Long Live the King!

Hey Pups!

It's me, Sky! I've become top dog in this kingdom. The Queen and the Annoying one, or should we call him "Court Jester"?, have been doing a good job of getting into trouble this week. The annoying one even had the audacity to misbehave the day before his birthday. Stoopid, Stoopid, Stoopid!

First I will share the pictures of Canyon's destruction (Mom's even considering making him go to his great during the day again)

These were the dinosaurs the little biped brought home from Grandma's house. They had been mom's when she was little. In all fairness though, mom was not totally upset with Canyon, she did tell the little biped she shouldn't have left them on the floor. Mom knew it was him because he can't act innocent for anything. STOOPID! He chewed the heads, tails, and feet off. Khrya says these were dinosaurs from the Plasticene Age, Ha roo rooo rooo roooo!

This was the sight when mom came home early on Thursday!

Apparently the Queen likes to sort through the little biped socks....I wonder if she found any matches? She didn't chew any of them, just took them out of a laundry basket and scattered them.

So, in light of all these events, this is the new position I have chosen.

RULER OF THE RED CARPET!

It's good to be King! But being King is hard work and very tiring...

Just goes to prove once again that I am the BEST DOG IN THE WORLD!

I also learned I get to go to the Greater Reading Pet Expo today and tomorrow to help support MaPaw. I will get to wear a vest and walk around, doing my best to get my human subjects to donate their money to MaPaw to help other huskies like me. I'll give you all a pupdate on the event when I recooperate. I will be very tired. I get to go with mom and dad because they say Kelsey Ann is too cranky and Canyon acts like too much of a spaz around new people.

Kisses, Sky boy

Happy Barkday to my Forever Puppy!

Note to all: I allowed mom to write this post tonight since she promised me extra special treats and snuggles, Kelsey Ann

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Everyone's favorite huskador on his adoption day!

Hi All!

I am happy to announce our "little" puppy Canyon is now two years old. Canyon is the first puppy I have ever raised and we couldn't have asked for a better "best friend" for our daughter. We decided to keep him and failed foster puppy transport because our daughter immediately took to him and they were, right away, like two peas in a pod. She calls him her best friend all the time, it is SOOOO sweet. We are so happy we've been able to give him a loving forever home after the early beginnings he had.

Canyon is a wonderful blend of Siberian husky and Labrador retriever, hence the huskador title. The Siberian side of him is ultra playful. He has been a great companion for Sky. Kelsey Ann was getting to old to want to play with Sky and Canyon has filled that role well. The Labrador side of him is loyal and easy-going. It is nice to have one dog who wants to be with you all the time. Canyon sleeps in bed with me every night when Dad is away on business. The Labrador in him also allows him to alert us when there is someone outside, which the two non-territorial huskies in this house would never do!

As much as Kelsey complains about Canyon, he is a wonderful dog and we couldn't have asked for a better addition to our family. We hope he has many more happy years here and our daughter has her "puppy" to love and care for. I know he will always be my puppy!

Today's Trip

Mom and Dad promised I would get to go somewhere to see prey today. This morning when I woke up, I was really sore. It's the worst it has ever been. I was doing a lot of crying and was really cranky with everyone! I got my Rimadyl in the morning with breakfast. This week, I was alternating between two doses and one dose each day as we try and find the lowest effective dose. Yesterday was a one dose day. It helped some, but I was still really sore.

The bipeds left around 11:30 this morning. The little biped went to Dama's and Paw-paw's while Mom and Dad went to the toy store to buy some birthday presents for the little biped (her birthday will be in May). When they came back, I made sure they noticed I was still really sore. They took pity on me and gave me another dose of medicine. They weren't sure if I should go on the trip, but decided some exercise might be good to help stretch out some of the soreness.

Around 4 today, we got in the Sibe Vibe and took a ride to Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area. The picture to the left is of me once we got there and we were unloaded out of the car.

As we started down the trail, it appeared that there was a lot of snow on the fields. There were a lot of people standing and looking at this snow. As we got closer, I realized that the snow was moving around some and even seemed to be flying away! Then I noticed some sounds coming from the snow! Wait... this must not be snow. This must be the prey that Mom and Dad were talking about! It was snow geese and tundra swans. Here's some pictures of what we saw.

Me and the little biped - see the geese flying in the background

The tundra swans

Thousands of geese

Unfortunately, Mom and Dad kept me on a leash the whole time, so I couldn't go chasing them. (In reality, I didn't feel up to it). Dad tried to help me get into the car after the short walk and I was so sore I didn't want to be touched. I ended up biting his hand because I was scared it would hurt. The walk helped me feel better, I just was having a very bad day. Tomorrow, Dad's going to call Dr. Horst to see about getting some other kind of medicine for really bad days. He had suggested that opiates may be available for severe pain. But, even though I was very sore - I had a great time looking at the birds and spending time with the bipeds without Sky and the Annoying One.

Woo woo, Kelsey Ann

(I'll share more pics later, blogger was being tempermental like me tonight!)

Arch Nemesis Returns

Hey Everydoggy,

I would like to share some bad and good news with you all. I'll start with the tragic news.

A few weeks ago, Mom noticed that the hoses on the vacuum cleaner were torn. She and Dad had to take it to the service center at the retailer for repairs. Four years ago when they got the vacuum, they also got the service plan. This means this repair was covered. When Dad dropped it off, he even talked the man at the store into replacing the electrical cord Canyon had chewed when he was a dumb puppy(Dad repaired it so it was safe, but it was held together with wire nuts and electrical tape).

We were really enjoying the house as it started to fill up with husky hair over the last two weeks, but today the Dyson returned. So, tonight we all had to run away when Mom started it up to clean up the floors. What a downer...

The good news is that I got a Royal Red Carpet since I'm the Queen! Dr. Horst had suggested carpet runners may be helpful to me on the hardwood floors. Mom thought she would test this theory and bought a runner for the hallway and one to put at my food dish so that I won't slip when I'm eating. The one at the food dish is my Royal Red Carpet. Here's a picture.

You can see I am not totally convinced of this theory yet. Mom says in time I will get used to my carpet and put all my feety feet on it.

More good news! I overheard mom and dad talking about taking the little biped somewhere special tomorrow. They are taking her to see something that only happens during this time of year. They also talked about taking me along because they said "Kelsey is the least prey-driven of all of them and the other two got to go to the playdate two weeks ago". Woo Hoo! Car ride! Hmmm...I wonder what we are going to see that mom and dad would have to worry about us hunting prey????? Any ideas????

Until tomorrow, Woo woo, Kelsey Ann

(dreaming tonight of bunnies, opossums and other little furry things. Yum!)

Life is Good!

Does it get any better than this???
Puppy slurps, Canyon

Read Across America Day!

Hey Everydoggy!

I know you haven't heard from me for awhile. The boys have been hogging the blog while I've been trying to rest and let my new medicine work. But now I am back and feeling great!

Today was a special day in schools across America. It was Read Across America day in honor of Dr.Seuss's birthday. His birthday was really yesterday, March 2, but kids don't have school on Sundays so they celebrated today. We think Dr. Seuss books are really silly. Some of our favorites are:

Green Eggs and Ham: all about not judging foods before you try them

The Lorax: about being kind to our environment

How the Grinch Stole Christmas: a story about the true giving spirit of Christmas

We'd like to direct you back to a blog post we did in October. This is how bedtime goes at our house.

I leave you tonight with a quote by Dr. Seuss:

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

Good night and sleep tight, doggies!

Woo woo, Kelsey Ann

(Now go read to your bipeds!)

Super Husky Spill Control

Hey Pups!

For lunch today, the little biped had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a glass of grape juice. She was doing pretty well and hadn't made too much of a mess after having eaten three-quarters of the sandwich...

Then, she knocked over her juice cup and the grape juice went flying. Several years ago, Dad removed all the carpet because there was nice hardwood floors underneath. I knew carpet stains wouldn't be an issue. However, the dining area and the living room area are adjacent and there is an over-sized chair that is off-white with red flowers about five feet from the dining table. This chair is behind the little biped's chair and the juice droplets were heading in that direction. I knew I needed to think and move fast. This was a job for Super Sky.

I jumped up and leaped across the room in a single bound to place myself between the flying grape juice and the off-white chair. The chair was saved, but I got hit. Mom wanted to get pictures of me right away with the juice all over me, but Dad rolled his eyes at her and said they needed to clean up first and she and I could just tell the story. As it turned out, the juice stained my white fur, so there are some pictures to prove my bravado.

See the spots on my leg?

And on my nose?

Sometimes you just have to take one for the team.

Kisses, Sky

(SMS Members- no, this was not AGJ, this was Children's GJ, no little bipeds were intoxicated during today's events!)

Snow Day Part II

Hey Pups,

Time to get back to our events of last Friday. We haven't had any new snow since last Friday but the weatherman says we might get some new, fluffy, white stuff tomorrow night. We sure hope he's right. We're not ready for spring flowers yet.

In part one you all saw how much fun Canyon and I were having and you also saw my "becoming one with the snow". The next thing we did was tear Dad away from the phone and computer, suited up the little biped like the stay-puffed-marshmallow man and headed outside.

Here's some video of an extra-large Siberian husky at work!

Here's our second try of it....


This video show how much of a spaz Canyon was being....

Mom and Dad told Canyon they would get him his own sled dog harness for next winter. Canyon acted like such a spazoid out there and got in the way....the camera goes off the side at times because Canyon yanked too hard on his leash which mom was holding and pulled her off balance. I know he was trying to be just like me. Mom and dad had hooked him up to the sled last year and he spent the entire time trying to run away from it and couldn't figure out why it was following him......ha rooo rooo rooooo!

Canyon in the way......and we lost the little biped!

I lost her again!Time to go inside....the little biped's hands were getting cold...she needs some fur on her paws! Oh,and this is Canyon eating snow!

I hope you enjoyed seeing the rest of our snow day. I must tell you I would not go back inside when they wanted me to. I sat and planted my fluffy butt right in the snow and refused to go inside. So, Mom gave in and took me for a short walk around the front yard and to see if any of the neighbors were outside. After the short jaunt I was ready to go back into the house, get some water, and take a nap!

Kisses, Sky boy

Dogtown Playdate

Hey Pups!

Sorry to interrupt our snow day series, but Canyon and I thought it was important to share what we did yesterday. Remember back in October we went to our very first playdate? Well, Mom and Dad finally took us back there to meet up with our MaPaw friends. All total there were 19 of us doggies. We were quite a sight, there was everything from little husky mixes, like Sammy girl, one of the new editors of the MaPaw foster dog blog, to a Central Asian Shepherd puppy (Khan is only 6 months old and weighs as much as Sky). There were lots of bloggin doggies there too, Sammy girl, Magnum, Guiness, Shiloh and foster Dunkin. We have some videos to share with you! Mom and Ma (from MaPaw) were so proud of how well Canyon did. He was a little scared in the beginning but was even playing with a little sibe named Mia. Mom was proud of me because I made sure no puppy was playing too rough with my little bro. She said it was very cute how I kept an eye on him.

I'm the one in the middle.....

Here's Shiloh's happy face....

This is one of MaPaw's newest senior foster dogs, Mr. Dunkin....

This is Canyon and Khan saying hi!

Here's a better picture of Khan....

This is an informal group picture.....Can you believe we got this many humans to cooperate????

We sure had lots of fun and I hope mom and dad take us back really soon. I even got some samples of pizza from mom.....yum!

Kisses, Sky boy

Snow Day Part I

Hey Pups!

We got more snow today! We all had a lot of fun playing in it. Canyon and I ran and ran and ran ALL over our dog yard. Mom got some good video of us doing our zoomies and playing. Ignore Dad in the background....he was working from home today and wouldn't be quiet when Mom was trying to video us. The other voice in the background is our little biped playing.

These first two videos are of Canyon and I playing in the snow





This is a video of me meditating and becoming one with the snow. If you look closely you can see how fast the snow was coming down....


The last video installment for today is of our "grooming" by our little biped. She takes such good care of us.


Canyon wanted me to end this snowy post with yet another Canyon Snow Snooter picture.....

Stay tuned for what we did outside later in the day with the little biped!

Kisses, Sky boy