, Mommy and I in Princes Park in the last few days of winter. Look at how dirty my paws are!

Lab subject



At home, I'm subjected to all kinds of humiliation. Like this one time, Mommy and Daddy thought I look pretty darn silly in a shopping bag.

Ehm, I think not!

Naughty Corner



In the corner of the lounge is where I'm placed when I'm naughty, bark too much, get too bloody excited or just being a plain whinger.

I don't look too happy at all.

Check out my new PJs!

It's cute enough to eat! Woof!



Then again, it doesn't look too flattering when I'm fast asleep. Decency, mate!

Birrarung Marr

Daddy, Mommy, Aunty and their two friends brought me out to Birrarung Marr several weeks ago. It was a nice, sunny day. The winter chill didn't make it all that fun though. I've been out too many times, but I remember this trip with great fondness. I couldn't remember seeing another dog in the vicinity, which meant I could boss the entire place. One dog to rule them all! Woof!



Clearly, I enjoyed the large, open space.







The Melbourne weather can be deceiving. Though the sun was out, it was really cold and windy. Daddy and I shared a warm moment together.



Aunty had a special message for me that day - stay still while you're on camera!