We are so honored!

We have given an award by our dear friends at the Army of Four! Wow, what an honor to be given by such an awesome group of Huskies, who themselves exemplify the meaning of this award. "The Community Blog Award celebrates people who reach out and make the blogger community a better one. It also underlines the importance of a blog's readership community, one of the most rewarding parts about blogging. It's the people that come back to comment, adding to the conversation, making you feel like someone is listening and interested." You certainly deserved this award, AO4. Sniff... aw shucks! Thanks, for passing it on to us.



We nominate our extra handsome boyfrrnd, Pippadog, who makes his grrlfriends (and other pups) feel so very special while sharing his exploits of chasing cats & sharing toasties.

The AO4 also tagged us for the "161 meme: Open the current book you're reading to page 161 and post to your blog the 6th line," as well as posting that same line as a comment in the sender's blog. "

Okay, but mom has a few books open right now. She won't share the one she reads at bedtime with us, saying we are too young and impressionable. But she will share the other one she's been leafing through.

Cheyenne has been helping mom find new things to make to help Santa Paws with the holidays. She got mom some books to help her learn and make things. Cheyenne has a definite opinion of mom's ability to grasp knitting as well she has crochet. The titles are, Knitting for Dummies and So Simple Knits.

Bella here is trying to find page 161 for mom. She doesn't think mom is a dummy. She wants to show that even a young pup at 10 months can count that high.

Line 6 of Pg 161 of Knitting for Dummies says: Rows 1 and 5 (RS): Knit. So Simple Knits says: well, nothing, cuz it doesn't go up that far. Pretty simple, huh? Even a dummy can do that!

Mom is not a crochet dummy, though. She just finished a hat for our grandpup and is furiously hooking away other items for under the tree they keep warning us is coming into the house very soon. Humans sure are weird this time of year.

We think Pippadog should do this meme too. We are interested to see if his mistress is reading anything romantic in Spanish.

Visiting for Thanksgiving

Bella ia a visitor to the Stoutino Foster Kennel for this week until her new foster house is ready. She's a young and fiesty grrl from Brooklyn who is learning that her world is bigger than her old apartment. Guinness & Cheyenne are not thrilled that there is another spunky puppy in the house, but Shiloh is happy to have a fiesty playmate. Nice to have a traditional lookin husky in the house!

PS: Cheyenne is going to go to Magnum's house and Bella is going to foster with us! Cheyenne isn't real happy with this energetic grrl but Shiloh is very excited to have a wrestling buddy! See, Pippa, you can invest yourself in Bella and visit Cheyenne at the MaPaw blog too. But she may have too much energy and want to steal your toasties, so you'd better watch out!

PPS: Well, Cheyenne is soooooo depressed with Bella here that we thought she should stay with us after all. Bella is gonna go to Magnum's house and play with energetic Dawkin. Mom says it's been a long week and we tend to agree. So, Pippa, this was not a grrl for you after all. Better stick with Guinness & Cheyenne

Graduation

Cheyenne is now an official Novice Obedience Graduate.

She can be a stubborn grrrl and a true husky, but she does know her commands and will do them for kisses and dried hot dog slices.

What the ?????

Hello all, mom here. I'm a little worried - Not only am I addicted to blogging, but I am apparently on some sort of Martha Stewart inducing crack, because I've gotten this craft bug lately that will not quit. Yesterday, I get this fabulous idea to do scrap book like holiday cards. Seriously, who does this? It must be drugs, because doing this for 200 some cards is just insane. But here is the proof. Haven't done them all yet, but I'm definitely committed now.

And, if that wasn't enough, I've been having this urge to make gifts this year. What the ???? I've been crocheting like my Italian grandmother for weeks.

Really, should I be worried?

Okay, We're addicted

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okay, but at least we get outside once in a while!

Dog Town

Hello everypup, Guinness here. I got to go to the indoor dog park at Dog Town today! I was pretty nervous, I must say. It's hard to protect mom with all of these huskies everywhichway. Mom said I was such a good grrrl and behaved myself like a lady should.

Here is some very big and handsome fellow checkin Cheyenne & I out. We pretty much stuck to the sidelines as we don't like to rough house like the husky boys do.

Cloe the Basset Hound can definitely hold her own against the big boys and even Rocky Pup here.

Mom thinks we all look like we are in jail. Look at all of those snooters.

It was nice to get out and protect mom from all of the huskies today. I stuck by mom like glue because I didn't want her to get lost or stray from the pack - that fence didn't look strong enough to me.

Cheyenne helped by sitting near the gate most of the time. Can't let mom wander loose, she might get lost! Killian was trying to distract her from her job, but she stuck to her resolve so he finally began to help instead.

Shiloh, he was no help at all, he kept goofing off with the boys and keeping up his mission skills by getting confused with the other white dogs.

Lazy Weekends

Hello, blogger dogs. Cheyenne checking in today. Life has been pretty good here at the Stoutino Foster Kennels. Guinness and Shiloh have been teaching me all about life here at the Inn. It's a pretty layed back place, though Shiloh would like it to be more exciting - he would like me to be more bouncy too, but I'm just not that kind of grrrl. I am a very quiet grrrl who likes to stay out of trouble. We go to school on Monday nights when foster mom & dad come home from what they call wrrk. There are lots of doggies at school and we go round in circles a lot, then we practice sit, down, and stay. I get loads of treats for doing these simple things, so I don't mind at all.

They have been taking Shiloh & I to dog parks too. My favorite one is Reservoir Dogs in Phoenixville because it is outside and big with beautiful trees and places to explore. I just adore being outside and I would spend all day outside if I could.

When I first came to this place, I wasn't sure of the rules. Shiloh & Guinness say we don't have very many rules and I have discovered that quickly. I have discovered 2 favorite places. One is the place they call the pomegranate couch. I wasn't sure we were allowed up there so I didn't go there. Then foster mom actually invited me up. I didn't go the first few times, but I finally gave it a try and I really like it. My second favorite place is called a crate. It's very comfortable in there, but Guinness gives me a funny look and sighs a lot when I go in there. Maybe it's her favorite spot too.

I wasn't feeling too good when I first arrived. That terrible shelter I came from made me sick - my ear felt awful. It felt so bad that I didn't mind mom cleaning it out or putting gooey medicine inside my ear. Thank dogness it is all better now, but my ear is still more pink that the other. Pippa, do you like my pink ear? It matches your pink snooter.

We are resting up today. Mom is busy getting ready for the holidays and she's got a big pot of ham & beans on the stove (it smells yummy!) I am resting up for tomorrow - we're going on a play date with all of our husky friends to the indoor park. Guinness is going to come with us for a change, but mom is nervous because Guinness makes a big fuss when out in public. Guinness is mom's special protector and really takes her job very seriously.


Pippadog, this pose is for you. I am not as bendy as you are, but I was inspired by your latest post to give paw bending a try. Foster mom says it's like yoga and I need to practice often. Maybe someday I will be as good as you.


My new favorite thing to do is show off my voice. I am normally very, very quiet. However, just to be sure that they don't forget I am here, once in a while I give a very little "woof" . I get some attention then and the foster mom & dad ask me all sorts of questions. They say I don't speak normal husky, but I just have a sophisticated accent.



Mom's editorial notes: Cheyenne is a very good girl, but does have a little stubborn streak. She would spend all day outside if you let her, just laying in the grass. She is so very well behaved and so very quiet that we have actually forgotten she was in the room with us. We don't think she was allowed to do very much at her old home and she gives us a very surprised look when she's allowed on the couch or when we don't yell at her for her "woof". So, I think we are teaching her to be a more fun doggy (okay, we're spoiling her). She will be great for a family or an older adopter who does not want a high energy husky.