Toilet Paper

We were watching TV last night and saw a commercial for Cottonelle toilet paper for young humans. The paper has paw prints on it. The human-pup is supposed to unroll it until they see a retriever pup. That way they train the human-pup to know how far to unroll. They also have butt wipes that are watermelon flavored.


Now, we all enjoy a good toilet paper treat from time to time. Some of us prefer it dry and some prefer it straight out of that weird water bowl the humans use for activities other than drinking (they're strange creatures).

Aurora loves toilet paper the most of all of us. She has trained my Human to give her a square when she raises her paw. The Human calls it a "high five" trick. We call it manipulating the Human for what we want.

When Lex was the only dog living with the Human, he took the roll while the Human was on sitting on the drinking bowl. She chased him all over the house to get it back, not realizing that she had another roll under the sink. Lex got a big laugh over that and says now that he wishes he had a camera then!

4000 Words

A Poem

Note: My Human is recovering from the Niki bite, and she has an infected hand. We decided to post one of her favorite poems. It is by Walt Kelly, who is better known for his Pogo comic strip.

Oh, roar a roar for Nora,
Nora Alice in the night.
For she has seen Aurora
Borealis burning bright.

A furore for our Nora!
And applaud Aurora seen!
Where, throughout the summer, has
Our Borealis been?

Rimadyl

When my Human got home from work on Friday, Niki couldn't stand, sit, or walk. All she could do was lay there. Of course this worried my Human, so she took Niki to the vet on Saturday. This was something of a challenge because even under the best of circumstances, Niki likes to bite. My Human first bought a muzzle and put it around Niki's snout. Then she wrapped her into a towel and got her into the car.

The vet examined Niki and gave them some Rimadyl. He also advised that Niki should have crate rest. (She was in my crate.) About 3 hours after taking the Rimadyl, Niki could sit up again. And 5 hours later, she could walk.

One other mishap happened...my Human was trying to take Niki out for a walk with the assistance of the towel and the muzzle slipped off. Now my Human has a nasty Niki bite on her left hand. She is now wishing that there was a human version of Rimadyl.

Husky Logo #4

Today we do a play bow in the direction of Naperville North High School. When my Human was getting her degree at Mizzou, she had a neighbor who attended this high school. At that time my Human didn't know that she'd be fortunate later in life to live with Siberian huskies (she was into Scottish terriers then). But she had her neighbor bring her a t-shirt with the NNHS Husky on it.

Please join us in howling a nice woooo in support of all the schools that choose a husky as their mascot.

Night of a Thousand Bugs

Because it was hot last evening, my Human left the doors wide open. This was an invitation for thousands of bugs to come in and fly around my house, land on my carpet, and land on my Human. I didn't get to see all of the bugs up close because my Human stuck me in my crate because I was telling Lex that he was stupid. Aurora said that they didn't taste very good. Most of them were these little dark bugs about the size of a grain of rice. Meepie said that he didn't know for sure what they were, but said they were annoying. My Human tried to vacuum them up.

Ticks are stupid, too. We got some on us and brought them in the house. Our human had to get rid of those, too.

It's going to be hot again today. My Human has NOT put our pool out yet. I think we're all just going to sleep today.

No Snow!

It never really snowed this year, and now it's 88 stupid degrees outside!!!! Who was the idiot that said that could happen? No one is fessing up to that, so I'm blaming Lex. And tomorrow it's supposed to be 90 stupid degrees!!! I am an angry and vengeful Tubey! I am going to make my Human set the swimming pool up for us. (And by us, I really mean me!!!!!!)

In other news, my Human gave me a new nickname: Redbud. On the right is a photo of me a redbud tree. I ask you, do I look like a stupid tree?

Hans, the German Shepherd

A long time ago, before my Human decided that Siberian Huskies are a superior group, she had a German Shepherd. None of us ever met him, but apparently he would come when called, would bring back thrown objects, and was reliable off leash on walks.

One day the Human was cleaning up around his food bowl and was trying to pick up a leaf that blew in. Hans quickly picked the leaf up with his mouth and stuck it in my Human's mouth. He was good at housework, too!

My Human thinks that he was a good friend, but you'll notice that she only has huskies now. Makes you think!

Husky Answers Phone

I found an article about Ulysses the husky who found and answered a cell phone. Way to go to manipulate the humans into giving you treats!

We've answered the phone at home when someone is calling our human. You should have heard the things he said to us!

University

Our Human spent a few years getting a degree at the a university in the middle of the United States. She occasionally likes to take us to walk around on the campus. You never know who you might run into. The photo on the left was taken with Thomas Jefferson. The one on the right is Fargo with Beetle Bailey. Thomas Jefferson was once the humans' President. Beetle Bailey is a graduate of this university, but he attended there before our Human did.

When my Human was at school, she knew the human who would dress up as the mascot, a big stupid cat. After he graduated, he got to dress up as a big wolf for some team somewhere. A definate improvement.

I may be enrolling in a study that their Vet School is doing on canine epilepsy. I have seizures occasionally and apparently so do some of my brothers and sisters. I'm not in bad shape, but I'd prefer not doing it at all.

Bun Bun

I'm not sure what I'd do if a rabbit this big hopped into our yard!

Husky Logo #3

Today we salute Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. This great school has the foresight to have a red husky as it's mascot.

Fargo and I are going to submit our resumes to be guest lecturers at the Husky Wrestling School that they will be holding this year. We're red, we're huskies, we wrestle. I think we're qualified!

Our only complaint is that their husky logo on the right side of this blog entry is oddly proportioned.

"What Breed Are You?"

We were looking through my Human's e-mail and saw a discussion on that group that likes to discuss their huskies on an internet quiz that humans can take to determine what breed they would be if they were fortunate enough to be a dog.

Their take on Siberian huskies is a bit insulting!

Hey there, lost your marbles? You're a space cadet! You forget people's names easily, forget where you put things, and sitting through an opera - well, forget it. But you're no bonehead - your mind just wanders. Your nature assures you'll never hold grudges and you don't sweat the small stuff. You avoid making enemies by not being one to sniff around someone else's business.

I think we need to come up with a quiz for those of us of the canine persuasion to take to determine what type of human we'd be. (Dog forbid!!!)

Griselda the Gecko

Besides the canines of the house, the Human has one other animal authorized to live in the house. Griselda the Gecko has lived with us for a couple years. She used to live at the former workplace of my Human. But when my Human left that place, Griselda came home to be with us.

At first we were excited because she had a new smell that we weren't used to, but since then we think she's really boring. She doesn't do much. She eats crickets and sells Geico insurance. For some reason, my Human won't let Griselda run around and be our preymate playmate. We have, however, played with the crickets.

(Note to WoofWoof: I don't know what Geckos taste like, either. I can't bite through the glass case she's in.)

Not So Great Escape

Yesterday the men who delivered the new TV did not shut the gate, so when my Human let us out of the big field 3 of us ran out that gate. And 3 of us didn't notice (me, Aurora, and Niki).

Fargo immediately returned to the house, but Lex and Misha took a tour of the neighbor's yard. And my Human got to go on a bit of a run herself. Meepie told me that he got to yell at some cats! Lex and Meepie let my Human capture them, so they returned. I didn't want to let Lex back in the house, but my Human made me.

Running Around

Today is the first day that my Human has opened to gate to the big field for us to run around in this Spring. And this was the first time that Niki got to run around in it. We all get to run, dig, wrestle, and then track mud into the house.

The llamas came over to stare at us, but I told them off! So they knew that they had better high tail it outa there.

I think my Human is up to something, however. She's been rearranging furniture. Meepie said that he heard her on the phone discussing a delivery of a new television. Again, what's with those humans and their stupid toys? I guess that's just one more thing for us to pee on!

Eat it or pee on it? Isn't that the age old question?

2 Stupid Dogs: Should We Sue?

We were watching TV recently and discovered this show that is a definite defamation of character of dogkind! It's called 2 Stupid Dogs. The main characters are 2 canines that are portrayed as idiots! I have never known any dogs that are as idiotic as these 2, not even Lex. The bigger of the 2 dogs is "smarter," but he is also apparently lazier. (Notice that I have the word smarter in quotation marks. He's not all that smart, either.) The smaller dog is hyper and an idiot!

Occasionally there are these cats that pop up in the episode. The smaller dog is terrified of the cats and screams whenever he sees a cat.

This show also has a stupid running gag with the big dog coughing up a corn cob. As all of us dogs know, it's very dangerous to eat a whole corn cob.

Ivy, if you're reading this, BEWARE!! This cartoon also features a segment called "Super Secret Secret Squirrel."

I'll close with a picture of Lex as a pup. No reason.

Sub Woofer

My Human brought a stupid thing to the house that makes noise. She hooked it up to that stupid TV that Humans seem to like so much. The thing my Human brought home makes noise in 6 different places. I was reading the instructions and one of the boxes is called a "Sub Woofer." Is this supposed to be a substitute dog?

Cartoon

I found this cartoon when I was looking for something else.

Husky Logo #2

The Northeastern University husky logo is my Human's favorite. A few years ago she bought a hat and shirt on EBay featuring this school's logo.

We read that they have changed their logo to the one below. That's okay. It's still really cool! My only complaint is that it isn't a red husky!

We really liked this quote in the article:

"The first Husky appeared on campus on March 4, 1927, having come to Boston's North Station from Alaska. 'King Husky' was greeted by more than 1,000 students and the University band. Classes had been canceled for the afternoon, and the dog was paraded by police escort for the four miles to campus."

We are now expecting my Human to greet us in this manner each time she returns home.

Nicknames

My Human calls me by many, many different names. Of course my registered name is Huricane Akara Turbofire. So she calls me Turbo, of course. But she calls me a bunch of nicknames. Tubey, Tube Wolf, Stinky, Little Guy, Junior, etc... One of my nicknames (Tubey) sort of came from something. My Human spends time reading and posting on a website that has a mascot called Tubey. What is it with humans and their stupid websites?

My Human calls us by our nicknames at least as often as (if not more frequently than) she calls us by our real names.

Lex is Lumpy, Louie, Loopie.

Misha is Meepie, Moopie, Mookie.

Fargo: Cowboy, Barko, Cow Pops.

Aurora: Roo Roo, the Little Girl.

Niki: Noodle, Needle.

I won't write what we call her!

Warmer

It's getting warmer here in the middle of the state of Missouri. We can hear the little frogs peeping and the geese honking. When it's warm enough and my Human is home, she keeps the doors open and we can run in and out of the house as much as we want to. There's a lot of stuff to do outside. And lots to smell. When it's warmer, my Human will put out or little swimming pool. I love getting in it and then playing in the dirt and they running into the house and hopping on the bed!

Meepie's Eye

3 of the 6 of us have blue eyes: Meepie, Aurora, and Niki. Those guys each have 2 blue eyes. While my Human is still under the spell of Springtime allergies, here's a photo of Meepie's eye that she manipulated with Photoshop.

Husky Statue

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Apparently there is a high school in Colorado called Florence High School. They wisely have the Husky as their mascot. We read an article tonight about a 10 foot tall steel sculpture that is being created for this school.

Although we definitely applaud this effort, don't you think this sculpture looks a bit like a CAT?

All of Us

My human is not feeling very well today. She said it's the Spring time allergies. So I won't tie up her computer very long. But I did want to show you a couple photos of all of us from the weekend.

Weekend Project

We like to help out around the house. We'd notice that a hole needed to be placed on the Southern side of the house. There really is nothing like a finely crafted crater to make a house into a home.

You can see Aurora and I discussing this hole in the top left photo. Niki is adding her years of experience to the project. Now between us all we have 36 years of excavation experience between us.

Our human excourages our activities. She once lived in a place with an unfinished basement. Once the sewage backed up and we discovered it before she woke up. We quickly ran upstairs and woke her up to tell her about the excitement. She was speechless to be greeted by 4 (Lex, Meepie, Fargo, and me) sewage covered huskies. Just doing our part!

Warning! Don't Be Fooled!

Humans can be so pathetic in their attempts to infiltrate our Husky ranks!

4 out of 5 Huskies Surveyed...

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a>My Human brought a bag of white cheddar cheese flavored pop corn home today. All of us except for Fargo sampled it. (Fargo was outside missing out on the fun. He's also allergic to corn so that was probably a good thing.) The first to sample it was Aurora, who always is ready for a taste test. Then Niki got involved. Lex noticed that I wasn't around so he horned in on the action. I caught wind of what was going on and that scared Lex off. Finally, Meepie came inside.

Here's the review:

Aurora: Loved it (But she'll eat anything.)
Niki: Loved it. She was eating out of my Human's hand and not even biting her!
Lex: Loved it. He'll also eat anything first and ask questions later.
Meepie: He seemed to think it was okay. I think he just ate it so that no one else could.
And me, Tubey: I did not like it. I have a very discriminating palate and it did not meet my standards. I sampled it a second time, but only to see if the Human had replaced the pop corn with Cheez-Its or banana chips. She had not, so I left.
We're all a bit tired today. my Human woke up in the middle of the night and opened the door for us go outside to take care of our business. Instead of going back to sleep after encouraging us to come back inside, my Human stayed up for an hour and a half listening to a radio show. How inconsiderate can you get?!

In closing, here is a photo of me standing on the couch letting Lex know that I thought he was behaving inappropriately. That couch doesn't exist any longer because Fargo, Meepie, and Lex ate it.

Those Volatile Grey Ones

We were rudely awoken by a ruckus this morning. Last night our Human moved the refrigerator away from the wall. Our ice cube maker seems to be having a problem. Well, when the fridge was moved, Aurora found a dead mouse underneath it. She ran off with it and kept it all night long.

Eventually we all fell asleep. Niki woke us up yelling at us at 4:45am. (She's been doing this for quite a few days.) That got my Human up to let us go out. Aurora thought that Niki wanted her dried up mouse and clobbered her. My Human got Roo Roo away from Niki, but then Meepie decided to lend assistence to the cause and started applying his own brand of justice to Niki.

Well, the grey ones' squabble ended without any damage being done and we got to run around outside for a while.

We went back to sleep for about another hour.

Husky Logo #1

I've decided each week to feature a logo of a product, company, school, etc that features the Husky.

This week's logo is that of a company by the name of Neon Husky. This fine company creates things that jugglers can juggle that people can see at night!

We give a 6 husky WOOO to this company!

Aurora is Weird

My Human came home for lunch today. She reheated meat loaf and made a vegetable stir fry. She dropped a piece of frozen broccoli on the floor. Aurora ate it and liked it.

She's weird.

Hump Day (Wednesday)

You're probably expecting pictures to go with the title today. Please! We're huskies. We won't succumb to juvenile humor!

We'd really like to get a photograph of all of us in the same picture, but someone has to hold the camera.

My Human doesn't have to go to work today, so we will have her to entertain us. We overheard her telling a friend that she is going to take Niki to have her toenails trimmed. All of the rest of us allow the Human to perform this task on us, but Niki has feet issues. If you touch Niki's feet, you risk having her bite you.

My Human is also going to buy us more food. Maybe Cheez-Its, too.