Christmastime is a wonderful time to get together with family and catch up. It was no different for the four-footed members...and this year we had three "teen" boyz together one afternoon: My son Jake's boy Hoss--a 6 month old German Shorthaired Pointer; my sister's 7 month old am staff pup, Seamus; and Gabe--the eldest of the trio, who just celebrated his Big ONEder Bday.




The Three Amigo Dogs...





The Bull Buds, Seamus & Gabe...







And, as you well know, if you have a bunch of teen-aged boys, there's always a TEASE in the group! (... how appropriate that the Big Tease would belong to The Son who had a similar reputation among his three brothers!)






Ha!Ha! PssST! I got a SECRET to tell ya, Seamus...YOU'RE A LOSER!!! Tee!HeE!





...and let me introduce you to ThE ToP DaWg...ME!!!



Awww. No fair, Hoss...you're too bouncy!





And, just like their human counterparts, The "Loser" teams up with "The Bruiser" to defeat the Problem Child...




Hey Gabe!...BuDDy!...PAL-SER!...FRieNd-O-MINE!!! Give you my favorite Bitey-Bone if you'll show me a few tricks to pull on Ol' Gee-Hoss-Is-Phat over there!






Well, see...it's like this--you've gotta keep yer CHiN uP and stay ON TOP if you wanna get the best of that Pimple Brained Punk. You're smart...and you've got the braun...so get out there and show him who's Da BoSS DaWg!






WhOoPeE!!!...now I'M higher than YoU, PiCkLe-PuSS! Whatcha gonna do about THAT!...HA!!!






Well, I'll just give you a little SHOVE!...






...an' I'll HuFF...an' I'll PuFF...and...I'll P-U-L-L-LLL!!! AwWWW SHOOT, Gabe, he won't BuDgE!






What say YoU help a guy out here, Bud...YOU show him what fer! PreTTy PLeEASE?!! For TWO favorite Bitey-BoneZ even?!!!






All right!...Make way for Da KiNG, Stick Man! Comin' through!






Ahhh. The SWeET taste of ViCToRy! Gotta love it.





Whoa! I'm impressed! He low-tailed it right outta here...tail a'tucked an' everything!





We BuLLdoGs got no tails to tuck...don't need 'em!






Ease off there, Buddy...quit DoGGiN' my steps!






And, remember--NoBoDY has his head higher than The KiNG!...so keep it DoWN!






You're Da MaN, Gabe!...when I grow up, I wanna be just like YoU!





That taken care of...anyone care to challenge KiNg O' Da CoURt?




...BoYz will be BOyZ!