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Showing posts with label lolcats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lolcats. Show all posts

Monday, December 24, 2007

Beware of lolchristmas

Cats can't be trusted with the idea of Santa!

humbug lolcat lolcat sleeps with bat


-- "moar funny pictures" frm icanhascheezburger

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Monday, December 10, 2007

Miscellanea

No, Mister Ed didn't appoint Miss Cellanea as the new Human Assistant. Just so you know.

Tippy, he said that he wouldn't come spray you with citronella even though you teased me.  ​​::big Husky scowl::

I don't know what propriates are, but he said that it wouldn't be a propriate. Plus, he said, you live with a leagle beagle. I've looked at your dogster page. I didn't see any beagles. So I don't know what that's about, either.

He says he also wouldn't want to accidentally get Benny or Moey.

little dog with birthday treatsAnd he would not want Minky after him!

So this picture is a piece offering.

A piece of cake, a piece of ... whatever that other stuff is.

H.A. says that MaxFund looked like this on Saturday during the open house.

Except for the candles and "Happy Birthday!"

Dogs and bake sale everywhere!

And possibly a few cats and people.

I'm not sure that's a Pom like Minky in the picture. It's hard for me to tell. And the Pomeranian picture at the American Kennel Club looks like a Chow Chow.

Tucker:  Ooh, yum! Is it time for evening chow?
mr_ed:  Not yet.

But anyway. H.A. says he doesn't want to keep Lucy. He wants this happy, lively girl to go to a family. Maybe, hopefully, with kids.

But, at least, people who'll run and play with her and love to comb her tangly Spaniel fur and have a doggy door where she can go in and out without going around a grumpy Siberian Husky.

Hey! I didn't say to write that!

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A while back either Mr. Barlow or maybe the Platoon of Four said that the Army of Four said that "slightly fattened russian female dogs are healthier than skinny american dogs."

We only know of three Russian dogs by name. Shakal (Jackal) iz Solov'ev is in Canada. We hope we can meet him someday, but he's 15.5 now. Anyway, he's not female! As his mates can tell you.

The other two were in Spain. We don't know where they are now. One is Shakal's brother, Shapochka (Hood, or Little Hat) iz Solov'ev. Also not female! The other is Zholtaja (Golden) iz Sibrt. Born in the Czech Republic of Russian parents. She at least is female.

So anyway. We're pretty sure that Шакал (Shakal) is healthy. But he's a boy and he's in Canada and that's all we know about that.

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Just a reminder: cats are not the friends of dogs!

kitten steals piece of paper


-- photo of party from itchmo
-- "moar funny pictures" frm icanhascheezburger


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Thursday, December 6, 2007

Lessons from lolcats

The Human Assistant has some news about shelter Sibes. But he's annoyed by it. So first he had to look at a bunch of lolcats.

Which is okay. Because sometimes there are lessons for dogs in them.

For example. Some dogs are show dogs. Of course Siberian Huskies are very handsome and beautiful in the show ring. But we're supposed to be judged on how well we conform to breed standards.

So these are contests of conformation. As opposed to agility or obedience (::snicker::) or whatever.

Cats can also compete in conformation shows. Not in the same ones with dogs. But against each other. It's easy to judge cat conformation! Like this....
lolcat picture of cat running This is correct conformation for all cats. It's how they should always be seen.

Why?
lolcat picture of annoying a human Because this is what cats do. They are enemies of the pack.

Tolkien was a Beowulf expert. Most people, not so much.
lolcat picture of kitten's fur standing up But try not to rub cats the wrong way too often. Some of them get mean.
lolcat picture of bird with head upside down When a bird is out of reach, roll on your back. This confuses birds and may make them strain a muscle in their neck.

Except, don't try this with parrots. They're crazy and will hang upside down to annoy you back.
lolcat photo of child licking hog's snout Don't let humans lick your nose. They can carry respiratory infections from one dog to the next.

And if they just licked a pig...!


So the H.A. was at MaxFund Wednesday. He didn't take Lucy back. But he had lots on his mind about Sequoia maybe getting adopted.

He tried to tell me about the applications on her. But he was too tired to make sense. It sounded like there were four applications. Or three plus one that wasn't there. Or something.

One family already has two Sibes. H.A. met the dogs and the mom and dad outside MaxFund by an accident of timing. Sounds like a good home! If Sequoia doesn't get off on the wrong paw with the King of the Pack.

And barking of large male dogs ... H.A. says he got a kiss from Caesar. Who has always been unfriendly when he walks by his kennel.

It turns out that Milk-Bone soothes the savage beast. After walking by on a few different days and making "piece offerings."

Anyway. When H.A. rests up I'm sure I'll know more about Sequoia. And Lucy. And maybe Caesar. (But there's no chance whatsoever that MaxFund would let Caesar come here. They just won't. They're überhyperpicky about homes for Akitas.

Although it might be interesting. What breed does this sound like?
The two most outstanding characteristics of the Akita as a house pet are that they are very clean and that they are very easy to house break. Akitas have been described as almost "cat-like," as they are clean and odorless. Akitas may take a while to train because they are easily bored and can be stubborn. Akitas are highly intelligent, and will only obey a task if they see the point of it. They are not trick dogs. They are also a dominant species, and will not take orders from a weak or abusive leader, requiring a firm but loving education where "no" always means "no" and never "whatever".
::Big Husky Grin::  Whatevahhh....

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-- "moar funny pictures" frm icanhascheezburger

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Houseguest II

So Lucy has been here a day. It's been okay. The Human Assistant is happy there's a dog sleeping on his bed again.

What's the big deal? I'm up there about half of each evening. Seems like that should satisfy him. But no, it has to be while he's asleep. When he wouldn't even know there's a rattlesnake in bed with him! Or a rhino. Or something.

dog Shu Shu dog Lucy
Shu Shu
Cocker Spaniel
Lucy
Someotherkindof Spaniel


Anyway, Lucy's some kind of Spaniel or Spaniel mix. We haven't studied on it. But we know she's not a Cocker Spaniel like Shu Shu was.

You can see that Lucy's taller than Shu Shu. She has to have a taller picture. Shu Shu was 15.5" tall at the shoulders. I think. Lucy is 21.5".

She acted squirrely when H.A. measured her. Like she was some kind of wiggly squiggly puppy. She's 9.5 years old! Same age as me! Silly girl.

treat time cat eating dog biscuits
Milk-Bone break Hey! Get outta there!


H.A. tried hard to get pictures of us all together. Passing out MilkBones didn't work. I took mine to a different room.

Out in the yard Lucy was either right next to the H.A. or off exploring on her own. Finally he told her to go see what I was doing.

I was minding my own business.

And the neighbor's business.

Which is my business.

The green things stacked flat on the ground next to the fence are where somedobby tried to dig under.

H.A. never found out who did it. And I don't remember.

::big Husky grin::.

He says that all the green things are pieces of "composting bins."

He hasn't used them in the year I've been here.

Except to block the fence.

So I don't know what they're supposed to do. Except block the fence.

Which only some of them are doing.

Lay there and look ugly and be slippery to walk on when it snows or sleets, maybe.

Like it was when he took the pictures outside.

In the last one there are some white dots on my coat.

It was barely sleeting.

It was falling like water but had some ice, too. Kinda weird.

Anyway, Lucy came over and poked around. But she didn't come to the fence.

I kept an eye on her. But it was okay.

Later I had some apple. But I didn't have to growl at her or bark at her or anything.

Lucy seems okay. For now, anyway.

We'll see what tomorrow brings.

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-- "moar funny pictures" frm icanhascheezburger

Friday, November 30, 2007

Briefly....

A reminder that this is an endangered blog.

The Human Assistant doesn't want to help me with it anymore. If you're reading this and want me to keep blogging, please leave a comment. (And thanks to those who have!)

If you're not reading this and want me to keep blogging, please leave a comment!

I bring this up again because last night's blog was a disaster. Of course it took a long time for H.A. to make his pictures pretty. (Or as pretty as they were going to get, anyway!)

But he didn't mind that because they were pictures of me, after all. Oh, and one of Gremlin.

Well, yes, and a couple of girls at MaxFund. He puts some of those photos on the forum where volunteers hang out. So my point is that he would have spent the time on the pictures anyway.

Then he thought we'd just slap 'em on the blog, write a little, and done! It took about four times longer than he thought. I don't know what took all that time because I dozed off. But I know it made him late getting up and getting our breakfast!

kitten watching dogs through window So just a couple of quick things tonight. Then we're outta here!

This picture made me think of Zim from the Army of Four staring at cats.

Only this one is from the kitty's point of view!

And even through a window with noseprints you can see that that dog isn't as handsome as Zim!

That kitten is cute!

But H.A. says that puppies, kittens, and human babies are cute so they can suck you in.

Then they grow up!

Maybe sheep babies suck you in too.

This little lambie seems to be jumping on cue. Is this something puppies can do?



Not when a human wants a video of it, of course. But maybe when somedoggy else in the pack says, "Dog, that's really annoying!" With a cue like that?

I don't remember. Being a puppy was a long time ago for me. And I kinda like doing what the H.A. says so I can get treats! But I was just wondering.

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-- "moar funny pictures" frm icanhascheezburger
-- video from YouTube via itchmo

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Tree trouble

Here are a few more snow pictures from Wednesday. The Human Assistant took 22 pictures and not one has me in it!

He was going to take me out front with him. He thought he'd attach a 30-foot rope to my leash and tie me to something so I wouldn't go into the street with him. Or wherever.

But look what he found!

somedoggy chewed this rope! Closeup of chewed rope
Somedoggy chewed this rope! Closeup of chewed rope


Was it a mouse? Or was it Mystique? You know who gets my vote!

It sure wasn't one of the other seven dogs that lived here this year. Only one of us chewed plastic flower pots, aluminum cans, and furniture!

Anyway. While the Human Assistant was unpacking a new rope, Gremlin peed in the living room. Which H.A. always blames me for.

I'm not sure he has a firm grasp on anatomy. Maybe he thinks I'm a ventrilopissed or something.

Then he said he'd had enough with doggies for a while. He went out front by himself. He found these human-made trees leaning one way and another.

leaning utility poles closeup of leaning utility poles
Which way is up? Are they okay like that?


He said these human trees are called poles.

Well, humans have better eyesight than dogs do. Plus his camera has a zoom lens. But I don't know how you can tell Poles1 from Czechs or Slovaks ... or Ukrainians, even.

Then he went in the back yard to take more pictures. Oh no!

broken branch in apple tree closeup of broken branch
Broken branch in apple tree Poor apple tree!


H.A. told me that one big branch of the apple tree broke off! Right at the trunk! And it's on the red-apple side of the tree!

He said that it's been broken a little while now. The snow wasn't heavy enough to do that in this last storm. Or maybe too many squirrels jumped up and down on the branch all at the same time.

I don't know. But he said this is a good time of year to get the tree pruned. Which he says it needed anyway.

::sigh::

He says there will still be lots of red apples for me next year. And that I hadn't even noticed it was broken before now. So why get upset now?

Well, maybe. At least there are still some apples falling off the tree. I can round up one or two a day. So that's good.

Here are a couple of pictures of other animals pretending to be Siberian Huskies. They cheered me up a little.  ::small Husky grin::

kittens caught with mess dog caught with mess

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1 In one short story, Isaac Asimov wrote that the smallest spelling change you can make to an English word that will change how it's pronounced is to capitalize polish.

"moar funny pictures" frm icanhascheezburger

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Random internet stuff

space warrior pretends Dachshund is rifle The Human Assistant spent too much time floating around the internet today. So he doesn't want to type my follow-up on Lucy tonight.

It will keep him up too late. Awww. Now that it's after midnight, it is officially his birthday. Friends will take him out for lunch.

But he has to be out of bed and awake for that. So he wants to go to bed "early" (for him).

So here's random stuff that he bookmarked today.

Menu Foods and PetSmart lost money in the third quarter this year. Does that mean that the third time they traded quarters this year they only got two dimes?

I don't know. But PetSmart blames it on stuff other than recalls. Heh.

The H.A. doesn't usually shop there. But so far it's the only place he's found citronella spray for breaking up dog fights. So he's done his part in supporting them, for sure!

baby seal at animal shelter
They say Siberian Huskies get lost! Here's a baby seal that wandered away from his seal-family beach party.

And ran smack into an animal shelter!

He looks unhappy. I bet he has road rash from dragging himself down the streets! He will be fixed up and taken back to the ocean. Whatever that is.

so-called pit bull
Forty-six "pit bulls" disappeared from the Memphis Animal Shelter. They say the dogs were stolen. I think they are covering up an escape!

"There were no obvious signs of a break in from the outside."

It would take one, maybe two Siberian Huskies to bust out of a place like this! Imagine if 21 adult dogs of any breed were trying to get away from 25 puppies? "Stolen," my furry white behind!

puppy asleep in food bowl
Speaking of Siberian Huskies.

Here is an itty bitty puppy guarding the food bowl. The way only puppies can. This is a puppy I could like! Too bad it isn't the red and white. Well, learn by example!

Michael Vick's former house in Virginia
Michael Vick's dog-fighting property is for sale. Again.

A developer bought it recently. He plans to tidy it up and re-sell it in a month. No doubt he is an honest and hard-working man. Earns every dollar he gets. But he's planning on profit from the property's negative fame. Wasn't that already included in the price he paid?

How much do you suppose he can mark that up?

The house has 5 bedrooms and 4 and one-half bathrooms. (Huh? Half a tub, half a sink...?) On 15 acres. If you're interested. And didn't catch the info the first 100 times it was on the news.

If you look on Google Earth you'll see the sheriff's office is nearby. That should be reassuring.

A few states have "puppy lemon laws." A few more states are thinking about them.

To me it sounds like people can get refunds if their new puppy gets into the refrigerator and eats all their lemons.

But the Human Assistant says no. The laws protect people if a new puppy is sick or gets sick right away.

My picture is here because I was sick when I came from the breed rescue. H.A. spent $600 on me the first month. Besides for food. And toys.

My vet and the H.A. think I got a pair o' sites at the rescue. Probably due to conditions there.

Then it turned into my new monia. And now symptoms come back sometimes. My vet says I may need medicine for it forever. (And the medicine controls the symptoms pretty well.)

H.A. says laws like this could be real problems for shelters and rescues if they didn't cause the animal's illness. If the law applies to them.

More information is needed. But it's something to watch for in your state!

That's all for now. H.A. must get his beauty sleep! ::Big Husky Grin::

-- photo of doxy rifle from i can has cheezburger
-- photos of baby seal, "pit bull," puppies, and Vick's house either from or via itchmo.com.
-- news stories from and via itchmo.com.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

PREY:\>

What is a DOS?

My Human Assistant says about a hundred years ago personal computers didn't have disk drives. (Neither did canine-al computers.)

When computers evolved to have disk drives, their operating system had to evolve to become a Disk Operating System or DOS.

Long, long before THAT there were wolves.  Which had Wolf Operating Systems!  They evolved into the dog.  And we have a Dog Operating System.  The original DOS!

Tandy Model 100 computer One Laptop Per Child computer wolf One Laptop Per Child computer
Model 100
no DOS
OLPC(1)
has DOS
Wolf
has WOS
Sibe
has DOS


Lately, some computers come with no disk drive! But they still have to have a disk operating system because you can plug in disk drives. When you don't want the drive, you unplug it.

Dog Operating Systems do not work that way.  We have prey drives, and you can't unplug them!  Well, we are wolves after all. Especially us Siberian Huskies!  ::Big Husky Grin::

It doesn't occur to some people that handsome, fluffy dogs like us still like to chase other animals. And catch them. And ... play with them, maybe. After all, we are not from the "mighty hunting group" known as hounds. So why would we have a prey drive, right?  Wrong!

Irish Wolfhound smooth-coat Dachshund
Irish Wolfhound Dachshund


Do dogs with floppy ears have floppy drives? Maybe as an add-on feature for their DOS. Heh.

Chihuahua in bucket Okay, we may like to harass little dogs.

"Yappetizers," as some of our more cruel humans call them.  ::Big Husky Grin::

But this picture was obviously posted by a cat-lover!

Someone who loves cats who want to get revenge!

Well, dogs chase cats. It's part of nature. It's our ... all together now ... prey drive!

Zim, do you see what happens when you don't chase cats?

When they aren't put in their place?

They start thinking they can push dogs around! They take our jobs!!!

Here are pictures to help get your fighting spirit going! We must scare cats! Chase them into small spaces! And otherwise abuse them!

cat rejects spoon cat scared by woman
cat in pool table pocket cat on shelf of games
cat dressed as taco (may be manipulated) black and white cats in clotes dryer


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1 The OLPC project started out as The $100 Computer. Now it's One Laptop Per Child. And it costs more like $200 now that you can get one.

And you can get one for a very short time - just until November 26! Which you can do by donating one to a child in a developing country.

They look like toys but have some very advanced features. This looks like a worthy project to me and the H.A.  Please check it out!

-- photo of Model 100 from Club 100
-- photo of OLPC computer from One Laptop Per Child
-- photos of wolf and dogs (except Chihuahua) from Wikipedia
-- loldog and lolcats from I Can Has Cheezburger?


Saturday, November 3, 2007

lolcats r liek dogz?

Don't tellz me....

Siberian Huskies have to be kept on-leash. When they get lost, they can't find their way home.



La la la la la.

Siberian Huskies have selective hearing.



Cannibalism.

Siberian Huskies play rough.



I found pills....

Siberian Huskies get into everything! And eat it!



Dad.  Hey dad.  Dad dad hey dad.

This reminds me so much of Mystique!

Mystique bugging Jaeger.

She loved Jaeger so much! And pestered him so much!

I would have used a picture of Mystique bugging me. But Jaeger looks more like her dad. He's not, but he looks like it.


"moar funny pictures" frm icanhascheezburger