Goodbye, Pretty Girl

Thank you all so much for your outpouring of love. We are totally overwhelmed by how many lives, human and furfriend, our dear sweet Kelsey Ann touched. She was a very special friend to us. We put this slideshow together to chronicle Kelsey's life with us through the years.

Sad woos still, Kapp pack mom, dad, little biped, Sky boy, Canyon, and little Biloxi

Heavy Heart

Kapp Pack Mom here:

It is with a very heavy heart that we had to let Kelsey Ann go today. She has been battling doggy dementia and this morning we found her stuck between the wall and couch. When my husband got her out she was unable to stand. Before I left for work she briefly tried to stand but was unable. I carried her back to her bed before I left. When I came home at noon she had gotten herself stuck partway under our dresser. I again carried her to her bed. When I came home at 3:45 she had scooted off of her bed but still could not stand.

We took her into the vet and she was very hypotensive. He ran some blood work and that was fine. But it was very apparent she was VERY, VERY sick. It was apparent that she likely had a stroke since she did not have function of the limbs on one side. We could have pushed fluids, done x-rays but that would maybe only have bought ourselves a day, week who knows. This was not anything that was going to miraculously improve. It was in her best interest that we let her go.

May she be running North of the Bridge wearing her silver harness wooing at everyone she meets!

Rest in Peace my Dear Sweet Pretty Girl!

This picture we took just last night for the MaPaw newsletter. I will forever cherish this photo..

Thank you to MaPaw for letting us adopt our pretty girl and to all the SMS members for your love and support . We gave her the best life we could and we will NEVER forget her. She taught us how to love the husky breed and we will never forget that. She will live on in all our hearts.

Blogathon Thanks

Hey Everydoggy,

Thanks for supporting Mapaw, the Kapp Pack dogs and our bipeds during the Day of Blogs this past weekend. Your donations have raised $845 for Mapaw making the weekend a huge success.

Thank you Fur the Animals, Mapaw, Army of Four, Donna, and Khyra for prize donations.

We spent all day Sunday sleeping; Mom and Dad slept some in between turns watching the little biped.

Between Saturday and Sunday, we had 1,311 hits from 585 visitors and 431 of those visitors were first-time readers of the Kapp Pack blog!!!

On Thursday night before the blogathon, we told you about Callie, a very special Mapaw dog. The latest news is she's in the hospital due to cluster seizures. She must remain until she is 12-18 hours seizure free. Please send sibe vibes (good thoughts that is, not Mom's car).

Woo woo, Kelsey Ann

Final Day of Blogs 2008 Post

Hey Everydoggy,

The end is finally here. Mom and Dad have done the final drawing for the blogathon. Here it is....

Congratulations to Randi, Kayla and Maebe's mom! They have a brand new husky blog....go check it out!

A huge husky THANK WOO to everyone who supported us with donations and to those who provided moral support into the wee hours of the night. We couldn't have done it without woo.

I leave you with one last puppy picture

Woo woo, Kelsey Ann

Kelsey - What Have You Been Telling People?

Mom here. I was reviewing posts from tonight to make sure I had all the prizes and winners listed properly. Oh, by the way - Team Husky won the Stinky Pet Spray - Congratulations!

I've found that Kelsey Ann was telling people we were giving away Biloxi as a prize. Even though she may want to get rid of him because all he does is stand and bark at her, he is not a prize on the blogathon. Adoption applications will be carefully reviewed, references will be checked, applicants will be screened on home visits, and Biloxi will be going to the best possible home after proper medical care for his broken and badly set bones. Kelsey, you should be ashamed of yourself for trying to pull something like this off. Maybe next year, we should give you away.

Stay tuned. 1 more post and 1 more prize. The Hold-the-Phone bag will be given away by drawing at 9AM.

Shower Please and last Trivia

Hey Pups,

The humans have been up for a really long time. Dad has been up since 7am yesterday and Mom since 830am yesterday. Neither of them has gotten showers since yesterday morning. We're giving away the final prize which was donated by Fur the Animals, a bottle of pet deodorant.

Other prizes during the last 23 hours have come from Khyra, Mapaw, and the Army of Four's Mom (that prize will be given away at 9am). Thank woo all for your donations!

To win this prize answer the question:

What is the adoption fee for a Mapaw dog?

When we get the answer to this question, it will become clear why Mapaw needs donations. Dogs like Brandi, Biloxi, Callie and others in the past and future have vet bills which exceed this cost. Mapaw is a non-profit so every donation (no matter how small) helps.

Oh and by the way, Congratulations to Team Husky on winning the bracelet. Did you notice when looking for the answer to this prize that the sale of one of these bracelets feeds a rescue dog for one week?

Kisses, Sky boy

Siberian Love Beads

Mapaw volunteers make these bracelets which are sold on the Mapaw website. "While they were not made by tiny Siberian paws, helpful Huskies closely monitored their design and quality control. All proceeds go to the care of the dogs"

We are giving away one of these bracelets. The picture is of samples only. Each of these bracelets is unique, so we don't know what the actual prize will look like. In order to win this, we're looking for the answer to:

If you were going to buy two of these bracelets, what would your cost be including S&H?

Congratulations to Sitka for winning the last prize of a 2007 Hike N' Howl t-shirt.

Puppy slurps, Canyon

Trivia #6

Hey Everydoggy,

The next prize is the second of the two Hike N' Howl T-shirts from the 2007 event.

Hike N' Howl will be held for the second time within the next year. It's a fund raiser between Mapaw and two other Siberian Husky/northern breed rescues in southeast PA. Hikers take their dogs with them and collect pledges for this walk. There are food stands, vendors, demonstrations of dog-related things, games, raffle, and silent auction. Your question (first right answer wins) is:

When will the next Hike N' Howl be held?

Woo woo, Kelsey Ann

The answers to the Disney dog trivia, in order, are Nana from Peter Pan, Copper from the Fox and the Hound (Tod is the fox), Bruno from Cinderella, Pluto, and Tramp from Lady and the Tramp. Good job everyone who gave answers!

It was a tie with four correct answers between Steve and Kat and Team Husky.....but when we drew names........Summer and Prince of Team Husky are the winners!!!

Disney Dogs...

Ok, we decided our criteria may be a little to high for 6AM so we are changing it to whoever gets the most correct wins the prize. In the event of a tie we will pick the names out of a bag to see who wins. Here are the pictures...

The prize is this lovely set of dog-themed note cards with envelopes. They come in their own decorative tin.

Remember, you are giving the name of the DOG not the movie...

Good luck!

Woo woo, Kelsey Ann

Get Ready...

Hey Everydoggy!

I'm up for my 6AM stroll around the house. I thought I'd give the boys a break and tell you about our next game. We will be posting five pictures of dogs from Disney movies. You will have to get four out of five right to win the prize. You will need to give the name of the dog, not the movie.

START THINKING!

Woo woo, Kelsey Ann

BTW, we had a few more donations and we are up to $830!!!!! THANK WOO!!!