The Stoutino Inn & Foster Kennel

Gettin out

2012-02-11T11:27:00.000-05:00

A well deserved visit to the dog park. It must have been Husky morning, cuz we met a husky friend named Shane there - isn't he pretty?

Mom apologizes for the quality of the picture. She forgot her good camera and was stuck with just her cell phone.

In Memory

2012-02-10T06:27:00.000-05:00

Ninja Bunny

2012-02-03T06:31:00.000-05:00

So, there it was, a cute lil bunny rabbit made it's way into our yard. Obviously, it had sinister designs or it would not have wondered into a yard with two ~~fierce warriors~~ dogs in it. Oh, we chased it, and we chased it, but alas, it alluded us.

Must have been a Ninja Bunny. It's the only explanation.

Snow Day

2012-01-21T14:44:00.000-05:00

Genny with her idea of appropriate snow day activity.

Ms. Daisy

2012-01-19T13:38:00.000-05:00

We are reporting today with a heavy heart. Our dear, sweet Ms. Daisy has gone to the Rainbow Bridge. She was living quite happily at the MaPaw Farm when it was discovered that she had bone cancer. She was doing well on pain medication until earlier this week, when she had a seizure. We all felt that it was time to help her on to a happier place.

She was always happiest when she was with the humans she loved, had a warm and cozy place to lay her paws. While she stayed at the Stoutino Inn, she loved going to the dog park with Shiloh & Genny to sniff and stretch, as well as keep the young whipper snappers in line. She was a beautiful grrrl inside and gave warm and wonderful, if not a little stinky, kisses.

God Bless you, dear Daisy

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-25T12:55:00.000-05:00

Comfort and Joy

2011-12-17T06:42:00.000-05:00

We don't know how true this is. However, this pup was supposedly a stray looking for a safe and warm place to sleep.

Hug all of your furchildren and hold them tight.

Deck the Halls

2011-12-11T06:56:00.000-05:00

Haroo! Shiloh here, with the Stoutino Inn annual tree trimming. Here we are all ready to supervise and make sure that everything gets onto the tree in just the right place. I don't usually like the idea of the tree coming into the house, because that means that lots of humans will soon be coming to my house. But I do like the twinkly lights and stuff.

Um, Daddy, the Kong does not belong in the tree. It belongs filled with peanut butter and given to me.

Really, Daddy, just hand over the Kong.

Mom, if this shows up on the blog or Facebook....
Geez. What I have to put up with.

We hope that your howlidaze are better than this!

Love & Roo, Genny & Shiloh

Comfy?

2011-12-07T06:35:00.000-05:00

Mommy's spot on the big bed is really comfy. Just keepin it warm for her.

Oh No!

2011-11-27T17:34:00.000-05:00

Haroo, all. Shiloh here, from my crate. See, mom & dad brought this tree into our house today. You know what that means. People are coming to invade our house!

Oh, they will first clean the place all over. Then they will put up all these lights and decorations. Then mom will cook all of this food and make the house all yummy smelling. But then it happens! They invade! And they stay all day. They make noise and try to pet me. It's horrible!

so, I outsmart them. I make myself very small inside my crate. Sure, the very small people can try to come in with me. But I am gentle with them. I just stay there until a tall one makes them go away.

Genny loves this for some reason. She says that it's fun and all of the people give her food if she gives them "the look." I just do not understand her sometimes. Can anyone out there save me?

Happy Thanksgiving

2011-11-24T12:42:00.002-05:00

Now, give us the turkey

Scott's New Family

2011-11-20T14:01:00.001-05:00

Scott was adopted today my a wonderfully spoiling mommy and new sister, named Tasha. Here they are, all getting to know each other. Scott's the kind of guy who takes his time when in a new environment, so they will have to be patient with each other for a while. And mom will have to give him lots of love, rubs, and peanut butter.

The other pictures are of Scott's new sister, Tasha. This is her very favorite spot to hang out. She is a very sweet and affectionate girl, even though she kind of looks unsure about things here.

Everyone will need some adjustment time, to be sure. We know Scott is in very good hands, because his new mom has adopted from MaPaw in the past.

Wolf Sanctuary of PA

2011-11-13T07:51:00.000-05:00

Hello everyone. Mom here. The pups were nice enough to let me have a spot on the blog today to report on our very exciting outing. Dad and I went with some friends on a Full Moon Tour at the Wolf Sanctuary of PA in Lititz, PA. What a wonderful place. Of course, they wouldn't let us take our pups, as it would be very upsetting to the wolves.

The moon was in all of it's glory and it was a crist cold night. The animals, as you can see, were beautiful. They were very docile and you could tell they respected the staff at the sanctuary. Except for their enormous size, it would be difficult to tell tham a part from the huskies we help rescue.

I believe they told us this guy here may be a hybrid with a malamute.

The big grey boy here is named Frodo. What a hugga-head!

Thanks to my pups for letting me show you the wolves.

Love,
Mom

What a weekend!

2011-10-23T19:18:00.009-04:00

Hello there. Scott here and I must say that I have had the most excellent weekend. Fabulous fall weather we're having in southeast Pennsylvania - crisp and sunny.

Here I am in all of my bronze glory at the Fido Fest, in Salem County, NJ on Saturday. A lovely, albeit windy, day was had by all.

This young man is Dash. He has the advantage of youth and small stature to lure the crowds away from me, especially the pretty girls. But he is a well behaved young chap so I shall forgive him.

That was until this young whipper snapper came along. All of the women just ohhhed and ahhhhed all over him. It was just embarrassing. And then he played into their hands by kissing them!

Thank goodness it was time to come home soon after that. At least the weather was lovely.

Today was much better. My foster bother, sister and I all went to the lovely wooded dog park. Genny gets to play catch to her heart's content. Shiloh sniffs and plays at being the Great White Hunter, whist I enjoy the air and amaze everyone with my bronze magnificence.

We all hope that you had a good weekend as well.
Well, I am off to recover from all of my excursions.

Cheerio!
Scott

A better look

2011-10-19T09:26:00.000-04:00

Here's a better picture of Scott.
Ain't he handsome???

Hi There!

2011-10-18T17:26:00.003-04:00

Hey there puppers! Genny checkin in with you all today. Wow, has it been a really long time since we've blogged with all of our furry friends. We are so sorry to have neglected you! Our secretary - Mom - got a new job earlier this year and everything has gone to pot. But we wanted you all to know that we are still here, going to the dog park, and hanging out with our new foster friend, Scott.

Scott is a mellow sort of dude, who enjoys sniffing and being zen. He really takes each moment and relishes every second. However, he does like to share his observations with anyone who will listen. He's quite a chatty fellow for one so mellow - hee hee.

He came to our Inn because his owners were moving into an assisted living facility - and can you believe they do not allow dogs! How absurd! We assist with all sorts of things! I especially like to assist in the kitchen...but back to Scott.

Our new foster bro has had a hard adjustment to life at the Inn. He's never had to live with other doggies before. He wasn't quite sure what to make of things here, but Shiloh and I have been showing him the ropes and he's doing just fine now. And we hear that a potential adopter is already interested in him!

Mom says she's sorry about the picture quality - her fancy new iPad doesn't take such great pictures sometimes.

Anywoo, we promise to check in more often and claw mom if she lets things go on for too long.

Love and kisses,
Genny

Party time!

2011-07-04T06:44:00.004-04:00

Hi pup friends! Genny here to tell you all about the party we had at our house. Lots of our favorite humans came over to eat lots of food. Some even shared with us! When it got dark outside, they had a fire and roasted what they called marshmallows - those are are the fluffy white things on the ends of the sticks. They, for some reason, didn't want to share these with us doggies, though I gave them the best mind meld I could give. the best thing about the party is that my bestest friend, Isabeau, came too! She is sooo much fun. Shiloh doesn't like parties as much as we do, so you don't see him in the pictures. We sure had enough fun for him though!

Saturday in the Park with .....

2011-06-25T15:22:00.009-04:00

Haroo, all you cool pups. Shiloh here, filling you in on our crazy Saturday adventures. first, I must ask if you recognize our visitor in the middle of the crazy pack from the dog park? That's right, it's Miss Daisy! She's visiting us for the weekend and it is such a nice day that we just had to take her to our favorite place. She always loved the park as much as Genny and I do. We met a lost of fun friends today, such as the pair of chocolate lab pups, a beagle dude, and the silly border collie mix that's up on the human bench.

Here's my sis Genny chasing Darwin the beagle. She loves to play chase and Darwin can run for days. Maybe he has some husky in there somewhere?

Here I am, in all of my awesome alphaness, showing your Charlie pup who's in charge. Darwin is helping me with his senior wisdom.

Daisy, Genny and I had a great time at the park and it showed on the way home. Here is Daisy chillin out in the Stoutino mobile on the way home. We stopped by another fav place, the pet store! Daddy said we needed to load up on our favorite cookies - bacon and cheese!

Dad also got me a surprise - Lambchop! Now, I usually don't play with toys, but Lambchop is soft and cuddly and extra squishy, so I thought I should take her and inspect before anyone got to her. Dad got some other stuff for Genny, and she proceded to give her toy a squeekectomy right away. But Lambchop is all mine!

Hope you all have a great weekend and we'll bark at ya soon.

Haroo!
Shiloh

GPS

2011-06-14T06:17:00.003-04:00

Howdy, pups! It's Genny. One of my jobs at the Stoutino Inn is as GPS - Genny's Positioning Service. Here I am in action, helpin Mommy find her way to the dog park. I have to be sure she goes the right way, otherwise she makes a wrong turn and we end up at the VET! So, I am designated co-pilot when we all go out to be sure she doesn't stray.

So glad that we made it! It was such a nice day at the park. Lots of sniffs to sniff and not too hot.

See ya later, pups!
Love, Genny

Genny, Quilt Model

2011-05-02T09:28:00.004-04:00

Hi, everypup! Genny here. Here's my mommy's latest quilty project. I am helping to show it off to it's best advantage. Aren't I a big helper? Mommy calls this technique Free Motion Raw Edge Applique. She says that you cut the forms out like snowflakes, glue baste them down and them free motion quilt all over everything. I don't know what she's really talking about, but I like the pretty bright colors. And I wanted to be in the picture cuz I like pretty things.

Have a colorful day!

Love,
Genny

Vicky's furever family

2011-03-13T05:57:00.003-04:00

Vicky is now the official chick magnet for these two handsome gentlemen.
She is settling in nicely, teaching them all about how nice it is to have a woman in the house.
We miss her already, but we know she is in good hands and having fun.

Strike a pose

2011-03-01T07:20:00.001-05:00

Makes you wonder what we're up to, doesn't it?

2011-02-16T06:26:00.000-05:00

Hey, Genny. What's the square root of....huh?

In the News

2011-02-11T08:18:00.000-05:00

What a great article about MaPaw!

Welcome Victoria!

2011-02-05T08:09:00.003-05:00

This is Victoria! She's the newest foster at the Stoutino Inn. A GSD/Husky mix that has bi-eyes, a snow nose and very soft, white fur. As you can see, she's making herself right at home...on mommy's bed. She's very playful and loving. Mom thinks her name should change though - she doesn't know it yet - she was a stray when they found her. Someone is bound to fall in love with her right away, that's for sure!

Merry Christmoose

2010-12-27T17:11:00.000-05:00

Um...really?????

2010-12-22T09:03:00.000-05:00

Dog is my co-pilot

2010-11-04T08:37:00.000-04:00

Ha roo!
Love,
Genny

Big Pack at the Dog Park

2010-09-05T15:48:00.006-04:00

Hi, everyone! It's me - Genny! Boy, oh, boy, did we have a great morning at the dog park! The weather today was just perfect. We met a whole bunch of new friends there today, including a big bewootiful GSD named Dozer - boy is he a handsome fella! He had with him a GSD mix brother named Max who loved to play and play!

Here we all are just runnin and playin and havin a good ol' time.

Isn't Dozer handsome??? I think I'm gonna swoon!

We hope that you all have a really great holiday weekend. We're gonna just hang out and enjoy the cooler weather. Maybe we'll talk mom & dad into another trip to the dog park again tomorrow.

See ya later!

Genny

Slumber Party Shenanigans

2010-08-31T05:58:00.006-04:00

Haroo everypup. It's me- Shiloh! We had a slumber party last night. Genny was particularly excited about this as our guest was a very handsome boy that's about her age named Sarge. He's the red & white husky in the photo here with me. I am giving him the rules of the house here, because I am the man in charge. Not sure he likes what I'm saying though.

Here's a shot of Sarge and Genny playing in the backyard. Sarge is a real fun loving guy and he even got Daisy up and bouncing.

We had a really fun time with Sarge. His only issue at our house was that he was afraid of the stairs going up to the bedrooms. He also didn't like the room we gave him (Daisy's crate), so mom & dad let him sleep with them - they mumbled something about trying to get some sleep. Don't they know that you're not really supposed to sleep at a slumber party?

Anyroo, We had a great time and hope that Sarge comes back to play another time.

Until next time, Roo,
Shiloh

New Friends & a Slumber Party

2010-08-30T11:20:00.006-04:00

Hi everyone - it's me, Genny! We met some new friends at the dog park this weekend. This Akita pup is fun to play with. And here Daisy and I are checking out this cute little poodle mix.

This big GSD is named Cisco and he's so calm and laid back. You'd never know he's only 2 years old. The black lab here is getting a good scratch in a favorite spot by my daddy. You can tell he really likes it. Shiloh was doing a good job of being a lone wolf, so he missed getting his picture taken.

Guess what??? We're gonna have a sleepover guest tonight! Sarge, from MaPaw, is coming up out way to visit Harleysville Vet tomorrow, so he's gonna spend the night with us. Won't that be fun???? Mom says she promises to take pictures. Cool, a Slumber Party!!!!

Sunday in the Dog Park

2010-08-02T06:13:00.003-04:00

Sunday in the dog park with a whole pack of new friends. We met a burmese, a cattle dog, a pug and even another husky! It was finally cool enough to go outside and spend some quality time in the woods sniffin, and snortin. What fun!

Just Chillin in Front of the Tube

2010-07-12T06:22:00.004-04:00

Hi, everypup! Shiloh here. We've been not doing too much lately - it's been waaaay too hot for huskies to be too active. So, here we are - Genny and I, taking in some tube time, just chillin in front of the air conditioner.

How do all of you keep cool? Mom and dad keep the air on for us and give us ice cubes to munch.

We haven't been to the dog park much lately either - way too hot. But we got to go on Sunday morning when the weather finally broke and things cooled off a bit. Here's a pic of Daisy chillin by the watering hole. She really likes going to the dog park - can't you tell by the big smile on her face?

I hope all of you have good ways to keep cool during these dog days of summer. Keep chillin, my friends!

Roo,

Shiloh

Good sniffs at the dog park

2010-06-22T09:23:00.002-04:00

Hello everyone. Miss Daisy here. We've been taking a lot of trips to the dog park lately, especially on weekend mornings when it's the coolest. Here I am checking the latest news from all of the other dogs that have visited.

I like this dog park a lot. It has a lot of shade trees and easy places for us more mature ladies to walk. But it's also big enough for the young whipper-snappers to run and get the wildness out of their system.

Other times I take it easy at the Stoutino Inn in the air-conditioning. When I'm not lounging, I am keeping Shiloh & Genny in-line. They get pretty rough around me, so I tell them to knock it off or take it somewhere else. I also make sure that I tell foster mom or dad when it's time to eat. I am very good at telling time. I also make sure that they get up at a reasonable time in the morning. If it weren't for me, they'd be really lazy and sleep in.

I like to follow foster mom around the house. Lately she's spent a lot of time in her quilting studio. She really likes that fabric! I haven't figured out what job I can help her with yet, but I'm sure to think of something soon.

Until next time, RUFF!

Daisy

Whee!

2010-05-26T07:09:00.002-04:00

Genny loves to ride in the car!!!!

Sweet Miss Daisy

2010-05-11T09:55:00.004-04:00

Sweet Miss Daisy in her favorite activity - sleeping at mommy's feet and snoring softly. She likes to keep mom company where ever she goes in the house. All mom needs to do is look down and she'll find Daisy right there. Daisy is one of the sweetest dogs ever. We're glad she's hanging out with us.

Dog Park kind of day

2010-05-04T09:58:00.008-04:00

Haroo, puppers. It's Shiloh here. We were having one of those days on Saturday - you know the kind where you try your best to be good, but just been cooped up too long with all of the rain and such? Well, after that kind of day, Mom & Dad decided that a visit to the dog park was in order on Sunday morning before it got too hot.

Genny was especially excited - she'd only been to the park a couple of times before and really likes to chase all of the puppers we meet there. Here she is telling me all about her last run.

Here is Genny talking to a new friend and asking if it's okay if she plays with her. Genny is very polite that way.

Here I am leading us on an exercise run - gotta keep in shape to impress the ladies!

Here's Daisy - she was there too! She likes following the slower folks, like mom & dad.

It was a bewootiful day, but then it turned pretty hot - too hot for huskies - so mom said it was time for us to go home in the shade. I agree that we shouldn't overdo the heat.

See roo next time, puppers!

Haroo,

Shiloh

Adventure!

2010-04-30T16:01:00.008-04:00

Hi everypup! It's Genny! We went on the most awesome trip with mom this morning. We went on an adventure hike!

Mom apologizes for the quality of this photo - she mumbled something about 2 pulling husky types on the leashes.

Come with us! We were at Green Lane Park.

We followed the trees with blue markers on them. It was a hard trail, so we helped mom a lot by keeping her going. Shiloh marked the trail his special way, just in case.

Then we rested by the pretty Perkiomen Creek and got a drink of water from mom's pack. Got to stay hydrated!

Shiloh said he was getting tired, so after a while we turned around and found the car again. Mom said I was a good girl on our first hiking adventure, even though I wanted to run after the deer we saw. They were so pretty! She said we'll do it again sometime soon when dad can come along with us.

Thanks for sharing our adventure!

Love & kisses,

Genny

What's that, Daddy?

2010-04-20T14:35:00.001-04:00

Ebay Auction for Mapaw

2010-04-12T13:14:00.001-04:00

Here is the MaPaw Auction site to bid on Mommy's quilt (See below) and some other really cool stuff. Let the bidding begin!

Finished! Haroo!

2010-03-30T09:18:00.002-04:00

Haroo, puppers! Finally finished! Here is the quilt that mom's been working on - and I helped - to donate to MaPaw. Hopfully in time to raise some money from the Ebay auction we're running right now. It's twin sized and flannel on the back. Any pup or wolf lover would love to snuggle under this one. We'll post the link when it gets posted.

Roo,
Shiloh

Dog park for Daisy

2010-03-22T06:40:00.004-04:00

Haroo, Everyone! Shiloh here. We had a very nice weekend. Mom brought Daisy into our house on Friday. She's a very nice older grrl who just hangs and doesn't bother anyone too much. She likes one of our crates and hangs out there a lot. We thought we needed to get her out and moving.

So, here we are at the dog park. Everyone had a really good time sniffing and snoofing and running around with the other puppies. A Sibe/Sheba mix named Sparky was there. Sparky and Genny really mixed it up! I was busy marking my domain, keeping up my personae as the Lone Wolf.

Genny also likes to play fetch - can you believe it? A nice lady kept throwing the ball for her and she'd just bring it back and ask her to throw it again and again. Grrls, go figure.

Anyroo, here's to a great week!
Haroo!

Shiloh, the Lone Wolf

Oh, the Carnage!

2010-03-21T07:47:00.003-04:00

Why we owe MaPaw one orthopedic dog bed, thanks to Shiloh "Shredderman" Stout.

New foster, Daisy

2010-03-19T21:34:00.003-04:00

Meet Daisy, our newest foster at the Inn. She is 14 years young and a very good girl so far. She just came to the Inn tonight, so we''ll have to see how she tolerates the young whipper snappers always wrestling around her. She is supposed to be a sibe/gsd mix, but who knows?

Genny Settles Inn

2010-03-16T05:01:00.002-04:00

Well, it's been a few weeks now and we cannot imagine what life could be like without her. Genny is settling in very nicely here at the Inn. She's even taken to using the pomegranate couches, both upstairs and downstairs, as her own personal beds. Genny loves to play with toys and wants to fetch constantly - so we know she's definitely not all husky!

Things have been very good, except that Genny came down with a major upper respiratory infection. So, antibiotics are in order for her to get better - with loads of peanut butter to get them down. She's feeling much better now, but she had us scared there for a bit. Always a new adventure, these doggies!

The vet thinks she's about a year old or so and very healthy other than the upper respiratory thing. She's also very smart and knows lots of commands already. She will start obedience school once she gets better. Who knows, maybe some therapy work will be in her future? She is certainly friendly enough and cares very much about the human happenings around her.

Sorry for the lack of pictures. I must admit it's my own darned fault. Never have the camera ready when I need it! Bad mom! I vow to try an do better in the near future, but I thought I had better get a post in here to keep you all interested.

Until next time,
Mom

SHE'S A KEEPER!

2010-03-04T07:13:00.002-05:00

WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT GENNY! Daddy said we can this morning. Isn't that just terrific???? I have a new baby sister. I'm so excited. Welcome Genny!

Roo!
Shiloh

Snow Pictures

2010-02-27T06:28:00.006-05:00

Looks like fun doesn't it? Roo! Shiloh and Genny love to wrestle and snow makes it even better. Yes, we settled on Genny for her name since she responds so well to it. She and Shiloh are about the same size, so the wrestling matches come out about even.

New Girl in da house!

2010-02-26T16:48:00.003-05:00

Well, this is the new girl. She doesn't have a name yet, but we are thinking hard for a good one. Does she remind you of anyone?

Guinness

2010-02-17T05:56:00.006-05:00

Today is a very sad day at the Stoutino Inn. Today is the day we help our Guinness Grrl to the Rainbow Bridge. It seems like only yesterday we brought home a sweet and darling puppy - it was in fact 10 years ago. This is a photo of her first day at our house with her new daddy. She came to help him celebrate his birthday. And what a joy she was! She stole everyone's heart! She did have a rough start. She had a battle with demodex mange that almost took her from us so very early. But she battled through like a trooper and never gave up.

She's been a trooper though this latest battle with DM as well. But her legs cannot support her any longer and we feel it is time to help her run free at the Bridge.

This is the way we choose to remember her. Our sweet and tough Guinness Grrrl. Please say a prayer to help her on her way. We know that her big brother, General, will be waiting at the Bridge to greet her, along with our former fosters, Dunkin, Buster and Bacci.

We will miss her very much and we know that all of our friends are there for all of us.
Run free sweet Grrl. We love you.

Aw Shucks

2010-02-15T13:02:00.002-05:00

We got an award today from our friend Quincy! We sure are happy to know that we've got such good friends all over the world!

The Awards Rules:
Rule #1 - Copy image to your blog - Okey dokey!!
Rule #2. List 10 things that make you happy and try to do one today. In no particular order of significance. - Sure thing
Rule #3 - Tag 10 bloggers who brighten your day. hmmm....

1. We love to help mom with her quilts. Shiloh helps by getting them appropriately furry. Guinness helps by holding them still for her.

2. Bones - nuff said

3. Snow - we love to romp and play in the snow! We've been doing that a lot lately

4. Being on the pomegranete couch

5. Being on mom's bed

6. Being anywhere mom and dad are at the time

7. Gutting toys and giving them Squeakectomies

8. Good yummy treats

9. Cheese - see above

10. Snooter smoochies and belly rubs

Now, We know that Quincy has given this award to many of our fav pals already. So, we'll pass it onto my lovely Pippadear in Gibralter and our dear former foster Cosmos and his brother Juno. We know that's not 10, but we also know that ALL of you are sweet, sweet, sweet!!!!

Catchin up with old pictures

2010-02-14T13:17:00.005-05:00

Haroo puppers! Guinness here, with some older pictures we've been meaning to catch up on. Below is one of Shiloh and I supervising mom as she bastes one of her quilts.

This is one of Shiloh from the dog park having fun in all of the recent snow.This is mom - she's been a little bored with herself lately so she colored her fur funny colors. Doesn't she look silly?

We've been having fun in the snow and lounging about a lot lately, so not much is happening here. I am predicting more snow coming this next week and the TV reporters agree with me, so we'll see what happens.

Until then, Happy Valentine's day to my Darling Pippa

Love and Snoses to everypup,

Guinness

The front door view

2010-02-10T13:40:00.002-05:00

My view

2010-02-09T15:09:00.002-05:00

Whatcha doin' Mommy? Quilting again?

Buster

2010-02-07T07:02:00.002-05:00

It is with a sad heart that we learned that our former foster, Buster, has passed on to the Rainbow Bridge. He was a pretty sick pup at the end and his fur-ever family did everything they could for him. He was only with them a very short while, but we know that Buster was very happy with his family. Please say a prayer to send him on his way to the Bridge.

Snow day!

2010-02-06T09:00:00.003-05:00

Helloo puppers! Boy did we get some snow! Over a whole foot of the fluffy stuff. I am in husky heaven! It's up to my belly!

I am almost invisible in the white stuff - can you see me?? Hee hee

Mommy is happy because she didn't have to go into work today. I foresee a lot of quilting happening here today.

Daddy is happy, sleeping in.

Even gimpy Guinness has a spring in her step this morning. I've been bouncing and romping enough to make her a good path so she can come out and play too. She really loves the fluffy stuff too and wants to romp and play with me.

Hope you have a happy day too!

Roo,

Shiloh

Important packages

2010-02-04T08:20:00.008-05:00

Howdy, puppers! Shiloh here. An important package arrived the other day, from none other than the Army of Four Headquarters! Mom was extremely excited about it - she said it was for her, but I needed to be sure. So here I am inspecting.

Sure enough, it was what I was expecting. Our Christmas present to mom! A custom made handbag by KZK, the Army of Four's mom herself. Guinness and I made arrangements before Christmas to have it done for her, with a little of dad's help. I was so nervous!

Mom just loves her new bag soooo much! She's takes it with her everywhere she goes and has stuffed it full of all sorts of important things. We want to personally thank KZK and the Army of Four, especially Dave, Guide Dog for the Color Blind, for all of their hard work to help make mom's Christmas extra special.

I knew it would be beawootiful.

Thanks, Dave! And KZK too!

Love and Snoses,
Guinness & Shiloh

Play date fun

2010-01-31T19:44:00.006-05:00

Hey, everypup - it's Shiloh reporting today! We went to a MaPaw Playdate today and wow was it fun!

Here are some picks of the friends I made today. The first one, well, that's me - hee hee.

The next pretty redheaded husky is Brandy. She kept giving everyone lots of kisses and got lots of hugs from the bipeds.

(Don't worry, Ammy. You're still my very favorite redheaded girl)

This buff colored guy is Falcor. He's a lot like me, shy and quiet. But he's a very nice older fellow.

The bipeds kept complaining about how cold it was. I don't know what they were complaining about - the weather was perfect! The only thing that would have made it better would have been some snow. Oh, well.

Until next time, Roo,

Shiloh

Daddy's silly present

2010-01-13T08:52:00.002-05:00

Daddy wants to have his office redone this year. And he wants it to have the feel of a lodge or cabin. so, we thought it would be funny to give him a really silly present. What do you think?

A new year!

2010-01-04T08:15:00.004-05:00

Haroo puppers! It's me, Shiloh. Happy Roo Year! It's been sooooo cold here - and as you know, we huskies looove the cold. Unfortunately, the bipeds here do NOT, so we've been cooped up for a while. Well, I finally got them to take me to the dog park. It took many zoomies in the house to get them to go out in the cold, but they finaly listened to me. Anyroo, here I am, enjoying the brisk winter air in our wonderful and wooded dog park, Reservior Dogs in Phoenixville PA. Not too many other puppies out today, just one brave boxer who didn't let the cold effect her. She had loads of engeriy. We ran zoomies around the park for a while - until mom ran out of latte, then we had to go home to Guinness.

It's a shame Guinness cannot go with us to the park, she'd have loved it. She's not getiing around very well these days - her DM is progressing and her baclk legs are really not working very well at all anymore. So, she spends her days lounging and helping mom with her quilting.

My new year's resorootion is to get mom & dad to take me to the park more often.

What's yours???

Roo ya later,

Shiloh

Cookies and more

2009-12-18T07:19:00.004-05:00

Haroo everyone! Guinness Grrl reporting in again. Sorry that we haven't blogged in a while. Things have been very busy here at the Inn. Mom and I have been getting ready for the upcoming howliday by baking loads of cookies! As you can see here, mom made her favorites - Peanut Blossoms. The pretty flower shaped ones are deep fried Rosettes with powdered sugar sprinkled on them. She also made loads and loads of biscotti. Yummy! Though, I couldn't taste test most of them - chocolate is bad for us puppers.

Mom and I have also been very busy in the quilting studio. She is finished with her howliday sewing projects and is now turning to a new project. The center panel of the newest quilt is pictured here. Isn't it bewootiful?

Mom is taking time off of wrrrk to clean the Inn and get ready for the annual howliday party on Christmas Eve. She's gonna be cookin and cleanin her heart out. Shiloh and I help a lot by supervising and reminding mom that rest and romp breaks are needed often. If you are in our neighborhood on Christmas Eve, you're invited to the party! Stop on in, we'd love to see you!

If we don't see you, we hope that your howliday is special and everything that you want it to be.

Love & Snoses,

Guiness Grrl

Santa's Lil Helper

2009-11-24T11:41:00.004-05:00

Haroo everyone. Guinness reporting in today with a pupdate on the doings of the Inn. Mom has been very busy with over 12 quilting projects for friends and family for the upcoming Christmas holiday. As you may know, I am her helper in the quilting studio, so it's been a lot of work. I'm worn out just thinking about all of those quilts that I helped mom baste.

She's also been making little tiny little totes for her grrlfriends and coworkers. Aren't they cute? I have to take a lot of breaks from helping these days, but mom says I'm still a lot of her to her in the studio. Shiloh likes to help too, when I"m on break. He gets the projects nice and hairy so people will know that we doggies love them too.

The weather has been rainy and gloomy here, so getting ready for the holidays has been our way of cheering up. Mom says that tree they get every year is on it's way this weekend, so I'll be helping with the positioning and consulting on the decorating. So much to do this time of year!

Haroo for now. Love & kisses,

Guinness Grrl.

Dog Sitting & Shiloh, the Great White Hunter

2009-10-24T11:07:00.007-04:00

Hello, everyone. Mom reporting in here. Not much happening at the Stoutino Inn since Buster got adopted. We've gotten pupdates on him and he's settling in quite nicely with his new family. He even has a doggy door to go in and out as he pleases. Mo likes to take Buster on tours of the best places to sniff & pee.

We are taking a break from fostering for a while, but we do have a four legged visitor. We are dog sitting a friend's pup, Klondike. Here he is helping me check my email.

Klondike is an older dog, so he likes to take it easy and just relax. Perfect for us right now, so Guinness doesn't get knocked off of her wobbly feet. She's doing as well as she can to get around. Still getting up and down stairs and in and out without too much trouble.

Shiloh has been taking everything in stride too. Here he is, the Great White Hunter, with what is left of a toy we won in a gift basket from Hike n Howl. What you don't see in the picture is the little lion's stuffing all over the dining room floor.

That's the latest happenings here. Hope you are all doing well and have lots of fun stuff too.

Love, Mom Stoutino

Meet Buster's New Family

2009-10-13T10:00:00.006-04:00

Haroo there! Meet my new family! This big boy is my new little brother, Mo. Foster mom calls him a great big goober. Here I am telling my new dad, John, what a good boy I am going to be for them.

Here is a better picture of dad John and Mighty Mo. Mo is a ham for the camera as you can tell- he's only four years old. I was out investigating my new yard - there is a doggy door at this house and I can go outside whenever I want too!

Here is a picture of my new big sister, Minerva. She's a year older than me at eleven and a very sweet grrl. She's asking dad if it's okay if I stay with her - isn't that nice? Mo had to stick his big nose in the picture though. I also have a new mom named Dawn, but foster mom forgot to take her picture - silly! She's a real nice lady and I think she's gonna be a great mom. I have already made myself right at home in this new house and really like it here.

I wanna say thanks to everyone for the great sibe vibes when I was sick and helping me fit into the Stoutino Inn. I'll keep in touch - I promise!

Love, Buster

Meet & Greet at Hike n Howl

2009-10-07T15:37:00.002-04:00

Haroo everyone! Buster here again. Foster mom says that we're going to Hike N Howl on Saturday. It's a fund raising event for MaPaw and a couple of other husky rescues. AND I might get to meet some very special people there. Someone who may want me to be their dog furever! I sure hope that they are nice people. I'm getting all nervous just thinking about it. Maybe I'll let mom brush me down and stuff so I look just right. Maybe....

Keep your paws crossed that everything goes well, okay? Hopefully we'll have some good news about what happened very soon.

Discovery

2009-09-30T08:36:00.003-04:00

Haroo everyone! It's me, Buster! I've made this great discovery. There is this soft and comfy place that I've been missing out on all of this time - the pomegranate couch! Guinness likes to think that it's hers to enjoy and she does love to sit up there. I've been avoiding the furniture for a while - not sure if I was allowed up there or not. But I tried it last night and mom discovered me there this morning. I didn't know what I was missing. Wow is it comfy! Don't I look all comfy? I think I really like it here. Good thing for Guinness that there is room for two.

Now, I wonder if I can make it up onto that big bed upstairs....

The Best News!

2009-09-19T05:59:00.002-04:00

Hi, everyone - Mom here again. Buster is cancer free!!!! Those sibe vibes are amazing and they work, never doubt that. His tumor was caused by too much estrogen and the neuter fixed that, so he's all good to go now! We are so happy and I swear I saw a smile on Buster's face tonight. He knows we've been worried about him and he can tell how happy we all are. Thanks to everyone for their support.

We still have to do something about his anemia - that's what's driving him to eat rocks and dirt. Anyone know of any supplements?

Love & Pets,

Mom Stoutino

Buster update

2009-09-16T14:49:00.002-04:00

Poor Buster has has a rough couple of days. We took Buster to the vet last night because he has had diarrhea for a couple of weeks now and nothing seemed to help it go away. We thought he had picked up a bug of some sort. No other symptoms.

While we were at the vet's, Dr. Walters at Harleysville Veterinary Hospital said she found some concerns. One of Buster's testicles was enlarged, he had an enlarged prostate too. They needed to neuter him to see what they could do as fast as possible. They did some x-rays and found stones in his urethra and intestines. Our poor guy is all messed up!

Well, he came through the surgery very well. He'll be home on Thursday with some antibiotics. His prostate looks benign, but it will be a few days before we know about the testicular cancer.

Please pray for our sweet ol' Buster. This shows that neutering is very important for many reasons, not just controling pet population.

Buster Meets and Greets

2009-09-13T19:10:00.004-04:00

Hello! It's Buster - and I got to go out on an adventure on a bewootiful day to Green Lane Park. It was the weekend of the Scotch-Irish Festival there. Loads of doggy rescues were there today in the bright sunshine and cool breezes. So we all made sure to look our best - I even got a BATH for the occasion! I met lots of very nice bipeds who scratched my ears and told me I was soft and handsome. There were lots of huskies to play with. I also got to meet Ma, of MaPaw, and a pretty grrl named Shelby - that's her with Ma in the picture. It was a furry nice day, but I'm all tuckered out, so I'm gonna go and take a nap. It's hard work being adored.

Ruff!

Buster

Disgusting

2009-08-14T08:44:00.001-04:00

Contact Us - Philadelphia Eagles

We are thoroughly disgusted to be near a city who would give this man a second chance after what he has done. Contact the Eagles and tell them how YOU feel about a dog killer and torturer playing football in Philadelphia! We are never watching Eagles football again.

Meet Buster!

2009-08-04T19:05:00.002-04:00

Hello pups! I'm Buster and I'm new at the Stoutino Inn & Foster Kennel. Weston and I swapped foster homes to help make Guinness more comfortable. She's a nice girl, so I don't mind helping out. Guinness and Shiloh have made me feel right at home here. There are lots of soft places for my old bones to lay down on. I'm 10 years old and have some arthritis, so soft places to lay are good things. I'm a GSD mix and there may be some Sibe in here too, who knows? I'm just glad that MaPaw helped me out and I'm no longer at the shelter.

Update on Guinness

2009-07-29T08:16:00.002-04:00

Hi, everyone. Mom reporting in today. I thought that since we reported that Guinness was having some issues earlier, maybe an update was necessary. Unfortunately, the news is not good for my little grrl. Guinness most likely has Degenerative Myelopathy - a condition where her brain is unable to send the proper signals to her muscles. It is like MS for dogs and will keep degenerating as time goes on. Right now she's dragging her back left paw and stumbles quite often. There is no pain, thank goodness. However, she will eventually loose the use of her hind quarters and front as well. So, the decision for us will be how long she has quality of life. We are hoping that it will progress slowly.

We are going to make some changes at our house for her. Weston is going to go to another foster home soon, as he is waaaay too much of a puppy for her. We will, in turn, get an older and slower foster in return so she can be comfortable. So, stay tuned for pup-dates. We know that all of you wish her well and will keep Guinness in your thoughts. Thank you for that. that's why we love blogging so much! You are all terrific friends!

Action Packed Sunday

2009-07-19T16:30:00.005-04:00

Hi there, pups! Weston is here to tell ya all bout the great time we had at the dog park this morning. We know most of you take it easy on Sundays, but we sure didn't! Shiloh & I were runnin and jumpin and havin a ball! It was a bewootiful morning and our dog park is very shady, with lots of trees to pee on, I mean to keep us cool.

Here I am taking a much needed water break - yum! Fresh, cool water - slurp!

Have a terrific Sunday, pups, no matter how you spend it!

Weston

2009-07-16T11:43:00.002-04:00

Haroo all you puppers. Guinness Grrl reporting in today. Here I am, at the V-E-T! I had to get my annual checkup. I was a very good grrl, in spite of all of the very rude things that they did to me. But it is all over for now. Our vet is very nice - his name is Dr. McGuff at Schwenksville Veterinary Medical Arts. all of the staff there are very sweet and tell me how pretty I am.

I am having some weakness in my hind legs, but I am otherwise fit as a fiddle - that's mom's expression. I am going to a specialist about my legs next week, so there is sure to be more treats for good behavior while I am there.

See how good I am being???

Lazy Sunday

2009-07-12T14:16:00.002-04:00

Hi, puppers! It's Weston here. Dad caught me relaxin with my bone. Isn't this what Sunday's are all about? I really like it here on the couch. Guinness doesn't let me up here very often, so I have to get couch time when I can.

Roo ya later,
Weston

Pierogie Party

2009-07-05T20:24:00.004-04:00

Today we had a big party at our house. All of the humans were there playing with dough and filling it with awesome stuff like sauerkraut and potatoes, and even berries like strawberries and blueberries! Yummy!

This is only one of the five batches that were made today.

This weekend has gone to the dogs!

2009-06-28T20:19:00.003-04:00

Everything we did this weekend was because of doggies! Ray got adopted and Weston came to the Stoutino Inn. Sunday was a day filled with dog park fun! Two dog parks! One indoors and one out. And boy are we tired now. Here are some better shots of Weston. We are all guessing his non-husky half is Lab - what do you think?

A new day brings good news

2009-06-27T16:39:00.004-04:00

Hello everyone. Mom reporting today with good news - Ray has been adopted! He has a very wonderful, husky experienced, family and a new sister named Daisy (also a husky). He now lives in Lancaster with these great folks. We were, of course, sad to see him leave, but we know he is in a very good place. Best wishes to Ray!

Just after dropping off Ray, I went to the York SPCA to spring yet another husky in need and bring him to the Stoutino Inn. Meet Wessen. We think Weston or Wess is a better name, however. Wess is a BIG BOY, who is only 1 year old. Very playful and spunky too. Guinness and Shiloh are getting along just fine with Wess. And, as you can see, he loves the water. Good thing too - he stank from the shelter, so a bath was a first priority.

However, we cannot stay too clean! Hee hee!

A sad day

2009-06-25T20:46:00.002-04:00

It is with a heavy heart that we report that our former foster brother, Dunkin, went to the Rainbow Bridge today. He was very happy in his new home right up until the very end. He visited nursing homes and made others as happy as he was. Unfortunately, his hips were very bad and could no longer support him, so his family let him go to the Bridge to be young and free again.

We love you Dunkin and we know you are looking after all of us and the fosters from the Bridge.

Grrl's Day Out

2009-06-19T15:50:00.004-04:00

Haroo, everypup, it's Guinness Grrl today. As you may know, I am the resident weather grrl here at the Stoutino Inn. It's been raining, raining, raining here for days, but today the sun finally came out! Mom & I took advantage of the nice weather and her day off to have a Grrl's Day Out.

First, however, we went to my vet's office for a check-up. My back legs have been giving me some trouble, so mom felt it was time to get them checked out. Turns out I have some mild arthritis, which is easily manageable with diet and some new supplements.

After the vet's office, mom and I went to the doggie park! Here I am, surveying the terrain - isn't it a lovely park? I don't get to go there very often, so I really enjoyed my visit there, just mom & me. After the dog park, we ran some errands and came home.

At home, mom likes to quilt in her free time. She has a special room all set aside for that - here I am helping her keep the latest one in place. Aren't I nice?

Well, it's been a really busy day! I'm all worn out. Good thing there is another pomegranate couch in mom's quilting room for me to supervise from.

Here's hoping you have a grrreat and sunny day too!

Love & Snoses,

Guinness Grrrl

Special Guest Star, Part 2

2009-06-12T10:24:00.004-04:00

Hello all. Mom again today. Well, most of you guessed correctly! Our special guest star is Zimmie of the Army of 4. We had a great time visiting with Zim and his wonderful mom. Zimmie was having a great time investigating a family of red squirrels that were playing in a nearby tree. He really wanted to play with those squirrels! But Zim did give me a few kisses before the visit was over.

Guinness, Shiloh and Ray had a nice vacation from us while we were gone. They were good puppies while we were away and were very happy to see us when we got back. They are very jealous that we got to meet Zim and they didn't.

Our tour of the midwest included 10 wineries and 30 miles of hiking, so I included a picture of one of the pretty waterfalls we came across.

Special Guest Appearance

2009-06-09T21:31:00.002-04:00

Hello all, mom reporting in today. We're back from our vacation to the midwest and boy did we have a terrific time! We visited 5 states, hiked over 30 miles, visited 10 wineries, and brought home over 21 bottles of wine. We went to Branson Missouri and played at the Silver Dollar City Amusement Park - woo-wee! Roller Coasters!

One of the biggest highlights of our trip, however, was meeting a very special friend in the fur - and his wonderful mom.

Can you guess you our special guest star for this post is?

Vacation and No-cation! No Fair!

2009-05-22T13:50:00.002-04:00

Haroo everypup, it's Guinness Grrrl reporting in today. I just realized that our mom and dad are leaving for vacation and - gasp! They are not taking us! We're stuck here at home with our Aunt Katie looking after us while they go cool places in the woods and hike and stuff.

Hmmmm...hiking, camping, no pomegranate couch to lay on? Maybe it's better that we're staying here to guard the house. Besides, I've got my pool and my couch to lounge on. The boys have each other to wrestle with and we can party with Aunt Katie. Sounds like a nice vacation to me!

Here's hoping everypup & kitty has a safe & grrreat holiday weekend. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate and everyone can be outside to have some fun.

Love & Snoses,
Guinness Grrl

Rain, Rain, Go Away

2009-05-15T09:47:00.004-04:00

Rain, rain, go away!

We're tired of getting our paws wiped off every time we come back into the house! Pfbbt!

Guinness' Name Game

2009-03-29T11:23:00.003-04:00

Haroo everypup! It's Guinness Grrl here today with a game that we're borrowing from our friend, Dave, from the Army of Four. Shiloh and Ray will get their turn too.

1. What is your name? Guinness Grrl
The following answers must all begin with the first letter of your name.
2. A four letter word? Grrl
3. Girl name: Gigi
4. Boy name: General - my big brother's name - I miss him
5. Occupation: General

6. Color: Gray

7. Piece of clothing: girdle - I do NOT need one, thank you!

8. Food: Gravy
9. Item in the bathroom: Grrrly stuff
10. Place/City: Galviston
11. A reason for being late: Grrrrr, (mom says) traffic
12. Something you’d yell: Get in the house, please!
13. Movie: Glory, Gone with the Wind (I shall nevah be hungry again!)

14. Something you can drink: Gatorade
15. Band: Good Old Blues Brothers (That's what the Blues Brothers called themselves when they had to play at a honky tonk bar in their movie)
16. Animal: Giraffe
17. Street name: Gay Street

That was hard but fun! Now let's see what Shiloh's answers would be:

1. What is your name? Shiloh
The following answers must all begin with the first letter of your name.
2. A four letter word? mom says we're not allowed to talk like that
3. Girl name: Sarah
4. Boy name: Sam
5. Occupation: Sargeant
6. Color: Sienna

7. Piece of clothing: socks

8. Food: sauage
9. Item in the bathroom: soap
10. Place/City: St. Louis

11. A reason for being late: Same old reason, traffic (cheating!)
12. Something you’d yell: mom says it, but I'm not allowed too
13. Movie: Stripes
14. Something you can drink: soda
15. Band: Santana
16. Animal: salamander
17. Street name: South Street

Now it's Ray's turn:

1. What is your name? Ray, or Ray-Ray
The following answers must all begin with the first letter of your name.
2. A four letter word? road
3. Girl name: Rachel

4. Boy name: Raymond
5. Occupation: Road Warrior
6. Color: Red
7. Piece of clothing: hmmm...mom likes red stuff, but that doesn't count
8. Food: Reeses cup

9. Item in the bathroom: Round water bowl
10. Place/City: Royersford, PA
11. A reason for being late: Ray not wanting to come into the house

12. Something you’d yell: Ray-Ray!!!!! Come into the house NOW!
13. Movie: Red Sonja
14. Something you can drink: Red Bull

15. Band: Ramones
16. Animal: Rhino
17. Street name: Ray Street - really!

That was hard! Wow, I need a nap now. Till next time!

Photo Friday

2009-03-27T14:05:00.000-04:00

More fun at the dog park. Have a great weekend everyone!

Roo, Shiloh

Meet Ray!

2009-03-08T16:36:00.002-04:00

Hi, everypup! I'm Ray. I'm new here at the Stoutino Inn & Foster Kennel. I'm a husky mix, with a possibility of Australian cattle dog, but they say they aren't sure.

I went to the dog park today with my foster bro', Shiloh, and boy did we have fun! There were beagles and rotties to play with and run with. We romped and strolled and had a blast til we were too tired to do anymore.

I like it here at the Stoutino's. They have a nice big yard for me, Shiloh and Guinness to romp in too. We're all getting along just fine. I think I'll like it here, until I find my fur-ever home. Thanks for letting be blog today!

Snow day!

2009-03-02T16:55:00.004-05:00

Haroo, everypup! Guinness, your weather grrl, here today to talk about the SNOW! We got lots of the fluffy white stuff this morning, as you can see. Here we are, Shiloh and myself, being all rompy and poke-a-nosey in the snow. (Mom calls me "Poke-a-nose" cause I like to poke my very ladylike yet pointy snooter into things)

It's sure been quiet around here now that Bacci is no longer with us, but mom says that we're gonna have a new foster coming this weekend! I sure hope he likes the snow too. We will have to report back once the new one gets here and introduce everyone. Until then, go romp in the snow!

It's done!

2009-02-10T09:31:00.002-05:00

Hello, everyone. Mom here today. With Bacci's help, I have completed the quilt! This is the biggest project I have done so far and there are lots of "humility" spots in it, but I like the way it turned out none the less. Dad has even said how much he likes it, and he never makes comments about my quilts!

Now, I'd better get it off of the floor before the dogs think that it's for them....

My new job

2009-02-04T15:47:00.002-05:00

Ciao, everybuddy. Bacci reporting in today. Mom says I have a new job as Quilt Assistant. She spread this quilt backing onto our living room floor - the only space in our house where it would fit - so she could make a quilt "sandwich." Well, anything to do with food and I am there! So I helped myself to part of the sandwich by lounging on the backing. I'm still waiting for the sandwich to appear, however. No food was involved in this process at all! She just made layers of fluffy white stuff called batting and then more fabric that's she's been piecing together on top. The batting was kind of fun - it reminded me of the snow outside, but not wet and cold. As you can see, Guinness was overseeing the work as well, hoping for her own job - but she's our Weather Grrl, so she already has a job.

Anyroo, foster mom said that I was a very big help to her, keeping everything in place like that, so she gave me the job of Quilting Assistant. It will be my job to oversee the sandwich part of the process and make sure that every pup in the house contributes copious amounts of dog hair to each quilt, making them extra warm and fluffy. It's a big responsibility! I wonder what I get paid for this extra service? hmmmm.....we'll have to talk....

Ciao for now, Bellas!

Cold days call for soup!

2009-01-17T14:35:00.003-05:00

Haroo everypup! It's Guinness, your weather grrl here, reporting that it is COLD outside. The boys love the cold and they play outside like it's the middle of summer or something. Me, I come inside as quick as a bunny. It's also cold enough that dad decided to make some chicken soup. Good thing too, he and mom have had these terrible hacking coughs for over a week now.

Anywoo, here we are, all three of us jr chefs, waiting to help dad and supervise the soup makings. We have to be sure he gets just the right amount of chicken into the pot or he'll mess the whole thing up. He'll put some other good things in the pot too, like one of my personal favs-carrots, and celery and other yummies too. Then he'll let is simmer on the stove and the whole house will smell heavenly.

Hope all of you are staying warm and toasty and out of the cold, unless you like that sort of thing.

Love and snoses,
Guinness Grrl

Pee Ess,
That wubba from the last post - it's history! The boys took it apart and now it's gone. Boys!

I love Santa Paws

2008-12-28T14:32:00.003-05:00

Getting ready for the holidaze

2008-12-22T14:03:00.004-05:00

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

2008-12-05T18:01:00.004-05:00

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

2008-11-29T06:59:00.002-05:00

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

2008-11-23T09:32:00.002-05:00

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

2008-11-19T19:00:00.002-05:00

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.

2008-11-07T08:43:00.003-05:00

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!!!!!!!!

2008-11-04T07:25:00.000-05:00

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

Ahoy, yee mateys and princess types

2008-10-12T21:39:00.006-04:00

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

2008-09-28T22:08:00.005-04:00

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