My Name is Barkley Dean

My name is Barkley Dean. I was born on May 5, 2009 up by Itasca State Park. I was born 23 miles from my Granparent's lake home--What a small world. Also my birthday is on Cinco de Mayo. Anyway, I met my momma in August and she drove me home to Rochester. Growing up I must say I love playing with other dogs especially Maggie, Bjorn, Bella, Colby James, and Juno...And my favorite dog to annoy is Lilly. I also enjoy opening my momma's closet and finding tasty zippers and used underwear. To any dogs out there read this next sentace please. The more expensive the underwear, the better it tastes. Some of my past times that I don't get in trouble include playing with my toys. I love playing ball! See here are some pictures of me. Sadly my basketball is no longer...I ripped it to peices after this last photo.





One of my other past time indoor activities is chewing on my bones. I love my nylac bone, my rawhide bone, and my real bone that has maple and bacon flavoring in the middle of it. I have more toys but balls and bones are my favorites.


My other fun indoor activity I love is taking a shower or bath...Note I love playing in the water, but not getting shampooed. Did you know my momma has to put me in the kennel when she is in the shower or else she gets company. I bet you don't believe me but its true, so I will show you some pictures of me in the bathroom, but please don't call me a wet rat!


I really do love living with my mamma. She is very good to me and wants to make me fashionable. I have a plaid flannel winter coat in honor of my Scottish heritage. See I look handsome, don't you think?

I also have my fashion coat thanks to Grandma! I have my Vikings jersey and am just waiting for them to go to the superbowl. I am the goodluck charm of the team! This year I also learned about Halloween where you dress up in costumes and visit houses. I thought maybe I could be a hot dog, or superdog, or a Harley dog, or a lobster, or a pirate, or Brett Favre. But nooooooooooooo, my momma had an idea in her head. Why this idea was in her head I don't know, but it was in her head. Despite being embarassed about this costume, I wore it for my momma. I didn't want to hurt her feelings. Can you guess what I was....Oh how it was embarrassing....Any guesses. Well I will show you, but again please don't laugh... Next year, I plan to be something better I guess.












Can you believe that I was a chicken???????








This winter I have found to have love the snow. I love it so much. Sometimes I make my momma laugh, as I come into the house covered with snow balls that have glued my eyelids shut. Can you imagine, but it is so much fun!

Well I will keep you all posted about my adventures living with my momma. Please come visit me anytime; I love company, both people and dogs. If you stay overnight, I will come and wake you up at the crack of dawn, so we can get a head start on playing in the morning. Just ask my Grandpa, I woke him up everyday to play with me just last week! I think I was more excited than he was at 6:00 AM. Well I must run and go play outside in the snow!


I will "bark" again soon,

Barkley Dean