A. Penguin's Tale

Wooos & A-Rooos to yous!
You pups did it - you convinced her - Mom is posting the penguin story!!! Just remember, he's a bird-brain, so don't believe everything he says.
~Star & the Jack a-Roo
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A. Penguin’s Tale

by A. Penguin

Hello everyone. I’m going to tell you my story, and you might want to keep a box of tissues ready cause there are some very sad parts.
I was made by Santa’s Elves at the North Pole many years ago. I was a happy little penguin, with a cute little squeaker, red rope arms & legs, warm earmuffs and a fine little hat. My colors were bright and my polyester fur was soft.

I was thrilled when I heard that I was going for a ride in Santa’s sleigh, to find a home of my own. I was so excited while I waited with other toys, wondering what little girl or boy would see me and make me their own. One day a lady picked me up and smiled when she heard my cute little squeaker. “Oh, Star & Rosie will love this!” she said, as they put me in a pretty bag. “Oh boy!” I thought, “TWO little girls! How lucky I am!”

I waited patiently in my pretty wrapping paper, and finally it was Christmas morning & suddenly I felt the paper being ripped right off of me! Oh dear, there must be a mistake, there were two big furry creatures grabbing at my arms and legs – “Oh stop it, stop it” I squeaked! But they didn’t stop, and I discovered that “Star and Rosie” weren’t two sweet little girls after all.

They played tug-o-war with me, dragged me through the mud, bit off my ear muffs, chewed off my arms and legs, and pulled the squeaker right out of me!

The mama sewed me back up and gave me a bath, and I lived in a big box for a long time with lots of other poor souls the dogs ravaged. Once in a while I was dragged out and chewed on, just for good measure.

One day all of us toys got another bath, and I was set in the sunshine to dry.

All of a sudden, a strange new big black wolf jumped up – uh-oh, I thought to myself, here we go again...

Sure enough, he carried me off and chewed on me in the grass,

then he carried me into the house and chewed on me some more…

and now people say how cute it is that he carries me everywhere with him…. but I don’t think it’s cute at all.

Just look at me, I’m not so cute anymore, and frankly, I’m not sure how much more abuse I can take before there’s nothing left of me!

We’ve come to the end of my sad tale. Now you know what a tragic life I’ve had. Just in case I don’t make it till December.... I’ll say it now –
"Merry Christmas everyone."

~A. Penguin
Won’t someone pleeeease send me back to the North Pole Repair Shop?

Aint' nothing goin on...

Woooos, everyhusky & dog,

There is nothing going on to report to you. We are bored. Haven't gone anywhere other than our daily walk routine, haven't met anyone interesting, it's dark so early, we don't get to see all our favorite kids who pet us & tell us how wonderful we are.


Well, we do have this little toy thing going on between us. I have lots of toys. Jack steals them. I take them back, Jack steals them again. I hide them, Jack steals them. I bring them inside, Jack takes them outside. I guess we'll have to keep this up till something else interesting happens....


One thing that does entertain us is Meeshka's recent series of TV scripts & new programs- have you checked them out? Queen Meeshka is pure genius! They're much more entertaining than real TV. Those striking screen writers should check out her blog & learn a thing or two about what huskies really want to see on TV.
While I'm on the subject of improving the world for huskies, I'd also like to talk to someone about making an iPawed so I could take all my favorite music videos, pictures, phone numbers, appointment book, gps, snacks, (and anything else I might possibly have the slightest whim for) with me where ever I go. But until then, I'll go take a nap.
Wooos, Star

A-rooos to yous,
Star's lying, I can so play with those toys too. Sheesh! See my little penguin? I wish mom would post the story about him. She thinks she should wait till closer to Christmas, but I say, post it now! Do you want to wait that long to see it?
~ the Jack-a-roo

Four months into Eternity

Wooos to you all, Star here.
Hu-mom is working on a very cute post, "A Penguin's Tale", but it isn't quite ready.
We don't mean to be morbid, posting about another RB husky so soon after Anna, but today marks four months since our dear Sherman left us. Mom was feeling very sad, and made something special for Sherman. This sort of thing helps our humans cope when we must leave to go North of the Rainbow Bridge. I liked it, I think Sherman would too, so I wood to her to post it here on my blog.
~Star
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November winds are blowing bolder,
November air is growing colder…
Four months, dear boy, four months since you left,
it feels like it's been forever, it feels like it happened yesterday.

In eternity there is no time, only now.
I miss you every moment of “now”.

The wind blows, and I miss seeing you run like the wind.


The sun shines, I miss how it gleamed on your coat.


The gold and red petals drop from the stem, I miss those tuffs of golden fluff you dropped everywhere.


The moon shines, and I look for you, angel-white in the moonlight.


The rain falls and mists rise, and I miss how the droplets perched on the tips of your fur.
Soon the snow will blow, and I will miss seeing snowflakes on your snow-nose.


I see a rainbow, but where is the gold at the end of it?


I strain to go past the rainbow, where you crossed, but I cannot follow.



To see you again, I look within.
The warmth of your memory shields my heart against
the coldness of your absence, my golden butter-boy.
I close my eyes and hug the air,
beckoning your spirit to come near,
Yet I know you couldn’t be any closer, not ever,
because your love fills my heart from the inside out, forever.
I miss you, dear friend, I miss you.


Love,
Mom

Sweet Anna....run free!

Woooooos, everyhusky & dog,

We were very sad to learn that our friend Anna (from another board), made her trip to the Rainbow bridge Monday. Sweet Anna was 13.

She had been parted from her first family for many years because of circumstances, but they unexpectedly found her again this past year & started visiting her. On one visit they noticed she had a ruptured tumor that was going untreated by the elderly woman who owned her, and convinced the woman to let them have Anna back so she could be cared for. The tumor was treated & Anna recovered. These past few special months have been full of joy for Anna & her family, who were so happy to have their husky girl back. Then about a week ago, Anna seems to have injured her back, and slowly became paralyzed. Anna let her family know she was ready to go. Bless them for setting her free, the hardest decision a human can make for us.
She was still a playful fun girl, loved to woo, & really into garbage dispersal. The house may be cleaner, but her sweet wooos will be missed.



We are wooing wooos of sympathy to Anna's family (bi-peds,3 bordercollie sisters & big Newfie sis). And we'll be looking for her bright light to join the dance in the Northern Lights.
~Star & Jack
and humom Pat

Here's Lookin' at Woo, Kid!

The wind is howling and rain is blowing sideways as we are treated to left-over hurricane here on the East Coast today. It's a perfect day to stay inside cozied up to hu-mom's feet next to the 'puter. When she talks to us, we pick up our heads & stare at her....and she's been thinking how cool our eyes are.
So here's to us....all the huskies she's owned & loved....and our beawootiful soulfull eyes...

Wooos, and a-Rooos,
Star & the Jack a-Roo

"Here's looking at Star, Jack, Sherman, and Speedo"
(click to enlarge)

Congratulations, Sis!

Wooooo-a-rooos!!
Jack here - I'm posting a
BIG CONGRATULATIONS
to my beautiful sister, Diva (AKC Destiny's Divine Glory). Way to go, girl! She just completed her majors & won her Championship title!
I have to say she's grown into one good looking huskette. But I like her, even if she does think she's "all that".



Here's the two of us when we were puppies, and then at 7 mos. old. Doesn't this make you go "Awwwwwwww!"?



I'm a "Champion of Hearts" to those who know me. (well, Star might be the exception, but I'm slowly winning her over.) Hey - I could call myself "Jack of Hearts"! Yeah, I like that!

So, A-Roooos to you, dear sis! Say hi to Mom, Gigi & George, and all the rest of the Destiny pack, & mama Sue & daddy Mike for me, ok?


*BONUS "AHHHHHS" L to R: George, Gigi, Jack, Diva, Preston.

~Jack, aka "Destiny's DaVinci" &
proud brother of Champion Diva

We're adding a sidebar link to my family, so we can keep up on "news from home" at Destiny Siberians! (& Thanks, Sue, for the use of these beautiful pictures! ~P.)

Wooos & A-roooos!

A-roooos, Everydog! Jack here -

Well, it's been crazy-busy. It stormed all day Saturday so we didn't get to the husky thing because our humans "didn't want to drive for hours to sit in the rain all day" - can you imagine? Sunday, they drove off on a family emergency of sorts... and Star & I had to stay busy by ourselves. Not a problem for the old gal - she watched me & napped all day. But I was BUSY!
I thought I'd remodel the yard a bit - just around the edges... see what a good job I did? I plan to keep a few toys stashed here, but don't tell Star.

Mom liked my hole sooo much, she came out & took a picture of me scouting out a new spot. You can see another example of my handipaw work just behind my head - I stashed a tennis ball there for later. Mom even had me sign that picture!

I got good at this by practicing inside the house first.

But I have to hand it to Star's old friend, Sherman... he takes the bone when it comes to hole digging! I hope I get as good as he was!

(*EDIT* Mikki, I just saw your holes, and I'm impressed! I am practising "controlled digs" , but I'll work my up to "big digs" & make you proud!)

A-Rooos to yous,
Jack

(and sleepy Wooos from Star)
"Huh? What did he just say?"


PS - Mom finally got most of the blog changes figured out. Hopefully everyone's links link.

Under construction...

Dear fur friends,
We are attempting to overhaul our blog. Since hu-mom is pretty inept, it may take us a while to get everything like we want it. She seems to have lost our links to your blogs....our apologies. (but we did get the Ao4 logo on it!) Hu-mom's working on it in between other projects. Stay tuned...
Wooos,
Star & Jack

Jack's Rippin' Good Time!

Ho hum, what am I gonna do for fun today? Boy, I'd like to get that squeaky duck away from Star and go bury it in the yard....

Uh-oh, that's Star's "Don't even think about it" look. Hmm, what else can I do?
I can't just sit here & be bored, now can I?

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Hey, I found a big wad of tissue paper! Ooo, this could be fun!

This IS fun!

It's lots of fun!!

Really really fun!!!

Fun, fun and more fun!!!

Oh yeah, this is a rippin' good time!
Hope your day was as much fun as mine!

A-rooos to yous,
Jack

*edit- Mr. Phred, dis tissue isn't people tp, I found it on da floor when mom brought home a new black bag & DESTUFFED IT-- right in front of me! So I know she didn't want the stuffing anymore. She sez she furgot to put it up where I couldn't get it, but around here, if it's on da floor...it's mine! (as long as it's not Star's) ~ Jack

Husky 'tude

Here we were, enjoying a nice walk around the resevoir, when our sniffing and exploring was interrupted by commands telling us where to sit and where to look....all because the Hu-mom has decided it's time she gets "a nice picture of the two of us together". Harumph, time for "husky 'tude" to kick in.
"Star, Jack, look at me!"

"Hey sweeties, look here, look at me!!!"

"Aw, come on, look this way together, please????"

"Aarugh!" She made that "what am I going to do with you" tsk-ing sound.
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Not that we're apologising fror acting like huskies, but we did feel kinda sorry for her. She did after all take us to a nice place with lots of stuff to sniff. So we gave her this beautiful shot of "synchronized sniffing"

Good enough, says I. But Jack is a bit of a softie, (and a suck-up), so he cooperated with this cute-as-a post-card shot:

Just dont be surprised if you see this one Photoshop-ed with some stupid Santa hat or reindeer horns on him one day soon.

Wooooos and A-roooos,
Star the Stoic
and the Handsome Jack-A-rooo