… he did the mash  …he did the monster mash, the monster mash  …it was a graveyard smash, he did the mash …it caught on in a flash … he did the monster mash… 

… Wag!, Wag! … Halloween is fast approaching… I’m so excited I can hardly sit  … this year I’m dressing up as a cat…  I know what you may be thinking, ”Max the Golden Retriever as a cat? No way?”  … if you are thinking that then the answer I would give would be “Yes, Way!”  … if you weren’t thinking “No Way” then I applaud you for your unyielding support of me and all that I stand for (too much?).  Check out the picture my person took of me trying on my costume… 

… anyway, I realize that I’m a little bigger than the average cat, unless of course you include tigers and lions in the average… (then I’m probably a little below average….)  and to be fair, you really should count lions and tigers and bears, oh, my!  (okay, not bears ’cause they’re not cats… but they are big so they would help bring the average size up)   … circle, circle… focus, focus….   I told you I was excited….

So, as I was barking, I’m dressing up as a cat this year…  think about it… what better way to infiltrate the cat ranks than to dress up like a cat?  No better way I can think of…  I’m hoping that I can fool the neighbor cat, Pumpkin, (what a holiday appropriate name) into showing me where the cat lair is…  I know it’s a lair because all the ‘EVIL’ guys in the movies have lairs… 

Am I right?  I mean Batman has a cave, Superman has a Fortress, Iron Man works out of his garage, Hulk has a lab, Wonder Woman has an invisible plane (and a lasso… so coolllll….).  But what about Cat Woman?  Cave or Lair?  Definitely a Lair…  I’m just saying, evil guys and cats have lairs….

… so… sniff, sniff… wait a minute… shhhhh…. I think I hear Pumpkin on the front porch trying to listen in…   tip-toe…. tip-toe…. wait, wait…. BARK! BARK!… Haaaa!, haaaaa!  look at her run… boy did I give her a start…  so, as I was barking, or at least trying to bark, I’m going to trick my way into the cat’s evil lair… and then, once, I’m in I’m going to…  I’m going to…

hummm…. I guess I hadn’t thought that far ahead… I guess I’ll have to figure out what to do once I infiltrate…  I still think it’s a good idea…  maybe they hide that tennis ball I can’t find… just like a cat…

… I’m your boogie man, I’m your boogie man… turn me on… I’m your boogie man, boogie man… do what you want… (I wonder if KC meant for this to be a Halloween song?)

Keep On Wagging!

PS:  (is it okay to add a PS to the bottom of a blog post?  I may be the first dog to ever do this…  if anyone knows please let me know.  I will immediately apply for a patent and will name it after you…  (ie.  the ”Spot the Dog’s Patented PS Method”)

…as you may know, I love a good joke…  even if I (or my person) can’t tell one…  So, in honor of my first Halloween post, I wanted to share a couple of my favorite Halloween jokes as told by the 8 year old boy that lives in my house…

Why didn’t the skeleton cross the road?
He didn’t have the guts!

Who won the skeleton beauty contest?
No body  (you got it right, skeleton’s don’t have bodies… come on… work with me on this one…)

What do witches put on their hair?
Scare spray

What kind of mistakes do ghosts make?
Boo boos 

Happy Halloween!!!!