Working

Woo, everypup and everycat.  It's me - Dave.  As Mom starts to understand the new computer a bit better, things are starting to get back to normal around here.  Us Sibes have been working hard - I just finished helping Mom get an order for a couple bags all wrapped up and in the mail.  It was good to put in some Studio time but it was exhausting, as you can imagine.

Fortunately, I wasn't up on the duty roster to handle anything else, so I caught some sack time, as seen above.

Ammy's been busy with her weather forecasting - we're getting some light flurry action now!  It's in the 20s, winds at 25, gusting to 30 miles an hour.  Pretty nice out there!

Hmm... not a lot, but some light flurries heading our way....

Stormy has been spending a little extra time in her mentoring sessions with Zim.

So then, if the bipeds want you to ... oh, wait!  Mom's here.  Look innocent.

She's taught him SO much!  She's taught Ammy a lot, too.  Umm... and me, too, but don't tell her I told you.

And now that things are getting back to normal here, we pledge to be better about visiting your blogs!  Thanks for being patient with us!  "See" you soon!

Luv,

Dave

What We Were Really Doing

Ha roo, pups and kit-cats!  It's me - Zim! Did you see the picture we posted yesterday?  You know ... it looked like I was giving Ammy a little air-kiss and she was hugging me.  Puh-lease!  I'm sure you've all figured out what we were really doing... but in case there is any doubt, I give you the following video!  (Color key:  I always wear the blue collar and leash; Ammy wears green.)

Oh... sorry about the wind.  What can I say - it's Kansas.  

Do you like how I shake "no" when Mom asks if we're ready to go inside?  Ha roo roo roo!  

Here's what we did when Mom asked us to stop and pose:

Not really what Mom was after, but kind of artsy.

Play bows,

Zim

So Sweet Sunday!

Ha rooo and hi everypuppy and everycat!  It's us redheads, Zimmie and Amber today!  All of us here at Ao4 HQs would like to thank our sweet friends Holly and Zac for presenting us with these awards!  

First is the "You Lift My Spirit Award":

And secondly, the "I Love Your Blog Award":

Holly and Zac are new friends, and we really love their blog and think they'd be awfully fun to run and play with!  Many, many thanks, you guys!  We feel very honored that you chose us!

In return, we'd like to offer you a hug and a smooch:

Kiss-kiss!

Hugs!

OK... that's not really what we were doing there, but taken out of context it sure does look like it!  Ha roo roo roo!  We'll post the real story behind that tomorrow!

Play bows and love,

Zim and Ammy

PS:  Note from Storms:  Amber was right - sadly, there was no snow in those clouds yesterday!  She always knows!

Weather... or NOT

Hi everypuppy and everykitty, it's me - Amber!  Dad took Zim and me on a really nice long walk today and then Mom and Stormy and Dave found us!  It was so exciting!  I love it when they find us!

Here I am, out on the walk, enjoying the smells and scenery:

Mom and Dad kept looking up at the sky, checking out the clouds.  Dad said it looked like it could snow and Mom agreed.

Really?  Hmm... let me check this out.  I'm the resident meteorologist here at Ao4 HQs!  

Sniff, sniff...

I don't think so.  Not today.  I checked again when we got home, just to make sure.

No.  Sorry.  Not going to happen.  Not here.  I don't care what the bipeds on TV say.

That's my weather (or not) report for today.  I hope your forecast is better and calls for LOTS of snow!

Love,

Ammy

Exploring The Wild Prairie

Woo, everypuppy and everycat!  It's me - Dave. Now that the weather's gotten really nice - bitterly cold temperatures and windy - we've been going on more walks and doing lots of exploring.  It's not like I spend ALL my time trying to convince Mom I should be able to sit on her lap and get on the furniture and stuff like that.  Really.

Woo!

Here's a cool picture of me and my kid brother out exploring the wild prairie!

Me and Zimmie

Mom thought the sun made a cool pattern on my coat.  I look striped, don't I?  Here's another shot of Zim:

Zim, Wild Coyote of the Prairie!

He made that nickname up himself.  It's pretty fitting since he learned Coyote as his first language.  (To new readers:  Before joining our family, Zim had been chained to a tree 24 hours a day - for the first year and a half of his life.  He learned to talk by listening to the coyotes who sang to him.  When he got here, Stormy taught him Siberian.)  Anywoo, he's got great camouflage this time of year, doesn't he?  Cool!

Speaking of "cool" and my little brother, remember all the talk about the computer crash and Mom losing some of her photos, but Dad was able to rescue a few favs off the iPod?  (With Stormy's help!)  Here's one of those shots:

She hadn't saved it anywhere else... but now thanks to Dad (and Stormy), she has one of her favorite Zim-shots back!  Oh, there are others, too - to include some of me!  But that one was one that tugged at her heartstrings.

We had a great walk this morning, and now I need to get back to doing what I do best.

Yes, that's Mom's leg. Woo.  Have a great day!

Luv,

Dave

iExcuse

Ha roo everypup and kit-cat!  It's me, Stormy!  I hope all of you are having a wonderful week - time is just flying here at Ao4 HQs.

We Sibes have been busy helping Mom learn how to use the new iMac and iPhone and while Mom was out having her hair cut yesterday, I told Dad how to get Mom's pictures that she thought she had lost forever off the Windows-formatted iPod and onto a flash drive.  All is right in the world now. 

Anyroo... we were relaxing last night, much like this:

Me in the foreground; Zim through the uprights

That picture is from a couple nights ago, but you get the idea.  Mom was scrolling through messages ... and it hit us!  We hadn't put a post up!  Unless there's something major, like an ice storm or a computer crash, we post every DAY!  

What do you mean "we" forgot?

I don't want to point the paw at anybiped in particular, especially since we did get to go on an extra walk yesterday.  See... it was so nice out after lunch - wind-chill in the 20s (that's Fahrenheit; it would be about 6.5C), winds at about 20 to 25 miles an hour, and sunny.  Very nice.  Snow would have made it better, but you can't have everything.  But, hey.  We didn't post.  Our beautiful and clever friend Frankie said we had a good iExcuse (ha roo roo roo!)... so we'll just leave it there.

Since so many of you enjoyed seeing what the darling redheads were like after their walk the other morning, I thought I'd show you what a dignified 13 year old (that would be me) acts like.  Sort of an "extra" to make it up to you that we didn't post.  Here you go:

That's Ammy in the beginning scene in the living room. Dave puts in an appearance, too.  In fact, even Mom thought Dave was me for an instant.  Ha roo!  I hope you enjoyed that.  And for those of you who need a translation, I was telling Mom I was back and deserved a COOKIE!  

Anyway, sorry about missing yesterday.  No more iExcuses!  (Really good one, Frankie!)  We're up and running (figuratively and literally!) and will be back to our normal posting schedule.

Tail wags, all!

Stormy

iPhotos from the iPhone

Woo, everypuppy and everycat.  It's me, Dave!  Mom is still struggling along trying to learn how to use the iMac, but Stormy got us Sibes up to speed with what we need to know how to do and she tasked me to post today.  Woo!

So... the computer died - it was a PC.  About that same time, the cell phones died, so Mom and Dad decided to go with a Mac computer ... and iPhones!  Fortunately, Mom's better at figuring out the iPhone than the iMac.  Anywoo... she took a couple pictures with the iPhone that Stormy transferred over to the iMac for her.  I thought I'd share a few with you!

Here I am, striking pose for Mom:

Woo!

Mom was pleased with that so she asked Stormy for a pose, too!  Here's Stormy:

Ha woooooo!  Good one, Storms!  It was her way of telling Mom it was time to stop iPosing and start iWalking!

Catch you all later!

Luv,

Dave

"Exhausted" After Our Walk

Hi everypuppy and everycat! It's me - Amber! After we have breakfast (o600 hours), we take a short nap, then we either go on a run or a long walk. It has something to do with that silly saying Mom uses about "A tired Siberian is a good Siberian". I don't quite understand that. Stormy says all Siberians are good; it's a question of how well the bipeds have been trained. Stormy's really smart, you know! :) Anyroo, sometimes we're mighty tired on the approach to the house, but then we go in, get a cookie (we always get a cookie!), and kick back a bit. Take the other morning, for instance...

Zim and I went on a long, exhausting walk in the cold rain. Here's how tired we were when we got home:

Hee hee hee! Oh, for those of you who may not speak Siberian, our "raar raar raar"s are play talk. See how sweetly I sit down after I say it? ;) Have a happy day!

Love,
Ammy

PS: We are switching computers today - from a PC over to an iMac. We'll be visiting all of your blogs via the iPhone, but may not be able to comment for a couple days. It depends on something called "Mom's learning curve". :)

So Compelling Sunday

Ha roo and woo, everypuppy and kit-cat. It's all of us in the Ao4 coming at you today. As many of you know, on Sundays we try to bring you an inspiring Salute or a thing of beauty or serenity - and today is no exception. Look at us in this picture!

Storm, Dave, Zim and Ams

You may be wondering just what thing of beauty has all of us so intrigued. So glued to the spot. So focused! Wait no longer! Here is that stunning sight:

The line up!

Seriously! Have you ever seen anything more captivating?!!? We haven't!

Yum!
I'm sittin' like a good boy, Mom!
Whatever.
Yea! Supper-Dupper Time!

No one divvies up the Eukanuba quite like our mom or dad! Let's eat!

Tail wags, luv, play bows and love!
Stormy, Dave, Zimmie and Ammy

What's Up?

Tail wags to all, it's me - Stormy!

What's up?

Get it? "What's up?" and I'm looking up in the picture. Ammy assured me this would be funny. I just might have to go have a talk with that silly redhead!

Yeah... I'm not feeling it. Oh, AMMY!

Tail wags,
Storms

No Pups On The Furniture... ?

Woo, everypuppy, it's me - Dave. As many of you know, we have an insane rule around here about "no pups on the furniture". Except for the bed. Which is ours anyway. Pretty much. OK, we share.

So... since our computer crash, Mom and Dad have been trying to find any photos they may have actually backed up - on those things that look like Frisbees or to web sites. The other day, Dad found some old pictures on his computer and put them on a Frisbee thing for Mom. I was going through them .... and I saw this one!

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! It's Dad... great brother Booter & Stormy on the floor beside him ... and AMMY is on DAD'S LAP on the FURNITURE!!! AMMY!!! On the FURNITURE! Can you believe it!?!?

This is an outrage. I can't believe Ammy was allowed to do that!!! It can't be a size thing - at 58 pounds, I'm small enough. REALLY! Here I am, trying to convince Dad to let me up.

Dad? Can't I just come on up and snuggle with you?

I won't take up much room, really! Please, Dad?

He didn't seem to go for it. I think after seeing that picture, he owes me! And Ammy owes me, too! Woo!

I tried it on Mom later that night. She wouldn't let me up, but at least she came down and sat on the floor.

Mom? I was born to be a lap dog, really!

I still think Ammy owes me. I don't care if she was just a cute little sweet potato pup. Woo!

Luv,
Dave

Happy Thanksgiving!

All of us here at Ao4 Headquarters would like to wish each and everyone of you a very blessed and happy Thanksgiving!

Tail wags, love, play bows and love,
Stormy, Ams, Zim and Dave

What's Cooking?

Woo, everypup and everycat! It's me - Dave. Mom's doing all kinds of cooking for tomorrow -- turkey in a crock-pot, cranberries, veggies, stuffing, other stuff I don't know about yet ... and sweet potato pie! That means there's going to be some good eating coming up! I'm not on KP Duty, that seems to always fall to Zim and sometimes Stormy, but I'm up here where I've got a good view of the action.

Oh... and I will see it if something hits the floor and Mom lets Zim or Storm have it... so I'll be sure to get something, too! Woo! And yes, Ammy will sense it and come in, too. As they say, "One for all and all for one!" Or as Stormy tries to get us to say, "Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno!" Stormy's so smart!

Happy cooking and helping!

Luv,
Dave

Sharing the Love

Tail wags, pups and kit-cats, it's me - Stormy. On behalf of the Ao4, I would like to thank our dear friends Sunny & Scooter and Jazz & Dixie for presenting us with this lovely award:

This lovely award is created by Crystal at Memoirs of a Mommy in honor of Noah and the donor of his sweet little heart who ENCOURAGES us to SHARE THE LOVE! Thanks Crystal! The rules for this award are to pass it along to some people whose blogs you love. They make you laugh, smile, leave encouraging comments on your blog. You would like to share some love with them because they have uplifted, inspired, encouraged or prayed for you. Please include this paragraph with the link to Memoirs of a Mommy so that everyone knows from where this award originated.

Thank you so much, pups. This is very special and we feel most honored. We'd like to award it to all of our readers, because you mean so much to us! You're the BEST! We love your blogs, we love that you stop by here, and we love YOU!

Tail wags,

Storms

PS: Is Parker out there, by chance? Zim asked me to mention - he tried leaving a comment on your blog six times this morning, but Blogger keeps eating his words. He wanted you to know he's thinking about you, though.

What I've Been Up To

Ha roo, pups and cool cats! It's me, Zim! You might be wondering what I've been up to, since the computer's been down for a few days. I've been doing all kinds of fun stuff and one of those things is called "catalogue shopping".

At first, I thought it meant shopping for catalogues, but then Stormy told me that before computers came around, people shopped through the mail. I thought I'd give it a whirl!

Dave and Mom have been working on something for my best friend Huffle Mawson, Explorer Cat and Honorary Husky, so I thought it would be nice for ME to find something special to tuck into the package they send her. I started going through the 10,000 catalogues the mailman has brought lately when I hit pay-dirt!

BINGO!

A catalogue full of HAM! What could be more perfect? It's Huffle's most FAVORITE thing! They had smoked ham and spiral-sliced ham and maple-glazed ham and Virginia ham and honey-glazed ham and ... oh, more ham than you could imagine!

This one's even got the bone in it, so she could have something to enjoy later!

I thought it would be perfect. But then I thought about the customs guys. You know, since I'm in the US and Huffs is in Australia!

I wonder if those agents know Charlie the Big Dog? Anyway, I don't think I could get a ham past them. Then Ammy came up with a brilliant idea! Remember when she found the football tree? What if I sent Huffle a Ham Tree!!!!! Brilliant, Ammy! She found one for me at this link!

Now I just have to find a nursery that carries them... then Huffle can plant it in her garden and have ALL the ham she wants, whenever she wants it! Cool, huh?

That's what I've been up to!

Play bows,
Zim

Serendipitous Sunday!

Just when we were going to put a post about missing our friend Marvin, we got a message from him letting us know he's re-joined the blogosphere! That's right - the Hollow Hound is BACK!

Marvin, we took this picture a couple days ago ...

How serendipitous! Welcome back, pal!

The Army of Four

Almost Back To Normal

Woo, everypuppy and everycat! It's me, Dave. I'm just checking in to let you know we've been working hard to restore our computer and get everything back up and running after the crash. Here I am, hard at it.

It's been a lot of work, but we're just about "there". Thanks for being patient!

Luv,
Dave

Crashed!

Yep. Crashed! No ... not me. This is a pretty normal pose for me. Our computer crashed yesterday. We're in the process of re-loading everything, but much was lost. We'll be taking a short break from our blog, but hope to get back up and running soon.

In the meantime, if you normally hear from us via email and haven't since yesterday ... please send an email! We are re-constructing the address book. Thanks!

Play bows,
Zim

Monday Morning Walk

Woo, everypup and everycat. It's me - Dave. There we were, having our normal Monday morning routine - Dad was out walking the redheads and Mom said, "Who wants to go find them?" Storm and I jumped at the chance, of course, and headed down the road.

I wonder if we'll find 'em, Storm!

We always do, Dave. Stick with me!

We found them on the far side of the undeveloped area, then we all turned and headed home together. We were coming back into our housing area, when our typical walk turned into an incredible one! Look! Look over there on the left!!!

Meow?

I couldn't believe my eyes!!! Ammy and I got all excited ...like REAL Siberians should, I might add...

WOO!

Storm did slow tail wags at him ... and Zim started schmoozing him!

Hey, little cat! Wow, you're a cute little guy. Is that a tuxedo you're wearing?

Hey, my name's Zim. You're not cold and lonely out here, are you?

Follow our scent to our house if you need anything. 'K?

Meow?

Zim's like that. I fully expect to see Tuxedo cat show up at the house later on today. He seemed sad to see us go. Well... sad to see Zim and Stormy go, anyway. Woo.

What a Monday morning walk!

Luv,
Dave

A Day of Rest

It's Sunday.

Go read Beau's sermon, then put your feet up and get that needed rest. It's been a full week!

Play bows,
Zim

Educational Walks

Hi everypuppy and everycat! It's me - Amber! I hope each and every one of you is having a very happy day!

You know, I just love reading all the blogs! I love to learn new things and see new places and everything! I especially like the posts where you show us where you go walking and I learn really, really interesting things! Like Ari always goes on such interesting hikes and teaches us about things! And the Thundering Herd shows us such bee-roo-tiful things! And Thor and Marco Polo always make interesting discoveries! And who could forget Khyra's walks!?! And... really, the list goes on and on!

I made an interesting discovery out on our morning walk the other day and thought I should share it with you. Look! Up there! It's a football!

Apparently they grow on trees! Who knew!??!

Hee hee hee!

Have a happy weekend, everypuppy! And keep your eyes peeled on your walks; you never know WHAT you'll see!

Love,
Amber

...Brought To You By The Letter "P"

Ha roo, pups and cool cats, it's me - Zim!

Before I get started, did you see the wonderful award Prince of Team Husky gave us the other day? The Butterfly Award for the Coolest Blog I Know. Our little Southern buddy Biloxi presented it to us, too! He's so cool - and very kind! Thanks, Biloxi! We'll put it up in our sidebar; it's like a bunch of hugs and neck grabs from our blogging pals! Ha roooo!

OK... speaking of Prince, his gorgeous sister Sesuk (not to be confused with his gorgeous sister Summer!) gave us a letter for the Letter Game! Cool! We did the letter "N" a bit ago and had fun with it. Ammy posted about "N", so Stormy let me handle this one. I gave it a lot of thought.

Well, OK, actually I took a nap and did quite the cute pose up on the cat walk... but whatever. Here are 10 things we love that start with the letter "P"!

1. Playing. We're Sibes. It's in our job description.

2. Puppies. Stormy especially loves puppies, but we all do, too.

3. The Park. We love to walk to our park. It's full of great smells and all kinds of cool stuff to see!

4. Patriots. There are some great ones here.

5. People. We love to meet and greet everyone we see. And Dave likes to melt into a pool of Sibe fluff at their feet - his version of a hug.

6. Pepcid. I get some every night before bedtime CLEVERLY hidden in cheese. Sure, the Pepcid helps me not have to horka in the morning, but let's face it - I like it because it's hidden in cheese!

7. Packages! It's always fun to get packages! Even if it's not for us, we love to go through everything with Mom or Dad!

8. Popcorn. Ammy only likes it if it's cheese corn, but that doesn't start with a "P" and the rest of us are fine with it being plain. Which DOES start with a "P". Ha roo roo roo!

9. Posing for photos. Or not. As the case warrants.

10. The Prairie! We love our wide-open spaces here. Here's an old picture of me, enjoying the prairie view on a walk:

Ah! The open prairie!

Isn't it cool?

Thanks for the letter "P", Sesuk! That was great fun! If anyone out there would like to play, let me know and I'll give you a letter!

Play bows,
Zim