Thanx Twix Tuesday!

Tail wags, dear readers! It's me, Storm, here with today's post. We received such a lovely package in the mail last week from our sweet friend Twix! Remember she had a book give-away on her blog? We won! We were very surprised and delighted!

We all had fun checking everything out. Here's Ammy with the book, "Dog Lover's Daily Companion".

Oooh! That little pup in the window looks like Twix!

Then she opened the cover and look what was inside!

There's our beautiful friend!

There was a nice note inside from Twix with a beautiful photo of her! It's now hanging on our magic cold box, low enough for the boys to see it! Ha roo!

I checked out the book and found the essay on the left-paw side especially interesting:

Hmmm... "Obedience Training". Wonder what else I can train Mom and Dad to do?

Ha roo roo roo! Just kidding. I perused the book for a while, and thought it really looked interesting! I passed it along to Dave after a while to see what he thought -

Woo, this chapter looks great! "Adopting an Older Dog"!

Zimmie and I were about a year and a half old when we each adopted Mom and Dad, and Dave was already about 4. We really like that part of the book a LOT!

This makes me feel all schmoopy and stuff...

Adopting older pups totally rocks, trust us! You're saving a life, some of us have already had some training and, hey, some of us have already even been spayed or neutered! Dave and I were!

Zim spent a lot of time looking through the book...

Hey, a Lab with a tennis ball. I wonder if Dave saw this. Ha roo roo roo!

... and also checking out a really sweet card Twix's mom sent to our mom.

Oh, this is really special!

She said really sweet stuff... so in addition to thanking our pal Twix for the book and card, we'd also like to thank Momma-o-Twix for everything. And how best to thank her? We know one thing that she loves... and I tasked Zim to pose for Mom for this one. Without further ado, this is for Twix's mom:

Zim's feety-feet!

Yeah, we know you love 'em! And trust our mom, Zim's do smell like Fritos. Ha roo roo roo!

Many, many thanks to Twix and her mom for the very wonderful book and cards!!! What we treasure most of all is your friendship!

Tail wags,

Storms

Beat The Monday Blahs!

Ha roo, pups and cool-cats! It's me, Zim! What's the best way to beat the Monday Blahs? If you ask me, it's to go on a walk! Me and Ammy took Dad on a nice long one this morning; Storm, Dave and Mom found us while we were out and we all walked home together. Mighty cool. Well-worth having to get toweled off for. Neither Mom nor Dad had a camera, but trust me, it was fun and we all shook those "blahs" away! Since I can't show you pix from this morning, here are some from a couple days ago - one of our afternoon walks. This one was me, Dave, Am and Mom. Ready to beat the "blahs"? Let's go!

One of the great parts about living in the Flint Hills is getting to the top of a hill and enjoying the view! Check this out:

Ammy, Dave and me enjoying the view

Doesn't the sky look cool? Dad actually thought Mom had doctored the photo up a bit, but that's really what it looked like!

Mom took a couple pix of us enjoying the view. Here's another:

Oooh, I can see and smell EVERYTHING from up here!

Hey, Zim. Maybe you should tell the readers what we're looking at.

Oh yeah ...

See out there just below the horizon?

...that's Colbert Hills Golf Course. Dad is anxious for some warmer, drier weather so he can get back out there and play!

Anyway, we did some more up and down the hills action, then Mom said Ammy should get us boys in line and herd us on homeward. Mom got out in front of us for this shot:

Me, Ammy and Dave

Don't I look serious? And Am has that million dollar smile of hers going. And wow... I wonder what Dave found!?

Here we are, heading down the home stretch:

Dave, me and the Yammer

We can make room for you in our formation if you'd like to come with us this afternoon!

Me, Dave, [you could be here!] and Ammy!

Are those "blahs" gone now? Seriously - join us this afternoon if you'd like!

Play bows,

Zim

Serene Scenery Sunday - This is For The Birds!

Tail wags, dear readers. Stormy here, with Serene Scenery Sunday. Amber helped me a bit with the title; today's post is all about the birds we've seen out on our walks lately! I have a lot of photos to show you, so let's get started!

On a recent walk up by our water tower, we had a red-tailed hawk circling us, and sort of tagging along with us on our walk. Here he is:

Hey, what's that on the wire out in front of him?

Is it just me, or is he using a teleprompter? Ha roo roo...

Excuse me?

OK, maybe joking with a large, predatory bird isn't a great idea. Moving right along...

On Ammy's birthday, we had birds following us on our walk, too. This time, it was dear little bluebirds!

Isn't this little guy sweet? He was posing for Mom!

Me? I liked this next guy.

Bob the Bluebird, student at the SZK School of Siberian Studies

Clearly, he took my Cooperating for Photos 1 class - and did very well!

Here are Mr. and Mrs. Bluebird hanging out together:

Very sweet, aren't they? Or as Ammy said, very "tweet". Ha roo roo roo, oh, that Yammer!

Here's another female:

She's lovely, isn't she? Having a serene moment, as I hope all of you are!

This bird found some cool balls to play with:

Perhaps he's a ... yes, I'll say it, Am ... a LabraBird! Ha roo roo roo!

OK, enough of that. Here's a collage of some of the other shots Mom took:

Please click any photo above to go to our FlickR album for a larger view.

We love seeing all the birds around us as we take our walks; they make Mom smile and wash away her worries. We hope you enjoyed them, too.

Thanks for joining us for Serene Scenery Sunday!

Tail wags,

Storms

Walking With the Boys

Hi everypuppy and everycat! It's me - Ammy! As you know, Mom has been walking the boys and me together; it's gotten a little better each time and we've been going a bit farther each time as a consequence! I have some pix to share with you from back before my birthday - we got all the way to the water tower that day, then turned around to come back. Ready to see?

Like I said, we got all the way to the water tower. Once we were there, I started acting ... well ... maybe just a little bit silly. Here's a collage:

Me - Ammy!

I was just happy and dancing and started telling jokes and stuff. You know ... like I told the boys if we could get to that water tower, we could make a big splash. Hee hee hee! Things like that.

We started heading home and I was still acting just a little silly. So Zim said maybe he should take on herding duties. He was looking pretty serious and in charge ...

Zim

... so Mom said he could give herding me and Davy a try. Here's a look at that:

Dave, me (Ams!) and Zim

Umm... get along little Siberians! Ha roo roo roo!

He wasn't really into it and got a little distracted ...

Hey ... what's that over there? Is that one of my kit-cat pals?

... and things got kind of ... just really unorganized!

Woo. Whatcha looking at, Zim?

Not back there, Dave. Over here!

Umm... I think I'm ready to get serious and herd the boys again!

So Mom put me back in charge, and I did my best to get the boys back in line!

OK, boys! Get together! Form up!

It was much better that way.

Dave, Zim and me (Ams!)

Since he's a Drill Sergeant, he needs to think more along Drill SGT/troops lines instead of the shepherd/sheep lines! I think that will work better for him!

For those of you with snow - enjoy! We might get another round tomorrow. I haven't made my snow-cast yet!

Love,

Ammy

Photo Finish Friday

Hi everypuppy and everycat! It's me - Ammy - here with Photo Finish Friday! I wanted to combine this with a thank you to all of you for the lovely birthday wishes the other day and Stormy said that was a great idea! ☺

I had a really wonderful day, full of interesting walks, zoomies, naps, more walks and treats!!! Here are some fun pix from one of our walks. I liked this one best because all six of us went together!

Here I am, early on in the walk:

Me - Ammy!

I thought I had found a tasty morsel on the sidewalk; sadly, it was just a leaf. It could have been something yummy, though!

Here's Stormy, out in the lead:

Storms

Doesn't she look regal? She is such a great leader!!!

Zimmie and I had great fun on the way home showing Dad a new braiding technique we've been working on. Check out our leashes:

Me - Ammy - and Zim: Braiding 1o1

Daddy just loves it when we do that!

While we were "doing the twist" with Dad and Mom was busy taking a picture, Storm took advantage of the opportunity to get into something! Here she is with Dave:

Dave looks on in admiration, while Storm finds something

Stormy says that teamwork is an essential part of being a Siberian Husky, as is taking advantage of the bipeds being distracted. She's so smart, isn't she!?! I love learning from her!

When we got home, Mom wanted a photo of all four of us. We refused.... until she pulled out the cookies.

Me - Ammy - in front; Storm, Zim and Dave behind me.

We can't help it. As our vet says, we aren't food-aggressive at all, but we are food-motivated!

I hope you enjoyed the pix from my birthday! So far, 11 is very good!

Love,

Ammy

You've Got To Be Kidding Me!

Ha roo, pups and cool cats! It's me, Zim! There I was, out helping Mom run some errands. We were driving down this one road when I got all excited! I was looking out the window, helping her navigate, when I ... well, I just couldn't believe my eyes! "Pull over, Mom!" I pled with her.

She did, of course. And here's what we saw!

A bunch of goats! They look like Jasmine's relatives, don't they!?!? I just had to get close enough to chit-chat with them!

Hey, goats! How ya doing!? My name's Zim.

I have a friend who's a goat! Do you know Jasmine?

I mean, I had to ask! This goat mulled it over ...

Jasmine? No... I don't think I've heard of a Jasmine.

So that guy hadn't. But then - THIS guy ... well, check his response!

Jasmine?!? I used to know a gorgeous paint Boer goat named Jasmine. She had the sweetest smile...

So I said, "Yeah! That's the Jasmine I mean!" and we had a lovely talk about her. Everygoat promised to start reading her blog and I said if my mom would let me that I'd stop by again. They were getting ready for the big college football "National Signing Day" - you can see they're waiting outside the stadium at KSU (Kansas State University).

Tell Jasmine "bleeeaaaaaaaaaah" for us!

Yeah. They were at the stadium. You've got to be kidding me - I never knew goats were such football fans!

What a cool adventure! I hope I get to see my new friends again soon!

Play bows,

Zim

PS: Pun provided by Ammy. Ha roo roo roo.

Wordless Wednesday

Luv,

Dave