Dexter Mouse Bio - Critterfest 2013

Mice Bio - Dexter

In his younger days (see pic below), Dexter set some impressive records on his way to winning his inaugural Critterfest race. Shortly thereafter, however, he became the first mouse to escape his cage and the first mouse ever to run around the floors of the brewery office and not get smashed with a kitchen utensil. He emerged from that ordeal unscathed physically, but mentally is another story.

A few months ago, Dexter began experiencing a variety of medical maladies and his attendance at Critterfest 2013 was considered improbable. Weeks and weeks of a new training and medicine regimen did not seem to do any good. Then suddenly, on a random Wednesday morning, he seemed to have a new pep in his scurry. The training staff was perplexed,, confused, and generally dumbfounded. A hair brained idea from one of the staffers suggested that they take a look at the security footage of his cage. Upon reviewing, all it took for Dexter to get back on his feet (paws?) was a night of Miss Bianca's sweet, sweet loving.

He isn't as quick as he was in his heyday (Ms. Biana disputes this claim), but take one last chance to admire this mouse racing pioneer. If the cheese crumbles his way, he just "squeak" out a victory.

2012 Bio

To the untrained eye, you may see just an ordinary racing mouse. However, Dexter is no ordinary mouse... he's a crafty little sumfabitch.

At an early age we noticed that Dexter found inspiration while watching David Blaine on TV. Not expecting what was to come, he soon started perfecting his vanishing cedar chip routine, pulling out half-eaten corn kernels from behind ears of other mice, and making toilet paper tubes disappear. But he didn't stop there and with enough practice he did the impossible: the vanishing mouse. We’re not sure how he did it: levitation, teleportation, or some other word that ends in "tation". But we do know that Dexter had completely disappeared and removed himself from his training station. For the next few weeks, Dexter was on the lam. He went into the jungle, with all its fun and games, and braved all of its challenges (and yes, by jungle we mean Saj's condo). We're sure it wasn’t easy avoiding detection from countless canines and being squashed by large feet. But worst of all, he had to sit through the Season 6 episode of Sex in the City where Carrie felt bad criticizing a minor point in Berger’s book. One could only hope that he was able to fashion tiny ear plugs out of lint, but we'll never know.

"This is totally going on my Facebook"
What we do know though, aside from a new fear of horses, Dexter emerged from his journey as a man. I mean a braver mouse. Well, maybe as a rat? Whatever. He had lived off the remnants of dog food crumbs and spilled beer for several weeks. Only the smell of duck jerky fresh out of the oven was able to lure him back to civilization.

Since returning from his adventures, Dexter has been eating and exercising for the upcoming Critterfest 2012 races. While out, Dexter had lost weight and muscle strength and despite eating a high protein diet, Dexter is still several grams lighter than his competitors. Experienced mouse racers know that speed is not everything to winning a mouse race, especially when it's a maze. The priceless experience that he gained may be just the ticket to navigate successfully through to the end and come out a winner.