Tummy Tagged!

Woo. It's me - Dave. I've been Tummy Tagged by the bee-woo-tiful Holly. She said, "Here's how it works; you have to post a picture of yourself in a vertically reversed position. A.k.a., tummy up!! Then, just tag three other bloggers and you're done!"

I love to have my tummy rubbed! But I AM a Siberian Husky ... which means if a biped WANTS me to do something, I should try my very best to resist. Especially if Stormy's watching. Even if it means not getting tummy rubs. Which I really enjoy. But I don't want somepuppy to keep accusing me of not being a Siberian. So this is what I did when Mom was looking for me to rub my tummy and take a picture of it:

Woo.

That's right - Storm and Zim aren't the only ones who can hide out up here! Woo.

Not wanting to let Hollybollyboo down... here's an older picture of my tummy-tum.

I'm going to tag Jazz & Dixie, Magnum, and China & Madie! Let the tummy rubs begin!

Luv,
Dave

PS: A VERY special thank woo to Opy and Charlie's dad, Greg, for getting our animated .gif to work! Check out our new "We are Army Strong"/"Proud Trooper in the Ao4" graphic in the side-bar!!! Wooooooooooo!!!!!!!

Sunday Salute - Nikki & Her Excellent Adventure!

This week, our Sunday Salute goes out to our friend Nikki of South Africa! Yes! You know Nikki! We've featured her a few times before! In fact, remember in March we posted about her having to have a ... b-a-t-h? She said it was because she was going on holiday with her bipeds! We had a great email from her a few weeks ago and we've been waiting for JUST the right time to share her adventure with you!

In her email, she said, "Hey Everysibe!! 'Member a few weeks ago I was tortured by my Mom and Dad and they gave me that dreaded bath because they were taking me on holiday!? Well we went and we came home and we had a good time!!!"

She initially was very worried when she saw suitcases and boxes coming out of cupboards, so she carefully watched every move. As she said, "You never know with these humes, the last time this happened, McKinley and I were sent to prison (what humes call kennels) for 10 days so I was very worried. Mom kept saying 'Don't worry Niks, you are coming with', but I wasn't sure what was happening."

Nikki's bipeds packed up the car and her mom put a lovely quilt she made on the back seat. (We've seen this quilt - it's a Woodland Clover and is STUNNING! Beautiful enough for a pup!) "Anyway she put this quilt on the back seat and I got in and off we went. I still was not sure where I was going as I sometimes go and visit my boyfriend Sasha (he's very handsome - we've seen pix of him!) and that is an hour's journey. We drove and we drove and we drove and I started to relax as I knew we were past the 'prison' so I wasn't going to jail!"

Their first stop was a place called Belfast - not the one in Ireland but one near where she lives, in South Africa! Nikki told us that when her Mom was a biped puppy, she used to live there! Here is a picture of Nikki's mom, her grandma and her dog Jock; it was taken at the dam there. (Her pup was named after Jock of the Bushveld, one of her favourite books when she was little.)

Jock, Nikki's mom's grandmom and Nikki's mom as a biped puppy!

And here is Nikki and her mom in the same place now!

Nikki and her mom at the Belfast Dam!

"Our next stop was a very busy place where we had to feed the car," Nikki continued. "Mom walked around with me; I needed to stretch my legs and quite a few people were totally overcome by my beauty (naturally!) and had to give me tickles and I kissed them in return! Some people thought I was a wolf!! Now I ask you ...what would a wolf be doing in the middle of Africa???" Woo.

We eventually got to our new sleeping place and I was delighted to make friends.

Nikki and a new little friend

After they unpacked, they went for a walk. Nikki told us, "Mom and Dad had to refresh themselves after the walk and we went to 'The Pub'. Once again I was much admired. The lady that lives there had a Husky called Nikita but because it is a farm and she ate the neighbours chickens and also because there was no fence she went to live in the big city of Johannesburg. I got special treatment because I was so like the other Nikita and was allowed to sit in the door way of 'The Pub'. The lady said people could just walk around me! Very fitting for someone of my breeding and beauty!" We hope they also bought you beverages and a snack, Nikki!

Nikki at "The Pub"

The next day brought even more adventures! Nikki and the bipeds drove for quite a long time and eventually came to a little village with pretty little cottages. While there, they saw wild horsies!

Look, Dad - horsies!

Nikki said they were really big and wanted to check her out! "They wanted to check me out and I wanted to check them out but my spoil sport humes would not let us get too close." Bipeds are like that sometimes, Nikki. We have no idea why.

Nikki continued to tell us about her adventure, "When we got back to our new house my Dad went to do some fishing. I sat and watched him; silly biped, does he really think that the fish are so stupid that they are going to get themselves hooked on a line? We had steak for supper that night (yum)!!" Glad the fishies were smart enough to avoid being caught, since it meant steak for you! Ha roo! (Amber said she's heard fish spend a lot of time in school. Hee hee hee.)

Go away, fishies! I could get a steak out of this deal!

Nikki's holiday was almost over. "Next day our big adventure was over and we drove home, we stopped at a few more places, a big dark tunnel that was quite scary but I was very brave and protected my humes from any danger." Wow! Very brave, indeed! Nikki sent play bows and said that if we come see her, she'll take us on a big adventure since she's such a well-travelled lady now!!! Let's ALL go!

Nikki, for taking your bipeds on such a cool holiday adventure, making new friends, snagging a steak dinner, protecting your bipeds in the tunnel and so very much more ... we salute you!

The Army of Four

Troopers in the Ao4

Ha roo, troops! It's me - Drill SGT Zim! Listen up, pups! Stormy, Supreme Commander of the Ao4 has asked me to post the list of Troopers in the Ao4. Everypup who has contacted us about joining the Ao4 should be in this list...

Amici

Asta

Bailey the Mini Doxie

Bama and the River Hill Pack (Bama, Chili, Cracker, Mikki)

Ben Benjamin

Boomer

Bruin

Bumpass Hounds - Jubal, JEB, Shelby, Jack, Abby, Max and Shilohand AND the Bumpass Cats - Alex, Boru and Jenny

Butchy & Snickers

The Canine Kids

Charlie the Big Dog

China & Madie

The Colorado Crew: Stormy, Thunder, JoJo and Bow

Cosmos & Juneau

Cubby & Dakota

Cyber-Sibes: Star & Jack-A-Roo

The Dachsies (Roxie, Andy & Sammy)

Dakota

D'Azul Siberians' SGT Preston and PVT Silver

The Dogs of Jackman Avenue: Lola, Sherman & Penny

Echo

Fleas Gang: Simon, Scarlett & Shelly

Frankie & Maddie

Fu Fu

Girl Girl - the Hamster-berian

Goofy & Rudolf

Guinness & Shiloh at the Stoutino Inn & Foster Kennel

Hammer, Hobson & Rose

Holly and her pack: Samuel, Abby, Monty and Kona

Huffle Mawson, Explorer Cat!

Indy

Izzie

Jan's Funny Farm: The pups: Merci, Buddy, & Samaritan and the kitties: Crystal, Cotton, Cyndi, Percy, Cameron & Rusty

Jazz & Dixie

Joe Stains and Tanner
K & Kali

Kaos

The Kapp Pack: Kelsey Ann, Sky & Canyon

Khyra

Koobuss

Lorenza

Macie & Malechai

Maddox & Shelby

Magnum

Marley and Ziggy

Marvin

Mason Dixie

MayaMarie - The Husky in the Window

MJ

Moondance Huskies Sled Dog Team

Moxie & Izzie - The Corgi Girls

Nanook

Peanut & Flash

Piappies - Fudgie, Princess, Scrappy, Bullet, Frappie, Mocha, Sugar

Pippa
Pippin and her flock: Tansy, Hamish, Renzo, Rafe and Kyzer

Precious

Raisa

Ruby Bleu

Rudolf & Goofy

Rudy and his 3 fellow Bedlington Terrier housemates

Russell

Sasha

Simcha and Kiley

Sitka and her "sister" Tia

Snowball

Sooky

Sophie Brador

Steve & Kat

Summit the Super Mal
Tasha & Eva

Team Husky: Prince & Summer

Texas

The OP Pack: Thunder, Dakota and Phantom

Toffee

Toto
Tubey and his roommates: Roo Roo, Fargo, Misha, Nikki and Lex

Please submit any additions or corrections as soon as you can. Check in, Troopers! It's GREAT that so many of you want to join us!

We have been working on an animated gif file and it's cool. We just can't get it to upload properly, for some odd reason. (If any of you can help us out with any tips, please shoot us an email. It's worked for us before ... just not now!) Once we have that squared away, we'll notify you. Until then, send us an email at SibeTracker(the at symbol)yahoo(the dot thingy)com. (Is that how you're supposed to do it to avoid spammers?) We'll email you a special code for your sidebar! Show the blogosphere - show the world! - you are proud Troopers in the Ao4!

Play bows,
Zim

pUpdate: Charlie the Big Dog's dad fixed us up with the animated .gif file. Shoot us an email for the code! TW, Storms

Bento Box - To Eat or Not To Eat

Ha roo! Zimmie here! I was reading Jazz and Dixie's blog the other day - you know them, they're those gorgeous Beagle babes in Japan! They mentioned picking up a Bento - a Japanese lunchbox. How fun! I wonder what was in theirs?

We don't have that kind of Bento box here in Kansas, but as I told Jazz & Dixie, Dave helped Mom make a quilt in a pattern called "Bento Box"! Here it is:


I'm not sure why they call it "Bento Box" - Stormy said maybe because it looks like it has a bunch of little compartments to tuck different foods into. Mom hasn't quilted this yet - after she does, I wonder if she's going to put rice, meat or veggies on it!?! Ha roo roo roo!

Mom made her Bento Box in her and Dave's favorite colors, white and bl-wooooooo! It will probably go somewhere in the outer room of the Quilt Studio where there is a bunch of other blue and white stuff, like the celadon lamps Mom bought in Korea. You can see a couple of those in this picture of the "outer" studio.

She has some of the traditional Cheong-ja or green celadon, too, but Dave suggested it would be better if it was grouped together somewhere else in the house. You know... since it's green and all. Dave's really good about knowing stuff like that.

Well, that's our version of a Bento Box. I like it just fine, but I think Jazz & Dixie's sounds much more like something I could sink my teeth into! (And not get scolded. Ha roo roo roo!)

I just love learning about different cultures, don't you?

Play bows, all!
Zim

It's Our Am...aversary!

Ha roo, everypup! It's me - Stormy! We're back from Leave and just in time to celebrate a VERY important day around here. The day we adopted Amber! That's right - it's our Amaversary!!! Here we are - I know you've seen this picture before, but it's one of my favs, so bear with me.

I just couldn't believe it when Mom and Dad brought her home to me back in '99 and let me know I'd just had a puppy! I was ecstatic! She was already 4 months old and we took to each other right away! I'd always wanted a puppy of my own! She was and is perfect in every way!

I helped train her, of course. I even house-broke her! That was easy - she wanted to be just like me and our great brother Booter. Here I am, tiring her out - you know that old adage is true: A tired Siberian is a good Siberian. Of course, I think ALL pups are good .... but that's another story.

Come on, Ammy! Catch me if you can!

Since Booter was half Lab and half Australian Shepherd, he could herd us up for Mom, which was very cool! In that picture above, he was waiting for the "Round 'em up, Boots!" request. I mean "command". Whatever. He usually got her corralled first.

Here's the little one!

We're all so very happy to have Ammy in our lives. She is the best girl puppy I've ever had - kind, playful, strong, loyal, brave, a little silly, and ever-so-sweet. Celebrate the day with us, friends! Happy Ammyversary!!!

Tail wags,
Storm

MaPaw Auction Items!

Woo! It's me - Dave, everypup! I came in off of Leave to remind you about the important eBay auction going on to support the MaPaw Siberian Husky rescue group. You can bid on and win all KINDS of great things, regardless of where you are around the world! All the items are really cool - but I wanted to tell you about a couple I helped Mom with! Here I am with them:

Woo. I'd love to take a nap on this quilt!

The quilted throw measures approximately 32 x 32" and is great tossed over your bed! Doesn't it look comfy? We have a couple like that, so Mom can toss them in the wash a couple times a week and make them all clean and Downey-fresh! It's made using the popular "fray edge" technique and only gets better with subsequent washings! Really! And those seams are great for scratching your back, if you roll around on the quilt! It feels SO good! Mom didn't let me try this one out, but the others are like that.

The front is 100% cotton fabrics, all in dog-themed prints. I matched them myself, so you know they're all color-coordinated. The pet shop fabric features all kinds of puppies and kittens - to include a play-bowing red and white Siberian! I'm SURE they are all from a rescue group or the local shelter. ...Or they could be shopping for toys or treats! There's a dachsie on there, a Scottie, some kit-cats, a spotty dog, all KINDS of pups! The back is made from "recycled" denim and Mom stitched it all together with the goldish heavy-weight denim thread.

Are you sure I can't take a nap on this? It looks so comfy ... and it's calling me!

Here's a good shot of the pillow. It's 14 x 14 inches and the cover can come off for washing. The back is the pet shop fabric; there are some cool close-ups on the auction page!

Please check out the MaPaw fund-raiser. They have some sweet, sweet puppers in their care right now who need a lot of medical care. Wouldn't it be great to help them out?

To answer a question posed by a very adorable somepup... I do not come with the quilt! I would miss my mom too much. Woo. If any of our blogging pals are the winners of either item, though - let us know and we'll include special sniffie bags for you or maybe something else really special that you'll like!

Thanks for checking out the auction! And for your well-wishes while we get through this stormy weather!

Luv,
Dave

Going on Leave

Woo, everypup! It's me, Dave. I'm down here.

No, I'm not really afraid of all the bad weather we've been having, but if I was ... this is where you'd find me. Woo. We want to thank all of you for your concern with the current weather conditions here in Kansas; we have had some wild weather, but no twisters right here. Our hearts go out to those in Greenburg who were hit so badly and who lost so much. Our prayers go out to those who lost loved ones and friends.

Because of all the bad weather around us - more storms are due in shortly - our own Storm said this would be a good time for us to take a short leave of absence from the blog. (Mom and Dad seem to think computers and severe thunderstorms don't mix.) Please check back in with us in a few days! Until then ... keep your feety-feet dry!

Luv,
Dave

PS: ACTUALLY.... one of our very favorite Siberian Husky rescue groups, MaPaw, is starting a big on-line auction today! Please follow that third link to see some really cool items you can bid on - and all proceeds go to help Sibes in need! Grab your bipeds' credit cards and get busy! I'm going to come in off leave tomorrow and post extra pictures of a couple items you might like. Anypuppy know which ones I'm wooing about? Get shopping!

Bart the Bat

Ha roo, everypup! Zim here. Please see yesterday's post from Stormy - we've updated the list of Troopers in the Ao4. I will continue to add to that page, if more recruits step forward. I also made quite the lengthy comment, on Stormy's behalf.

On to today's topic! Did you see our biped friend Tierre's blog yesterday? He posted about a couple in upstate New York who found 3,500 pounds of bat guano and dead bats in their attic. Wowzers! I told Tierre we have a bat friend here!

We have two decks on the back of our house. Our bat friend hangs out (ha roo roo roo) on the under-side of the upper deck. He leaves some of his "guano" on the lower deck ... quite possibly making it a ... yes, Amber, I'll say it ... a poop deck. Ha roo roo roo. Here's our deck set up:

And here's a shot of our friend - we've named him Bart.

That picture is from last year. Can you see him in there? He's hanging upside down, like bats like to do. I highlighted his hiding place. Hi, Bart! We haven't seen him this year yet ... but we've seen his ... calling card, let's say. You know what I mean. Remember, this is a family-friendly blog.

We call him our friend because the "average" brown bat can eat 1,200 mosquito-sized insects per hour. Bart is a flying bug whacker! And you know how I feel about bugs! He's a real handy guy to have hanging around.

Play bows,

Zim

Join the Pups Who've Joined the Ao4

Ha roo. Storm here. Supreme Commander of the Army of Four.

Join the pups who've joined the Army. Of Four.

Everypup who has contacted me about joining the Ao4 should be in this list...

Charlie the Big Dog

Marvin

Pippin and her flock: Tansy, Hamish, Renzo, Rafe and Kyzer

Echo

Holly and her pack: Samuel, Abby, Monty and Kona

Fu Fu

Butchy & Snickers

Marley

K & Kali

Steve & Kat

Sitka and her "sister" Tia

China & Madie

Thor & his Wild Hunt pack (Smoky, Bandit & Cheyenne)

Peanut & Flash

Tubey and his roommates: Roo Roo, Fargo, Misha, Nikki and Lex

Magnum

Jazz & Dixie

Tasha & Eva

The Dachsies (Roxie, Andy & Sammy)

Maddie & Frankie

Team Husky: Prince & Summer

Sooky

Kaos

Further additions:

Joe Stains and Tanner

The Dogs of Jackman Avenue: Lola, Sherman & Penny

Ruby Bleu

Fleas Gang: Simon, Scarlett & Shelly

... and you are now to be considered a Trooper in the Army of Four. (Don't get hung up on the number - it's a moniker type of thing.) Being a Trooper in the Ao4 means we all cover each other's six, stick together in case of trouble, be supportive of each other, and teach each other cool stuff, as I explained the other day. I hope we'll also share stories of the adventures we encounter while out on our missions! (More to come on those!)

Yes, we have a couple members already who are not exactly dogs ... oh, like for instance Fu Fu and Tia ... but I will not turn away a sincere recruit! I half expect to hear that Kyzer's friend Fox will want to join, too - and if he volunteers, I will not turn him away! We welcome all - as long as your desire to join up is made in earnest. And Joey - if Tanner would like to join on his own volition, have him contact me!

I'm putting the finishing touches on a cool animated gif file for you to post on your blogs; I'll have that up in a couple days. Carry on, troops! We are ARMY STRONG!

Tail wags,
Storm

Samuel?

Woo. It's me - Dave. Did everypup see the picture Holly posted a while ago of her brother Samuel? Go take a look at it ... I'll wait. Did you see it? Really. Check the hyperlink I just gave you. Got it? OK. Here's my version:

Look at me, I'm Samuel!

Pretty good, huh? It was really just me. Woo.

Luv,
Dave

Follow the ...Brick Road

Hey everypup. It's me - Zim. Sorry I'm late posting; it's been a busy day. Anyroo... did you catch our pal Marvin's blog today? He lives in a really cool place called "Scotland" and he's heading to Kansas! I wonder if he's walking or driving? Hmm... I'll have to ask! He wrote one of his cool poems about the whole thing and I had to wonder about these two lines:

...They say the road to Kansas is made out of yellow bricks,

This road isn't yellow, apart from that the description fits...

Wow. So... not exactly a "yellow brick road"... but one Marvin thinks heads to our house anyway. Hey! Here's a brick road! Or a brick path, anyway!

I'm gonna stand here and wait for Marvin.

Until he gets here - play bows, everypup!
Zim

Tanks a Lot, Boys!

Storm here. (Amber chose the title for today's post. Can you tell?)

I'm not sure quite how they did it. I tasked the boys to come up with a tank, since our friend Peanut said he wants to join the Ao4 and if we could get a tank ... he said he could be a tanker like his dad was. His brother Flash wants to join up, too - so I thought it would behoove us to get a tank. Though a hard task, I thought it would be a good test for Dave and Zim. Check this out:

Pretty cool. I told them to put it in the driveway, behind the Celica. I'm sure Mom won't mind.

OK... so far, those wanting to join the A04 are: Charlie the Big Dog; Marvin; Pippin and her flock: Tansy, Hamish, Renzo, Rafe and Kyzer; Echo; Holly; Fu Fu; Butchy & Snickers; Marley; K & Kali; Steve & Kat; Sitka; China & Madie; Thor & his Wild Hunt pack; Peanut & Flash; Tubey; Magnum; Jazz & Dixie; Tasha & Eva; the Dachsies (Roxie, Andy & Sammy); and Maddie & Frankie. Anypup else? Holly, Magnum and Tubey - what about your housemates?

Tail wags,
Storm

Sunday Salute - Dogs With Blogs!

This week our Sunday Salute goes out to Dogs With Blogs! It's the 1-year anniversary of this wonderful group of dog bloggers from all over the world! Our friend Pappy has put together an incredibly creative video to mark the special event and our very dear friend Marvin has written a great poem to commemorate the anniversary! These are just some of the ways our fellow dog bloggers are celebrating the day!

This wonderful group was started by our dear friends the beautiful Miss Opy, Charlie the Big Dog, and their bipeds Brooke and Greg of Sydney, Australia! Dogs With Blogs is now over 400 dog bloggers-strong! Incredible! We love the friendship and support this group provides - plus Greg's technical support! He also designed our Ao4 logo!!!!! DWB supports dog rescue - procedes from sales in the DWB store go to support Monika's Doggie Rescue in Australia.

Dave encourages fans of Opy and Charlie to go back and read the Haik-woo he wrote about these very special pups at the links provided!

We are pleased and proud to be members of DWB. For all you do - Brooke, Greg, Opy and Charlie - we salute you and DWB!

The Army of Four

Mail Call!

Ha roo! It's me - Storm! Guess what?!!? We got a package in the mail from Steve and Kat! WOW, what a wonderful surprise! We all stuck our noses in the envelope, then Mom let me check everything out.

WOW! A pretty package of home-made cookies made just for us and a card! The card was a great picture of Kat and Steve. Kat's leg is in Steve's mouth and Steve is saying, "Hopefully these treats will taste as good as Kat's leg." Ha roo roo roo! That made me roll over with laughter!

Oh, those puppies crack me up! Ha roo roo roo!

Their mom was kind enough to list the ingredients she used in the cookies so our mom could make sure everything would agree with our tummies! That was really nice of her! And guess what? Mom gave them the green light!

Check out the expression on my face! Yes, that is my very happy look! Ha roo! I had already read the ingredients myself and knew they were all on the "yes!" list! The boys were still waiting for Mom to check the ingredients - and to tell them they're a go!

Amber was right there, too, but Mom couldn't get all of us in the shot at one time. We were kind of swarming her. We couldn't help it - we knew those cookies were going to be great! Here's Am, savoring the fragrance!

Ooooh, these smell delicious!

Then ... we got to taste one! We thought the look on Amber's face summed everything up! Check out her pupils!

These are incredibly yummy!

THAT is one happy, excited diner!

Kat! Steve! We really loved the card and the cookies are delicious! Your mom should open up her own puppy biscuit bakery ~ seriously! We don't normally get as excited about food as we did with these cookies, but these were amazing - your mom is an incredible baker!!! We loved the special touch of writing our names and messages like "woo" and "mush" on the cookies with yogurt drops!

Thank you SO much for your thoughtfulness! Let us know if your mom's going to open up a bakery - we'd be happy to be on the official taste-tester team!

Tail wags from all of us!
Storm

PS: I'm delighted so many of you want to join the Ao4! I'll post all the details next week. In the meantime, here are the answers to some of your questions:
K & Kali: Following orders? Please. If that was a requirement, a certain someone wouldn't already be a member. Ha roo roo roo. You're with us, aren't you?
Peanut: I've tasked the boys to find us a tank. I gave them Monday as a deadline, so we'll see.
China & Madie: I'll post more info soon, but basically it means we all cover each other's six, stick together in case of trouble, be supportive, and teach each other cool stuff. Are you in?
Everypup else: We accept all willing volunteers!

Kong-on-a-Rope!

Wooooo! It's me, Dave! Did everypuppy just LOVE Amber's happy look from yesterday? She loves to run and run and run and gets so HAPPY! Woo. Me? I like to play with my Kong-on-a-Rope! This is my happy look when I know Mom and me are going to play Kong-on-a-Rope!

I'm ready! Oh pup, oh pup, oh pup! It's Kong-on-a-Rope!

I've posted pix before showing how I love to chase the toy and bring it back and have Mom throw it again. (But I am NOT a Labrador, like somepuppy says!) I also love to play tug!

Mom doesn't let me tug too hard, since I got whomped upside the head by the Tooth Fairy, but we still do gentle tugs!

Pup, do I love playing Kong-on-a-Rope! What are some of your favorite games?

Luv,
Dave

PS: Stormy wanted me to let you know that yes, we will be expanding the Army of Four. Details will be posted within a week. All volunteers please report to our blog and let us know you'd like to join. You must volunteer yourself; your brother cannot draft you! Woo. So far we have Charlie the Big Dog; Marvin; Pippin and her flock: Tansy, Hamish, Renzo, Rafe and Kyzer; Echo; Holly; Fu Fu; and Butchy & Snickers. Have I left anyone out? Who else wants to join?

New Blogging Friends!

Hi, everypuppy! It's me, Amber! I hope everypuppy is happy and is feeling good and is enjoying nice Spring weather. I've had some great play sessions in the back yard lately and when I paused, Mom took this picture of me:

I was very happy because I had been running, running, running and chasing the toy and running, running, running! I love to run!

You know what else I'm happy about? We have some new blogging friends! Echo is writing The Daily Echo now - and we are really glad he's here! Please check out his blog! We remember back when he was born - the wonderful people at MaPaw took in a very pregnant puppy named Sissy and when she had babies, Merlin's Echo was one of them! We helped Mom make some things for a fund-raiser to help defray some of the expenses involved. Here's Davy with a pillow he and Mom made. It has Echo's baby picture on it!!!

He's STILL that cute today - please surf on over to his new blog!!!

Another new friend is Marley, of Marls in Charge! He's a VERY cute little red and white Sibe puppy! He's only about 4 months old and he's just adorable and he's learning how to be the very best Siberian he can be! He seems to think Zim is a good role model, which seems to frighten Mom but has made Stormy very, very proud of her boy puppy! Please check out Marls in Charge, too!

Stormy wants everypup to know she is really pleased that some of our friends want to join the Ao4. She's currently working on a plan and will reveal it when she has the details worked out. Could you imagine me and Hamish working together, shoulder to shoulder!?!? Oh, that would be so fun. I'll bet he loves to run and run and run, too! Or Dave and Marvin working together on a poem or something? Charlie is a great asset to the team; it'll be really nice to add even more to our numbers!

Love to everypuppy,
Amber

ANZACS Day

Today, the 25th of April, is ANZACS Day, the day we honor our friends, the fighting men from Australia and New Zealand. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War, at Gallipoli. (ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.) We at the Ao4 hope you'll visit the links provided to learn more about these brave men and ANZACS Day. (Remember ... anything in light blue is a hyperlink to take you to more info!)

We also have provided this touching video, in remembrance of the sacrifices made by the ANZACS - from the Boer War in 1899 to present .

Today, we will say a prayer of thanks for these brave friends and allies, will send our mom a mind-meld message to bake some ANZACS Biscuits (not that we'd get any, but you never know what she'll drop!), and (on a lighter note) post this picture of one of our best friends from Australia, Charlie the Big Dog - who left home recently to join the Army. Of 4. Now 5. Ha roooo!

We thank God each day for the brave men and women of our Armed Forces - and for our allies as well. To our readers in Australia and New Zealand - we will never forget your friendship.

The Army of Four

Blog Music

Woo! It's me, Dave! We at the Ao4 couldn't help but notice (and enjoy!) the music some of you have on your blogs! Marvin always has some cool tunes playing, Frankie and Maddie had "California Girls" playing for a while, and Ivy has some cool music in her videos, and so does Charlie (a bone-afide member of the Ao5!) ... and lots of other pups ... and we've linked to some songs from time to time. Well, me and Zimmie thought we should come up with some original music for your listening pleasure - so without further adoooo, here we are!

We sound good, don't we? We usually have one sing-along per day and usually the girls join in. They were doing something else at the time, but we'll try to do another song with all of us singing.

As you could hear, Mom came in during our taping session. We didn't want her to know exactly what we were up to, so I clammed up and looked to my little brother for help. Zim changed the subject by going for the quilt. (He's really getting smart - Storm is teaching him all KINDS of great stuff!) ... Oh, and he said the answer to her question is, "Not exactly ... it was more like my nose and gums. Really." Woo.

Have a great day, everypup.

Luv,
Dave

A Giant Discovery!

Hold on to your collars, pups & pup-ettes, it's Zim - with my incredible discovery! So ... where was I on Saturday? Oh, yeah. I helped Mom run an errand, then we decided to drive around town a little on the way home. We wove through campus, then parts of town, then went past City Park. I saw lots of cool pups walking their bipeds, a few squirrels running around and then WHOA!!!!!!!!!

Great Balto, I've found him! Pull over, Mom! Please!!!

Can you puppers see him!?!? It's the GIANT! It's got to be the one we've been tracking for so long now!!! (Newer readers of the Ao4 Digest are encouraged to check out our previous adventures in the land of the Giant at the links here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and WHEW! here.) As you can see from the number of links, we've spent a lot of time and energy looking for the Giant ... and now here he is! Right in the middle of City Park!

Mom pulled over and parked, as per my request. I got out of the car (with Mom on a leash, of course - we Sibes can NEVER trust our bipeds off-lead!), bounced at a couple squirrels, then went over to confront the Giant!

Hey... what's he looking at?

I wasn't one bit scared of him - even though he was so GIGANTIC and all. I mean - I think he was actually scared stiff! He didn't move or anything the whole time I was there. Yeah... I think he was petrified! Scared of the Z-man! Ha rooooooo!

Hey, Giant! Your weed-whacker needs sharpening.

Seriously. The guy was frozen with fear.

I'm not afraid of you, Giant!

I gave him my best "I Am In Charge Here" look, tried to lift my leg on one of his boots (though for some reason, Mom wouldn't let me), then went off to stare at the squirrels.

I told Stormy, Am and Dave all about him when I got home. Dave was more curious about smelling the little Bulldog Babe on me that I met at the vet's, but the girls were REAL excited about my discovery! Storm did some research on the internet and learned the Giant's name is Johnny Kaw and that he carved out all our rivers into the Kansas lands, invented sunflowers, and even controls the Kansas weather. (Yeah, well, he's got some serious 'splaining to do about THAT! I think our Weather Control Device is more effective than he is!) Anyroo, you can see all the other stuff bipeds claim he does at the Johnny Kaw hyperlink above. Sounds like he's responsible for all the cats around here, too! Hmph! I have mixed feelings about this guy - but I DO know he's scared stiff of ME!

We're the Ao4 and we're a force to be reckoned with! Ha rooooo! I found the Giant - and I have no fear!!!!!!

Play bows,
Zim

Sunday Salute - MaPaw!

This week, our Sunday Salute goes out to our friends at the MaPaw Siberian Husky Rescue and Referral Services, Inc. This group of volunteers is dedicated to placing Siberian Huskies from Eastern Pennsylvania and parts of New Jersey, Maryland and Deleware into wonderful, appropriate, loving fur-ever homes. They foster Sibes in their own homes and help teach other Sibe owners about the special needs we have.

Our buddy Magnum (pictured at right) writes the MaPaw Fosters' Blog; he does a great job, doesn't he? The good folks at MaPaw have reached out to help quite a few special needs dogs recently and could really use your support! Magnum blogged about some of those pups and gave one way you can help out - plus you can donate directly at the MaPaw site or shop in their store! They even have a line of Army of Four gear - so look for it!!! You could wear a tee shirt, drink from a cup or have a ceramic tile box with our pictures on it -- all sorts of cool stuff! - and support a great rescue group in the process!

Picture one of these cool bumper stickers on your Siberian Utility Vehicle (SUV) - it's Stormy's God Bless America! You could buy one of your own at the MaPaw store!

Dave's twin brother of a different mother Harley (at right) is a MaPaw pup! Harley has a blog of
his own, but he's been very busy and hasn't had time to (p)update it lately. Harley ... where are woo? :)

Princess Casey and Team Husky are also MaPaw-related bloggers! Check out their cool sites!

The MaPaw rescue group has been sponsoring and attending all kinds of great rescue events lately, helping educate the public about Siberians - and they've also been giving canine CPR seminars! If you live in the Eastern PA area, we highly recommend checking them out and sending your bipeds to one of their lectures! CPR - what a great skill to know!

MaPaw is also going to be having an on-line auction soon - we'll be sure to let you knowwhen that happens. They'll have all kinds of cool items for sale, with ALL proceeds going to help homeless Siberians! Dave has been helping our mom make something special for it! Ha roo!

In the meantime, please check out the fund-raiser on Magnum's blog, the MaPaw site, or their on-line store. You could even buy something special with a sweet Amber on it - and help support homeless Sibes!

Please support your favorite doggy rescue group!

There's something for everyone in the MaPaw store! Ha rooooo!

To the pups and bipeds at the MaPaw rescue group - thank you for all you do for homeless, needful Siberians!!! For finding homes for them, educating the public about us Sibes (and teaching canine CPR!), and getting medical care to those with special needs ... we salute you!

The Army of Four

Running Errands

Hey everypup! It's me - Zim! So ... the other day, I saw Mom try to sneak out of the house to go somewhere in the car. I said, "Hey, Mom! Take me with you!" I just love to go for car rides! I even tried sneaking into the garage. I can squirt through that doorway REAL fast when I want to! Anyroo... she said she was just going to go to the vet's to get a couple prescriptions refilled for the girls and would be right back and I said, "I love going to the vet's! Please, take me with you!" She paused, then said, "OK... Quick! Before everyone else hears us!" Cool! I'm in! Though I don't know why she wouldn't let all four of us come ....!

Here I am, cruising past our park. It's the county fair grounds AND the city/county park. They call it CiCo Park. Like "see-co". Mom thought it was "chico" for the longest time ... biped language isn't as articulate as ours, is it, pups?

We pulled in at the vet's and I couldn't wait to go in. The ladies at the Discharge Desk (that's where we pick up meds) are always REALLY sweet! Here I am, being greeted!

Ha roo! I'm here for Storm and Am's meds, please!

She gave Mom the meds while I signed the credit card slip. After that, I offered to eat the potted plant on the desk.

Mom tugged me down for some odd reason and said that really funny, "Zimmieno!" thing. I have no idea what it means.

When we got outside, I met the cutest little English Bulldog! Her name was Daisy or Dixie or something. She was about one year old and was simply adorable! We got to do sniffies with each other and her mom said I was such a handsome, well-behaved gentleman. Well... of COURSE! Mom didn't get any pix of us together, 'cause we were too excited and all - but we did stop over beside the hospital so I could have my picture taken with this Golden Retriever, a vet and a little biped. They weren't nearly as fun as the Bulldog!

I was still looking for my little Bully friend!

We left the vet's and drove around town a little. I saw something INCREDIBLE from the window and asked Mom to pull over! It was what we've been waiting for, pups! I'm out of time today - but be sure to check in on Monday! Wowzers, do I have a story to tell!

Play bows,
Zim

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Woo-s

Woooooooooo! It's me - Dave! Woooooooo!

Is everypup still laughing over the Ruby Red Slippers caper? I can't believe the redheads had that kind of fun before I even got here! Stormy just cracked me up with that story - especially "the rest of the story"! Amber!??! Who'd have thought!?!? Woo.

Stormy got an email from Holly yesterday. I was surprised she wrote to Stormy instead of me ... but she was asking for Stormy's help with some technical computer thingy, so that makes sense. Stormy is really smart! Holly attached a couple of pictures and asked Storm, "Please have my darling Dave vote to choose which he likes best. His opinion means the world to me, so of course will go with what he likes best!" Woo. I looked at both of them ... and got lost in this one.

Woo. It's Hollybollyboo.

I choose this one, Holly. You look very serene and bee-woo-tiful. I couldn't tear myself away!

Good luck with the thingy Stormy was helping you with!

Luv,
Dave