Single Sunday - The Beach

Hey Everydoggy!

The humans, Canyon and Biloxi were away for the weekend. They spent two nights camping at Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes, DE. I've been there twice before and Sky has been once. I've shared some pictures of camping trips with you in the past. It was something Mom, Dad and I did quite a bit in the single days. Besides the beach, we also camped in the Poconos, Gettysburg and New England.

They don't have room in the SibeVibe for four dogs, three humans and camping equipment for a weekend although there would be room in the tent (approximately 18' x 14', three rooms and a pet den), so they had to pick which dogs would go. Since Sky and I had been before, we weren't chosen. (Dad here to tell the truth that Kelsey won't tell - they didn't go because neither of them enjoy the beach... Kelsey is afraid of the waves because the noise sounds like thunder and Sky doesn't like to swim.)

Here's me on the beach during my first trip when I was a single dog.

This is a year later, on the beach, relaxing in the shade of the tent. This is the same tent that Dad took to Mississippi this week for him and Biloxi. The tent was originally bought for me to use at the beach.

Here's Sky and I on the beach, my second trip and his first

After Sky and I made the trip with Mom and Dad in 2004, they skipped a few years. The little biped was born in May 2005, so they haven't done much camping since then. Several weeks ago, they began practicing with the little biped by setting up the tent in the backyard. It took a few weeks and a bribe or two, but they were sucessful in training her, so they packed up on Friday afternoon and made the four hour trek to spend the weekend getting sunburnt during the day and mosquito bit during the night. Here's some pictures from this trip.

Canyon and Biloxi asleep in the SibeVibe on the way down

Canyon in the tent on the beach (Biloxi is asleep in the tent)

Canyon and Biloxi enjoying the surf

Biloxi on the beach

The little biped and Dad behind the first campfire she ever built

OK, so I know this wasn't entirely about me, but who can resist puppy pictures.

Woo woo, Kelsey Ann

Single Sunday - Happy Father's Day

I was going through old pictures that were scanned and saved on Mom's computer trying to decide what I should talk about for Single Sunday. I was thinking of doing something on cool thoughts again since it's still so stinking hot, but then I saw this snow picture and realized I should tell you about Dad's dogs...

This is Baron, a bichon frise, in the snow (think cool thoughts, think cool thoughts).

Dad as a baby, with Pop and Spinner. Spinner lived with Grandma, Pop, and Dad in the 1970s. Spinner was a single dog with no other pets and no kids until Dad was born.

This is Dad with Laddy, a black lab. Laddy lived with Grandma, Pop, Dad and Dad's brother in the 1980s. Laddy lived with three cats and two kids.

A picture of Dad and Baron (and me checking Baron out). Baron lived with Grandma, Pop, Dad and Dad's brother in the 1990s and continued to live with Grandma and Pop after Dad moved out and got me. Baron lived with 1 cat and 2 kids.

This is Dad and me about a week after I moved in with him.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!

Woo-woo, Kelsey Ann

Single Sunday - Cool Thoughts

Hey Everydoggy!

It's hot in central Pennsylvania this weekend. Yesterday's tempature was 95 degrees, just 2 short of tying the record set in 1925. Today's temperature is currently 91 degrees. I don't know what the record temperature for today is, but I think we probably haven't hit it yet. The heat index is 100 plus. It's just plain H-O-T!!! Yesterday, the bipeds left the house early in the morning to go to a graduation and party for Mom's brother. He just graduated from high school and is planning to attend Penn State in the fall. They were gone about twelve hours. Before they left, Mom had closed up the windows and blinds to try and keep the house cool, but they didn't turn on the air conditioner. Closed blinds and windows didn't work, so the AC was turned on last night when they got home since it was too warm (but not unsafely warm) in the house. In an attempt to keep cool, I was thinking cool thoughts. Swimming, snow, pulling a sled in Alaska...

I decided to share some snow pictures from my single days to help everyone think cool thoughts since it's hot everywhere today. In the single days, Mom and Dad lived in a townhouse. They were in a middle unit and the backyard was about 10 feet x 20 feet. The fenced area of the yard where we get to run free now is larger than that (20 x 30). Since the yard wasn't very big and it wasn't fenced, I always went outside on a leash and I couldn't run much. Mom and Dad took me for lots of walks to get exercise in those days.

Here I am enjoying the first of the snow that afternoon. Dad's pulling on my leash to get me to come in since he was cold. I didn't want to go.

Here we are later that night. See Dad's sleepy pants.

Well, I hope this helps keep you cool. Don't take the computer outside because the snow in the pictures might melt.

Woo woo, Kelsey Ann

Single Sunday - A Birthday Celebration

Today is a very special day. Since I was a stray in Lancaster County, PA before Maw and Pa rescued me and found my fur-ever home, no one is sure what my birthday really is. Mom and Dad decided that we would celebrate on June 1. Today for my 9th birthday, we are celebrating in the following manner...

1) Out of bed early (7am)
2) Pack a lunch
3) Bipeds leave and go to the Philadelphia zoo to see tigers (Changbai, Koosaka and Terney) who are celebrating their first birthday, taking a hand-drawn card the little biped made
4) Fishing trip for the bipeds if there is time after the zoo visit.

Wait a minute!!! I'm not in these plans. This is how I used to celebrate my birthday.

A new toy!

Cake icing!

Yum!!

I guess, I just get to spend time alone on my throne today. Maybe they'll bring me something from the zoo. Those tigers are a kind of cat, aren't they? I bet it would be fun to play with one of them. I've played with cats before, but we'll talk about that on another Sunday.

Woo woo, Kelsey Ann

Single Sunday - My Buddy, Hennessy

Hey Everydoggy!

Mom's best friend (Hennessy's Mom) since the 10th grade owns a house that is about 3 blocks away from the townhouse where Mom, Dad and I lived during the single days. Back then, there was no Sky, no Canyon and no little biped. Hennessy was a single dog too. He did live with a cat(food) or two. Whenever we would go for walks, we would always stop to see Hennessy and his Mom and Dad. He and I would play some, but neither of us has ever been extremely playful. Now, we're both slow seniors. He can still hear and get around better than me. His current fur-siblings are Bourbon, GSD-lab mix; Drambouie, poma-poo; Chivas, cat(food); and Kahlua, cat(food). We don't often get to visit with each other these days because he lives about 10 miles away and with so many dogs between his humans and mine, its hard to get all the dogs together. I am very excited he is staying with us this week again.
This is Hennessy when he was a puppy. My Dad didn't even know him then. When he did meet my dad, dad instantly became one of his favorite people in the whole wide world. Hennessy flips out everytime he gets to see dad.
Here's Hennessy rocking out to a Prince song on Dec. 31, 1999 (SMS members, here's your earworm for the day!!!)

This is the two of us hanging out together while our humans were hanging out. This was in June of 2001, about 5 months after I met Hennessy. If you look really close you can see I am sharing one of my bones with him.

Woo woo, Kelsey Ann

He's Back!

Hey Everydoggy!

Look who's back!


You got it! HENNESSY! My buddy is back with us for the week. His mom and new dad are going on vacation to the Dominica Republic and Hennessy got the honor of staying with the Kapp Pack for the week!

Woo woo, Kelsey Ann

Pee ess: Stay tuned for a very special Single Sunday post tomorrow!

A Celebration

Today's post is a bit of an extension from Single Sunday...

I know I said I would only talk about back in the day on Sundays, but I felt this needed to be posted today. Seven years ago today, I got left with a dog-sitter for the first time. I wasn't quite sure what was going on. Here's the story of the events leading up to Saturday, May 19, 2001...

A few days before Mom and Dad had some visitors come from out of town to stay for a few days. They came all the way from Chicago. Dad had been living there for a few years before they got me, and had some friends who lived in the far away land of Illinois. The guests slept on the futon in the spare bedroom at the townhouse where we used to live. They were alright because they smelled like a mixed-breed dog named Chewey. On Friday night, Dad went to Hennessy's house. He didn't come home that night and I didn't see him again until very late on Saturday. I was very concerned because I hadn't spent a night without both Mom and Dad since I had come from Ma and Paw's house to live with them.

In the morning, our visitors got dressed up in a tuxedo and very nice dress. A lot of other women (Hennessy's Mom, my Aunt, the little biped's future godmother, Mom's cousin, and a bunch others) came to the house and they all put on sage green dresses. They worked on each other's hair and makeup and helped Mom get all pretty too. Mom had a bee-woo-tiful white dress on and pearls and diamonds. Then everyone left. The visitors from Chicago didn't come back that night; they spent the night at a hotel.

Very late that night, Mom and Dad came home. Mom still had her white dress and Dad was wearing a tuxedo too. Someone had put soap, balloons, and streamers all over Dad's car. They spent about an hour unloading presents and went to then went to bed. Very early the next morning, they put me in my crate and left with a bunch of suitcases. Later that morning, one of the ladies who wore the pretty green dress came and spent the rest of the week with me before Mom and Dad came home. They were very tan and had lots of pictures to show me of their cruise in the Caribbean. They went to Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, Antigua, Guadalupe and Aruba.

HAPPY 7th ANNIVERSARY, MOM AND DAD, FROM KELSEY ANN, SKY AND CANYON!!!!

Single Sunday - Miss Popularity

Wow, a week goes by so fast.....

It's time for Single Sunday once again. Today I would show my photogenic, contest winning pictures.

The first contest was one held by our local humane society. They had to submit my picture and it was displayed at our mall for a week. The doggy who had collected the most money by the end of the week won a prize.

Here's my submission....

Well, you guessed it! I won! I won a personal photo shoot with a well-known, excellent photographer in our area. I had lots of fun on my photo shoot and mom and dad were so proud of me. I would share my photo from that but unfortunately it's copyrighted and mom doesn't want to get into any trouble for that!

The other contest I won I am also very proud of.....but let's be clear on one thing...I am proud of winning but not proud of the photo that accomplished the win...

This was a Howliday photo contest for MaPaw. I had three photos in the contest. All of my entries are on page 4: Lunch Break, Cuddle Puppies, and Carnivorous Reindeer. I won that contest by a landslide and I got a custom quilted pillow as a prize. The pillow included all of my photo submissions for the contest. I was VERY surprised to find some of my blogging sibe friends in the contest....you'll see members of the AO4 and also members of your future president Turbo's pack.

Here's my prize winning photo....Some of you may have seen this photo before with my HULA application to Meeshka...

Until next time, woo woo, Kelsey Ann

Pee ess: Pics and video from our visit with Khyra to follow in a day or two!

Single Sunday - First Thunderstorm

As many of you know, I have a problem with thunderstorms (or at least I used to - they're not a big deal anymore since I can't hear very much). Mom and Dad knew when they got me that I was very submissive, but they had no idea that during a thunderstorm, I would hide wherever I could find.

Ma and Paw had worked very hard with me to get me used to people before I was available to be adopted. They had me in their care for many months, but had never realized that thunderstorms scared me. They're so loud, how can anydog not be scared. Well, Mom and Dad had me about 3 months before the first thunderstorm came around. It took them about half an hour to figure out why I was trying to hide behind the TV. Once they realized that I had a problem with thunderstorms, they started to put me in closets during the thunderstorms. The closet routine continued every summer on at least a weekly basis for five years. Last summer, I started not hearing as well and I no longer needed the closet.


Woo woo, Kelsey Ann

Single Sunday - Fishing with Pop!

Well, yesterday was the little biped's birthday. The weather was a little uncertain, so instead of a big picnic and spreading out in the backyard, everyone was packed into the living room and dining room. It worked out nicely. Canyon got to work on social interaction; Sky spent the afternoon outside looking at cars and horse-drawn buggies (and occasionally letting out a Siberian Death Wail because he wanted to come in and see everybody); and I lounged on my throne to oversee the Princess Party (althought I was sequestered in the bedroom). That was the only thing fit for a Queen to be doing. Now, you may be wondering why I'm talking about current events when it's Single Sunday and I should be reminiscing. One of the birthday presents that she got was a Princess Fishing Rod Pop bought her. That inspired me to tell you about when I used to go fishing with Mom, Dad, and Pop.

Usually, Grandma would go along too, but she doesn't fish much. She'd have a book or some quilting she would work on. The rest of the bipeds would spend hours drowning worms. Occassionally, one of them would catch a sunny, a crappy, or even a largemouth bass. Then, I'd get to lick the fish before they threw it back in or put it on the stringer to take home. You heard me right, I'd lick the fish!

Once, we even went fishing on Pop's rowboat on a large lake in Lycoming County, PA. Pop used to own a share of a cabin there (but stories about the cabin will be another post). That was before Pop had weight-loss surgery. At the time, he weighed over 350 lbs. The rowboat is rated for 3 people; but the manufacturer didn't figure on one of those people weighing as much as the other two. Mom and Dad were worried about the boat going down and what would happen to me. Did they forget, DOGS CAN SWIM!!! - DUH!!! (But that's for another post too!)

Well, in all of those fishing trips, they never got a picture of me with a caught fish. But, here's some pictures of me at the fish pond which Pop built on their patio.

Don't worry I didn't fall in!

Woo woo, Kelsey Ann

Single Sunday - First Camping Trip

My humans went away this weekend. More on that later this week when I can get a hold of Mom's camera and figure out where they were. The only thing I know for sure is what the little biped has told me... She says: "I saw dinosaw bones. I went to the oo and see pannaz. I swim with Daddy."

I remember when they used to go away and they even took me with them. That doesn't happen too often anymore. The neighbors' grandson or the little biped's sitter's daughter comes over to take care of me, Sky and the Annoying One. That's OK, but it's not the same as going away with the humans.


A few weeks before Mom and Dad's wedding, we all went on my first camping trip for a weekend to Gettysburg. Mom had read in a bridal magazine that it was a good idea to take a pre-Honeymoon weekend trip one to two weeks before the wedding in order to relax and forget about the wedding stuff for a while. We went to the KOA, which is only a few miles away from the site of the famous Civil War battleground. This weekend is actually the seventh anniversary of that trip.

Late April nighttime tempatures aren't always the warmest, so Mom and Dad got pretty cold the first night. They ended up going to a nearby store on Saturday to find extra blankets to put inside the sleeping bag. Unfortunately, the only thing that they found (which was cheap enough to be used while camping, but still warm enough) was stadium blankets with a local high school's name on them. Those blankets are now used to cover Mom and Dad's bed at home during the day to keep Sky and Canyon hair off of the nice comforters and quilts. I didn't mind the tempature at all. We spent the day Saturday driving through the battlefield and stopping to look at the monuments. Later we went back to the campground to spend another night before coming home on Sunday. We had a good weekend so Mom and Dad decided to made an annual trip to Gettysburg with me and sometimes with Grandma and Pop for several years. The trip started taking place in August somewhere along the line (I think to coincide with a quilt show) and one year it was so hot (over 100 degrees). Mom and Dad were worried that I would overheat with all my glorious husky hair. I was constantly having cold water dumped on me (which was nice and helpful). Even worse that weekend was the frightful thunderstorm that came through to take care of all the heat and humidity that weekend.

Then the little biped came along and we stopped going to Gettysburg because Mom and Dad figure that the little biped would probably be bored silly with that trip, but we continue to camp at other places. Here's some pictures from that first trip...

Mom and I at Little Round Top

Me in a Husky Ball at the campground

Woo woo, Kelsey Ann

Single Sunday - Before I was a Kapp

Hey Everydoggy,

I've decided it's time that I get more time on this blog. It seems the two boys have taken things over lately! I demand equal time on this blog and I've come up with a new weekly feature (me)and I have titled it "Single Sunday" (thanks to Steve and Kat for this idea...I just modified it a bit!) In perfect husky style I am even making my humans work hard to help me with this. It requires mom and dad to scan printed photographs onto the computer rather than just uploading from a memory card.

Anywoo, back when I was a single husky, mom, dad and I went just about everywhere together. I am certainly a well-traveled husky or, at least, used to be. On Sundays, you will learn about all my adventures I had before the other two and the litte biped came along.

The first pictures I found were pictures mom and dad took when they came to visit me before I was officially adopted. I've told you before my adoption story and how I picked mom and dad out and they would come and visit me every weekend until I came to live with them. This one time, mom and dad took me for a car ride to see how I would travel in the car. Ma and Pa (MaPaw's founders) gave my new mom and dad directions for a park about 15 minutes away. I rode really well in the car and I even got to see some geese at the park.

This was me wooing at the geese

As you can see mom and dad had gotten me a new bandana and a car seat belt harness. I was one stylin' doggie.

We all went for a walk in the park and spent some alone time together as a family. Mom and dad were excited that I loved riding in the car and was well-behaved.

Stay tuned for next Sunday! My first overnight trip with mom and dad...

Woo woo, Kelsey Ann