A Robotic Me

Hi Everybuddy -

Did you know that there are robots among us? That's right! Creepy huh? I could actually be a robot - Shadow could be a robot - Meeka or Shyla could be robots. Think about it! Let's move back a few steps. You may be wondering what has perpetuated all of these robotic thoughts. I heard about a little fuzzy guy named Rocky.

Rocky is a robotic squirrel. He was developed as an important part of a project to study squirrel behavior. Now, I'm not quite certain why anyone would be interested or even need to know more about how squirrels behave. All they needed to do is talk to some of my Siberian buddies. Some of us consider ourselves to be experts in the squirrel department and we certainly never needed the assistance of a robotic squirrel. That being said, this whole robot theory got me thinking. Apparently there are many robotic critters throughout the land who work hard to teach researchers more about their counterpart's natural living habits. Who knew?! Now this brought to mind an entirely different pondering. Could I possibly be living with robots?? I think we need to take a closer look. Here's Shadow. Does she look robotish to you? :

Or how about Shyla:

And then there's Meeka:

I really don't think they're imposters. I think they're who they claim to be. But at this point I'm thinking the world could benefit from a robotic ME! Think of the possibilities - my robotic self could be very instrumental in - ummmm - errrrr - well - I'm sure there's many things. For now I'll need to choose some pictures for a prototype. I think this one might do just fine. Stay tuned for more on this exciting new prospect. One of me might be coming to your town real soon!

My Chauffeur & Some Awards

Hi Everybuddy -

Do you remember my buddy Moose?

I'm so pleased to report that he's settled in so well with his new Mom and Dad. They've gotten to know each other very well and they really do love him. Moose is very cool. Mom says he is "high spirited" - like me. I have no idea what she means by that but it sounds like a compliment. Although Moose is not a Siberian Husky - a working dog - he has many similar traits. Mom thinks he might have some in there somewhere which could account for some of his amusing antics. We have found a great job for the handsome lad. He is now my chauffeur! That's right, he's now an official "working dog" - I can now be driven just about anywhere. Take a look:

Isn't that great?! His very kind Mom has even provided us with a GPS device so we won't get lost. That's a whole lot easier than finding one of these to ride along:

We would have gladly invited one to join our adventures but none of us knew where to find one. If you know of any that would be interested, please let me know. So if anyone is up for a road trip just let me know! We're ready to roll!

On another note - I'd like to thank my good buddies of The Thundering Herd. They've presented me with this wonderful award:

Thank woo very much guys! Here's the rules:

The rules of the award are:
1. The winner can put the logo on his or her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 (we shared it with 4 in order to leave sharing options open for other good blogging friends) other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of those you have nominated.


Without further delay I'd like to share this award with:


The OP Pack at The Chronicle of Woos

MFT - Khyra

Sitka, Tia, & Cornelia Marie

MayaMarie



I am also proud to announce another great award that we received from the OP Pack. Thanks guys! This one is to be shared with anyone who hasn't already received it that visits my blog. Display it proudly!





Now back to our road trip possibilities. Here's Moose waiting patiently for his next driving assignment. We will now be taking reservations!

"How far to Alaska????"

Kibble Counting

Hi Everybuddy -

A couple months ago we talked about a great website called Freekibble.com which was launched after a very generous and enterprising 12 year old girl named Mimi decided she wanted to do something to help feed the staggering number of dogs and cats in shelters across our country. Recognizing that these shelters were on such limited budgets she took her plea to the public. It was a very simple concept. All anyone had to do was click on the link shown on her website and 10 pieces of kibble were to be donated by various manufacturers to shelters for dogs and cats. As a result she has singlehandedly changed the availability of food for homeless pets.




The numbers speak for themselves. When her site initially launched she began generating numerous hits and was quite pleased with herself. In April of this year 170,850 pieces of kibble were donated. By May word started to get out and her number increased to 188,160. In July her concept hit MSNBC and CNN. By the end of July her number increased to 9,462,720! She was a HIT! Needless to say, Mimi from Oregon is ecstatic. I am so pleased to present to you the latest statisticstics from Mimi's website. The numbers have increased to the point that they're now listing them by DAY! Take a look:


September 11, 2008 202,830

September 10, 2008 204,990

September 9, 2008 206,340

September 8, 2008 203,040

September 7, 2008 149,140

September 6, 2008 146,500

September 5, 2008 192,460

September 4, 2008 199,470

September 3, 2008 197,560

September 2, 2008 196,250


To date a total of 28,259,810 pieces of kibble have been donated since April 1, 2008. We are so proud of Mimi. It gives us hope that there are still many people that care about the pets that are in need and the future holds promise. Please visit Mimi's website each day. Click on the badge found on her home page and play a fun bow wow trivia game and at the same time guarantee that another 10 pieces of kibble are donated for the day on behalf of you and your pets. You can download your own banner to donate dog or cat kibble to place on your blog or website here. Please help Mimi to continue her project. You can find a badge on the right sidebar of my blog, or - download your very own. Now, I've got some counting to do!


"1, 2, 3, 4.......Woo!"

It's a Shadow Day!

It's Shadow's big day! Our pretty girl was adopted from our local SPCA 8 years ago today. Sadly, the people that turned her in never bothered to give very much information so we had to guess at her age. Our vet thinks she's around 10 years old now but nobuddy told her that. She's still very active and spry and manages to tolerate our rough and tumble Siberian antics. Today we celebrate her happy, loving soul and enjoy her very unique personality. Happy Gotcha/Birthday Shadow! We hope you have many, many more!!

Cause For Concern?

Hi Everybuddy -

I'm a little worried. Dad took a quiz this morning and the results were less than comforting. I'm wondering if he's qualified to be the leader of the pack. Here's what it revealed:

Dad's ideal pet - a guinea pig
Dad's ideal car - a Checkered Cab
Dad's ideal job - a crook (!!!!)
Dad's afterlife will be spent as - a mouse

I was curious so I took the quiz. Here's MY results:

My ideal car: Mercedes E320 Limo
My ideal job: a lumberjack
Historical figure I am similar to: Christoper Columbus
My afterlife will be spent as - an oil sheik
The band I should be in - Snow Patrol (how appropriate is THAT??!)



Alrighty then! Clearly you can see who has the most potential here! Dad's a bit humbled. You can take the quiz here.

Somebuddy's Gotcha Day

Hi Everybuddy -



This morning started out with the discovery of an interesting new collar that ended up in our house. It's like nothing I've ever seen. Take a look:

I thought maybe Mom was taking another stab at getting a halter for me. She seems to think she can make me stop pulling when we go for walks. Silly her. So, I decided to help out and try it on for size:

"Something's amiss Mom"

I was about to chalk it up to another gadget Mom found in the store when I heard it. A new pack member! Woo! What?? It's a boy?

Yep - it sure is! Meet Logan, our girl's new horse:

Logan is a 10 year young Quarter Horse gelding - he's trained English and jumps, and he also knows Western. Our girl has unveiled his new show name - "Dad-Said-Yes". Welcome to the pack Logan!

Friday On Thursday

Hi Everybuddy -

Many have asked me just exactly what I am finding so interesting on the other side of our fence. Here I am back at it again this morning:

"There has to be a way over there!"

"Echo - give it a rest!"

I won't keep you all in suspense any longer. Meet Friday:

Friday is staying with her grandparents while her Dad gets settled into his new home. Mom went over to let her cousin Maverick (not to be confused with our blogger buddy Pirate Maverick) outside while his parents were away on a day trip and found Friday lounging underneath the table. She figured this would be the perfect opportunity to let everyone see what has captured my attention for the past week. Mom said Friday is leaving tomorrow so I can't gawk at her anymore. She doesn't think my intentions are very honorable - whatever that means. So there you have it. The answer to what all of your inquiring minds have wanted to know!

Is The Grass Always Greener......

....on the other side of the fence???

What could Echo be looking at? He's been out there all day long! Even Meeka gave up:

Mysteries Of The Deep

Hi Everybuddy -

Today I'd like to introduce some of my pals to you - meet Lucy, Calvin, and Kosmos. They have a cool pool in their backyard. As you'll recall from some of my previous posts, I'm not much of a water guy. Although I do find it amusing when Shadow walks a bit too close to our little pool that Mom sometimes puts outside in an effort to make her feel as though she's doing something to keep us cooler when it's a bazillion degrees outside. Sometimes I walk too close to Shadow and accidentally push her into the pool. That's always good for some new entertainment. But the pool I'm about to show you is WAY more fun than ours! Their Mom forgot to post a "No Critter Crossing" sign near their pool so they find all sorts of interesting things in there. Every morning they race out to see what wayward critter may have taken a wrong turn overnight. Take a look:

"Do you see it??"

"Lemme get a better look"

"Do you think Mom will let us bring it inside?"

Unfortunately for them, their Mom's fishing/critter catching skills were much more polished than theirs were. Better luck next time guys!

Pirates and a Cottontailed Messenger

Hi Everybuddy -

Before my family left on their vacation - you know - the one that I stayed in jail for, my buddy Maverick asked if they could watch for Pirates. Imagine Mom's surprise when early one morning she saw this outside:

She would probably fall under the the landlubber category and certainly isn't what we would consider sea worthy, but she recognized this to be a ship and she felt since it was a mysterious dark gray color and not a bright, cheerful color, it must be a pirate ship! Woo! She decided to keep her distance but a little later that day she knew for sure that the Pirates had landed. Take a look:

He said to say "Harrrrr!" to Maverick and thinks he's the perfect Siberian Pirate. We liked his purple coat.

Moving right along, we'd like share with you our little visitor. Mom felt we were a bit too interested in the front porch yesterday afternoon so she took a look. Woo! We have comapany:

Mom thinks he's awfully cute and he didn't seem very concerned about our snooters working overtime on the other side of the door. We got to thinking - could this be a messenger sent from the AO4's Oswald? Before we had a chance to ask, he hopped away.

"I think he may have hopped through here!"

"Wait! Is that him??"

"He got away Mom!"

We'll just have to keep a sharp eye out for the fuzzy little guy. He could be a spy - you never know! I may have to have a constulation with my buddies at the AO4 so that I can be briefed on his habits and possible strategy. I might have to give my buddies Calvin and Kosmos a call. They're in charge of bunny control at their house. I'm sure they could help us out. Woo!

Not MY Vacation - Continued

Hi Everybuddy - Despite the fact that I spent vacation in jail, I will share with you a short video of my cousin - Murphy. You might remember that I introduced you to him in January. He's a cute little fella but quite clearly not a Siberian. Can you see why?



Other than the fact that he doesn't have a coat that sheds profusely, no poofy, curled tail (which can best be seen here, attached to my friend Khyra), and no "woos", one of the most obvious non-Siberian traits - is the fact that he retrieved the ball - and then even dropped it! WOO! Somebuddy needs to let the little guy know this is completely un-necessary. Obviously if I had been there (which I was NOT - remember????), I would have clued him in. Anywoo, he's a delightful guy that came from an all breed rescue in Virginia. Mom and Dad took him some of our most favorite Merrick canned food as well as some delicious Pumpkin/Apple biscuits and at last report he was enjoying all of it.

Stay tuned for my next post which will please my buddy Maverick. He asked if Mom and Dad could look for pirates on their vacation (the one that I didn't go on - remember?).

Mom's Mad!

Apparently Blogger decided to lose almost all of the great comments made to my last post. She didn't want anyone to think WE deleted them. Hopefully they'll reappear sometime today.

My Vacation

Hi Everybuddy -

Well - I'm back from vacation. Where did I go you might ask? Here's a clue:

Ruh Roh! That was definately not a good sign - literally. One could argue the fact that it's obviously not a Siberian shown there. Apparently Mom and Dad fell for it and sent us to this resort instead:

Hrrrmph! Can you believe that??!! While we were sent to jail, they went here:

and here:

and here:

....but decided to trade this:

for this:

....because of this:

Woo!

Hmmm. Maybe we were better off in jail after all. Anywoo - we're back home now and are very busy making Mom feel extremely guilty that she left us behind. The extra attention and treats are almost worth the horrible conditions she forced us to endure. (Shhh! Don't tell her they were real nice to us there!)