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MONSTER in our house!

March 19, 2014 By Talya Tate Boerner

A monster livesΒ in our house!

Thank goodness we haveΒ two ferocious schnauzers for protection…

monster in the house

Lucy, Annabelle and the Monster!

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“I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals.” – Diogenes

Musical Pairing:

If I Didn’t Have You, -Monster’s Inc.

Filed Under: Humor, Pets Tagged With: Lucy and Annabelle, miniature schnauzers, Wordless Wednesday

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Comments

  1. Martha Orlando says

    March 19, 2014 at 11:08 am

    What cute dogs! Ferocious, indeed!

  2. Skye says

    March 19, 2014 at 7:16 pm

    I’m definitely not coming over unless I’m invited! πŸ™‚ Don’t want to be mistaken for a vacuum cleaner. Um, I mean, a monster.

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      March 19, 2014 at 7:30 pm

      haha! We’ll make sure the monster is sleeping when you come over.

  3. Rajlakshmi says

    March 20, 2014 at 1:21 am

    aww they are so adorable πŸ˜€

  4. Corinne Rodrigues says

    March 20, 2014 at 2:31 am

    The things our dogs get away with! πŸ™‚

  5. Dorothy Johnson says

    March 20, 2014 at 8:29 am

    Love your girls!

  6. Kathy Combs says

    March 20, 2014 at 8:49 am

    My dogs don’t like our vacuum either. Whenever I want to sweep, they have to go out because otherwise it would be a constant fight as they tried to kill it. LOL

  7. Jennifer says

    March 20, 2014 at 10:39 am

    Bahahah Bliss likes to attack the vacuum too! πŸ™‚

  8. Tim says

    March 20, 2014 at 2:07 pm

    haha…this is hilarious, Talya!…Annabelle and Lucy are working hard to Monster-proof your home!…haha….and also, I noticed they’ve attacked the Monster so often, it’s name is starting to deteriorate…so, when they finally scratch the “O” off Oreck, buy you some white paint and paint a “SH” in front of the remaining letters, and then, you can call “the Monster in your closet” by it’s true name, SHRECK…I mean, well, ogres are monsters, too, you know….right?=)

  9. Pary Moppins says

    March 21, 2014 at 2:17 pm

    We had a Yorkie that would hide and then sneak attack the “monster.” He HATED the vacuum. Now our dogs just move to a different room…even our Schnauzer. πŸ™‚


Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

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