Hey, no fair!

We have to type as fast as we can because we just found out hu-mom is leaving us alone with dad for a bunch of days while she visits some 95-yr. old Auntie, and we dont get to go!!!! How fair is that?!? No computer access.....no blogging....no extra long walks.....no tons of goodies.... no special this or that, just no...no...no! So pardon our absense, it's not OUR fault - I'm sure she'll come back and tell us all about the exciting things we missed out on. *sigh* See ya later siber-gators!

Wooos, and a-rooos to yous!
Star and the Jack a-roo

The Cars & Names Games!

Wooos and A-rooooos, everyone!

We've been tagged for a couple of new games, so here goes...
"What kind of car are you?"

Star -
Something classy, beautiful, with a lot of pizazz under the hood-- My boy always said I'd look great riding in his silver Mazda RX-7, so I guess that's a good choice for me:

Sherman isn't here so I'll pick for him. This little "Wagonar" fits him - it's gold, it's compact, and everyone thinks it's cute & sweet. Of course Sherman was much better looking, but I'm going for essence here:


I'd like to pick one for Rosie, my RB sister & friend. Mom always said walking her was like trying to walk a bulldozer. since you've never met her, I'll put a picture of her, too:

Now I'll turn it over to Jack.... let's see what the puppyhead picks
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Jack here -
I think I'd be a Subaru siberian Outback --- hey, that IS what Mom drives! I'm picking it because it's very sharp looking, like me. It's got good agility, like me. It's just the right size, like me. It's fun, just like me!

I don't know what "tag someone" means, so I'll just say, if you haven't done this game, yet, consider yourself tagged!

The second game we've been tagged for is the nick-name game:
Star: Staruvian, Staruvian the Artuvian, Pretty Girl, Star-roo, Wolf, and "The Beautiful Ba-roo"
Sherman: Shermansky, Shermie, Sherms, Butter-boy, Handsome, and "the Shermanator"
Rosie: Rosie-Posey, Rosa-Rita, Rosie-beans, Beans
Jack: Jack-a-roo, Jackets, Jackers, Wacky Jackie, Wookie-boy, Batman

"Salty dogs"

Sunday was really fun. Our humans took us to a place called a beach. It had the best smells everywhere! Lots of smelly stuff to roll on, & very comfortable on the paws to dig in.

The only problem was that the water was not frozen. It was, however, very salty. Here we are after hu-mom dragged us into the waves - now we're "salty dogs"!


I was up for playing in the waves a while longer, but puppy-head wanted away from the water.

You can see a picturesque private boarding school in the background - that's where the humans' pups get sent when hu-moms & dads don't want them underpaw anymore. Hmmm, I wonder if they would accept Jack....click on the pic, it's quite lovely.

On our way back to the car, a nice lady came over to ooou & ahhh over my beauty. She just lost one of her two sibes to cancer in May, so she understood how miserable I feel. I felt bad for her remaining sibe - Tutonka, he's 15 yrs. old. Can you imagine how lonely he must feel?
Even if Jack's mostly just annoying, at least I have another sibe around... still. My efforts to get rid of him continue to fail.

OK, so maybe I like his company, just a little.

Wooos,
Star
and Jack A-roo

Jack's Day

A-Rooooo everydog!
It's me, Jack! just thought I'd post a few pictures of my day. Nothing special about it, I just had a nice day and thought I'd share it with you.

Look at me, I'm on the big screen!


HaHa, just kidding. Gotta keep an eye on Mom when she goes out the door!


It was such a nice day, Mom let me out to play in the yard! Hey, look at that, I caught that hoppy thing!


"Hi there, Grasshopper, say hello to Jack A-roos CHOMPERS!"


That bug got boring, I think I'll play with my penguin toy....over there in the shade.


Sitting in the shade with my penguin buddy. Mom says I look "just too cute." Now, is there really any such thing as a husky that is "tooooooo cute?"

A-rooos to yous,
~Jack

Two months...

Two months....since you left for the Rainbow Bidge.
Two months... that feel like years.
Two months... our hearts still grieve over losing you.
Two months... missing you every day, every hour, every moment.

The air is cooler, leaves turn red and gold, like your coat.
Crisp leaves dance in the air and on the ground across our path... you always loved Fall.

Dance in the light, Sherman, dance in the light.
Shine in the Northern sky, shine true and bright.
Shine on our days, and shine on our nights,
You shine in our memories of what you were like.
Shine on these gray days, shine deep in our heart,
Shine here forever, and never depart.

There are no words to express how deeply you are missed, dearest Sherman.

Another game!

Here's another game we got tagged by Bama to play. Every answer has to start with the same letter as your name:


What is your name? Star
4 letter word: star
Vehicle: Subaru Siberian Outback
TV Show: Seinfeld
City: Stow
Boy Name: Sam
Girl Name: Sam
Alcoholic Drink: Sherry
Occupation: Screen Star
Something you wear: shirt
Celebrity: Sean Connery
Food: salami
Something found in a bathroom: sterile gauze
Reason for being late: Street was closed.
Cartoon Character: Snoopy
Something You Shout: Strike three, you’re OUT!!!!

And the Jack-A-roo:

What is your name? Jack
4 letter word: jock
Vehicle: Jeep
TV Show: the Jackie Gleason Show
City: Jersey City
Boy Name: Jerry
Girl Name: Jan
Alcoholic Drink: Jack Daniels (kind of a no-brainer, eh?)
Occupation: janitor
Something you wear: jewelry
Celebrity: Jack Nicholson
Food: jam
Something found in a bathroom: junk for patching up wounds
Reason for being late: “Jury duty”
Cartoon Character: Jughead
Something You Shout: Just a minute there, buster! Where do you think you're going? ( Jack hears this one occasionally)

OK, we tag MayaMarie and Indy to play!

Labor Day Bar-B-Que

'Bout time for an update, no?
Labor day was fun, we got to go to hu-mom's cousins' for a bar-b-que. We even got a few tasty morsels for being so good! "Riley" was there too, he's a beagle with a big mouth, and he's actually afraid of everything. Here I am minding my own business--and he's too afraid of me to get down!

Jack is such a big baby. We were tied out on our long lines in the yard, and all he did was cry & whine, till the human's couldn't stand it anymore & brought him over into the middle of where they were sitting. Then he sat down & shut up, and listened to everyone tell him how handsome he is. Geesh! He's so annoying. I jumped up & down, looked very cute, and waved my paws up in the air, making it VERY clear I wanted to join the people too, but nooo, they moved me closer but I did not get to sit in the middle of all the action. *sigh*

There were two very little girls there, and they adored us. Especially the light-haired one, she kept patting me & telling me I was a good dog.

I put up with her. Jack was a good distraction. Surprisingly, he was absolutely wonderful with the little one - she must have poked him in the face a dozen times, practically pushed her hands into his mouth, hugged him around the neck, and kept tugging on his collar the whole time while prattling on about good doggie, that's Jack...all in that human baby gibberish. There were some older kids, too. Here's "Jack and Zack" together:

I did get next to the bar-b-que for a while, and got so close to a tasty platter of creampuffs....sooooo close, but not quite! We got to lick several sticky fingers, though.

We also took a nice walk. Overall, a good day. We both slept like logs last night!
How was your Labor Day?
Wooos,
Star

Tagged? I'm it?

Our friend Holly tagged us for something called "The Middle-name Game". I love games, thanks, Holly! the object is to find words that describe you that start with each letter of your middle name. I think we'll add commentary to make it more interesting...

I'll go first: My AKC name is Blue Moon Star:
M-agnificient! (I think that's a good start)
O-riginal (as in "original & unique!")
O-bservant (I watch & think before I act)
N-ova...another word for "Star"!

Holly wants the puppyhead to play too. His AKC name is Destiny's DaVinci (call name Jack) so I guess he should use DaVinci. Personally I think a simple "Da" says it all, but I'll let him describe himself:
A-roo everyone! Oh boy, I love games, can I play too? Huh? Can I?...Oh, I'm next? A-rooo!
"DaVinci" is my middle name!
D-arling (I'm so cute)
A-ctive (See Jack run...all day)
V-igorous (Go Jack, go!)
I-nquisitive -about everything!
N-ifty
C-haracter --(mom says I'm a nifty character alright)
I-ngenious (I picked this one myself, Mom says it makes her think of Wiley Coyote)

So there you have it. I think we'll tag our friends Indypindy, Turbo, Royal, MayaMarie,& Meeshka (if you have time, Meeshka) to play "The Middle Name Game".

Woos,
Star

Dogpark day

I got to make a couple new husky friends at the local dogpark, which is why I'm smiling...

Two very nice husky boys were there, very happy to play with such a lovely lady husky as myself. Didn't catch the name of this silver guy, but I hope he comes back. We had a great time together.

The second (and very handsome) husky dude is Moon, who also happens to live right down the block from me. We've woo'd at each other while on walks, & he's very mellow. He is the one with the arrow pointing at him in the next pic. (Hu-mom will try to get a nice portrait of his handsome face sometime)

Jack's first trip to a dogpark was...let's just say, a start. He spent some of his time on a leash, because he was just waaay over the top too enthusiatic for several very young puppies whose owners would like them to survive to reach adult dogdom. But he did get to run offleash too, and raced around with a husky/greyhound boy ...man, they were FAST FAST FAST!
(OK, hu-mom just reminded me that when I was Jack's age, one of my favorite dogpark pastimes was rolling terrified puppies & small dogs... I guess Jack'll grow out of it, too)

Hu-mom didn't realize till she was loading my pics that this next photo is full of huskies...The big fluffy husky butt is Moon, the bigger fluffball behind him is Toby (looks like he has some husky in him), then Jack sniffing in the corner, Hu-mom, me off to her right, a GSD devil-dog (click the pic & just look at those eyes!)...and if you'll notice the U-haul directly behind us -- it's got huskies on it too! All in all, it was "husky day" at the dogpark.

Does he stay, or can I send Jack back?

Yeah, yeah, I know, I've been out of touch. I've had to work overtime correcting this new pup. Gotta watch him every minute. It's exhausting, so I have to sleep more too. I really really have to do this hard work because Jack has worked his magic on my humans. They say they think he & I will be okay together and the little puppyhead is going to stay.
They may say “I” decided, but that’s only because they are interpreting my tolerance as acceptance. So I give you the evidence, you decide.
Here is our first “group” picture:


Do I look pleased, or what? See my “happy ears?” Neither do I. I’m only sitting there because I am a good, good, girl & I listen to my humans when they threaten me. (I’m no fool, I know who passes out the treats.)
He's still a pain in the butt. He kept running off with MY squeakies, so instead of punishing him, you know what hu-mom did? She took HIM to the store & he got a brand new toy that he won't share with me! I told him ALL the squeakies are mine, but he looks at me and says "not this one!"


He even took it outside with him. He hasn't even figured out how to make it squeak, dumb puppyhead. I'm trying,...I'm really trying, to smile through all of this!



That Jack also took over one of my favorite sleeping spots and spend most of the day like this:

Another annoying thing he does is that he follows Hu-mom EVERYWHERE! I mean EVERYWHERE! But probably the most annoying thing of all is that he is so darn cute, he has that "puppy face" humans melt over. OK, I'll give him that, he is about as cute as they come...

So I decided (because I am wise and can see the writing on the wall)Jack can stay.

We're back, Jack!

We're back from our trip. Of course, our empty kennel-house wasn't the same without Sherman, and I didn't want to stay there alone. Hu-mom let me stay inside with her, which was good because it was 97 degrees and the big house is air-conditioned. It was soooo good to be back at my old dogpark. I played with some of my old friends & a couple new ones. I got to go see my boy, too. He drove me to a big kennel with lots of huskies! See me, I got the whole compound to myself for a while!

Then a crazed husky boy came flying into the kennel and stomped all over me, can you imagine? I was not too pleased. I wisely left the compound and watched a whole howling pack of huskies charge in. Good thing I left, cause they were zooming all over the place crashing into each other. Mom got a picture during a break in the action:


My hu-mom & boy bravely waded into the middle of all those kissing huskies. See that lt. red one? that's Sherman's mama, Cara. She covered my mom's face with kisses, and they both chatted about Sherman. I don't like being cried on, but Cara didn't seem to mind. She just kept kissing my hu-mom. She kissed my boy, too.


Syd, Sherman's dad, and his sister Tori were also there, and mom cried again when she saw Syd, cause Sherman looked a lot like his dad. I think Sherman got his sweetness from his mama, though. I was in a run by Syd and told him off. I forget about what, probably about having been stomped on.
The craziest thing happened. I don't know who decided this one, but when we got ready to go, that husky boy (whose name it turns out, is Jack) gave his mom a big hug & kiss....and climbed into the car with us! What the...?

We drove for hours and finally stopped at a dog-hotel (they let people stay too). Will you just look at me! I slept like a Queen!

Goofy boy just jumped from bed to bed for silliness & belly rubs. After a long walk in a park, (and a hamburger) we fell asleep.

We made it home, and showed Jack around. I don't know about him, he's been a real pain the butt. We've had a couple tiffs, and if it were up to me, I'd send Jack back today. But he's using his good looks and fun personality to make the humans want him to stick around, so now they expect ME to make up & be friends. Hey, he started it.
Look at this face, see what I mean? How can they say "go away" to those eyes? I can. Easily. "GO AWAY."

*sigh* I think I'm stuck with him for a while. My people say they want to give us a chance to work it out. Yeah, sure, after he tromps all over me in my own house. Well, I'm avoiding him. We'll see. You know what they say --
"It ain't over till the fluffy husky howls."

Woos,
Star