New Smells!

Well, what happened yesterday wasn't what we had expected. Mom came home and let us all out and then Meadow and I had to go back into our crates (at least Mom let us room together for the evening). Out the door she went. What???? Where's the little biped??? Why are you leaving us again????

When it was almost dark Mom and the little biped came home and they both smelled really strange....I couldn't figure out what they smelled like.....was it animal, vegetable or mineral??? I decided I better look at the camera to see what the strange smells were and this is what I found...

Ducks going down a slide

A curious goat

My little biped petting a cow

Petting a goat

A 3-month old goat trying to eat my little biped

Now this was the coolest part.....my bipeds saw these awesome canine athletes. Mom told me all of them are rescued dogs just like us. They even got to meet some of the canine stars after the show and mom personally thanked the human in charge for having rescued dogs. He said he wouldn't have it any other way. I was so happy to hear that! If you look closely at the pictures you can see all kinds of awesome canine manuevers!

One happy world champion rescue dog!

They even saw the canine version of the Michael Jackson moonwalk!!!

I wish I would have been allowed to go to the fair with them. It looks like I would have had a pawsome time and maybe learned a few new tricks!

Zoomies, Brook

Note from Mom: Yesterday marked the 1 year anniversary of our dear, sweet, pretty girl Kelsey Ann. I'd like to share the memorial video again. Kelsey Ann's paws will furever be on our hearts.

Winter Solstice

Hey Pups!



In case you hadn't noticed our blog was neglected again.....and the reason this time.....my humans went to some stupid place called ARUBA. All they could talk about last night when they got home was how they would like to be back in Aruba in the 90 degree, sunny weather. Are you freakin' kidding me???



So guess what, they woke up this morning to a nice coating of snow on the ground.....that'll show you stupid humans! This winter weather is the best. I just hope we have even more as winter progresses.



Now on a more serious note.....today marks the start of winter and we call this special day Winter Solstice. On this day every year the Siberian Husky world celebrates the lives of those who have earned their wings and run free North of the Rainbow Bridge. You can learn more about it by visiting the Siberian Husky Memorial Page.

My sweet fursister, Kelsey Ann, is on the list this year. We are asking all of our friends to light a candle at 8PM tonight, face to the north, and wish all the 240 huskies on the list Godspeed and a swift trail.



Kisses, Sky boy



Pee ess: We got a special gift in the mail and I will share that with all of you tomorrow and I suppose sometime I will share some pics and info from my human's vacation.

Single Sunday (the Sky version)

Hey Pups,

Mom and I just happened to be looking back through some old pics of Kelsey Ann that she has scanned onto the laptop. We were having a good time reminiscing and then I noticed a striking similarity between a pic of Kelsey from way back when she was a single dog and of a pic mom took of Biloxi this summer....

They both were spending time at the beach, at the same campground, relaxing under a picnic table. For some reason mom has been thinking about the beach a lot lately but I'm not quite sure why....

We hope everypup had a furry good weekend!

Kisses, Sky boy

MaPaw's Newest Angel

Hey Pups,

Remember when I told you about Brandi before the blogathon?

Well, we had some sad news this past Friday. This is the email we received from Ma (of MaPaw)

Early this morning Paw and I took Brandi on one last carride and helped her on her final journey North of the Rainbow Bridge. It became apparent last night that she was ready and we told her it was OK to go, even though we would miss her. We watched her kissing Boston, and Chloe and Taser kissing her. They too knew it was time.

She was a strong girl. She survived sixteen years of abuse and was found huddled next to her sister, who had starved to death. We were so lucky to have her join us for two years and three months when she was only expected to have weeks or months.

Brandi was loved by so many, Paw and I were one of many that offered to open our hearts and home to her. She was the best gift we could ever have. We just wish we could have saved her sister. Selfishly, we mourn her deeply, but know she is alert again and free of pain now.

Thank you to everyone that loved this special girl. Brandi wear your harness proudly sweet one for you haveearned it many times over. Dance among the stars towards the Bridge. Your sister is waiting for you. Many candles are lit to speed your journey.

Brandi, may you wear your silver harness proudly. We are sure Kelsey Ann was there to greet you with the other MaPaw angels.

Brandi was so happy to be part of this year's Hike N' Howl...

Sad woos and Kisses, Sky boy

Attack of the Killer Ants

Canyon here...

It seems we have some invaders in our house. Mom noticed them the other day and thought dad had taken care of them...

Mom hates bugs like this.....they aren't nice and cute like ladybugs and butterflies...

Mom is having irrational fears of these ants invading our house and taking over...

So what did they get at the grocery store??? You guessed it....ant traps!

So one of the rooms of our basement is off limits to us now thanks to Kelsey Ann. Way back, when Mom and Dad lived in their rental townhouse they had some ants get into the house and put out ant traps to catch them. The problem came when Kelsey decided to try to eat the ant traps. Mom freaked and thought she was poisoned. She called the vet and he said it should be ok but if they wanted they could give her Ipecac syrup to make her throw up. So out mom went at 10PM to get the yucky stuff to make her horka. Mom got home, forced the yucky stuff on KA, and they waited. They made her stand outside so she wouldn't horka in the house. They got sick of waiting for her out there so they put her down in her crate. (want the real gruesome story of why she got sent back inside???? Cover your eyes if you have a weak stomach. She tried to eat a nest of baby bunnies while they left her outside to horka!) Then she horkaed. Mom and Dad thouht she was done so let her go up to bed....she horkaed in her bed then too. Mom and Dad had lots of stuff to clean up. KA definitely earned her HULA membership many times over.

So Mom and Dad tell me because they don't want a repeat of the whole Kelsey Ann and the ant trap incident that we are not allowed in that room until all of the ants are sent to their untimely death!

Puppy slurps, Canyon

Pee Ess: Don't furget to vote for MaPaw! Click the link on the left.

This Made Mom Happy....

Hey Pups!

King Sky boy here...

Remember when Mom made that slide show after Kelsey Ann crossed the Rainbow Bridge? Well, mom had sworn up and do that she had a pic of the little biped using KA as a pillow. Well, while mom was searching for the young ones indecent pictures (really, they should be ashamed of themselves) she finally found the picture! The only problem was the little biped's dress had slid up and she was flashing the camera. But since mom knows the right humans she was able to get the picture adjusted. Meeshka's mom fixed it right up (I don't know how she accomplished that amidst a week of 100 blogs). Thank you Meeshka for allowing your human woman to take a few minutes away from dictation to do something furry nice for my mom! So without furthur ado.....

Kelsey Ann and the little biped (this was taken before Christmas 2007)

Kisses, King Sky boy

Pee Ess: I know we've asked a lot lately with Biloxi and the Day of Blogs, but if anypup sees fit please see the link on the left and sponsor the Kapp Pack for the Hike N' Howl. We're hiking in memory of Kelsey Ann this year!

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.

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.

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!!!

Win Biloxi - Final Criteria

Hey Everydoggy,

Mom's off doing laundry again. The final criteria for winning Biloxi are:

- He's a puppy and he likes to sleep a lot, so you must have a soft bed for him (we're thinking about bed a bunch at this point)
- Our back yard has some bugs this time of year (lightening bugs, cicadas, flies, etc). Biloxi has learned to like eating bugs, so you must have bugs in your yard or house for him.

OK, I know - we're getting tired and this is kinda ridiculous, but it's the best I could come up with.

Oh - here comes Mom. Remember don't say anything about this to the humans...

Woo woo, Kelsey Ann

Last Call!

Hey Everydoggy,

In Pennsylvania, the bars close at 2AM. That means last call is at 1:30AM. So in honor of Last Call at bars all over Pennsylvania, we're giving away two prizes donated by Khyra. We have two pilsner glasses (the picture shows just one) and a t-shirt featuring the beer Siberian Night from Thirsty Dog Brewing Company (Khyra also gave some Siberian Night coasters which will be added randomly to various prizes given out during the blogathon). Other beers from Thirsty Dog include Rasberry Ale, Hoppus Maximus and Old Leghumper. Here's the prizes followed by video of the drawing and naming of the winners.

Remember, make sure you have a Designated Driver.

Woo woo, Kelsey Ann

We Were Given Another Award

We've received the Brillante Weblog Award from two bloggers. We got it from Star and Jack-a-roo and from the Army of Four. Thank woo for this award.

After reviewing all of the suggestions for excuses of what I should tell Mom when she notices Biloxi is missing, I've decided that Holly's suggestion is the best:

"Biloxi found a pirate ship, captained by our own famous Captain Maverick, and he is taking him down to Luuusianna for some good tasting cajun food, with some shrimp, and crawdads and some yummy jumbalia!!! He might even be visiting pretty MayaMarie for some tasty Happy Hearts cookies for desert!!"

Princess Hollybollybananaboo wins this nice fluffy, squeaky duck

Woo woo, Kelsey Ann

Help!

Hey Everydoggy!


Sitka found a huge, gaping loophole in my plan. I need a solution fast! I need excuses for why Biloxi isn't here anymore!!! The pup (or cat) with the excuse I think is the best will win a prize!


Make it a good one!


Woo woo, Kelsey Ann

Cornelia Marie is the lucky winner of the wolf statue!!!

Secret Prize info....

Hey Everydoggy,

Mom has gone to start laundry. I grabbed my chance to tell you more about the Biloxi give-away. So far, in order to get him you have to meet these criteria:

- Donated to Mapaw in the Day of Blogs
- Enjoy eating Southern food
- Able to withstand the Siberian Puppy Death Wail
- Send a self addressed stamped box, with enough postage for 25 lbs, and large enough to hold Biloxi and all his belongings

The next two criteria necessary to be eligible to win Biloxi are:
- Being willing to share all of your toys (human or dog) or having a room you can lock them in. Biloxi tried to steal the little biped's toys four times during story time tonight
- HULA membership so that he can continue to be educated in the ways of Siberians that the Kapp Pack has begun

Gotta run, Mom just came back from starting the laundry.

Woo woo, Kelsey Ann (remember this is just between the pets, don't tell the humans)

Interruption...

We now interrupt this regularly scheduled blog with a word from one of our sponsors...

The Kapp Pack asked their audience to help them with finding a way to motivate their humans to keep them up for blogathon. As you may recall, I had a bit of difficulty with the human woman last year with that very same problem. In my case, she was playing with the bug zapper and accidentally zapped herself unconscious. She's such a weenie.

But through her pain and misery, I have perfected the human motivational tool, I call it:THE MEESHKAVATOR!

When correctly applied to the inside knee of a human, a harmless jolt of energy will surge through their body, thus waking them up from the soundest of sleep. Apply the Meeshkavator to a toe and watch them dance!

Yes, you too can motivate your human to do the simplest of tasks such as: feeding you early, scratching your belly, moving over onto the dog bed on the floor to give you ample room on the human bed. There are endless possibilities when armed with the MEESHKAVATOR.

Order now and we'll throw in some claw cream, a $19.95 value, but all you have to do is pay for shipping and handling.

Brought to you from MEESHco


Thank woo, MEESHco! A solution to our human fatigue situation!

Woo woo, Kelsey Ann

Prizes!

Hey Everydoggy!

We are giving away two prizes this post. One is a drawing and the other is to the first commenter from the last post.


The first doggy (or cat) to comment on the last post was Sitka and Cornelia Marie. They win this very cool green squeaky mouse.

Woo woo, Kelsey Ann

Listen up....

Ok, the winner of the apron is Simcha!

While Sky has the humans preoccupied with dinner, I would like to tell you more of the critieria needed to win the SECRET blogathon PRIZE:

1) Ability to tolerate the Siberian puppy death scream

2) Must be able to provide Self addressed stamped box of appropriate size to ship 25 pound of husky puppy and his belongings...

And just look how cute he is!

Gotta go, they're almost done eating...

Woo woo, Kelsey Ann

Dogless weekend?

Hey Everydoggy!

Remember how I told you they went away without us again??? I looked through mom's pics from last weekend. Here's what I found...

Dad and the little biped having lunch by the Chicago River (the building being built behind them is the new Trump building in Chicago)

Little biped cooking pizzas at the Chicago Children's Museum on the Navy Pier
Lighthouse in Lake Michigan near the Navy Pier
A boat fit for Captain Maverick!

A biped family picture

The city as seen from the Navy Pier....as you can tell it was a pretty dreary day!

Ok, now to give our next prize giveaway! In honor of Lake Michigan and the Chicago River we are giving away a squeaky fish.

Here's the question: What Chicago baseball team does the Kapp Pack root for????

Woo woo, Kelsey Ann