I am pleased to report that since the "Barbie Homicide" there have been no other loss of lives. However, recently there has been a rash of crimes that are less offensive, but still damaging none the less.
Rocky has upgraded(downgraded?) to thievery. It may be a toy or it may be food(not in person's hand, but on table, counter, trash, etc.), but if it's loose, it is fair game. I am stymied once again by a boxer's ability to cover their tracks.
For example, Rocky likes to "find" things on the floor that no other individual can see,at least skin kids can't 'cause we all know that they'd pick it up otherwise, right? I digress, I apologize. Anyhow, Rock has this ability to get something past his gigantic floppy jowels and into his mouth. You stop what you are doing and think that you are hearing things(Hello Clarice, baa), it stops. You resume your typing on Boxerworld, only to hear the noise again. You realize that Rocky has laid(lain?) down beside you and the noise begins again. He looks at you, not a muscle moving on his body, you do a finger sweep of the mouth(you don't want him to choke) to find nothing but gums, teeth and long dog tongue in there. Hmm, maybe you are crazy? NO! There it is again. You do another sweep of the mouth, this time to find the remnants of a play coin. You reprimand the subject(Rocky) and hope for it to not happen again(there is probably a statistic about repeat offenders) Next morning, you decide to make your skin kid some breakfast. After she has eaten all of 4 bites of your hard work, you decide to throw out the rest of the eggs and toast that is left on the plate. The trash can is slightly brimming, but you decide that it can hold off until you clean up breakfast(or until dh takes it out, ha ha ha,). While you are making this monumental decision, Rocky sneaks up out of nowhere(mind you, he can only come from one direction, click clacking across the kitchen floor) and snags the piece of toast from the trash can. You decide to give chase(not running of course, what if water bowl Karma were to happen again?), sweetly calling his name. The closer you get the more determined he looks. You still give pursuit, and it only takes two more steps for the entire piece of toast that was lovingly being held in the softness of his puppy lips, to disappear into the black obyss known as boxer jowels completely. Houdini himself would have been impressed. Now this was no snatch and wolf, this was a snatch, walk, look, no jaw movement, and POOF! the toast disappears. I hope that with some rehab(NILIF) that we can overcome crime altogether in this household. Please people, do not hold your breath, you may pass out and start breathing again, but I doubt the rehabilitation will be a quick or easy process(bless his little heart, he's his own dog). I warn you all once again to be on the look out for this crime spree that's sweeping the Boxerworld. Good night, and thank goodness you've come to the end.
Erin-Apollo & Rocky's mom
Rocky has upgraded(downgraded?) to thievery. It may be a toy or it may be food(not in person's hand, but on table, counter, trash, etc.), but if it's loose, it is fair game. I am stymied once again by a boxer's ability to cover their tracks.
For example, Rocky likes to "find" things on the floor that no other individual can see,at least skin kids can't 'cause we all know that they'd pick it up otherwise, right? I digress, I apologize. Anyhow, Rock has this ability to get something past his gigantic floppy jowels and into his mouth. You stop what you are doing and think that you are hearing things(Hello Clarice, baa), it stops. You resume your typing on Boxerworld, only to hear the noise again. You realize that Rocky has laid(lain?) down beside you and the noise begins again. He looks at you, not a muscle moving on his body, you do a finger sweep of the mouth(you don't want him to choke) to find nothing but gums, teeth and long dog tongue in there. Hmm, maybe you are crazy? NO! There it is again. You do another sweep of the mouth, this time to find the remnants of a play coin. You reprimand the subject(Rocky) and hope for it to not happen again(there is probably a statistic about repeat offenders) Next morning, you decide to make your skin kid some breakfast. After she has eaten all of 4 bites of your hard work, you decide to throw out the rest of the eggs and toast that is left on the plate. The trash can is slightly brimming, but you decide that it can hold off until you clean up breakfast(or until dh takes it out, ha ha ha,). While you are making this monumental decision, Rocky sneaks up out of nowhere(mind you, he can only come from one direction, click clacking across the kitchen floor) and snags the piece of toast from the trash can. You decide to give chase(not running of course, what if water bowl Karma were to happen again?), sweetly calling his name. The closer you get the more determined he looks. You still give pursuit, and it only takes two more steps for the entire piece of toast that was lovingly being held in the softness of his puppy lips, to disappear into the black obyss known as boxer jowels completely. Houdini himself would have been impressed. Now this was no snatch and wolf, this was a snatch, walk, look, no jaw movement, and POOF! the toast disappears. I hope that with some rehab(NILIF) that we can overcome crime altogether in this household. Please people, do not hold your breath, you may pass out and start breathing again, but I doubt the rehabilitation will be a quick or easy process(bless his little heart, he's his own dog). I warn you all once again to be on the look out for this crime spree that's sweeping the Boxerworld. Good night, and thank goodness you've come to the end.
Erin-Apollo & Rocky's mom
The case of the missing toast appears again. One of these days these serial (or cereal) snatchers will be unarmed and caught before the crime has happened. Of course they will only give you that innocent look and you will hand them the evidence youself 
