Real or Fake?

Someone on that listserve thingie that the humans use to mock and attempt to foil our plans for world domination posted some links to photos of a husky that had climbed a tower. Do you think they are real or fake?





Of course I don't doubt the talents of my fellow huskies, but I don't buy that these photos are real. I found some discussion on this on line, but I think that these photos are a few years old, so I'm late to the dance. The website whose name is on the photos states on their homepage: "Warning: This is a parody site. It is not affiliated with any product or service that may be parodied on this site. This site is for entertainment purposes only."

My Human once manipulated a photo of me and my sister, Clover (and she isn't even very skilled with Photoshop):

Lex & Rumours

Lex is scheming. Just look at him! I know I'm supposed to be nicer to him, but I think he's planning something bad. Obviously I don't know what Lex is thinking, but I know he's not to be trusted. No one listens to Turbo, though. They'll all be sorry!

I found what appears to be Lex's mugshot one day. (See photo on the right.) No one will tell me what Lex did, but Fargo said that he'd heard that Lex was quite destructive before I lived there (and before Fargo lived there). I think that my Human had to bring Meepie in to keep an eye on Lex when she wasn't around.

I did find something Lex wrote on an old website he used to have that makes me suspicious (bear in mine the following paragraph is in his words, not mine):

I have a taste for music. Back when I was an only dog, but after the Human realized I was "uncrate-able," I'd entertain myself with her record collection. I'd pull out several albums a day for my enjoyment. All of them would be different each day except for Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours." I liked that one. But the Human made a crate for her records. I miss those good ol' days!

Treats!

My Human went to a store and bought some treats that I actually like. She's brought home 2 different types. The first is pictured on both sides of this paragraph. They are a delicious beef chew stick. I generally don't like things like this, but it is wonderful!

She also purchased some biscuits. Again, I usually hate hard biscuits, but these taste fantastic! My Human has made the comment that they smell something like a Chips Ahoy cookie. Meepie read the fine print on the bag and said that they met his standard of excellence. These biscuits come in various flavors and you can buy them in different sizes as well.

On Friday night my Human couldn't figure out what Aurora was obsessed with. She didn't know that one of these delicious beef sticks fell down underneath the end table in the living room. Poor Roo Roo had to wait 2 days for my Human to more the table. She tried to tell the Human, but she just couldn't get her to understand! Humans need to get a better grasp on language.

Husky falls down manhole - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Husky falls down manhole - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Watch Dogs

Siberian huskies have the reputation of not being good watch dogs, but we are pretty good watch dogs. We love watching people and animals around our house. We also like watching TV, if the show meets up with our high standards.

A few days ago my Human was at home in the middle of the day and was lounging on the couch watching the "People's Court." This wasn't a show we were interested in watching, so we were outside watching a cat. (I need to explain that part of the property that we live on is used by an animal shelter to house their cats, and they had also released some feral ones. Those stupid cats won't come up and play with us, though.) So this volunteer who came out to look at the cats saw us talking to the cat and thought that there was something wrong with my Human. So she let herself onto the deck, and much to Meepie's displeasure she remembered to close the gate. My Human was very surprised that we hadn't said anything to let her know that there was a visitor on the deck. Fortunately my Human wasn't naked or anything stupid like that, but she was caught off guard to see another person.

We were all glad to see that volunteer, and I almost accidentally pulled off her pants!

Northeastern Husky Revisited

King crowned big dog on campus - Campus Life

I found this article while playing online. Each thing that I read makes me love Northeastern University more and more. I especially love this quote:

"Having both Paws and King as mascots is great. One can dance around to excite the crowds, while the other attracts attention and develops excitement by representing a real Husky and being [petted] by people," Hackmeister said.

If only my Human had had the foresight to go to NU rather than that stupid Mizzou with their stupid cat mascot.

Husky Logo #6

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When Huskies Fly!!!!" I like the idea of an airplane company having a husky in their logo. But I never actually flew anywhere. I've leapt over the couch, but that wasn't much of a flight.

I'm going to try to persuade my Human to buy one of these Husky planes. That way we can fly around the world visiting my blog readers.

Potato Chip Syndrome

The humans like to talk about "potato chip syndrome" when discussing Siberian huskies. They like to say that "you can't have just one" when it comes to either huskies or potato chips.

For the record, I don't like potato chips. Now, Cheez-Its^® are a different matter. My Human likes potato chips, but I think she likes Sibes better. At least she's never tried to put French Onion Dip on us!

Snowballs to the West of Me

Drill SGT Zim, a friend of ours from Manhattan, Kansas, reported to us that he was helping his mom in the garden and she pointed out a SNOWBALL bush to him! They are actually growing snowballs in Kansas! He promised to send some to me.


He lives with the Army of Four, which is comprised of Supreme Commander Stormy and the unranked Amber and Dave. Each one of them, separately and grouply, are very cool Sibes!

Zim gives me hope that I may still see snow.

Congratulations to Raisa!!!

Raisa is the 1,000^th visitor to my Blog!!!!

You special prize is that you can come over to our house and I'll share my treats with you.

Sad Tubey

You will see above a picture of a sad Tubey. Why am I sad? My stupid Human told me that I couldn't yell at that stupid Lex anymore. I tried telling her that I'm the Tube Wolf, and that's what I do. But she said that she didn't care. She told me that I had to stop aggravating Lex. I overheard her telling some stupid human friend of hers that she was trying to act less like me--my Human is actually going to try to be nicer to people.

So, I guess I'll try to be nicer, but it's not going to be easy. Isn't it supposed to be all about me, Me, ME?

Fargo the Comedian

Fargo is the comedian amongst all of us. Whenever we're feeling down, we can count on Fargo to tell us some joke or do an imitation. You should hear his political routine! One of my favorite thinks is when he does his dead on imitation of my Human.

He wanted to tell you a little about himself so hhheeerrreeesss FFFaaarrrgggooo!!!

Aaaarrrrrooooo!!!!!!! Fargo, here! My human has said (in my presence, no less) that I am her best behaved dog in public, but a crazy dog at home. Yeah? So what! Isn't that the way it's supposed to be? In public I am Mr. Calm, Cool, & Collected. I am very obedient. But at home, I need to be the center of attention. If I'm ignored, I'll yell "Ha!" in that person/dog's ear. Or maybe I'll grab a hind leg or a hand. Maybe even a butt. WATCH OUT!!!!

I have something that no one else in my house has. I have earned my Canine Good Citizen certificate. My Human and I also tried to get the Therapy Dog International certificate, but they pulled a fast one on me. Some nice woman threw these treats on the floor in front of me as we walked by. I figured, "Hey, free food." So I grabbed one. For some reason my Human didn't get one, too. They disqualified me for that!

I hate being ignored. Once when we were out for a walk, some guy didn't even look at me! Can you believe that? So I just stopped walking and turned and tried to stare him down.

When I was still in school, we canines were in a 5 minute down/stay. It was very boring, so I tried to entice the other dogs into breaking their stay. I remained in a down/stay, but I whisper barked, "Ha!" in their direction.

Hey, Neighbor

On Sunday, my neighbor cows went on a bit of a rampage. They were running all over the pasture mooing and carrying on. The llamas got a bit closer, but not close enough to taste yet. My neighbors also have goats, but one of them has some stupid horns.



In other news, my Human decided that Sunday was nail trimming day. She was tired of us using our claws to get her attention. All in all, it was a very tiring weekend!

Donald & Skippy Dog

Around 15 years ago, my Human got a box of old family photos from her father's mother's side of the family. Many of the photos were unique. She has a picture of her paternal grandfather standing on his head circa 1900. And a few photos of ther paternal grandmother clowing around with her sister in "western" clothing circa 1900.

Unfortunately, many of the photos were not labeled, so my Human isn't exactly sure who the people were. Once such example is the photo on this blog entry of "Donald & Skippy Dog." This photo was labeled with this title, but my Human doesn't know who Donald or Skippy Dog was. And anyone who may know is probably long departed.

My advice to humans is that they should label all of their photos. Can you imagine how sad some human would be 100 years from now if she found a photo of me and didn't know who I was?

Husky Logo #5

When my Human lived in Canada (long before she was blessed with knowing any of us) she would occasionally get gas at the Husky station.

I present their logo today with a criticism: Couldn't they have made the husky bigger?

In the Box

I cursed Lex out really good this morning for being stupid and walking across the livingroom floor!


My Human promptly arrested me. I attempted to explain my side of it.


But she didn't listen and promptly threw me into the Box.

Ha Ha! Success!

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[Note: this is not the exact sandwich I ate, but a reasonable facsimile.] I snagged half a pork tenderloin sandwich! My Human stood up to answer the phone, and I grabbed her sandwich. And, because she's leery of husky mouths after the Niki bite incident, she didn't attempt to pry it out of my mouth! Yea, Niki! Yea, me! Yea, master chefs at Hy-Vee!

Boss Meep

Misha Meep is the boss dog. I love irritating him. When Meepie is on the couch next to my Human, I will go over and stare at him and maybe make a little noise. He gets so worked up that he'll yell at me and then get off of the couch. Then I can slip up there and be next to my Human.

Meepie wanted to share a little story with you:

I like going for long walks, although my Human won't let me off leash. I did manage to escape from my harness once before Fargo, Turbo, Aurora, and Niki lived with us.

We drove to Rockbridge State Park, and while the Human was steering I chewed through my leash. After we got there, she hooked me up to Lex using the tether thingie. The Human always double harnesses me because she knows how slippery I am.

Misha loves kissing humans more than the rest of us. That's why one of his nicknames is "Mr. Kissy-Face."We got to the very top of the big rocks and I was able to pull out of the harness and my leash. I pounced and bounced all over the cliffs! Poor Lexie was freaking out 'cause he didn't get to run free like me.

I played the runaway game for awhile! I could tell that my Human was worried I'd fall off of the cliffs, so when she sat down I ran back to her.

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!

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