Puppy-sitting

Wooos, Star here.

Remember my bf Moon, who lives up the street from me? Humom is puppy-sitting him for a day or so. She promised we would go for a walk together, but it's raining, so she left me home while she went & fed him. Darned rain! She brought me back some very nice pictures.

What dreamy eyes you have, Moon!

And this one's for you, MFT Khyra - meet Mr Fluffy Tail!

I'm practicing my puppy-sitting skills so next time I can puppy-sit Moon myself!

I'm hoping the rain clears up soon - humom's still promising me a walk with Moon later!

"Star and Moon"... isn't that romantic?

Woos,
Star

Peg-leg Pengie, & farewell to a friend

I LOVE my toys...

I take very good care of them. I'm a working dog - I work hard herding toys day and night.

I love playing with puppy. I poke him in the belly with my snooter. He squeaks!

My fluffy ball is holding up quite well.

I love my penguin so much, I could just eat him up. Well actually, that's what I did. Mama restuffed him & stictched him all up, but I got carried away with love again. I turned him into a one-legged penguin. Mom calls him "Peg-leg Pengie". He's blind now too, but I really love him. This is how she found Pengie tonight. Honest, all I did was pull a loose thread! (He's back inside for a little more penguin-patching)


Way to go, Jack.... you're loving Pengie to pieces, ha-roo roo roo!


woos & a-roos,
Star & Jack a-roo, & Peg-leg Pengie

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GODSPEED, ROSIE

We want to wish our little friend Rosie the beagle a safe journey to the Rainbow Bridge. She will be greatly missed by her sibe-sis Anna, and her loving family. Run free, and be in good health, Rosie, watch over your loving family till they come to meet you at the Bridge one day.

Sad woos, and gentle snooter kisses,
Star & Jack

Learn a new trick - click & vote!

Wooos & a-rooos, friends, let me tell woo why I'm smiling,

We were two lucky sibes who were adopted right from our home kennels, but we know there are many many sibes out there without loving homes and caring families. We can help them by learning a new trick - click & vote!

Our furry good friends, the AO4 posted this challenge, and and it is so important, we want to post it here too. Woo can help a wonderful Siberian Husky rescue group - MaPaw, to win $25,000 from the Animal Rescue Site. Just click here or on the button on our sidebar, & vote for MaPaw. Under Search and Vote for a Shelter, please enter MaPaw for the name, USA for country, and PA as the state. Then click and cast your vote. They'll show woo an adorable dog or cat & ask woo to confirm the species, which confirms your vote. You can vote once a day, every day, from now until December 14th.
See how simple it is to do?

So, will woo help?
YES?!!
On behalf of all those needy sibes, thank-woo!
I knew we could count on woo!


Woos & a-rooos,
Star & Jack "click it" a-roo

Bewootiful!

Nothing much to report, but humom decided (as if she isn't far enough behind on everything as it is) to procrastinate a while longer, she's changing our blog around. She was inspired when she was playing in photoshop with one of our pics & voila, she thinks it looks like one of those professional studio shots! (Look up at the top of our blog. Woo can see the pic she worked from on our July 12th blog post.) Then she thought it would be nice to change all the colors around too. We like it, even thought we're color blind (or so they say)

We had a nice long walk today because it's been raining nonstop for three days and we are driving her crazy in the house. No thunderstorms, just rain rain and more rain. Not that we're complaining - when it rains, we get to spend LOTS more time inside, which has its perks. The rain stopped & the sun peeked out of the clouds for about 45 minutes, during which time the bipeds decided to go sailing. As soon as they set foot on the boat, it clouded over again for the next several hours. But apparently they had a good time anyway. Humom said the other bipeds challenged her to go faster, and she practically had the boat heeled over (leaning) clear till the water came up to the side-rails. Go mom!
Here's what it looks like looking out from the boat:


and here is a boat heeling, but not a whole lot:


Since neither Jack or I care much for water that isn't frozen, this whole sailing thing doesn't interest us at all. But I guess if your going to live on an island, its a good idea to know how to sail!

Woos & a-rooos,
Star & Jack a-roo

Morning Zoomies

Every morning it's the same thing. Feed Jack, bribe me to eat breakfast, then let us out. Jack starts his morning zoomies around the yard and thru the house. He tries to get me to join in, but I'm not even awake yet. It seems to entertain humom to no end. Since it's pouring down buckets of rain today, she'll have to settle for video zoomies this morning.



Can I get a cup of coffee now, please?

woos & a-roos,
Star the sleepyhead
&Jack zoom-zoom-zoom a-roo

Award Day!

We received this very cool award from of our furiends, The OP pack, and Kayla K & Maebe Baebe. Thank woo, we love your blogs, too!


Here's the rules:

The rules of the award are:
1. The winner can put the logo on his or her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of those you have nominated.

We're going to break the rules a little (hey, we're sibes, that's what we do), and give this award to 7 savvy sibes:

1. Tehya the Babydog, cutest thing in the Yukon
2. Turbo, our choice for President
3,4,5,6,7. Mikki, Bama, Chili, Cracker, & Osiris (It's especially for you, my sweet Mik, from your Jack of Hearts!)

A-roos to yous! We love your blogs!!!

Star & Jack a-roo too

Pirates & Beach Day!

Woos & a-roos!
It's been a gorgeous weekend. We laid out in the sun all day yesterday, soaking up rays while our pawrents went sailing. They floated right into a harbor festival that was having a Pirate contest!!! We thought it was cool since it was "Talk like a pirate day" last Friday. The bipeds ate tasty things up on the patio by the red umbrellas and watched a couple rowing contests, watched miniature sailboats, and listened to some pirates singing sea shanties.

Mom got a picture of these very same pirates last year at the Tall ships Festival - here, in the parade:

This time Mom got a pic of two pirates having lunch. (We disguised their true identity with extra "pirate" details).

There was a floating flower float contest, too - if we were there we would have voted for the rooster, cause it looks the tastiest, besides the real ducks floating around.



Today we got our turn to go have fun at the beach! We got to sniff a big sea turtle carcass that washed in from the ocean, and a bunch of dead fish & crabs... it was heavenly! We wooed to a northern cousin we saw enjoying the beach & waves while we were there, too.

It put us in such a good mood, we decided to go ahead & give em a couple good shots...


Hope you had as much fun as we did this weekend!

Wooos & a-rooos,
Cap'n Star o' the 7 Seas & Black Jack a-roo Kidd, haaarrr!

Wooos & a-rooos!

Woos & a-roos to all of yous,
Ha-woo! That last blog post was lots of fun. Here's a brief list of all the things that make us woo with happiness: walking on beaches, napping, peace & quiet, everyday life, cake, FUR friends, purrs, dogparks, walks, food, hugs, kissies, pictures of us, our blog, taking naps, eating cookies, oceans, and furever homes! Just reading this makes us feel all warm & fuzzy. Wait... we're always fuzzy. Well, woo know what we mean.

We are making a shameless commercial announcement: Our humom has opened an internet card shop called JackStar Cards. We're furry furry excited! Woo guys are the first to know!

We're her official card selectors, nothing gets by that doesn't meet our approval. That's because Mom is donating money to husky rescue for every card sold, whether or not they have a husky on the card. Which is nice, cause she also uses alligators and fluffy white puppies and kitties & stuff. She uses all her own photos & drawings, and can even do custom stuff.

She's made some really fun Halloween cards, and has lots of cool Christmas cards planned, too. So we may occasionally feature a few here blog-worthy ones here like these:




We know you recognize those good-looking huskies, and doesn't that last one remind you of a young Huffle?
So grab your humans plastic the next time they need to send a nifty card to someone special, and mush on over.

"We're Star & Jack, and we approve this message"
Woos & a-roos!

Back to "Normal"... What makes woo happy?

Well, my boy is gone, & it's after Labor Day so most of the tourists are gone, too. That means Jack & I get to go back to our beach! (Can woo believe it - dogs and horses are banned between Memorial Day & Labor Day! No fair.)
Beawootiful day today after Gustav's rains rained down all day & night yesterday. It was very windy & wet out, so we got to sleep in the bedroom with our bipeds. We like that.
Here's a couple pictures from our walk on the beach today. We had to watch where we put our delicate little feety-feets cause there were jellyfish washed up all along the shoreline.
The little birds were still there...

Walking on the sand makes us happy.
What makes woo happy?


Woos & a-rooos,
Star & Jack a-roo
*edit*
We want to thank Huffle for this cool award for having participated in Huzzy & Studmuffin Day:

Woos & a-roos to yous toos, Huffle!

Huzzy & Studmuffin Day

It's SiberMal Society "Huzzy Day", in honor of Meeshka's blog a thon for the gimpy dogs.

I don't "do" huzzy shots, here's a rather nice belly-up pic:

And of course Jack "Studmuffin" a-roo:

(sorry, he's very shy, this was the best we could do.)

OK, we showed you our stuff, now go to Meeshka's and make a pledge for the gimpy ones!

woos & a-rooos,
Star & the Jack a-roo too

Sad woos & Happy woos

First, the sad woos. Our humom's SIL has gone to the rainbow bridge for humans. She left Tuesday afternoon, while her husband (humom's brother) and their son were with her in the hospital. The white coats have been trying very hard to fix her for a very long time, and even put in some new parts, but humom says God must have needed another angel and brought her up to human heaven. She was a very kind & loving person, and our humans will miss her terribly.

Now, some happier woos.
our boy has been here for the past 4 days, & we love having him here!
Now, you may be asking yourself "why is Jack in a tree?"
Good question. No good answer, except that the humans thought he would look cute in a tree. No wonder we don't understand them.

This nice picture was taken by our boy when they took us for a car ride.

...and Jack once again ended up in a tree.


We have no explanation for this obsession for putting Jack in trees. Weird things like this make it fun to have our boy around. More later...

Woos & a-roos,
Star & Jack a-roo

Ha-roos to yous!

How about starting off the week with a good laugh? These got our Hu-mom laughing so hard, we figured its worth copying (from another dog forum) & re-posting here. We all want our humans to be happy, don't we?

Have you heard about the latest Designer Dogs?

Airedale x Malamute = Airmal, litters that go first class

Airedale X Spaniel = Airel, a dog that brings in good TV reception

Akita x Shiba Inu = Shikita, a bright yellow, banana shaped dog

Basenji X Schipperke = Baserke, a dog that's mad about its owner

Bloodhound X Labrador = Blabador, a dog that barks incessantly

Bloodhound X Borzoi = Bloody Bor, a dog that's not much fun

Boxer X German Shorthair = Boxer Shorts, a dog never seen in public

Bull Terrier x shih-tzu = Bull****z, a gregarious but unreliable breed

Cairn Terrier x Jack Russell Terrier = Cairjack, can never find him when you have a flat tire

Chihuahua X Whippet = Chiapet, order from TV ads; 3 for $19.95

Collie X Malamute = Commute, a dog that travels to work

Collie X Lhasa Apso = Collapso, a dog that folds up for easy transport

Deerhound X Terrier = Derriere, a dog that's true to the end

Great Pyrenees X Dachshund = Pyradachs, a puzzling breed

Great Pyrenees x Jack Russell Terrier = Pyrajacks, don't bet on 'em

Harrier x Pit Bull = Hairy Pits, found throughout Europe

Highland Terrier x Jack Russell Terrier = Hijack, gets you in trouble on airplanes

Irish Water Spaniel X English Springer Spaniel = Irish Springer, a dog that's fresh and clean as a whistle

Keeshond X Setter = Keester, you can't get this dog off its duff

Kerry Blue Terrier X Skye Terrier = Blue Skye, a dog for visionaries

Kerry Blue Terrier X Bloodhound = Blueblood, a favorite with the upper crust in Society

Labrador Retriever X Curly Coated Retriever = Lab Coat Retriever, the choice of research scientists

Malamute X Pointer = Mute Point, owned by....oh, well, it doesn't matter anyway

Newfoundland X Basset Hound = Newfound Asset Hound, a dog for financial advisors

Pekingese X Lhasa Apso = Peekasso, an abstract dog

Pekingese X Dachshund = Peking Dach, owned by Chinese restranteurs

Pekinese x Rottweiler = Parrot, repeats everything you say

Pointer X Setter = Poinsetter, a traditional Christmas pet

Poodle X Great Pyrenees = Poopyree, a dog that smells good

Pyrenees x Akita = Pyrakita, a small brightly-colored South American dog that can be finger-trained, as well as trained to talk

Saluki x shih tzu = Suzuki, goes for miles on a gallon of gas

Scotch Terrier x Water Spaniel = Scotch & Water, served throughout England (as opposed to watered scotch, served throughout the USA)

Smooth Fox Terrier X Chow Chow = Smooch, a dog who loves to kiss

Spaniel x Dachshund = Spandachs, in gyms everywhere

Spitz X Chow Chow = Spitz Chow, a dog that throws up a lot

Terrier X Bulldog = Terribull, a dog that makes awful mistakes

Wiener Dog x Rottweiler = BRATWEILER, a German dog found at the snack bars at sporting events

Which one is your favorite?
Woos & a-rooos,
Star & Jack a-roo

Happy gotcha Day, Jack! (a little late)

It's been so hectic, humom forgot to post a Happy Gotcha Day for Jack! 8/8/08 marked 1 year since the day we met Jack, and brought him back to RI.
First night in the motel:

Training him has been exhausting work, with no holidays or breaks for me, and the puppyhead is finally a half-way decent pack member. But, he still has his faults.

Like, he's becoming a real attention hog. I have to step in & push him aside sometimes just so people can also admire ME. And he's a total failure at siberian photo techniques. He looks at the camera every time, and even looks cute on purpose. He obeys way too quickly, and needs to work on being a little more appropriately sneaky. Let's face it, he's a work in progress.

So much to teach, so little time.... After a year on probation, I've made up my mind: OK Jack, you can stay.

Happy Gotcha Day, Jack. I won't say "belated", cause duh, we're dogs, we can't tell time. Who cares if its August 8th or 18th?

Wooos & a-rooos,
Queen Star and Jack "she like me! she likes me!"" a-roo

Where's da Mama?

Where's Hu-Mom?
She's not in the kitchen...
she's not doing laundry...
she's not in the garage...
she's not outside...
she's not upstairs...
shes not even at the puter...

Where's da Mama this week?

Is she buying Ice?

Is she hanging sheets?

Is she supervising knot-tying?

Oh my dog, she's at the helm!

Uh-oh, she's at sailing classes. She better not even think about getting me on one of those things.
TALK TO THE PAW!

Wooos
Star and
a-rooos from
Black Jack a-roo! (take me along too, mom!)

Bloggin buddies!

Wooos & a-rooos!
Our friend Captain Maverick gave us this cool award! Thank woo Cap'n! It means we're blogging buddies forever, harrrrrr-rooooo!

The rules are:
We give this award to five friends (and only 5) who are dedicated followers of our blog. And one has to be a new blogger in a different part of the world. And we link back to whoever gave us this award.
We'd like to give this award to:
Steve & Kat,
MayaMarie, Missy & Bella,
Team Husky (Summer, Prince & Suki)
Stormy (because she's the Supreme Commander of the Ao4)
Lastly, we'd like to give it to our very newest bloggin friends, Kayla & Maebe They live in the desert, where it's quite different from where we live on the coast.
We love all your blogs!

Wooos & a-rooos,
Star & Jack a-roo

Pee-Ess. Oh Summer, on behalf of our humom, we apologize for the mistake! It's just that we know an Autumn & Prince from the dog park. Humom must have been on "auto-pilot" when she typed it. Bad humom, no treat.

08-08-08

Woos & a-rooos,
08/08/08 is great! We're just haning around. Pengie got a bath & fluff dry last week. Mom says I shouldn't keep leaving him outside cause he gets muddy, but we're getting pretty bored inside.

Then mom said she'd play catch with Pengie & me!

We had fun playing a while, then mom got the camera out, and we played till it thundered. I know penguin is not supposed to be outside in storms, so back in we went!


I went back out to see Star. Hi Star, wanna play? Can I play with your new Cuz if your not gonna play with it?

Whoa, you don't have to get all snarly!

Ha-roo-roo, she's not really snarling, just yawning.
Bet she scared you, huh?
Have a nice nap Star.

Time for me to take a nap with Pengie, he's tired!


Mom says thanks for all your prayers & sibe vibes for her SIL. The bipeds appreciate it.
Have a nice weekend everyone!

Woos & a-rooos,
Star & Jack a-roo

catching up

Wooos & a-rooos dear friends,
The humans have been too busy having fun to blog for us. One of the SIL's flew in & they've been going to mansions, restaurants, sailing, and shopping and leaving us home! Well, at least we got a CUZ for our very own! And a few leftovers that were mighty tasty. Here's a couple picturesfrom the Green Animals Topiary Garden. See the unicorn & bears? there's a lot of other animals there, too. Maybe Jack & I will start making topirary garden holes.



Imagine our surprise when we finally got mom to read us a few blogs and realized our friend Kelsey Ann from the Kapp Pack had gone to the Rainbow Bridge.

We were stunned, and then deeply saddened, and will keep KA forever in our husky hearts. Run free, beautiful girl, you will be missed.

And sadly, our humom's brother's wife is gravely ill, so our humans have been going to see her in the hospital. We're keeping paws crossed & sending sibe vibes and prayers to her and her family. She is too nice to have to leave this world. Maybe a mean rotten person can go instead. If we made the choice, that's what we'd do, we'd send a mean rotten person away instead. Nobody would miss a mean rotten person. The world needs really good-hearted people like her to stay here to make things better.

So we may be a bit sporatic with our blogging for a while. It's just the way it is. Keep things running smoothly for us in the meanwhile!

Wooos & a-rooos,
Star & Jack a-roo