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Getting ready for the holidaze

Haroo, everypup & kitty! Shiloh here, fresh from the groomers. Don't I look especially white and fluffy? I'm not the only one getting ready for the holidaze round here. Guinness went to the groomers with me and we both smell so clean and fresh. Better than the mud smell we've been sporting, that's for sure. It's been really wet and muddy here and it's hard not to get it on you.

Mom's been cleaning like a madwoman and making lots of home made goodies. The photo below has the home made pasta mom's been crankin out. She and dad have a huge open house on Christmas Eve - the whole world comes to visit and eat! So, if you're in the neighborhood, stop on by. We'd love to see you! I'm pretty shy, so having another pup or two would help me get over all of the people in the house.

Season's Greetings

Haroo, everypup & kitty. Guinness Grrrl here reporting today. A while back, we reported about a photo session mom and dad took us on for their anniversary. Well, here's some of the results - our holiday greeting cards with Shiloh and me as supermodels! Mom and dad said we were very good for the photographers and we want to apologise to Stormy, of the Army of Four, because we cooperated and failed our classes of non-cooperation on that day. We'll try and do better in the future.

We want to take this time to wish everyone a Happy and Healthy Holiday Season and the bestest New Year ever!

Love and snoses,

Guinness and everyone at the Stoutino Inn and Foster Kennel

Bringing in the tree

Ciao, Everypup & kitty. Bacci here, and , for the record, I'd like to say that bipeds are pretty silly. Foster mom & dad have brought a tree into the house! Here I am, sitting all pretty next to the evidence. Why have they brought a tree into the house? They aren't using it the way I thought that they would, and they don't want me to either. But they sure are making a big fuss over this tree. They are hanging things on the branches and doing other silly things around the house too. Shiloh and Guinness say that this happens about once a year and it is worth all of the fuss because presents are involved at some point. We'll see what develops, I suppose, but I don't see any presents yet.

Mud Monster

We told you in the last post - mommy keeps wishing for winter so the ground would freeze. This is pretty much why. Daddy says I am the definition of MUD and they won't let me in the house like this. Bacci and I were just wrestling and this is how I turned out. He's just as bad but it doesn't show up as well on him. It sure was fun though!

Playin Rrrruffff

grrrrrrrrrrr........

hee hee, Ciao everypup & kitty. Bacci here. Shiloh and I sure like playin ruff. We love wrestlin and gettin dirty in the mud too. You should see the big pile of dirty dog towels mom just had to wash. She keeps wishin for the cold and snow so the mud will freeze. Shiloh just wants the cold and snow for more playin. I'll play anytime, anywhere.

Haroo everypup and kitty. Guinness Grrl here. The Army of Four has requested some pictures of me and, well, mom has been busy sewing and quilting and not ready with the camera lately. So, I decided I would share an picture from when I was just barely 1 year old. If I look a little pink in this shot, it's because I had lost tons of my bewootiful fur to a nasty condition called demodex. Demodex mites are not contagious, but they sure are evil. I had a virus when I was just a puppy, and the mites took over about 80% of my body because my immune system couldn't kill them off. They burrow into the hair follicles and make you loose fur and they could be potentially fatal. It was scary! Mom & Dad had to put this nasty stuff on my to kill the mites - sure did stink! But I soon got better and now I have tons of fur to shed right along with the huskies.


Shiloh and Bacci are playing a lot and we've all been doing a lot of rompin in the mud and tracking dirt into the house. (mom grrrumbles). Bacci has a lump on his back hip that he went to the vet's office for - sure glad I didn't have to go! Shiloh's gonna be going soon too - he has a weepy eye that mommy is worrying over. Hopefully it's nothing but irritation from all the wrestling he's been doing.


Mom says that she's sorry she hasn't let us blog lately and promises to to better from now on. I really don't believe her. The holidaze are a comin' and I can tell that she's got herself into a crafty frenzy. Before we know it that crazy tree will be in our house and mom will go on a cleaning binge too! Humans!

GO VOTE!!!!!!!!

Really, we mean it. Vote for Turbo & Khyra!

Ahoy, yee mateys and princess types

Arrr, everyone. Today mom is reporting in because, well, the pups have been rather boring lately. Just rompin, and playin, and sleepin. I, on the other hand/paw have been very busy getting presents ready for the holidays. This example is a flannel quilt I've made with the cutest pirate flannel fabric I've ever seen. A couple of little boys we know are going to get one each. (Can pirates be cute? yes, I think so)

But I haven't forgotten the girls. Here is the pretty pink princess version for a certain niece.

Now, none of The Stoutino pack are as good at color selection as Dave form the Army of Four, but each Stoutino pack member has contributed copious amounts of fluff to each and every project to make them truely unique and special.

I am looking forward to giving these and seeing what the kids think of their crafty Aunt Dessie's creations. Oh, they'll get toys too - Santa is always sure of that.

I'm having way too much fun with this new hobby and I hope that Santa might bring me a new sewing machine for all of my hard work.

Well, I've got more names to check off of my list, so I'd better go now.

Arrrrr!

Love, Mom

Bacci visits the Dog Park

Hey, puppers! Bacci here and I got to go to a very cool place today - the dog park! Shiloh showed me all around and introduced me to some cool new friends, like Inky here. It was grrreat! I ran and played and played and ran. I thought I was a big boy, but Inky beat me on that point.





Shiloh, doing his happy dance.





Until next time, puppers, Ciao!
Bacci

Bacci's commentary on the world today

Rrrruff Rompin!

Shiloh here, finally ready to give to you the video that we promised you! Bacci is learin all about how rrrufff huskies can play and even Guinness gets in on the act. Bacci even likes zoomies!

Grrrrrr & Yum

Haroo, everypup, Shiloh here gettin very frrrustrated with blogger. I cannot seem to load this really cool video of me showing Bacci how huskies play rrruff. He does a very good job of keeping up and even sweet Guinness gets in on the action. But blogger is being silly, so I can't share it now. Maybe it's just too rrruff for blogger. sigh.

Mom is makin a big pot of meatballs and sausage and the house smells all yummy. It's a big football day at our house cuz the Steelers are gonna play the Eagles. Mom is a Steelers fan and dad is an Eagles fan, so I'm gonna play referee and then get some of those meatballs! YUM!

Pee Ess: Dunkin wants everyone to know that he's doin just grrreat at his new fur-ever home. They love him to bits and he's gettin spoiled by the minute. He's meeting lots of new doggie and biped friends too. His new mom emails our mom almost everyday to say how much they love him. Isn't that grreat?

Love those blogs!

It's so cool to have blogger friends and we've met some very cool new ones lately. Two of them gave us this really nice award and we love them too! One came from the Little Brown Dog and The Girl and the other came from Kayla K and Maebe Baebe. We love doggies of all colors, shapes and sizes. And we really love meetin new friends to blog with. Thanks a bunch!

If you haven't gotten this award yet, consider yourself nominated because well, we love you all and your blogs.

Introducing Bacci

Harro, everypup. Shiloh here to introduce you to our newest foster bro, Bacci. That word, mom says, means "kisses" in Italian and Bacci certainly does love to give her kisses. he's a big boy, but at only a year old, he still thinks he's a puppy. He kisses and crawls onto her lap for snuggles.



You'll notice that Bacci is not a husky. You may have forgotten that while we love MaPaw Siberian Husky Rescue, we also love GSD's here, so we foster for Save A Shepherd Rescue Alliance as well. Guinness thinks that it is about time one of her cousins got to come into the house and I like him a lot too. He's very playful and we wrestle a lot. I cannot wait until his kennel cough is all better and we can take him to the dog park.



Please help us welcome Bacci into the Stoutino Inn and Foster Kennel. You'll hear more from him after her gets settled.


BTW, Chewy will be going to another foster home on Saturday, so we wish him a fond farewell and good luck finding a forever home too. It was sure fun playing with him too.

Gotcha Day for Dunkin

It is a very bittersweet morning here at the Stoutino Inn because our darling Sir Dunkin left with his new Fur-Ever Family today. They are the sweetest people on the planet and he will be completely spoiled rotten in his new home. Mom has not cried yet - okay, she cried a bit last night. But she knows that he is in good hands. He is with the absolutely most perfect family for him and that's what matters most.


Farewell Foster Bro and stay sweet!

Cruisin'

Chewy, cruisin' with foster mommy on the way to the dog park

We are so honored!

Kess, the cutie beagle at It's a dog's life, has given us an award. That is so very nice of them. Brilliante is a very fancy word to describe someone and we feel very honored that they chose us. Here are the rules to this award:
1) Add the logo of the award to your blog
2) Add a link to the person who awarded it to you
3) Nominate 7 other blogs
4) Add links to those blogs on your blog
5) Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs

We have far more than just seven brilliante friends, but here are some:

1. Army of Four at Army of Four Digest

2. Pippa the extra handsome at Pippadogblog

3. Echo at the The Daily Echo

4. Cosmos & Juno at Woos & Neighs - The Mullin Clan

5. Sitka, Tia, and Cornelia Marie

6. The Kapp Pack

7. Kayla K and Maebe Baebe

Updates from Dunkin

Roo, all of you blogger doggies. Dunkin reporting in today to bring you up to date on the happenings at the Stoutino Inn and Foster Kennel. The interloper is quite annoying, but I will tolerate him for now because foster mother assures me that he will only be here temporarily. The little whipper-snapper can be very endearing at times, but he has this tendency to get right where you don't wish him to be - such as in my face. I tell him no and he listens, as it should be. I much prefer the quiet and very laid back Guinness, who is very much a quality lady. Shiloh can go out and play with the interloper and keep him busy for me.

Foster mother has been very excited about something. She says that we will be going to a special event this weekend, the Green Lane Scotch Irish Festival. She tells me that this is not only a fun place to learn about the Scotch Irish Culture and listen to lots of howling music, but also many rescues have booths there and we foster dogs go to hopefully meet potential new families. But foster mother has been hinting that I am going to meet a particular family. This is exciting. Someone wants to meet me! We promise to have lots of pictures and all of the news from the festival. We just hope that the weather won't be too bad on Saturday - the remnants of a hurricane may make the day dreary and wet. Something tells me that it will still be an important day. I had better go and rest. I want to be at my very best.

Some playful Video

Haroo, everypuppy! It's Chewy! Shiloh & Guinness are letting me share some video of us playin in the back yard with you all today. We sure have loads of fun. Foster mom says she wishes she was better at following us with the camera, but we were playing ruff!

Meet Chewy!

Haroo, everypuppy! Shiloh here to introduce you to the new youngster, Chewy! He's just been taken in by MaPaw from a shelter today. He was taken there because his family wasn't so nice to him. They left him chained up outside all of the time and not fed enough. Well, our mom will make sure that will change! He's staying with us until another foster space opens up in a week or so. We're all getting on just fine, although Dunkin is being a bit of a Mr. Grumpy Pants cuz Chewy is more puppy than gentleman.

Welcome, Chewy!

Us??? Really, you shouldn't have! Thanks!

Our friend Suki over at Team Husky has given us an award!

That's such a nice thing to do! We wish we could give this award to every doggy in blogger land, and loads of you know that you're our Blogging Friends Forever already. Guinness wants her boyfriend, the Extra Handsome Pippa, to know that she think's he's the Bee's Knees, so she sends him the award all the way in Spain. Shiloh gives this special award to Ammy, over at the Army of Four, because she said he was handsome and made him blush. Dunkin gives a special "Shout Out" to everyone who's been praying for him with his seizures.

Here's to good friends, no matter where they be!

Dunkin's Secret Message

Dunkin has a secret message for his friends in blogger land. If anyone can translate it for mom so she understands, just let her know. She's stumped. And as you can see in the video, dad is no help. Shiloh tries to interpret, but his attempts get us nowhere fast. Guinness is nowhere to be seen, so she isn't of any help either. He's obviously trying to say something important. Help!

Pinned!

Haroo all! It's me, Shiloh, reporting in today. I met some new and fun friends at the dog park tonight.



Scout really pinned big Sam here, but Sam doesn't look like he minds so very much. Scout also shows us that size really doesn't matter. Both of these doggies were really fun to play and romp with on a cool summer evening.

Here's a nice close up of big Sam.

This little Jack-mix gal sure kept us on our toes too - boy could she jump and run!

I'm just glad I didn't have to walk all of the way home.

Til next time, Woo! Shiloh

At the Zoo

Hello, everyone. Mom reporting in today. Thought we'd share some pictures from our recent trip to the Philadelphia Zoo. The 5th annual Brew at the Zoo festival was held there this year. Beer makers from all over are there for you to taste their brews, you get to enjoy the zoo and raise money for a great cause.

Dad really enjoys this event.

Garden Report

Hark everypup! Guinness, your weather grrl and garden reporter with a pup-date on the happenings at the Stoutino Inn garden. We have heard from Sir Dunkin about the warm weather we've been experiencing the past few days and we are in for a few more days of high humidity and temps.

Now onto the garden report. Lots of leafy greens and lettuce growing here along with something mom calls nasturtiums. Mom & Dad like to come out here and pick their dinner or lunch. The leafy greens are taking their time getting big and we can all look forward to those in the fall.





The heat has affected the garden this year. Our tomato plants are not very tall and there is one lone tomato growing. Mom is very upset by this turn of events, as she needs her daily tomato rations and with the news of tainted tomatoes lately, she looked forward to ours for mashing and freezing for sauces and such. The eggplant and the peppers are not doing any better at all. We've only gotten one tiny eggplant and have one single pepper to count at this time

The one vegetable that is not being effected by the high temperatures is the zucchini plant. We've gotten several very large specimens thus far and have more growing, as seen here.

We also have a resident at the Stoutino Inn gardens - a toad! We have yet to be able to capture this illusive creature on film, but he quite startled dad the other day while he was weeding. We aren't sure how he got into the garden with the rabbit wire fencing, but he is welcome to stay as long as he likes. He can eat the bugs that might eat our treasures. At least the fence is keeping out the rabbits like it is supposed too.



That's all for the garden report today, pups. Tomorrow is supposed to be another scorcher, so stay cool. I'll be on the pomegranate sofa with the cool air box blowing over me - that's weather anyone can handle!

Snoses, Guinness

Yes, it is that hot

Roo, everydog, it is I, Sir Dunkin, yet again. How embarrassing, but it is indeed that hot! It is hot enough to make any dog shed, but a Siberian husky has more fur than the typical dog to shed. Foster Mother was nice enough to brush me down to help me be a bit cooler. Was it worth the embarrassment? Indeed, it was. I feel so much better that I do not regret giving in for this treatment. In fact, I must say that I rather liked it. Just look at how much fur she brushed out of one side! Imagine if I had let her do both sides. But, I am a Siberian after all and I could not go that far. Besides, I allowed her the other side last week. We cannot let her think she can have access any time she feels like it. I was just too hot to manage not cooperating with the camera. Please forgive me, dear Stormy, I promise to do better about not cooperating in the future.

My recipe for keeping cool: stay in the room with the cool air box, eat loads of ice cubes, relax and let them brush you. Until the next time, Roo.
Sir Dunkin

Apprehension

Roo, Everydog - Dunkin here and I must admit that I am having some trepidations today. Foster Mother says that there is a family interested in me for adoption. They have talked on the phone a couple of times and sound like very nice people and they love my handsomeness on the MaPaw website. I am the featured pet of the month this month! I am humbled and flustered by all of this attention. I sure hope that this family fills out the application soon. Foster Mother says I may stay here as long as I would like, but it is exciting to have people inquiring about me as a possible addition to their family. Especially given my maturity and health issues. I am happy to report that I doing well on my seizure medication and have not had anymore seizures - thank dogness! They were not pleasant at all. I would like to thank everydog for their kind thoughts and prayers - keep them up, they are working! I shall think and pray for all of you as well.

With much love,
Sir Dunkin

New hobbies

Hello, everyone. Mom reporting today. Yes, the four legged ones actually let in onto the blog once in a while. I thought I would share with Dave, Guide dog for the color blind, the example of the quilt squares we are making for our library quilting class. It is certainly not perfect, but for my first attempt, I am proud of it.

What do ya think, Dave? I wish the colors came out better in the picture - they are very soft but, I think, very pretty. They remind me of sherbet. I did the example to see if we could get done most of the project in the 2 hour time slot we have. I doubt that the kids will get finished, but we will gt them started enough to finish on their own - we hope. We will do all of the cutting for them, so that part will be done. All they will have to do is choose the pieces that they like and sew them together, make the "sandwich," and bind the edges. The applique will be extra if they want it.

I think I've hit on yet another new hobby with this quilting thing. I found myself buying some coffee themed pieces at the fabric store the other day and I've gotten out the huge quilt I started about 5 years ago to give it another go. I will just tie that one - it will look best and it was a very ambitious project for this beginner anyway. The panels are scenes from a medieval tapestry and the body of the quilt is flannel - great for highlighting all of the white dog hair in this house. The picture shows how I bit off more than I can chew with the project. I never do anything small!

Well, the dogs are asking to go outside, so I'd better go before I get clawed. Have a good one and stay cool!

Love, Mom

Hotter than Heck

Hello everypup! Guinness, your weather grrl, reporting that it is officially hotter than heck out there. A great day for dad to get out the wading pool. The huskies don't seem to like their paws to get wet, but I'll definitely give it a go. Nothing like a dip to cool off the tootsies. I predict that I will be doing this a lot in the next few days, as it is supposed to be even warmer for a while. Mom has been handing out ice cube treats left and right and we've all been slurping them up. Now if we could just get them to take us back to Brusters for those doggy sundaes....

Oh, yes - a Dunkin update! We thank you for all of the good Sibe Vibes you've been sending his way. They have been working, so keep them coming. No seizures since that first day. We had to cut back on his medication a bit - it was really messing with him. We think we've got it right now, so keep those paws crossed.

We've all been taking it easy in the room with the magic box that blows cold air and eating those ice cube treats. Oh, yes, and shedding, shedding, shedding (mom growls). Even we GSD's have an undercoat to get rid of, so we've been shedding a lot and mom has been chasing after it all with the loud sucking machine. Shiloh has been shedding the most, according to mom, but Dunkin and I are doing our fair share. (more growling)

Dave, Guide Dog for the Color Blind from the Army of Four, might be interested to learn that our mom has taken a step into the world of quilting to help her sister out with a quilting class for the kids at mom's library. Mom said she wished one of us could help us pick fabric like Dave does. We just shed on everything instead. The Spider-man web afghan that mom crocheted for one of the "Catch the Reading Bug" summer reading club prizes has our hair loving woven into it's web. Mom had to work really hard to get it all out before bringing it to the library for display. (mom growls even more) We will try to post some pictures of the quilt squares the kids make if we can.

Stay cool everyone!
Love and snoses, Guinness

Seizures

Mom reporting today. We've had a very interesting weekend at our place and we thought we'd update everyone. Thursday the 19th at bedtime, Dunkin had a seizure. He really scared the heck out of everyone. We were hoping it would be the only one, but alas, Friday he had two more. He's now on medication and doing pretty well. Seizure free for more than 48 hours. He's a bit weak in his posterior but otherwise seems unaffected.

We did discover that he likes ice cream. A local ice cream stand called Brusters gives out little doggie sundaes with Milk Bones to their 4 legged customers. YUM! Now when we have ice cream, Dunkin & the crew all expect some too.

Blender Blues

Haroo, puppers. Shiloh reporting in today. I have to say I've got a case of the blues. The blender blues.


Mom has gone off of the deep end or something. Yesterday, she started hacking up all of this pretty colored paper into little itty bitty bits. She gets upset when we do things like that. I have often tried to help them recycle things from the waste basket and I got yelled at. I tried to tell her that shredding paper wasn't right, but she just kept on going.




Then she got out Blender. I got excited then cuz she often uses Blender to make us neato treats for dinner. But she put the bitty paper bits into the blender! Yuk! Then she started this whole weird process of pouring the paper water into this frame thing with netting and what came out at the end? More paper!



I am really confused.


Mom said that she needed to practice making paper to show the kids at the library all about the process of how the ancient Chinese invented and made paper for a program that she's doing later this week. She said that it was fun and she'd keep practicing.

Personally, I think she should go back to making us treats and frosty drinks. I could use a frappachino cuz it's so darned hot here.


Until next time,
Shiloh

Dog Days at the Dog Park

Hello all! Dunkin reporting in today. Let me say it - it's HOT! The Weather Pixie has been reporting an excessive heat warning for this weekend and Foster Mother & Father have put a magic cold wind box in the window for us all to stay cool.

Before it got too bad outside, Shiloh & I took a trip to the dog park to meet some friends and we thought we'd share some pictures with you.

This youngster is a new friend named Agess. He is a very pleasant yet bouncy fellow who Shiloh likes to play with a lot. They ran circles in the woods of the park and played quite a bit.

As for me, I was taking it easy by the water bowl. We seniors know the importance of staying hydrated and not exerting ourselves when it's too hot outside. Besides, I am a refined gentleman and "romping" just does not become me.

I would much rather take a leisurely stroll through the woods with Father and Mother.

Seriously, did she have to use this picture? It may have been her view, but, really, how embarrassing. I will have to reprimand her by shedding more on her recently vacuumed floor. Besides, it's much to warm for all of this fur anyway.