How to Be A Nuisance

Ok everyhusky, off the bat I see that link I typed for the doggie Amber alert thing didn't work (guess when you're typing like mad hoping the power doesn't go, and your claws get stuck in this little tiny human keyboard, things just don't work right), so it should work now.

And now, an important lesson in being a husky:

Be a nuisance!

You may ask yourself, but Meeshka, how I can I be a nuisance?

Well, Loki is one every day, he's the master of being a pest. If its not yapping like a loon, or batting everyone with the mutant paw, then he's eating soap out of the bathtub, or stealing that nasty stopper thing out of the kitchen sink and licking it (ok, we all lick our butts... but that's just NASTY).

If you don't want to go to those lengths to be a nuisance, you can always:

Steal food off the counters. Sure the humans will eventually learn to put their goodies in what is called "the food safe" which doubles as a microwave or oven.

Lay in the middle of the hall (where nobody can get past) then when the human steps over you, remember that you have to go somewhere and get up really fast (this one is best done near the stairs).

Or... you can do what my friend Sasha does, and lay right in front of the toilet in the middle of the night.


Its important that when the humans try to step over you to use the porcelan water bowl, that you totally freak out. Adds more excitement as the humans, half asleep, try not to slip on that cold tile floor. You can also knock things over and yelp really loud and make them feel bad.

Just another helpful tip from your friend...

Meeshka
(I scream and limp for no reason... just for the attention)

OOh, Had Some Scary Moments There

oooh, everyhusky!

I had to throw that last post out a bit early (typing wildly, so sorry for any typos), as the power in the house started flickering a whole bunch. I hope that link works, let me know if it doesn't.

Then there was a notice about blogger having a scheduled outage tonight NOOOOOOOOO... but relax... it was an old notice that some poor tired blogger mis-read, so WHEW!!!


YAWN!!!

Its getting close to my regular bed time, but I'm sticking with it tonight. I keep clawing the human woman to make sure she stays awake with me, she started yawning a while ago too. Must have been all of that pizza she ate and DIDN'T SHARE.

The human man even said that he was going to stay up all night with all of us, so that's really nice of him. He plays a loud game that sometimes sounds like thunder and I have to go claw him and make him turn it down.

Ok, I'm having a husky brain fart, so I'll go nap for 29 minutes until the next posting.

Meeshka
(.....)

Helpful Things, Provided to You by Meeshka

Ok everyhusky,

We know how easy it is to get lost. We dig under the fence, run, run, run, the next thing you know we're in another state and can't find our way back in time for dinner.

The humans stick little chip things in us, they register us with places, we wear tags (well, I don't... ahem... I run around nude all the time), collars, sometimes they tattoo us... its amazing! But sometimes those things don't work.

Take it from Sadie, who lives in California, got lost, found a nice woman who took her in... to ARIZONA!!! We can get pretty far from home, where no amount of flyers or phone calls can find us.

Well, thankfully someone has put together a "canine Amber alert" for just us dogs (sorry Zeus, except for the cat that made it to France, you guys usually stick close to home).

Here's the scoop from an e-mail I received from Indy:

"You may cross-post this to any animal related lists.
There is a newly-established YAHOO email list called
K9 Amber Alert.

The intent is create a nationwide group and is to be
used for posting alerts for missing dogs throughout
the United States similar to the way Amber Alerts are
used to help find missing or abducted children.

Incidents will be typical of, but not limited to: dogs
escaped or suspected taken from backyards, dog shows,
caretakers.

Photos can be uploaded to the group. To join this
group click on the following link, you will need a
yahoo user id.

">Canine Amber Alert

Click the link above to go to the list and join if you are a yahoogroups user. If you aren't, you can easily create an account... do it for us huskies who aren't very good with directions.

Another helpful tip from
Meeshka
(husky about town)

The Woe of being a "rescue family" dog

One of the annoying things about having a human that helps with a rescue, other than them bringing home all these gimpy dogs to suck all the attention out of your life, but on top of that... they drag you to all of these "events" that they have.

6,000 degrees out, and they get the leash and harness out and you think you're going someplace good, like an ice cream store, but no... you're sitting on hot pavement somewhere and asked to be "pretty" for the people coming by asking them stuff. Do I look like a hood ornament?

I just got this e-mail from poor Sasha just now:

"I have now claimed the closet. It's Sasha's closet.
Well, everything in the house is mine, but especially here.
I'm sick of Ray being blind and cute and getting attention, and Isis being fat and cute and getting attention.
I still have stupid poodle paws from going to the vet and getting needles in my dainty little legs.
Isis always gets to go to cool events and have fun.
So I complain enough, and they take me. Today. In 95 degree heat.
Um, did you notice I'm a black dog with a double coat?
How about a nice dogsled event in the snow? Let the dogs pull me around in the sled for a while. What, you didn't think I was gonna pull a sled, did you??
But, NOOOO, I go to an event in the middle of summer.
I haven't decided what I'm going to trash to punish them. Maybe the sofa....I don't think a pair of shoes will get the point across..

Here's poor Sasha, hiding in her closet to get away from the humans.

Update on Jimmy Hoffa Search

This just in,

The search team has decided to break for dinner. After a lot of digging, and then the fur incident, they've decided they need a snack before continuing.




So far in their search they've managed to find:
1 shoe
A shovel handle
3 moles
a bone that was later identified as bovine in nature
Amelia Earhart

No sign of Jimmy Hoffa yet, but they will continue to search that area until no stone is left unturned.

Meeshka
(at Hoffa search central)

For all of those who have passed recently

The human woman has said that a lot of huskies have crossed the Rainbow Bridge recently.
We certainly do miss these valuable HULA members, and I'm sure their humans are feeling their loss as well.

I just wanted to post a little tribute to them, and if I've forgotten any, please comment and remind me so I can update this posting.

Lady
Timber
Shadow
Dottie
l'Koved
Freya
Hunter
Larry
Devlyn
Tasha

They are now across the Rainbow Bridge, happy, whole, healthy, and playing with Nikki and old guy-guy Nova.

Meeshka

The Proper Way to Dry a Husky

Some humans go out and buy those expensive dog blow dryers that will only blow cool air, which is very nice of them.

My humans use to let us dry naturally, but soon found that we not only take hours, sometimes days before we're totally dry. We end up leaving hunks of very wet fur laying around everywhere, feel compelled to roll on their bed, muck up their sheets, and generally leave a hair-gooey mess everywhere.

So, what do my humans do?



Yep, they break out the leaf blower.

The leaf blower is actually pretty nice. Lots of air, so you can pretend that you're driving in a car with your head out the window. Its nice cool air too, not hot stinky blow dryer air like the human woman does to her hair every morning (which doesn't help it any, so I never understand why she bothers at all).

The doggie blow dryer/leaf blower, by Dogko... every home needs one!

Meeshka
(wooohooo I'm flying)

Here's the Sammypoodle

Ok, I found the ridiculous picture of Sam after his hip replacement surgery.

hehehe, they left his little white sock fur on his leg, so he looks totally poodle.

After his fur grew back, the humans claimed that he grew a white heart on his butt to thank them for his new hip. I had a picture of the "heart" somewhere, don't know if I can find that though, but I can look.

If they thought he grew a butt-heart to thank him for his bionic hip, I'm sure I can convince them that I have the image of a steak in my fluff, which means feed me only steak.

Next thing you know, they'll claim there's a weeping madonna on one of us and they'll e-bay us. We'll wind up at that funky casino that buys all that stuff... at least we'll be able to eat that grilled cheese sandwich, and I hear the nun bun is still missing, so that might be tasty as well.

Meeshka
(look, its Budha on my tummy, rub it for luck!)

Update on the Jimmy Hoffa Search

There was a shed incident that caused chaos and mayhem on the search scene.

Our roving reporter has found that one of the huskies sneezed, causing a massive coat blowing drama, throwing our dig searchers off the trail for now.

The sneezing husky is fine, but the Hairmat team, armed with Dysons has been called to clean up the spill. At least the husky dig teams were able to remove the large mound of dirt before this happened. As soon as the Hairmat team has finished vacuuming, they will resume digging.

You may be wondering why huskies were called into this search. The explanation is very clear, as Hoffa's last reported sighting was when he exited the The Red Fox Restaurant, he was seen carrying a doggie bag. Since scores of humans have been unable to find him thus far, it is hoped that the huskies' keen nose for table scraps, and their ability to get them from anywhere they are hidden will finally solve this ages long mystery.

More information when it becomes available.

Meeshka

Its PUPPIES!

These are the new little HULA members that Harnessed to Hope Northern Breed Rescue (HTHNBR) just got into a foster home. Look at them, so cute, so maliable, so ready to cause chaos and HULA madness!

All of the pups were given names that start with a "V"... I suggested Vicodin, Viagra... but nooo, they wanted nicer names,

so here is Vaughn



















This is Venus















This is Vice













This is Vince















Here is Viper

















Here is Vy


















And poor mommy Willow


Oh yeah, she looks thrilled.

You'll note that none of the pups even vaguely resembles mom (except for the blue eyes), so we're thinking they are part shepherd, but are ever so soft, squishy, fluffy, and have puppy breath!

Meeshka
(no puppies for me, I'm reproductive innards free)

Destruction

Someone asked what I have destroyed in my huskydom, and what is the most precious/expensive thing... hmmm, trying to think back now.



I was really big into cardboard things. LOVE cardboard. They gave me a whole box one time and told me to go at it. They were joking of course... I was not. I actually lay in the box and ripped it to shreds from the inside. Glorious.


This is a joke picture, of course. The humans say it would be cheaper for us to eat the money than spend it on the fancy dog food we demand. This one is appropriate though, because I did, when I was a cute little fluffy puppy, eat 5 $20 bills. Urp. They were tasty. The human man was angry, but hey, they were sitting up on a desk where anyone could have gotten them, and just because a few pieces came out in my poop doesn't mean I'm guilty (and yes, they checked the poop).

Speaking of checking poop, Sam likes to just eat toilet paper and then he doesn't have to worry about poo sticking to his fur:


But the best one of all was when Sammy ate the tube of ear medicine. He didn't like the humans to squirt it in his ear... so he ate almost the whole tube:


And yes, the humans went out and recovered the bits to make sure they all passed. No wonder the neighbors think they're nuts.

Meeshka
(tasty money)