Vehicle Tag!

Holly Bolly the Malamute Extraordinaire tagged me and Shelby Woo too to play Vehicle Tag. We thought about it lots and we came up with this!

First of course is me. Mom says I am, without doubt a Karmann Ghia. She had one years ago, Cherry Red like this, and she said just like me it was sporty, silly, fun, and made lotsa noise.



Shelby says this one was EASY! She IS a Shelby!!! SEE??? It even has her name on it! And she likes the color cuz it is a dark version of her one blue eye. It is tough and growly! Although she is turning out to be really sweet, the Boy says, now that she is eating and feeling better. Her snarky growls are turning into happy growls. Makes us ALL happy.



And of course, there are the Springers. Old, Reliable, packs a lot of weight...what else can you say about Volvos and Springers? Alot alike. *nods* Don't you think?



Oh, and.... Out with the old:



And in with the new!



The pretty blue bag is for Shelby. Why does she get the pretty stuff? Hmph.

Maddox, waving to his new friend Ivy!

Mom Person is HAPPY!!!

Yay, Shelby Woo ate today! Mom Person got LOTS of great advice from everyone on Sibernet-L and Husky-4-Life about Shelby and how she was starving herself to death. So, since nothing else worked, this morning Mom Person went to the store and got some Cheap Chicken and cooked it for Shelby. In the meantime, she made her breakfast--and me too but hmmm, I didn't get the exact same thing, not fair. But Mom says I am 'just the right weight' and I don't need to gain extra.

Anyway, this morning, Shelby got eggs, cheese and dog food moistened with hot water. She ate about half of it. Mom celebrated!!!!

Tonight Mom made her the chicken with the chicken broth heated up and poured over her food, and added chicken. I got my puppy food with the hot water over it and so did Scotty and Claire (they didn't get puppy food, they got their food)...and then of course it was cooled off, and we gobbled it up! SO DID SHELBY! Mom was SO HAPPY!!! She danced around like a crazy person and made me BARK!!!! Tomorrow, she's going to get us Canidae. She says she is very excited that we will all eat the same thing. I am too. Does that mean I get chicken broth on my food, like Shelby does?

Everything has been going a bit better. Mom read a really cool thing called No Free Lunch (silly title huh) and some thing about the Joy Method and she is using it on us. She says it is really helping the girls with their snarky attitudes. Of course, we boys are just fine with everyone. Girls are so silly. She is making us WORK to get ANYTHING. I had to sit to get my food sit to go out sit to go on a walk, sigh, but she didn't make me sit to come in. She is very proud of me. I use the bells on the back door ALL the time now. She grumbles, something about Slave to the Dog but it works great.

Now to teach Shelby. Turns out she is not housebroken!!! I AM!!! Well, almost.

The Boy was just here! With Shelby! They came downstairs and cuddled with us! Aren't we ADORABLE together????!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! (Mom says 'ignore that clean laundry there on the bed please.)




That's the Boy's hand. He learned something today--do not blow in a dog's ear. It makes her snap. He nearly lost his nose, but mom showed him where it says on the internet that that is like a 'knee jerk reflex' and he is not to do that again.



And last, because I am the most adorable puppy in the world, here is MEEEE being CUTE!!!!! I love my bucket of water!

Oh and Juneau is my friend, yes he is he is, HI JUNEAU!!!!!

And Shelby Makes Four

Well, it is for real now, Mom Person has told the Adopt a Husky Person Cecily (she thought I was cute) that we want Shelby to stay with us.

Well, that is all well and good, but I think Mom Person is kafoozeled. I mean, Shelby is pretty and all, but she is so grumpy! She left us for two whole days, and came back tonight, and won't play with me! And worse, Mom Person told me that we couldn't play for a whole week!

WWWHHHYYYY??????

Mom Person said that Shelby has an ouchie on her tummy that will keep her from having puppies ever, and she is grumpy because it hurts, and she is still a little sick from something called animalesia. Hmmm. Mom Person says I am lucky because I have boy bits and those are Much Easier to do something about than Shelby's innards.

Well, okay, but why won't she play with me?????

The vet person said it would be a WEEK before she can be out of the crate much and it is MY FAULT. Because I might get Too Rough and Hurt Shelby and Stretch her Stitches or Something.
I am sad.

So, I guess I am stuck being with the Springers. Mom Person said I was Wound Up and Crazy Bad tonight. Hey, it isn't MY fault she left her red leather shoe out so I could find it...

Maddox, pouting

Shelby Woos

Mom Person started laughing at my subject line. Says she thinks Shelby Woo is a kid detective of some sort. But this is for real--Shelby DID woo this morning! Mom Person was so surprised! Oh, and she says, sigh, if you notice the doorway and the door to her room, is scarred? Scotty did that when he was trapped on the wrong side of the door from Claire. Mom Person was Very Very Unhappy about that.

A Quiet Day -- Day Two with Yala

Well, today has been kinda different. It's been a quiet day, really, around here. Everything is pretty peaceful with everyone as long as Yala doesn't get on Mom's bed. Claire doesn't like that AT ALL. Right now I can't imagine Claire and Yala EVER playing. That worries Mom, too. Claire gets mad when Mom pets Yala. Pushes herself between and growls. Yala sometimes growls back. Yala COMPLETELY ignores Scotty. It is as if he doesn't exist!

Most of the day, Yala decided she didn't want to be with me. Pout. Mom says it is because she has been through alot, and is very tired. She's also underweight and still isn't eating much. Mom says she is worried about that and is wanting to ask for advice as Yala is just not that interested in eating. Mom gave her one of the treats that I got in my third place win and she only wanted one, and really didn't care that much about it. Maybe because it was green? Mom is willing to put Yala on a special food all for her--she says why not, everyone else is on their own food. What is one more?

What did Yala do all day? Well, twice she caused some excitement. Mom had her downstairs, and was doing stuff. She walked out to the car a second and came back in and was going to close the big door but then... well... Mom got to do some early-morning jogging she hadn't expected to do. Mom hates the glass front door now.

The second time, Mom turned around later and uh oh, once again, No Yala!!! Mom freaked out, because of that early morning jog. Mom called for her and a voice called down from the Loft. "She's up here asleep on my couch."

Yup, she'd gone upstairs, jumped on the couch, curled up and was fast asleep. She stayed there for HOURS and HOURS!!! ALMOST ALL DAY LONG!!!! The boy says he likes her!!! What is up with that? She would come downstairs to go Outside, but then, upstairs she went! She hardly paid any attention to me except once when she played with me for awhile outside, but then back upstairs she went!!! Boo woo! AND SHE JUST DID IT AGAIN!! The Boy came down just now for some homework, she came with him, he went upstairs and SHE WENT RIGHT BACK WITH HIM!!!!!

And, he changed her named to Shelby. Chose it from his girl friends' names on his cell phone. What is up with that? What kind of name is SHELBY? Mom says he had a Shelby when he was a little kid--a HAMSTER. Sigh. Mom says since he wants to call her Shelby we should let him call her Shelby. Since she is here On Trial for a couple of weeks, to see if she fits and we like her, that is a Positive Step for her.

I am worried that Shelby just thinks I am a pain. I want someone to play Siberian Rough with, like I do with Steve. But Mom says we have to be patient and give Shelby time to Adjust. She is soo very very beautiful, and very sweet (except to Claire). Mom says if there can be peace between the girls it will all be okay. Shelby and I did have fun doing the zoomies outside. Mom loved seeing that, and thinks Shelby will warm up in time. I hope so because we look beautiful together.

Shelby goes this week to be Fixed (whatever that is) and will have to be quiet for awhile after that, but right now it seems I am just going to keep playing with Claire. Claire loves me and played with me outside. Mom filled a big bucket with water for us (and for the birds apparently). Mom says she will share the video as soon as she gets it off the other email thingy.

Thank you to everyone new who has said hi! I will get Mom to add you asap!!!

Maddox

What a hot exhausting crazy day

Mom Person is very very tired, and has a headache, and is watching House, so she told me I could go ahead and make the post and tell everyone about Yala, and the Bow Wow Pow Wow, which did NOT have an Ow, because she said, "It is so hot and miserable, Maddox, we will wait to do the Ow until later."

I still don't know what the Ow was! But she said it is something good and important so I guess I'll get it later.

Anyway, it took ForEver to get to The Colony. A whole hour! Mom Person talked to Nick the whole way, so I took a nap. We finally got there and by the time we did it was so hot!!! 92 degrees outside, yucky.

Mom Person parked the car and we walked over to where all the fun stuff was going on. So many dogs! First ones we looked for of course were Steve and Kat and WHEW they were already there. It was great to see Steve, but Kat was kinda gripey. I think she wasn't too happy about being hot. Sniff.

I still think she is beautiful though.

So... Kat's mom Valerie told us she and Kat had signed up for the kissing contest. Now, that sounded like something I could do! So MP and I went and signed up. Then, we went over to the Adopt a Husky booth. Mom was feeling kinda nervous and not sure about this. All those Huskies looked so BIG!!! But I was happy to see everyone.

There was one Mom Person really really liked. Her name was Anna, and she was being adopted! Her new Mom Person was driving up from San Antonio. She was very very nice. And big. And Fluffy. VERY Fluffy.

We then met all the other huskies who were looking for homes. Vasha and Jordan--Mom had really seriously considered them both. But...well, neither really seemed to like me much. Sniff. It might've been the heat but... Well.

Then, there was this girl husky there. Her name's Yala, and she is a bewootiful red and white. Like me, she has bi-colored eyes, blue and AMBER!!! She has a pretty nose, and is very very nice. Mom Person and she and I and Vasha and Jordan all went to the play area, where of course I played with different dogs than the ones I was supposed to.

Now, the bad thing about this makeshift dog park was that there were both little and big dogs in there. Well, see, Yala sorta went after a little one that zoomed past her. It wasn't HER fault, it was the zooming dog fault. And then Vasha scared a little dog, and well... We all ended up back on our leashes. That actually as a good thing, as Mom Person then saw that it was Yala who she really wanted to get to know better. Yes, Yala had been quite interested in that little puppy, but heck Scotty is the same way. Other than that, she really showed she got along with all the dogs there.

Mom Person told me just now that this is a House MARATHON! OH good, that means I get to sleep under the coffee table a bit longer.

ANYWAY. So, we went back to Steve and Kat as the kissing contest was about to start. We were number 44. Kat and her Mom Person were competing, and Steve and his Dad Person took pictures. Kat didn't wanna kiss. Remember I said she was kinda gripey. She really wanted to just stay in the water and cool off I think. When it was my turn, I kissed Mom Person enough to get a few Awws. YAY! It was kinda scary up there on the stage though. I think it would've been better if we'd been able to do it on the ground.

OH there was a Malumute there!!!! He woudn't kiss his Dad Person but the emcee made a bad joke along the line of "We can tell by that tongue he's gotta be a good kisser."

So, guess what! In the end... I WON THIRD PLACE! YES I DID!!!!!!!! I got beat out by this one I don't know what it was, but sigh, he really did love kissing his little girl.

I took my winnings back to the Adopt a Husky tent, and Anna snitched one of my stick treats. It was funny. Mom Person gave Steve one later.

Mom Person asked me then if I would like Yala to come live with us. I said I guess I did. We were so hot and tired that we really didn't do anything much together, but Mom Person said she thought we were so calm together that it was as if we'd been together awhile.

Yala came home with us! She's coming for a Trial Run to see How It Goes. I'll tell you how THAT went after the pictures. I know this is a very long post but this is fun.

First, a picture of beautiful me being a very good boy in the car on the way back. Aren't I adorable? I know I am. And I am a good kisser, too.

OH Steve and Kat, we overheard your Mom Person saying Sonic Ice Cream so we got some too! The girl who served us watched us eat it. It was funny. Mom just hopes it won't upset my tummy tonight. Thank you for that idea!




And here she is, on our kitchen floor!



Aren't her eyes pretty? This is her in the car. She rode GREAT in there. It was so hot in there at first though that we had the a/c going full blast and we all just sat there, feeling horrible. Sonic helped lots and then the car was finally cool. Mom Person grumbled at her black interior, again. She does that alot.



This picture makes us sad. You can see how skinny Yala is. She needs to eat! But look how pretty her fur is. We really love the color of her fur.



And this is after she played with me, and was all tired.



Well, Mom Person THOUGHT she took a great video of us playing, but sigh--it isn't there. I am sure we will show in another post, probably tomorrow.

Mom Person says what is amazing was how the Springers accepted her. Or rather, she pretty much ignored them! Right now she is resting in her crate, which she really really likes. In fact, she likes it so much she growled at all of us when we tried to bother in there, so Mom Person shut her door. Everything else went great, though Mom Person was kinda freaked at how NOISY we were when we played, especially with Scotty freaking out because Yala wouldn't play with him!!!!

And now, we are all very tired, and are going to finish watching House, and go outside one more time. I kinda got in trouble. I, uh, just peed on the carpet. Mom groaned, BIG. I didn't mean to, I just...forgot to go ring the doorbells.

Maddox

The Search Has Begun

Mom Person told me today that the search has begun.

"What search?" I asked her, suitably confused.

When she answered, I was amazed, and a little dazed.

"The search for a new friend for you."

A new friend. A new friend! Yes, it is true, Mom Person and the Boy have decided that the Springers really aren't all that good at pretending to be Siberian Huskies, so that means that soon, very soon maybe, a REAL pup just like me will come and live with us!!!

She warned me it might take awhile, that we must wait for The Perfect Fit (whatever that means), but that we will start visiting pups this very weekend. I am so excited! And nervous, too. I'm pretty spoiled now and hope that whoever this new pup is, she doesn't Take My Life Over.

Then again, if she plays with me all the time, then I might not mind. And yes, Mom Person says she wants a girl for some reason. I guess that would be okay, but then she told me it is really up to me. We will know when the right Siberian Husky--girl or boy--finds us.

So, stay tuned as The Search Continues!!! Mom Person says she will post Saturday after we get back from where we're going, someplace called The Colony 2nd Annual Bow Wow Pow Wow Ow. Steve and Kat will be there!

Maddox.

PS. Here are some pics MP took last night. She says I was "being way too curious" in the first one but I like to watch the fish, so I put my paws on my crate so I could get closer.



And here, of course, is me tearing up Tissue #247! (I don't know why she keeps track, but she does)



And last, she loves this one because she says she can tell my ears are growing again, and she can "see shades of the handsome boy you will someday become." I think I am handsome NOW!!!

But I can see what she means. Can't You?

WAIT!!! What is that other one down there??????





MOOOMMMM!!! You're EMBARRASSING MEEE!!!!!! Take this one OFF!!!!!!!

*blushes* Can't a tired pup relax in peace without the pupparazzi snapping every second?????

Me and the Springers, Um Playing. Sorta.

Mom Person took this video tonight to show everyone why she is thinking I need someone to play with. She says, "Scotty is actually pretty frisky in this video." She and the Boy Person talked tonight some more about finding me a friend. It can't be just anypup, she has to meet 'Cer-Tain Cri-Teria." I am not sure what that means. It sounds like a place to eat, which is pretty silly.

I didn't get to go on a walk tonight but we played in the backyard a long time, so that was nice. Mom Person is gonna 'make it pretty' back there, but she and the Boy have different ideas of what to do. I for one want a Big Giant Playpool! Doesn't that sound great?

I want to make more friends here. I have four so far! Kat, Steve, Royale and Schlappi, who lives Far Far Away in Germany. Kat and Steve are the best and I can't wait to see them again this weekend when we go to some bow wow ow thing. I think the 'ow' part is because I am supposed to get something called a MicroChip. I have to get it NOW because two weeks ago when we found that sick Siberian Husky girl, she had a MicroChip but her people didn't ever register her. She's in a better place now though, with six Husky brothers and sisters. I am glad she got a new forever home.

Anyway, let's see if I can help get this video thing figured out. It looks so complicated! Wish us luck!

Maddox

I am a very bad boy

I am so sorry I haven't posted in so long. My paws were growing so fast I was too clumsy to type and Mom Person had no time, she said, because she was too busy dealing with me.

Last night we went to the dog park for the first time. I got to meet Steve and Kat, who were really fun. Steve was nice to me and Kat rolled me lots but she didn't scare me. She is so beautiful, woo! Mom Person laughed at me running all over and took a video which she is trying to figure out how to upload. She's not too sharp in that regard but I know she will get it.

Here are some pics of me last night at Fort Woof. That is Kat, and me in the water. It was weird to be allowed in water because Mom Person ALWAYS gets growly when I try to get all in my water bowl. She says she will never have dry tile again in the kitchen. I don't see a problem with that, do you?




That is me, watching Steven and Kat in the water as someone else's Mom Person fills up the pool. The other dog, I don't know his name. You can see through the fence to the small dog and puppy side. I should be over there, but I have so much energy I scared some of the little ones so when Steve and Kat arrived, I went to the big dog area. Much much better!




Mom Person calls this picture BLUR. I zoomed LOTS!! It was so much fun once I figured out it was okay to run and run and run!!



And this is me last night. I was sooo tired, I'd played and run so hard! Happy sigh. Mom Person calls this picture Maddox LongLegs because it shows how long my legs are now. I am still not Big though, like the other dogs out there. There was one dog I really liked named Shiner, an all white Greyhound with a patch over his eye. Think that is how he got his name. He was lotsa fun and I hope he is back. There was also a beautiful green-eyed dog mom says is a Weimersomething. I can't remember, but she is in the video mom will try and upload next.



Mom made me pose to show how tired I still was. She said, "What a nice, quiet evening for a change!" Wonder what she meant by that?



That's all for now. Mom Person says now that she has this new camera phone, she'll take more pictures. I wonder if I can go back to Fort Woof soon? I miss it already!

Maddox

A Very Busy Day!!!

HI EVERYONE!!!!!!



This is my new penpal! Or is that pawpal? Schlappi is his name and isn't he handsome? He lives Far Far FAR away, in someplace called--oh that Someplace called Germany. He is sooo handsome! He looks lots like my daddy except black! Maybe he is Husky too!!!?????




He's got a floppy ear. I had floppy ears when I was a baby but now that I am a big boy of 7 whole weeks and 8 lbs. (Mommy guesses) I have standy-uppy ears. I wish I could play with Schlappi. Sigh. Maybe he could come visit when Nick comes? Could he? COULD HE?

PLEEEAAAASSEEEE???? I'd let him sleep in my crate!!!



Schlappi looks like he could climb mountains. I think he has to have some Husky in him because EVERYONE knows Huskies like to climb things. I do, but Mommy won't let me. Pout.



Mommy Person thought this was funny. I fell asleep on a hand weight. I was TIRED! Exercise is hard work, you know.


I don't know why Mommy uploaded this one, she says she didn't mean to but might as well leave it. This is looking out of her office. Whatever an office means. It is raining raining raining raining.

Well, I survived a WHOLE WEEK with my new persons! It's been alot of fun! I don't even know where to start. I guess today, where I met the new Girl Person.

I went with my Boy and his Mommy to a place called The Airport. I am not sure what that means except it was lots of fun to stand on my Boy's knees and zoom down the big long road.

When we got there, my Boy handed me to his Mommy and we went inside this building where this giant silver thing went round and round. All these people wanted to TOUCH me! What was up with that? My Boy's Mommy explained over and over to them what I was. I was told I was beautiful and what a great watch dog I would be but EVERYONE knows that Huskies are not watchdogs, we love everyone! I licked lots of faces.

This is the Girl Person! (She liked me, but I know she really doesn't like dogs much. She likes PEOPLE. She is no fun. But at least this way she won't Take Me Away from my Boy. I was soooo tired and scared!!!!




I was sooo tired that I fell asleep right against the Girl Person's very soft and warm chest. Mommy took the picture while she was driving. She did not crash. Whew.


ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

There are a lot of People in the house right now, the Girl's friends. Mommy was getting annoyed with how they were passing me around when I wanted down and so she took me away. Whew, I am glad.

I found a brush waaayyy under her bed and now I am attacking it. Mommy is just shaking her head and letting me. It feels good on my gums. She says she is going to get me a Nylobone tomorrow to chew on but right now this brush handle is alot like those and so I am chomping away.

Tonight, Mommy took me out front and there were BIG BOOM THINGS going off in the sky! Fireworks, she said, and I was scared. I was kinda pretty though.

I guess that is it, yawn, Mommy wants to go to bed and get some Good Sleep. I can't go in my crate though for awhile because of those people in there so Mommy is sighing and is going to let me stay in here. Those people are NOISY!!!!! (I heard Mommy say "Oh, how sad am I that this peaceful week is over!")

I will write more later!

Maddox