The Howls of Diefenbaker, Future World Dominator

HULA anthem, new husky, and the drowning place

2011-04-06T19:32:00.004-04:00

This is Abby. She's our new foster dog. I wasn't too sure I liked her until tonight, because she hasn't really wanted to play much. However, tonight, Mommy Cate decided to take me to the drowning place. I told Abby what was about to happen - they were all in crates after eating dinner so they couldn't really come save me.

So Abby decided to help me the best way she could. She led the others in her best rendition of the HULA anthem.

Listen to it here. I was so PROUD!

Mommy Cate caught them, though, and drowned me anyways. Thankfully, I begged for my life enough that she stopped short of killing me.

--kisses,

Dief

I know it's been a while...

2011-01-17T21:32:00.003-05:00

It's been pretty crazy here. Carmen moved in and had her puppy. He has no fur and we're only allowed to lick his toes, but he's still pretty cool. She brought Reece too, so there was lots of playing to be done. I also had to supervise the digging of the yard.

But I just wanted to share with you that my sweetheart, Echo, went to the rainbow bridge last week. I had a pretty rough time at first, because I was his girl, but now I'm getting better. The mommies have been making sure I eat and feel okay. They are pretty sad though, so I'm trying to do the same for them.

We all loved him very much. He was the best German Shepherd ever.

Love you Echo.

Kisses forever,

Your Dief.

I'm going to the SPA!

2010-05-04T13:35:00.003-04:00

So yeah, we found the rottens. Something apparently bit them on the butt, cause they have stitches and swear something is missing. They said they think they were drugged though. The last thing they remember is Mommy Cate taking them to some party named "LifeLine." They've been wearing the funniest collars though, like Ziva when she was healing from a surgery. The mommies are all calling them the "Rottweiler Wrecking Crew" because they keep knocking things over like chairs, lamps, me... etc.

Anyway, on to more important things. See this?

This is me (I'm pretty!) riding with Carmen in her car going to a doggy spa. I think I get to lay around and get massages and wear clay all day. That's what I've seen on TV. Carmen keeps looking and me and snickering. I'm not sure why, but I think she's jealous.

I'll talk to you when I get back!

--Dief

Missing: Two Rottenweilers!

2010-04-29T12:25:00.005-04:00

I don't know where they went, but I asked Sabre and Echo to track them. They say the trail ends at the front door along with Mommy Cate's. I'm thinking they dragged Mommy Cate outside because she didn't feed and water them this morning. I heard her saying something about the boys getting ALTERED, but I have no idea what they would be turned into? Does that mean they'll get made shorter or skinnier? Anyway, if you see them, please alert me ASAP.

Max aka Dozer, 90 pounds, kind of slobbery.

Reece, 85 pounds, keeps trying to kiss all the girls.

-- Worried Dief

Life on the dog ranch

2010-04-21T16:37:00.004-04:00

Okay, it's getting a little crowded and crazy around here. Of course, you all know that we had 5 dogs here... but then Carmen moved in with us and brought Gwumpy (also known as Reece) to live with us.

Now, don't get me wrong, Reece is pretty cool, for a sissy. I mean, I can beat him up, so... not impressed. But, I can pretty much beat up anyone in the house. But here's the thing: we all have to REALLY behave because of new rules.

#1 - No jumping on Carmen's belly to play with the puppy she's growing in there. I mean, her belly LOOKS like it's big enough to have a puppy come out, but the Mommies keep saying we have to wait until September. BORING!

#2 - No roughhousing with Reece. Sheesh. You'd think that just because Ziva, Max and I all had him pinned on the ground making growly noises and playing vampire that we're BULLYING him. Whatever.

#3 - I gotta get my hair cut! The mommies say that I have too much fur and that I'm poofing out pollen and stuffs, making Carmen wheeze. They say we gotta protect the puppy in her tummy, so *I* have to suffer the indignation of getting trimmed. I hope she has 12 puppies, by the way. That would be cool.

#4 - We can't jump on Max because he has boo boo'd legs. Something about hip dysplasia and muscles and stuffs. He went to the really nice vet at Gwinnett Animal Hospital that helps Echo walk when he's hurting, and she did some stuffs to his legs. He says he feels a little better now so MAYBE someday soon we can start roughhousing with him again.

And of course, pictures of me. I'm so pretty. I don't want to be trimmed!

This is how I look when Mommy Cate says she's gonna trim my hair:

--dief

The last straw!

2010-02-07T14:23:00.008-05:00

Okay, so it's about time. The mommies got off their butts and took some family pictures. Mommy Cate put some straw down on our clay. It's soooo much fun to play in! You can see all the pictures - including the ones of Ziva dive bombing Mommy Cate here on Mommy Claire's Picasa. Remember, you can click on the pictures to make them bigger and see me better!

Anyway, here are some pictures to enjoy :)

Me, of course. Mommy Claire said smile so I stuck my tongue out instead.

I'm a VAMPIRE!

This is all of us kids and Mommy Cate. Mommy Claire was taking the pictures.

Max was having fun spreading the straw for Mommy Cate

Max kisses Mommy Cate while she hugs me and Ziva

Get her, Max! Sabre guards the rear

Okay, well, it's nice weather and I'm gonna go play. Later everyone!!

--Dief

TOLD you the rottenweiler was evil.

2010-02-03T22:39:00.003-05:00

'Nuff said.

--Dief

Carmen's having a puppy!

2010-02-01T13:23:00.002-05:00

That what the Mommies said. They spent the weekend saying "woo hooooo" and then "omg we're going to be grandmommies!"

Whatever. As long as she keeps that puppy at her house with Gwumpy, I guess it doesn't matter.

However, on to more important things - ME.

I'm pretty.

Anyway, mommy Cate took the rottenweiler to PetSmart yesterday. And get this, she forgot to take me with her! I mean, so I awoooo and trip her and try to get away the whole time I'm there. Is that a CRIME? She did bring home a special bed for Echo (cause he is getting old and his hips hurt) and some toys for us, but I expressed my displeasure by eating her book this morning.

Mommies. Hmph.

--Dief
Power to the Fluffy!!!!

I snuck into Mommy Cate's iMac to post the big news

2010-01-26T20:40:00.003-05:00

I just had to give an update. I've been at war with the Mommies. I've been ignoring them, refusing snuggles and kisses, and acting like they smell really bad. I've also been living outside as much as possible. I think I'm finally breaking through. Mommy Claire has been getting mad because I won't pay her any attention. Mommy Cate, well, I give her some to keep her feeding me and to make her trust me enough to leave her iMac logged in for a few minutes.

Anyway, big stuff here, most importantly, AWOOOOOOS to meeshka - thanks for inducting me into HULA!

POWER TO THE FLUFFY!!!!!!

I'll try to make you proud Meeshka!

Crap, she's coming back. More later.

Operative Diefenbaker out for now.

ps - paws to ozzy!

HULA, I need you!

2009-11-23T19:26:00.002-05:00

Okay, so you know about my brother troubles, right? Well, I have a plan...

Max's brother Grumpy has a blog. Go there and try to convince his Mommy Carmen to take Max to live with Grumpy. I mean, I'm SURE they miss each other, right?

http://thegrumpmeister.blogspot.com/

By the way, when do I get a membership? I think I've earned one!

-- Dief the unbedded

Little Brothers are Annoying.

2009-11-23T00:53:00.003-05:00

Stinky New Brother:

Okay, so the mommies decided to get MAX, because (boo hoo) he needed rescuing. He told me he was being kept in a kennel when she got him, so it doesn't sound like he really needed to call 911. Whatever.

Anyway, so get this: the little squirt has taken my den! The mommies said I was old enough to sleep out of the crate at night finally because I haven't "destroyed" anything in a long time. But now I don't even get a CHOICE. That stupid Max gets to sleep in MY bed every night.

And he gets the same food I do, and more of it! Mommy Cate says that he's supposed to get 2% of his ADULT weight, and that he'll be 100 pounds or so. I, on the other hand, am a petite 55 pounds. So farthead, who is half my size, gets more than me!

Grrr.

Oh yeah, and they won't let me bite him hard enough to make him squeal. Every time he cries, it's DIEF!!! STOP KILLING HIM!!

That does it. I'm moving out. I'll be living in the yard if anyone wants me. I'll show them who's calling the shots here.

Me, living in the yard now. Just TRY to catch me, mommies.

Me. I'm pretty but I'm fierce. RAWR.

His name is Max and he's a rottenweiler!

2009-10-20T09:42:00.002-04:00

The mommies renamed him from Doc to Max. Max and Grumpy are sick though, and they had to get pills from the vet. But, he's still eating food that *I* could be eating. Hmph.

He's pretty funny though. Mommy Cate stepped over the baby gate and he tried to jump it. When he couldn't, he back up a few steps and tried to get a running start to leap it. He tried about 10 times before Mommy Cate picked him up.

We've been invaded!!!!

2009-10-17T21:40:00.006-04:00

Okay, so what the hell. Mommy Cate came home with TWO gremlins! My sis Carmen was here, and when Mommy Cate came in Carmen took one of the invaders and started hugging him and kissing him. She said his name was GRUMPY and that he was hers. I don't know why she called him Grumpy, he looked pretty happy to me. Mommy Claire started holding the other one saying "Hi Doc."

Thankfully, Carmen took that grumpy one with her when she went back to her own crate.

But, then the mommies let me sniff him. He smells FUNKY. He doesn't look like a husky and doesn't sound like one either. I don't know WHAT they are thinking. I went outside with him while he went pee but he said he couldn't with my head under him. Whatever. I tried to get him to run so I could chase him but stupid Mommy Cate made me be nice and let him pee instead.

This one is "ours"

All I can say is he better not eat my food.

Hmph.

Anyway, on to more IMPORTANT THINGS. Here's ME:

The trouble with tribbles

2009-10-16T23:16:00.004-04:00

I heard a rumour that another creature is coming to join us this weekend...

I managed to get Ziva to use her leet skillz to snap a picture from a passing satellite.

What kind of animal is that ???!!!

I don't think It should be fed after midnight or put near water.

He's a rescue like Ziva, guess that's ok, we'll see.

I'm a real WOLF now!

2009-09-28T20:39:00.006-04:00

Mommy Cate brought home the shopping today and she opened a package of raw chicken wings. Of course we all were wondering what's up, since Mommy Cate doesn't eat that stuff, but then she started chopping it up. All of us were sitting around drooling (that's so embarrassing, but I just can't help it) and I started to do my really cute awooo wooo wooo, hoping maybe she might cook us some.

But then, get THIS, she HANDED it to us. Raw! I felt, different. And all of a sudden I couldn't be ladylike while I ate. I was ripping it to bits, crunching and chewing. And then she gave us another piece! Then she gave us something called an egg. It was really tasty and we got to lick the insides out. She said we have to start slow, whatever that means. She said she'd rather spend the $250 a month on REAL food instead of kibble, so I'm hoping that means what we had tonight!!

Man, I'm feeling WILD tonight!

AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

Paws,

--Wild Dief

It's my birthday!!!

2009-08-23T22:24:00.002-04:00

Sing with me now!

Happy birthday to ME...
Happy birthday to Ozz...
Happy birthday to NanookWhoMustHaveDugToChina...
Happy birthday to us!!!

Mommy Cate is taking me to PetSmart tomorrow to pick out a present!

Awoooooooooooooooo!

-- One Year Old Dief

I is home from the animal hospital

2009-07-18T21:39:00.002-04:00

So Mommy Cate threw me in the truck and took me to the "animal hospital." She was all concerned because my nictating something was covering my eyeball. I had tried to tell her my eye was hurting but she didn't understand what I was saying until she saw me squinting.

Anyways, we got there and the nice doctor lady put something called "floor scent" drops in my eye. I didn't think it smelled like the floor, but she said it would make my eyeball shine in her special light.

She came back out and let me go back to Mommy Cate, and said I had a scratch in my eye. So they ganged up on me, pinned me down and squirted some weird stuff in my eye. Worse yet, they told me I can't play for a few days and I have to get the drops every 8 hours :(

But anyway, I'm home, and in my kennel with a kong stuffed with some peanut butter. Mommy Cate just made raspberry smoothies for her and Mommy Claire and all of us, so I guess the special treat was worth it.

Hope everyone has a better night than I did! I want an eye patch, dang it.

Hugs,

-- Pirate Dief

Diefy!!!

2009-07-18T20:53:00.004-04:00

Pacing in my crate as Dief has been rushed to the vet, her eye looks strange. It's red and looks like muscle is covering it or her left eye is turned to the left :(

*Howls for Dief*

<- used secret spy satellite to find my sis

Dear Mommies...

2009-07-13T12:44:00.003-04:00

Last night, Mommy Cate dragged me into the drowning spot. I dug in all four feets in the carpet to keep her from taking me into that room, but she's a LOT bigger than me.

Mommy Claire watched her shut the door, heard her pick me up and CROSS-TIE me.

She heard my cries and screams and howls as Mommy Cate tried to drown me. Mommy cate even had a special dog killing bottle - it's called the furminator. Ziva sat outside the door and tried to figure out how to save me. I think she scared Mommy Cate off, because somehow I survived.

Well, I have a message for you today. I'm not your cute little victim any more. I'm applying to HULA. And I has a message for you. These pictures from this morning show what I think of your attempts at drowning me last night. (Thanks, Ziva, for taking the pics for me)

Love (not so much)

--Dief

My new partner in crime

2009-07-07T18:36:00.005-04:00

So I really like hanging with Ziva. She rocks. She's super-duper fast and when we play zoomies we take turns catching each other and she can actually catch ME! She also loves to play bitey-face all the time. It's almost like I was living with Ozzie! (Hiya BRO!)

Here's some pictures of us together. Note that I'm the one laying under the buffet. If you look closely, you can see my tribute to Ozzie. Note that not only do I have CRAZY TONGUE but I'm actually laying on it! Beat that Oz!

This hidey-place doubles as a buffet when we're fast enough.

Sabre and Ziva try to look all cool and casual, but they fail. They're just not husky enough.

Sabre talks about the smoothie we all got for breakfast.

Sabre debates if he can fit in here. I told him it's Huskies only.

Sabre says he hates apples and rolls his eyes while Ziva says "no way!"

I win the Crazy Tongue contest. I say so, and I am a princess, so that's it.

Paws,

--Dief

My new friend

2009-06-28T19:14:00.003-04:00

We have a new friend in the pack! Her name is Nadja right now, but the moms are calling her Ziva. She's a German Shepherd, and she's about 6 months old. The moms said something about her being rescued, but I dunno what she needed rescuing from. Maybe she was stuck in a tree or something. She likes to do super zoomies and bitey face just like me!!

Anyway, here are some pictures :D

Mommy Cate also stole a BUNCH of my fur. There are pictures of that too.

We're all really sad that our friend Dakota went to the Rainbow Bridge. We love and miss you Dakota!

-- Dief

I'm very mad at the mommies.

2009-05-23T00:11:00.002-04:00

Okay, so here's the deal. I like clay. Actually, I love it. I love to dig it, roll in it, eat it. So... mommy Cate got some bags of this black dirt called Potting Soil, and I dragged one around the yard and ripped it open while she was inside. It tasted great! Did she come out and thank me for rearranging? It was hard work pulling that bag. Did she say "Why Dief, I'm so happy you're enjoying yourself!"??? No. I got YELLED at. Hmmph.

So, she had a plant in the planter. She named it Rosemary. I ate it. It was yummy. It was good revenge. Guess what? I got fussed at. I hauled ass and ran with it. Mommy Cate was really mad now, and I was laughing my butt off with Rosemary in my mouth. But then she closed the gate and locked me out of the small yard! We have two fences, a chain link fence and a big privacy fence around the big yard. So she locked me out of the small yard with all the dirt and plants!

And she started using a noisy thing and cutting the pieces of wood she bought. I howled and yelled at her, but she LAUGHED.

Did you read that? She LAUGHED at ME, Princess Diefenbaker. Grrrrrrr.

So I got her back.

I'd stare at her, and say mean things. When she would look up, I would grab one of her plants that lives on the fence (a vine she says) and grab it and fight it off the fence. Ripped it right out of the ground. She laughed at me! So I kept doing it while staring into her eyes, making sure she knew WHY I was doing it. I pulled several vines off her fence and she STILL didn't let me in!

The mommies are also getting snippy when I tell them I want what they're eating. I've also been telling them I need to be on the couch. So now they're being mean and making me lay down and "behave" like a "nice girl."

I think I need a new home. Nobody should have to put up with mean mommies.

Grr.

--Frustrated Dief

This is how you tell a mom you need to go outside

2009-04-28T16:07:00.003-04:00

Get up REAL close like this and stare until they acknowledge you.

If they still ignore you, stick your tongue up their nose.

Puppy paws,

-- Dief

Yesterday was the best day!

2009-04-27T09:11:00.002-04:00

First, I faked out Mommy Cate by getting my paws super muddy even though the clay in the yard was bone dry. She opened the door and I zoomied past her. It was SO funny running though every room in the house painting my paw prints on the cream carpet. I even made it all the way up the stairs (there were paw prints on the stairs, how cool!) and into the hallway. Sadly, Mommy Claire grabbed me before I could jump on their bed and paint it too.

But then, Mommy Cate put me in this horrible contraption she called a seat belt harness. I got myself all upside down in the truck with it and Mommy Cate had to readjust everything so I COULDN'T MOVE!!! Someone call the humane society!

But, then we drove for a while and to my HUGE surprise we went to Ozzie's house! Ozzie is my litter brother, and this was play date #2. Mommy Cate was so busy trying to clean me up before we left that she left her camera, so head over to see the pics at Ozz's blog :D

ARUUUUUU!

Last night when we got home, I fell asleep and slept a while. When the Mommies said "bedtime", I cried and cried and howled. I wanted my Ozzie. Finally though, around 11:30 I fell asleep. What a great day!

Puppy kisses,

--Dief

Sleepy husky

2009-04-15T22:21:00.004-04:00

I'm tired. Mommy Cate worked on potterys and put them in the kiln. I had to babysit her. Mommy Claire gave me a sour jellybean as a reward. It was really weird, but I think I liked it.

This was me sitting on Mommy Claire's lap and yawning.

Night all!

-- Dief

Mom and I have a store together!

2009-04-15T14:57:00.003-04:00

Mommy Cate started up a new store online and said I'm her pottery puppy and mascot! Sabre gets to be the shop dog downstairs. I was pretty jealous because Mommy Cate lets him walk around and sleep beside her while she hammers stuff and uses the fire thing on the metal. She does make him leave if she does enamel, cause she has to protect something called his lungs.

Anyway, so here I was, feeling all left out, when Mommy Cate looked at me in all my muddy, clay eating glory and said "That's it! I'll call the shop Dirty Puppy Clayworks!"

So she sat back down and was making more potterys (whatever they are) and she had this big bag of really yummy clay beside her. She called it porcelain. I called it yummy and took a couple of licks before she caught me. So now I've been told I can't help by eating it. But I get to be the model! Take a look! Ignore the potterys, look at me! :D

Mommy is trying to design a logo to stamp on the bottom of all the potterys with my picture! I'm so pretty. Take THAT Sabre - boys drool and girls rule!

Puppy kisses!

-- Happy Dief

Stealth Puppy ...

2009-03-26T15:19:00.003-04:00

or you can't catch this .....

it's raining, again! Mom is waiting by the door with a towel as Dief "The Doofus" has been out all day & refused to come in. That crazy Husky doesn't get it, if you get that muddy you go to jail. Especially when the entrance is to Mom's office.

I think she's going to be doing some hard time, also think I need to start putting my paw down again ...... on her head.

sigh

Echo

10 things about me

2009-03-26T15:06:00.006-04:00

My cool brother Ozzie tagged me to write 10 things about myself. Here goes!

#1 - I am the toughest dog in the house. I even chew metal.

#2 - I like my brothers' food better than mine. The moms switched me to Eagle something food - tastes like fish. I'll eat it but I still try to distract Sabre and grab a bite of his before I'll touch mine.

#3 - I have a routine in the morning. Mommy Cate lets me out of my cave, and I step my two front feets out. Then I stretch and yawn. Mommy Cate says I "coo like a pigeon." Then I dash to the door, remembering to kiss Mommy Cate at the last minute, so I have to turn around, jump up and give her a kiss before I go outside.

#4 - I don't like to be in the house. I also don't like when my sissy brothers go inside because it's storming, too cold, whatever. I'll stand on my hind legs and jump against the glass door until one of the mommies opens it and tells Sabre to go outside with me.

#5 - I sleep with a big flat buffalo toy.

#6 - I have a HUGE fluffy tail. My butt's pretty fluffy too. The moms were singing some song about them "liking big butts and they cannot lie" the other night as I walked away. I dunno what that's about.

#7 - I am an expert hole digger. I love to be filthy.

#8 - I still like to grab poop, run up and show it to Mommy Cate and then haul butt staying just out of her reach. When she starts to give up I eat it and watch her yell.

#9 - My favorite game is to fling myself against the glass door standing up, like I'm desperate to come in. Then when the moms come to the door I back up 2 feet and act like they are strangers trying to kidnap me. They give up, shut the door, and I start again when they sit back down. SOOO much fun.

#10 - I hate baths (the moms try to drown me sometimes) but I love drinking from the hose.

Husky kisses,

--Dief

hunger strike.

2009-03-17T09:01:00.006-04:00

Okay, so here's the deal. The boys used to get Wellness like I do - I just get the large breed puppy food. Then, Mommy Cate switched them to Royal Canin German Shepherd formula for Echo's tummy. They love it and so do I.

Carmen accidentally gave ME a bowl of their food the other day. Their food tastes so GOOD! I try to steal theirs when the aren't paying attention. I have been on strike for days now, and have been eating twigs instead of my own food and just supplementing by stealing from the boys.

So, what my mommy needs to know is what do you guys eat that is really healthy for huskies (the vet said I can eat adult food now) that I won't turn my nose up at? I gotta eat something, and I think my food should be really yummy too. My Wellness food is $58 a bag, so I think she'll buy me whatever is really good. Mommy Claire found something called Eagle Pack that looks like it's designed for huskies, but we don't know anyone feeding it.

I saw that Oz tagged me, gotta go work on my answers!

Love,

-- hungry Dief

I've decided to be a teenager.

2009-02-17T08:36:00.004-05:00

So I've decided the moms have it too easy and I need to challenge them more. Here is my master plan:

#1 - act really cute and challenge the long standing house rule that animals do not belong on the furniture in our house. I'm pretty hard to resist. See following picture for proof. I have adopted an Ozzie pose for effect:

#2 - Mommy Claire has been acting too active and happy. I torpedoed her in the chest again yesterday to try to slow her back down. It looks like it worked, she's moving a lot slower and saying ouch again. I can't let her get fast enough to chase me.

#3 - I have decided that poop is a great toy and a tasty snack. I actually don't think it tastes all that great but it REALLY makes the moms mad, so I'm eating it - but only after I make sure they see me with it and haplessly try to catch me and steal it. Mommy Cate said something about adding something to my food, but I don't know what she's talking about.

If anyone has more ideas for me, please let me know!

-- Dief the Terrible

More new pics

2009-02-12T14:42:00.004-05:00

Just a quick post today, as I'm just taking a break from playing with Echo. He needs lots more exercise, so I only have a couple of minutes. Mommy Claire is taking pictures of us playing.

Here are some new pics of me in the back yard. Remember to click the pictures to see them full size!

This is me practicing my "over the shoulder" casual look.

Here I am checking on the progress of the latest hole I'm working on. It's just big enough to trap Echo's favorite ball in.

Here I am giving my new hole the width test by jumping it.

Me playing with my Jolly-Ball. It's really for horses, but it's good for us big strong dogs.

Okay, back to work making Echo run around the yard chasing me. More pictures tomorrow!

Kisses!

-- Dief

More pictures :)

2009-02-03T22:22:00.005-05:00

Make sure you click the pictures to see me close up!

Mommy Cate asked me to pose for some pictures after a hard day's work:

Me after a pounce attack on Mommy Claire's broken ribs. I make sure to snuggle her afterwards to make the pain all better:

Busy, busy, busy!

2009-02-03T15:37:00.005-05:00

Okay, so, I'm still alive. Just in case you were wondering. Mommy Claire might have wanted to strangle me sometimes lately, but I run pretty darn fast.

I have decided that being in the house is for the birds. When Mommy Claire gets up in the morning and lets me out, I wait for her to walk away from the door and run up and splat myself against it acting like I want to come in. When she comes to the door, I run to the FAR back of the yard and laugh. I do this about 5 times before she stops trying to open the door. She just puts water in my bowl, which I then try to shake clay into so she has to clean it and refill it. Paws work great for that part.

Today, Sabre and I stayed out all morning and just went inside for lunch. When she let us out after lunch, we refused to come in. FREEDOM TO DIG!!!! Wooo Hoooo!

The yard excavation is going well. Echo told me bones were buried out here so I'm trying to find them. I dug one hole big enough to hide in.

Mommy Claire snapped a picture of me outside after a hard morning's work excavating. The glass is really dirty because I took everyone's advice and messed it up so the ghost husky would leave me alone.

Oh, and hey Ozzie, I weigh 40 pounds!!!!! Mommy Claire said 5 of it is clay...

--Liberated Dief

This cold weather rocks!

2009-01-23T12:16:00.006-05:00

Sorry I haven't posted lately. I've been spending all my free time outside. It's so wonderfully cold!

I have learned some really cool new tricks.

I learned that Mommy Claire is really fun to snuggle with. I love to surprise her with super speed husky love, so I zip down the hall and into the living room and fly through the air, landing right on her while she sits on the couch! Then I flatten myself on her chest and kiss her and bury my face in her neck.

Mommy Claire says "ow" when I do that. Mommy Cate said I have to stop because Mommy Claire still has broken ribs and I weigh 37 pounds, but I think Mommy Claire secretly really likes it, cause she laughs and cries at the same time.

I also learned that Mommy Cate's neck is super ticklish. If she blocks me trying to get my tongue in her nose I climb on her and lick her neck. Works every time! The other day I super scored and touched my tongue to hers!! It's so funny to hear her make the funny noises she makes when I make her happy like that. Kind of like "Ack, omigod, ugh!" Mommy Cate is so silly!

Gotta run, I think the door is about to open!

--Dief

I'm being oppressed!!

2009-01-14T09:00:00.002-05:00

My moms won't let me run, or jump, or PLAY.

First Mommy Cate took me to this place that was kind of like a vet. They petted me and gave me a shot, and when I woke up my tummy hurt.

Now she says I have to be CALM for 10 days.

Say what??

She put me in the living room for a minute and put the gate across the door, telling me I had to lie down. So of course, I jumped on the loveseat, and then onto the arm, and then LEAPED over the gate and splatted on the ground. Man, that rocked. I'm so strong! Mommy Cate screamed "DIEF!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!" but I took off running and ran smack into Echo.

She put me in my crate and I howled and howled and howled so she kept me beside her all day yesterday - on a LEASH!

I know she's wrong, and that to get better I need TONS of jumping and playing and running. Can someone please tell her she's got it backwards? It's getting tough to catch the mommies off guard so I can run through the house.

By the way mommies, I'M STARVING! I know you're feeding me my usual amount of food, but I need like twice that right now. I had to jack some of Sabre's food this morning which made mommy Cate mad. Sabre wasn't too happy either. If only you'd just give me more food I wouldn't have to do that.

Anyway, I'm miserable. Someone please call the mommies and tell them that I need extra play and jumping.

Thanks

-- Frustrated Dief

WHERE is the OFF switch?

2009-01-13T16:20:00.002-05:00

I know Dief must have one...

She's supposed to be taking it easy. She's worse than normal. Jump, attack Echo, run, ARGH.

10 days to keep her calm? How the heck do you accomplish that with a HUSKY?

*sigh*

Cate

Dief is home

2009-01-12T18:46:00.001-05:00

She's not feeling so great, but she's home from the vet and appears to be just fine. I'm sure she'll be updating everyone soon.

We've passed on gentle hugs and kisses from all of you.

Cate

Something is wrong. Very, very wrong. Need assistance.

2009-01-12T13:40:00.005-05:00

Echo here, writing on Dief's blog.

I'll get to the point. Dief is missing and she didn't go to PetSmart.

#1) Mom Cate told her that she was going to "spay" today. Dief thought she meant play. I don't know what spay means, but mom never used that word before.

#2) Mom Claire got up with Mom Cate and conspired to get stuff out to the truck this morning.

#3) Dief asked Mom Cate for some water and she said "Sorry Babe, not today." We always get water, but the Moms picked up the water bowls so we couldn't get to them until after Dief left.

#4) Mom Cate took Dief out the door WITHOUT breakfast. We just don't do that in this house. We got fed after they left, but Dief got nothing.

#5) Today is a work day. Mom Cate never takes us with her on work days.

#6) The moms were stressed this morning. Not enough to show it to us, but I can smell it.

#7) It's past lunch time and they still aren't here. That's two meals missed. Dief will starve.

Mom Claire will NOT let me go track them. I need someone to come bust me out so I can do my job. I know I can find them if I can get out.

Please come ASAP. I'm waiting by the front door.

Regards,

Echo.

Someone post bail please.

2009-01-08T12:32:00.003-05:00

I'm in jail again. Mommy Claire said I have to be in jail until the red clay dries. All I did was have a spa day, laying in the red mud hole I dug.

Thanks,

-- captive Dief

Pictures!

2009-01-06T08:15:00.005-05:00

Okay, so I outgrew my crate and the Mommies gave me Sabre's for now. He's been saying he'd like to walk around at night and he promised not to eat anything he shouldn't, like an iPod, so they are letting him free for now. Me, I still gotta be jailed. It's okay, I like being in a cave, but we're all a little confused about where we should be.

Mommy Cate said something about me being booked for "spaying" Monday. I think she meant playing, so I'm looking forward to it!

Anyway, here's some pictures!

The buffalo toy Santa brought me

Me looking at Mommy Claire. She had Cheez-its.

Me practicing the evil eye look

Me in my new jail

Well, it's raining and there is red mud to be had. My holes should now be full of lovely red water too! Bye!

--Dief

Busted!

2008-12-28T08:44:00.004-05:00

Man, I love red clay, but I hate the drowning that happens after I play in it. So today is "punish poor Dief" day. Mommy Cate will be setting down lots of mulch and blocking all my lovely yard holes with something. She's also trimming my nails because she said I fought too hard in the bath. I mean, what does she expect when she tries to drown me, just sit quietly and let her kill me? Sheesh.

This was me being captured by Mommy Cate:

By the way, Ozzie, is this YOU???
Husky Steals Bone from Supermarket

By all, gotta go hide from the dremel nail eater.

--Dief

Happy Christmas Everyone!

2008-12-25T21:17:00.004-05:00

Happy Christmas from Echo, Sabre, and ME!

We had a great day. New toys, Christmas dinner (potatoes, carrots, and some of mommy Claire's sausage) and lots of snuggles and kisses. Mommy Cate brushed out Echo and Sabre. She took a picture. She said we have a whole 'nother puppy there! I tried to get it to play with me, but it wouldn't.

Special hugs to Ozzie! Love you bro!

Sabre

Sleepy Echo

ME!

What's left of my brothers.

-- Dief

We have a ghost dog!

2008-12-24T09:51:00.005-05:00

I keep telling the mommies that the house is haunted. They don't believe me!

Sometimes, late at night when I'm looking out the sliding glass doors into our back yard and wishing I was eating pinecones, I see the ghost!

I think it's a girl, and she's a husky my size! At first she looks nice and friendly but then when I look at her close she looks a little mean. When I growl at her she gets a REALLY mean look on her face like she's growling back!

She has to be a ghost, because a live dog would smell like dog and a dead one would smell bad. I keep trying to tell the mommies, but they just laugh and laugh while I try to keep the ghost dog out.

It is my sworn duty now to guard the mommies against this ghost dog every night. If someone could please tell my mommies I'd appreciate it, because they don't listen to me.

PS - Echo and Sabre don't believe me either.

PPS - Happy Christmas Eve!

--Worried Dief

In case you wondered

2008-12-23T10:46:00.003-05:00

An update about me:

* I'm 30 pounds now!
* I'm 4 months old.
* I have my 4 front top big girl teeth, and I just lost a side baby tooth.
* My vet just gave me a rabies shot, so I apparently have rabies now. Not sure how that works or why I'd want it, but it stung.
* I love to give kisses!

My newest picture:

Dief and Ozzie's Great Adventure!

2008-12-15T07:50:00.007-05:00

So Sunday was my play date with my litter brother Ozzie. We had sooo much fun. We played, and fought, and tumbled and ran. Then we fought some more. We were playing in the yard and I found a fresh pile one of my big brothers left, so I rolled Ozzie in it. Sorry Oz!

Ozzie and I look so different now! I'm super fuzzy and he's all nice and neat looking. Darn humidity! Mommy Cate says I'm a "chunk", but I don't know what that means. All I know is it is fun to hear her say "oof" when she picks me up. I think she's trying to bark. So cute.

I got to meet John and Kelly, Ozzie's humans. They're pretty nice!

Ozzie lost two teeth biting me while we played. I didn't feel a thing! I'm husky tough! Oz, I'll mail your teeth if I find them.

ps Oz, my brother Echo said you didn't follow through on your claim that you could beat him up.

Here's the pictures!

This is Oz playing vampire.

This is us touching noses the hard way.

This is Oz trying to smother me.

Mommy Cate tries to wipe poop off of Ozzie after I rolled him in it.

Ozzie tries to escape, but I grab him by the tail.

Oz gets away. I totally let him.

Oz tries to use me as a pillow.

Me. I'm so pretty.

This is us playing looking fierce. Oz is on the left.

Us again. Oz on the left again.

I can't wait for the next play date! Loves ya OZ!

--Dief

I don't like Mommy Cate anymore.

2008-12-08T14:42:00.004-05:00

Last night Mommy Cate had to make stuff in her shop downstairs. That's the place she caught me with the husky trap, but I still LOVE to go in there and play.

However, last night, she captured me and threw me in a PLAYPEN. She said "Look Dief, you're right beside me and I can lean over and kiss you on the nose. I have orders to fill, so hush. You're fine!"

And, yes, it's true. I could get a kiss whenever I wanted but I *HATE* when she works.

#1 - She ignores me. She says she can't solder if she's looking at me cause she'll burn the shop down.
#2 - She makes LOUD noises with her hammer.
#3 - She ignores me.
#4 - She makes smelly things when she uses her stuff to "oxidize silver".
#5 - She ignores me.
#6 - She tells me to be quiet for just one minute while she concentrates. Like I'm not concentrating too? I'm concentrating on all the talking and howling! It doesn't just HAPPEN.
#7 - She ignores me.
#8 - She doesn't let me eat the shiny rocks if she drops them. She also doesn't let me play with the stuff she makes.

So, I have decided that since Mommy Cate has decided I need to hang out with her when she works downstairs that I'm not going to be her friend anymore.

*grumble* *grumble* *howl*

--Dief

I have pictures!!!

2008-12-02T10:48:00.008-05:00

Click the pictures to see them bigger!

My brother Sabre makes the best pillow.

Me after Mommy tried to drown me. 3 days of rain and I get punished for playing in the red mud??

I have a PIZZA BONE! The Mommies and Carmen got pizza, and when they were done they gave us the bones. YUM! Sabre ate his fast, so he was asking me "Are you gonna eat that?"

Me and Sabre, just chilling.

My brother Echo trying to eat me. I love this picture cause I looks tough in Echo's mouth.

Mommy Claire is Getting Better!

2008-12-02T08:32:00.002-05:00

So this weekend, Mommy Claire was in bed and Mommy Cate lifted me up. Mommy Claire and I did some play fighting, and it was sooo much fun I fell off the bed. Mommy Cate picked me back up and then I learned that I can run and jump real high off the bed, and get pretty far when I land. Mommy Cate made a funny squeak when I did it the first time, but then she remembered that I am super husky strong and it doesn't hurt me. I did try to run and jump back on the bed and realized I'm a little short. I almost made it though. I really didn't appreciate the Mommies laughing when I bounced backward and landed on my butt on the floor.

Mommy Cate had to go to work yesterday and Carmen had to go back to some place called the Army, so Mommy Claire babysat me yesterday! This was the first time since she got attacked by that surgeondog. She said she actually had a median sternotomy, but I dunno what that means. I do know it means that she can't pick me up cause I'm too heavy; I'm 23 pounds!!! AWOOOOOOO!

So yesterday I was all confused, and kept asking to go out. I'd come back in, but I'd see that she wasn't up to playing, so I'd ask to go right back out again. Then when she still wouldn't play I peed on the floor by her desk. Sorry Mom, dunno what came over me.

So anyway, Mommy Cate left for work this morning and told me I have to behave. I gave her kisses the whole time she was trying to tie her shoes. That's SOOO funny cause she gets annoyed but still likes it, so she doesn't tell me off. I gotta go back to sleep for a while until Mommy Claire can get up and let me out of my cave.

Oz, my brother, you gotta tell Mommy Cate where we should meet up! She pulled me out of my Sunday class at PetSmart. I know all the commands already and there was only one other dog. She wanted me to socialize, but I know how to do that already. I got Sunday afternoon available now!

--Dief

WOW! I love Thanksgiving!

2008-11-28T08:43:00.003-05:00

Mommy Cate and Carmen made "Thanksgiving" dinner yesterday. Mommy Claire couldn't really do much because she still is getting over that dog attack. Some dog called a SURGEON attacked her chest. Her booboo still looks pretty rough.

Anyway, Mommy Cate didn't go to work yesterday, which was awesome just on its own, but then they started cooking all these GREAT smells. I was pretty sad when the three of them started eating all that wonderful food because we'd just had kibble for lunch.

Sabre and Echo kept telling me to wait for it. They said they'd had lots of Thanksgivings, and that the pack leaders always made them a plate of food after they were done. I was pretty excited, and sure enough, Carmen and Mommy Cate made us all a plate of everything! I had turkey, gravy, potatoes, carrots and a little bit of something called a roll. It was SOOOO good I licked my plate over and over. Then, for normal dinner, we got a little kibble with a little bit more of all that great stuff!

Man, I love this Thanksgiving thing. I'm a pretty lucky puppy!

--Dief

Carmen's nose!

2008-11-26T07:27:00.002-05:00

This is really fun to stick your tongue in. Carmie was sleeping yesterday and I stuck my tongue in her nose as far as I could! I got it almost all the way in.

She yelped and said I hit her brain!

Hahahahahaha. Carmen is SO funny. I'm gonna try it again today when she isn't expecting it.

Oh yeah, and I'm 21 pounds now!!! Husky power!!

--Dief

Man, what a weekend!

2008-11-25T07:26:00.004-05:00

So get this, Sunday night Carmen left and Mommy Claire went to sleep early so Mommy Cate headed down to the FUN PLACE. She calls it her studio. I don't know what that means, but she says she's still not unpacked yet. That means there are lots of boxes and stuff leaning against the wall to play obstacle course with. There's a door that opens to the backyard, and she leaves it open while she does something she calls metalsmithing. I love running around the whole room and hiding behind a box so Mommy Cate says "DIEF!! Where are you?" Then I bolt and run the rest of the room and shoot out the door before she can catch me. It's really fun when she has the fire thing in her hand, cause she gets REALLY annoyed.

Well, I guess she must have gotten tired of me doing that because she put a HUSKY TRAP in the room!!! I snuck behind the door, where this sticky thing was on the floor. Mommy Cate SAYS she forgot it was there and the old people that lived here had wanted to relocate a mouse. I don't know what a mouse is, but I know it was to trap me!

Anyway, I snuck back in to her studio and made sure she was working on something with her magic fire tool so she was distracted. I decided I wanted to start my run behind the door, so I snuck back there.

But then this husky trap grabbed my back foot! I cried and ran and ran so fast. I ran behind all the boxes, trying to get away. Stuff was falling down all around me as I tore through the room. I saw Mommy Cate shut off her fire and yell "DIEF!!!! STOP DESTROYING EVERYTHING!", but all I could do was keep running, trying to get away from the thing grabbing my foot!! I ran into the clear area of the room where Mommy Claire's picture taking stuff is going to be. Mommy Cate saw me running and saw me looking at my foot!

I broke for the door, but Mommy Cate grabbed me up. The husky trap still had me, so I had to wriggle and wriggle and try to get away. Mommy Cate was telling me to calm down!

Calm DOWN? I had a husky trap on my foot!! That must mean she was in on it! I fought even harder to get away, but somehow she carried me up the stairs and opened the sliding door to get in the house. The husky trap STILL had me and Mommy Cate was LAUGHING!

She opened the pantry door and got OIL! I've seen her use that when she cooks stuff! I thought "Oh no, she's going to EAT ME!!!!" so I fought even harder still, since she only had me with one arm. Somehow she still wrestled me into the kitchen sink. She held me with one arm while she opened the oil, and then she started to pour it on my trapped foot. That was the last straw. I knew she had fattened me up enough and was going to have me for dinner. So, I flipped myself over in the sink but she got me anyway - cooking oil all over my back and tail instead!

She was laughing and telling me I was a crazy animal, and to be still already! Like I should just let her cook me? I don't think so. She started to put oil on my paw and got the husky trap off. Then she ran warm water and started to WASH me! I knew the pot couldn't be far behind, so I started trying to jump out of her arms while she was rubbing the oil in.

She grabbed me and muttered something about "crazy husky." You'll never guess what she tried to do next! She took me to the drowning place! Of course, that makes sense. It's easier to cook me if I'm drowned, right? So I fought all the way up the stairs. Mommy put me in the drowning place and spent about 15 minutes trying to prep me for dinner! She put this soap on me (I think it's like salt or pepper or something) and was rubbing it all over me. I fought SO hard. She was saying her back was starting to hurt and would I please calm down. In the end she gave up trying to drown me, and grabbed a towel. After she towel dried me off, she just sat down and started laughing at me. The good news was she didn't eat me after all. But I have to watch her now. I gave her dirty looks all night to let her know that I was on to her.

Well, the next morning, she feeds me and is all nice and sweet. Then she takes me to the truck and puts me in the crate! She never does that. She normally feeds us and goes to work. She didn't take my brothers, just ME. I yelled for help the whole time in the truck but we didn't pass any police officers. We finally got to the place where she took me in and started talking about me being there for doggie daycare. I don't know what that means, but she left me!

Anyway, all day long I was miserable. The people there weighed me, stole my poop and looked at it (I wasn't done with it yet either!), and then a big mosquito bit me. The people at my new home really liked me, but I was so sad. They said I was super smart, because I know sit, down, come and stay already. I didn't eat all my lunch or dinner because I was missing everyone, and wondering what I did that made Mommy Cate try to cook me and then sell me.

But then she finally came back! Oh, I was so happy!

So I got back home last night and Carmen was back! YAY! Sabre and Echo were still there. Carmen told Mommy Cate that Sabre was on "hunger strike," but as soon as Carmen gave me some food Sabre ate all his. My brothers and I played really hard for 3 hours before we finally went to sleep.

So I'm okay now, and home with Carmen. If anyone could please tell Mommy Cate that it's not nice to trap huskies, I'd appreciate it.

--Dief

Look! I'm a shepherd!!!!

2008-11-17T13:38:00.002-05:00

Okay, I tried again! This time I think I have more of the effect I was looking for in my quest to look like my brothers (red and black german shepherds). I learned that if you ROLL in the red clay you loosened up, you get a much better look.

I gotta go call the humane society to save me from the drowning place now before Carmen gets back!

White headed stepchild, again.

2008-11-17T09:38:00.005-05:00

So Mommy Cate is back at work and now Carmen (my sis) is taking care of Mommy Claire all by herself while she gets better. Mommy Claire looks like she got in a bad fight. She's got a big boo-boo from her collar area to her tummy. So I'm not allowed to really play with her and all of us have to sit nice and let Mommy Claire pet us one by one.

So, this morning Carmie put me outside while she did stuff with Mommy Claire. Well, my brothers always tease me cause I look different. They say I'm the white headed stepchild of the family. So I looked at the red clay in the yard and thought, "AHA! I can make myself RED like them!"

I did pretty good, got almost half myself their color, and dug a really cool deep hole while I was at it. Then Carmen saw me and yelled.

Next thing I know I'm being hauled up and she took a picture of me before taking me to the drowning spot. She calls it a bathtub, but I know what water does. It drowns huskies! Luckily I fought really hard and I'm strong enough now to not be drowned. However, she took my red off!!!

So yeah, I think I'm in trouble. *sigh*

If anyone knows how to make the red stay on without the drowning spot removing it, please email me.

-- sad white dief

Not happy right now

2008-11-09T04:18:00.002-05:00

I can't find Mommy Claire. Mommy Cate and my sister Carmen keep coming to the house to feed us and let us play for a little while, then going back to someplace called a hospital icu.

I'm really sad. I don't really like eating right now, because I think we should be out looking for her. Echo and Sabre told me they can track her. They used to do that for a job. But they can't get out of the house and yard to do it. Echo keeps trying. Mommy Claire always stays home with us, while Mommy Cate goes to work every day. We don't know what to do without her.

Echo is so sad. He's Mommy Claire's special boy, like Sabre is Mommy Cate's. Echo keeps sleeping at the top of the stairs, where he can see Mommy Claire's bedroom and watch the front door, just in case she appears.

Sabre won't eat unless Mommy Cate is home. Nobody really feels like playing. Mommy Claire left for the hospital Friday morning at 5 to get a tumor removed, but she's still not back. Mommy Cate said she's doing okay, but we won't see her for a few more days still.

-- Sad Dief

Happy 75thday Birthday to me!

2008-11-06T09:23:00.002-05:00

I'm 75 and 16 pounds!! Whoo hoo! I think I get cake. I should get cake. Or be allowed to chew on the chair or something.

I like digging. Red clay is fun. I look awesome with red hair like my mommies. I hate baths.

Gotta run! I know I must have presents SOMEWHERE.

-- Dief

My brother Sabre is my best bud.

2008-10-29T13:40:00.006-04:00

What could be better than hanging with your bro on the deck, in the nice cool weather, overlooking your kingdom?

Man, what a crazy few days!

2008-10-28T10:00:00.004-04:00

So much to catch up on! Let's see...

Saturday Mommy Cate took me to see Dr. Travis, a nice lady at some place called Mercy Animal Hospital. I told her I wasn't sick, but nooo... she stuffed me in my crate and threw me in the car anyway. The ride itself wasn't too bad. Mom had the radio on and I sang really loud the ENTIRE way there. Mommy called it howling, I think that means I'm really good at it.

Dr. Travis was a nice lady. She petted me and gave me a "special" cookie cause she said something about worms. I dunno. It was a pretty good cookie. She rubbed my belly and said I was a good puppy. Then a really big mosquito BIT me! Thankfully Dr. Travis knew right where it stung me and scratched it for me. Mommy said something about being good with shots. I dunno what that means, but I hope Dr. Travis makes sure no more big bugs are there to bite me next time.

So, this weekend Mommy Cate said she was tired of my wiggling when she carried me down the stairs outside, and after I showed her I could run up them myself she decided that I could learn how to go up and down. Our stairs are about 8' tall. You go down some and then you have a nice big place to lay in the sun. Then you go down more and you're on the ground!

Mommy put a halter on me. She said I can be a big girl and do it myself as long as she has a leash on my halter and can keep me from falling. A couple of times she let me go down the last few steps on my own. I learned that if you jump from the third step it doesn't feel real good. Sabre jumped from the second so I tried that and I splatted on my chin. So now I just do a BIG jump from the first step for style.

After 3 days of making sure I was okay, I decided this morning to show Mommy Claire I was big enough on my own. So when she opened the door to let my brothers out, I zipped out really fast and surprised her! I waited for Sabre at the "landing" and had him walk down with me. Then I peed and went up a few stairs and waited for my big brother Sabre to escort me back up. He's really sweet. Mommy Claire was just shaking her head and looking shocked but I'm pretty sure she's proud of me!

This is me on my new stairs. I'm the queen of the world!

So, I got a lot more to talk about but right now I think Sabre needs me to play tug of war, so BYE!!!!

Oh yeah, and a big husky howl to my brother Ozzie!

-- Dief

NOT sleepy!

2008-10-23T13:51:00.005-04:00

Hahahaha. The mommies kept saying they wanted me to sleep ALL night. So I am sorta. I do wake up and ask if they're still there at 3am, but I don't have to go out now, so I just go back to sleep.

But Mommy Claire wants me to sleep during the day too? HAH! I got non-stop HUSKYPOWER now!

I don't know why Mommy Claire and Sabre and Echo are all crying together in the corner.

By the way, I'm being tortured! Mommy Cate bought a "play-yard" for me outside so Mommy Claire could do things like "eat and stuff and just have five minutes, just five minutes of peace and quiet!" during the day. But I'm in JAIL! NOT fair. Someone call the humane society please, I'm being abused!

Rocketbutt

2008-10-22T15:51:00.006-04:00

Mommy Claire gave me a new name! My new name is Rocketbutt. I think it's pretty funny. I'm really fast, and now I've figured out that if one of the mommies has me outside that they have to catch me to make come inside!! It's a great way to exercise your humans, and really fun!

The mommies have been working on clearing out small trees and stuff on the small fence. They just bought this house 3 weeks before they got me, so they still have a lot of work to do. I'm a big strong helper, so I pitched in. I won't say I did ALL the hard work, but pictures pretty much speak for themselves:

Queen of the Hill

2008-10-17T08:17:00.005-04:00

So, I've been pretty busy figuring stuff out at my new house, so I'm a little late posting. I kept Mommy Claire *super* busy yesterday. Humans need lots of exercise so you really gotta keep 'em moving, you know. I had a whole bunch of shortcuts I found between the living room and office. There's a couch there that separates the two, and I can wriggle behind and squeeze from room to room. It's really FUN because then the mommies have to run all the way around through the kitchen to nab me on the other side, and when they get to me I can shoot through again to the other room. Hahahahaha, man, that game is so much fun.

Mommy Cate tried to block the way with a box the other night. I ran real fast and tried to jump through the little space at the top. I got stuck in midair with my belly on the box. OOF. I couldn't touch the ground with my back paws, and my front legs and head were stuck Superman style through the front. Mean Mommy Cate was laughing really hard while she unsqueezed me, but I got her back by attacking that box of hers. Mommy Claire tried to block me out yesterday too, but I'm just THAT good. Can't touch this!

Mommy Claire told Mommy Cate I go 2000 miles per hour! I'm super fast! Glad she realizes what a big strong girl I am :D

Sabre and I are now best buddies. We play all the time. I have a new fun thing to do! I climb on his back from one side and then slide down to the floor on the other! It's SOOOO much fun. I never get tired of it.

Oh yeah, and let me tell you about my GREAT thing this morning! This is HUGE! Mommy Cate was getting dressed real quick while she thought we were all in the kitchen, but I snuck by and guess what? I climbed the stairs to the second floor all by myself!!!!

Mommy Cate was running around calling my name - it was SOOO funny. I hid upstairs and laughed and laughed. She had no idea I was hiding at the TOP of the stairs. She didn't think I could make it all the way up there. So she told Sabre to 'Find Dief!' cause he's a search dog and knows my name now. So stupid stinky Sabie came up the stairs to tell on me. But mom still didn't believe I was up there so she called Sabre back down. I think she was getting pretty upset so I came down. She saw me coming down (I was almost down to the bottom!) and she never even said what a super strong girl I am. Oh well, at least I know now I have a WHOLE NOTHER HOUSE at the top to explore!!!

WOOOO HOOOOO!

-Dief

I got him pinned Mom, count to 3 quick!!

2008-10-15T15:38:00.004-04:00

Ha ha Sabre, girls rule and boys drool!

Wow, yesterday was fun!

2008-10-15T08:44:00.005-04:00

I'm really smart. Just so you know. Smart, fast and cute. I learned a lot of new stuff yesterday, and I'm dying to tell you about it!

First - some pictures! This picture is the three of us. The boys are sleeping, and I'm planning my next attack. I have to do this with my eyes closed so I can keep the element of surprise:

This is my picture where I caught my brother Echo. Mommy Claire wouldn't let me string him upside down like those fish pictures, so I had to go for the traditional hunter pose:

So anyway, what I learned yesterday:

#1 - I have mastered the "go outside" command. I figured out that as long as I don't pee in the house, and I at least pee a little outside, I can make the moms carry me down the stairs several times a day so I can play outside and drag small trees around the yard.

#2 - Oh yeah, I made a killer new game! It's called German Shepherd Springboard and it is soooo much fun. Check this out. What you need for the game is an escape plan (like my small secret passage behind the couch that separates the office from the living room), a German Shepherd brother that is either sleeping or just about to fall asleep (you need them to be REALLY still for this), and a good long area to build up speed in a run. Go to your starting place, pretend you're about to go to sleep, then launch yourself at FULL SPEED at your brother and jump so you land right on his back and then jump again from that point. You'll go REALLY high in the air!! Make sure you give a little WOOO HOOOO yell while you're in the air for extra cool points. You'll land a little hard, so you'll lose a few seconds while you pick yourself up. Plan for that. Next, run super duper fast to your escape route so your brother can't catch you and tell you off. Hahahahaha. I just LOVE this game!!

#3 - Mommy Cate has changed my name. For some reason my name is now Diefno! I don't get it. Silly mommy.

#4 - A super cool trick is to wait until Mommy Claire is taking a break from watching me and doing stuff on her computer while Mommy Cate is far enough away that she can't catch me. This is a sneak attack so you have to pretend you're gonna go to sleep, then explode into a super duper fast run, dive under Mommy Claire's desk, grab the mouse cable with your mouth, and keep running as fast as you can! Okay, it hurts a little when the mouse slams against the wall and it flips you on your back, but Mommy Claire's face is SOOO funny that it's worth it!!

Gotta go, Sabre's just about to fall asleep and I see some potential springboard action!

-Dief

Cesar Millan

2008-10-14T15:53:00.005-04:00

Mommy Claire likes to let us watch Cesar so we can see dogs on TV. Today he showed he has a husky!! He uses the husky to get other dogs really excited!! So that's what MY job is!!

WOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO

Mommy Claire is sitting on the floor crying real quiet now. Silly mommy. I bet she needs me to bite her toes or something.

Gotta go do my job now!! Sabre's almost asleep. I'm gonna go wake him up by sneak attacking him!!

-Dief

Hello World!

2008-10-14T12:36:00.001-04:00

Hi! My name is Diefenbaker, but you can call me Dief. I'm named after the "wolf" from the show Due South. The wolf was really a Siberian Husky like me. I also answer to "OUCH" and "you little imp!" and "howler". I'm 7 weeks old, my favorite things are chewing, howling, and terrorizing people, rugs, walls and my new brothers.

My new alphas are Cate and Claire, and I also live with two really big German Shepherds. They're both smelly boys, and they're named Echo and Sabre. I thought people might be entertained by my adventures, so I started this blog.

This is me:

This is my oldest brother in the pack, Echo, drowning me with his 5 foot tongue again:

Echo and I get along great, although he says he really doesn't like me biting his tail. It's fun, so I'm not sure why he doesn't like it. I can usually get a few good jump attacks in on him before he catches me. I run fast and can escape through small places he can only get his nose.

This is my other brother Sabre, who keeps telling me he's confused. He says I smell like a dog but I don't look like one or even sound like a real dog. I howl and talk at him, but he just keeps looking at me funny like he doesn't understand. I guess I need to learn to speak German or something. I think he's still trying to tell if I'm some really cool new toy. He stepped on my paw this morning, which really hurt because he's a heavy butt. I growled at him and pounced him and play-bowed twice trying to get him to take me on so I could show him I was tough, but I think he felt bad about making me cry. I hate looking like a sissy, so I'll have to beat him up when he's not looking. This is a picture of him staring at me trying to figure out where my batteries go. I don't know what batteries are, but I told him I don't think I have any. He just gave me that look again:

I don't think he's too smart.

I've lived with them for 4 days now, I left my old family on Saturday. A lot has happened since then, but Claire needs to feed me now cause my tummy hurts.

Bye!

Dief