Rainy Sunday

Hey Pups!

It's a rainy Sunday here in Pawsylvania and I thought I'd share our activities for the day.

Meadow has claimed the love seat....

Canyon's taken over the big bed...

Brook's got her ladybug on the new bed Mom bought at Costco on Friday...

I've been studying my SZK skills of photo taking...There's no way they're getting a good picture...I don't think so...Nice try...

I'm not looking!

Humans can be so annoying sometimes.

As you can see an exciting afternoon in the Kapp Pack house.

Royal Kisses, King Skyboy

Can Dogs Get the Flu?

Hey Pups,

Can dogs get the flu from their people?  I really hope not.  Mom and Dad said the Little Biped threw up at the grocery store last Saturday night.  She seemed to be OK after that; however, Monday night she woke up crying and said she was cold.  Turned out she was running a fever.  She went to Gama's Tuesday and threw up at Gama's house.  Tuesday night her fever was up to 103.4.  She went to Gama's again Wednesday.  That afternoon, Dad came home and said he didn't feel good. He got the thermometer and found out he had a fever too.  Thursday, Dad had to go to Maine for some meetings so despite not feeling well, he got out of bed at 3am and was on a plane before 6am.  He got home around 10:30pm.  Meanwhile, the Little Biped spent another day at Gama's.  Dad tried to get up for work this morning, but Mom insisted that he take a sick day.  So, the Little Biped and Dad stayed home.  The Little Biped hasn't thrown up since Tuesday, but now says she has an earache.  Tomorrow, she'll go to the doctor.  I am hoping that this can't be passed on because I really don't want to be stuck laying on the couch all day with pillows, blankets, and dirty tissues...  Wait a minute - that doesn't sound so bad!  Well, maybe we will get the flu from the people.  

Brook did throw up tonight.

Oh, and Canyon just sneezed....it's going to be a long weekend...

Kisses, King Skyboy

Homewreckers!

We were doing our duty for the Squirrel Patrol this morning.....even though we aren't official members. This was happening right outside our dining room window. I really think he was trying to figure out how to get into our homestead.

Look at him watching me...
He's plotting to overtake the bird homestead...Can you believe this???Look at him doing more plotting...
I was able to catch him in action. Be aware some portions of the video are very disturbing and may not be appropriate for young canine and feline eyes...

I know we can win this fight!

Royal Kisses, King Skyboy

Pee ess: I may need to recruit more members to my court to quell the squirrel invasion!

Idita-Walk Take 1

Hey Pups,

Mom and Dad took us for a walk on Sunday afternoon.  The walk time was counted towards my commitment to the Idita-walk which supports Camp Bronson in Nome, AL (for the Boy Scouts). We are walking for Team Sibermal, check out the blog here. So far, we have done 90 minutes of the 1049 minute required time.  The weather has been so unseasonably warm here the last few days.  On Sunday, the temperature was over 55 degrees F.  Today, it was over 60.  Unfortunately, by the time the bipeds get home from work, have dinner, etc, we don't usually get a walk in the evening on a week day this time of year.

Last year, they bought one of those doo-hickeys that allows a biped to walk two dogs with one leash. You can see in the videos, that I got strapped to Canyon with this thing.  Dad had us boys, and Mom had Meadow.  Towards the end of the walk, I had to bite Canyon's ear to get him to shut up.  He was yapping like a sled dog in harness.  I found a youtube of some sled dogs yapping so you can compare Canyon to them.

Hope you enjoyed the videos.  Got to get back to the Westminster show on TV.  Working group is on later tonight and I'm told the Best in Breed Siberian is a good looking girl dog.

Royal Kisses, Skyboy - hoping for warmer weather for the rest of winter so we get more walks (just not hooked to a half-breed Siberian doing the death wail...)

Ummm..

Hi Pups!

Well, the Super Bowl is over and our Steelers can now say they are Six-Time Super Bowl Champions. They are the only team in the history of the Super Bowl that can claim that honor. It was a great game and the Cardinals really gave it all they had...

The last three minutes of the game were a real nail-biter....

I think mom stopped breathing during the last few minutes, but with a last minute pass to Santonio Holmes the Steelers made their way to victory. We are still in awe of their accomplishment!

Now on to NASCAR and baseball...

Royal  Kisses, King Skyboy

Cardinal Fried!

Hey Pups,

I think these birdies may taste like chicken too...



Here's one for the little bipeds too! These kids rock!



Royal Kisses, King Skyboy

Snow!

Hi Puppers!

I'm a bit late sharing our fun in the snow. Mom had the week off of work and spent the week playing with us and the little biped. So she didn't have much time to help me write a blog post.

Here's Sky watching Canyon and I play.....it was more like watching me jumping on Canyon though....he's such a wimp!

Sky and I watching Canyon wait at the door.....he needs some more fur

Canyon waiting to pounce on Sky!

Can you tell Canyon thinks he's freezing to death?

I saved the best for last! How do woo like my snow nose???

The forecast is for 3-6 inches of snow on Tuesday night. I can't wait! Hopefully it will be enough for the little biped to get out on the sled with King Skyboy!

Butt wiggles, Meadow

Get your Bipeds in Shape!

Hey Pups!

I've got a challenge for all my furfriends. It's time to get our humans off their lazy butts and get them moving. I was told about a great program called Idita-Walk by Sir Jack of Coastal New England.

This from the Idita-Walk 2009 Website: "Welcome to the Idita-walk 2009 homepage! An event to promote physical fitness in the spirit of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race. The Iditarod Sled dog race is 1049 miles long from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska. To complete the Idita-walk, walk 30 minutes a day for 35 days between February 1, 2009 to March 31, 2009 for a total of 1049 minutes."

I've gotten my mom to sign-up as a member of Team Sibermal. We usually never get to go for walks so hopefully this will change our humans sedentary behavior. Both the human bipeds could stand to lose a few pounds. I think that they think they're going into hibernation and need to build up thier body fat.

I'll whip them into shape!

As King I proclaim you all to go and register your humans to get fit! It only costs $10 and proceeds benefit Camp Bronson maintenance, scholarships, and numerous youth related programs.

Royal Kisses, King Skyboy

Princess Summit Meeting

Hey Pups!

I had a very informative meeting last night with an outstanding group of royalty. The little biped holds these royals in highest regards. So, I felt I owed it to the little biped to hold an official summit with her court of Disney princesses. During this summit it was decided to bestow more royal honors to add members to my court. 

Princess Sunshine Meadow also was in attendance at the summit. As princess of my kingdom she also has a say in the princesses who get added to my court. 

The first Princess to be added to my court is the super fluffy Princess Hollybollybananaboo of Nebraska. Holly is the reason all of us sibermal bloggers mom's got their own "chat" group. This group definitely keeps mom busy and stops her from bugging me! SMS rules!

The second Princess is the bewootiful, dark-eyed Princess Eva of MinneSNOWda, representative of the Belgian Empire along with her castlemate, Brice of MinneSNOWda, the Duke of Destruction. Princess Eva has been kind enough to invite me and my entire court to join her in MinneSNOWda. Apparently they have an overabundance of the white, fluffy stuff we call snow!

Royal Kisses, King Skyboy

Snowy Sunday

Hi Puppers,

I thought I would share some pics of our first snowfall of 2009. We had lots of fun running and playing in the snow last night,

Me: Canyon, how do you like the snow?

Canyon: It's a little cold for my taste...

Me: Is there more snow coming?

I wonder if the neighbors got more snow than us...

This was King Skyboy showing off and striking a royal pose in the snow...

I hope we get more snow soon. Mom wasn't able to let Sky pull the little biped sled because we didn't get enough snow. It supposed to get "arctic" cold this week, maybe that will bring more white, fluffy, fun stuff!

Butt wiggles, Princess Sunshine Meadow

New Year's Studmuffin

Hey Pups,

It's that time of month again... Hussy Wednesday. Princess Meadow wouldn't cooperate, so Duke Canyon was kind enough to provide Mom with a Studmuffin shot.



In honor of Hussy Wednesday, I, King Skyboy have decided another Knight must be named. Steve will forever be known as Sir Steve of the Washington Woos. His contribution to canine society is his way of having his humans bow to his every whim. Recently he submitted a picture to me that showed how his dad stayed on the couch just so Sir Steve could continue using him as a pillow. Great work!

Since Khyra is his girlfriend, she is now known as Lady Khyra the Wise of Pawsylvania. Khyra also has the distinct honor of being the greatest hussy I know.

Welcome to my Royal Court, Sir Steve and Lady Khyra.

Royal Kisses, King Skyboy

King Skyboy's Royal Court

Hey Pups,

As I mentioned the other day, Dad has discovered that we are descended from several royal families including the all of the Welsh Kings of Powys (reigned: c 400 to 1160); High King of Ireland, Brian Boru (reigned: 1002 - 1014); King Pepin I of Italy (reigned: 781-810); Charlemagne of France (reigned 768-814); Holy Roman Emperor Constantine (reigned: 306-337); Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (reigned: 161 to 180); Roman Emperor Trajan (reigned 98-117); as well as several other Irish, German, French, Welsh, English, Italian and Roman heads of state, nobels, bishops, and saints.

Therefore, I have proclaimed myself: King Skyboy, His Majesty of Siberians. Additionally, I announce King Skyboy's Royal Court.

I recognize Queen Meeshka, Her Majesty of Merryland and invite Queen Meeshka to share the throne in the Kingdom of Siberians as Queen Meeshka, Her Majesty of Siberians.

I recognize my sister, Princess Meadow, Her Majesty of Siberians.

I bestow upon my brother, Canyon, a Dukedom; forever more he will be known as Duke Canyon of Pennsylvania.

I bestow upon my brother, Biloxi, a Dukedom; forever more he will be known as Duke Biloxi of Mississippi.

I bestow the title of Knight Grand Husky (most senior of Knight ranks) to Echo; forever to be known as Sir Echo, Esquire, Foremost Legal Advisor to the King. Sir Echo receives this title for several reasons: his full name is Merlin's Echo, and Merlin was an advisor to a Welsh King, King Arthur; and, he has for some time now acted as legal counsel to dogs pro bono.

I bestow Knighthood to Jack of New England; forever to be known as Sir Jack of Coastal New England. Sir Jack receives this title for having made the suggestion of King Skyboy's Royal Court.

Over the course of my reign, I expect to bestow titles upon others for contributions to canine society deemed worthy of honor as determined by me (with advice, when requested, from those who are titled).

Those who have been earned title, may email me at kapppack@gmail.com in order to receive this picture for their blog so others will know they belong to my Royal Court.






Royal Kisses, King Skyboy

Happy Birthday to Me!

Hey Pups,

Happy Birthday to Me! I'm really not sure when my birthday is, but today is the day that Mom and Dad decided to celebrate it. They got me right before they moved into our house in February 2004 and figured I was just over a year old at the time. So, they figure my birthday was some where around January 1, 2003. That means I am six years old today.

To celebrate, Mom and Dad bought crab legs and shrimp last night. The little biped ate shrimp cocktail and Mom and Dad had the crab legs dipped in butter. They even shared some of the crab legs with Meadow, Canyon, and I. Then, everyone stayed up really late (except the little biped and Dad who fell asleep on the couch around 11:45) and we watched the big ball drop in Times Square to celebrate the start of my birthday.

This morning, the bipeds were picked up by Gama and Pawpaw, who drove them to meet Great-Gama and Great-Pop at a local fire company for the traditional pork and sauerkraut meal that's always eaten on my birthday in hopes of good luck for me over the next year.

Later, when they came home, the little biped watched Snow White, while Dad used the computer to continue his genealogy research. Dad discovered that I really do have the right to be called King Sky Boy. He found a connection to Welsh royalty on his Mom's side. He has found his earliest ancestor to be King Coel Hen (King Coel the Old, or Old King Cole of the nursery rhyme) who was born in 350 AD. Later on this line led to the title Prince of Wales (although current English monarchy is not related to these original English monarchs). It's quite possible that he will be able to continue tracing this lineage back even further.

Happy New Year everyone!

Kisses, Skyboy

Ahhhh.....little bipeds....

Hey Pups!

The humans had some company over tonight. They brought along their 2 little bipeds too. It was kind of fun until the little bipeds started getting really loud. At one point the boy biped wanted to walk across the living room to the couch to watch TV and I was laying in the way between the ottoman and the wall...that silly biped took the long way around to avoid me. I guess I resemble the Big Bad Wolf!

These are the good, quiet, little bipeds....

These are the loud, crazy, tractor-crashing, little bipeds.....can you see my totally annoyed look?

Hopefully tomorrow will be quieter...

Kisses, Sky boy

Pee Ess: I sincerely apologize for not visiting blgs lately, I have not been able to get much computer time. Mom usually helps me and she's been busy baking and cooking all kinds of yummy human food stuff for the holidays with no time for blog reading. I'm lucky I got to post to our blog. I promise to get back on track for the new year!

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

That'll show you!

Hey Pups,

I hope everypuppy had a great Turkey Day! Mom and Dad brought us some turkey from Grandma's house. Mom had to yell at Dad once because he was making his turkey sandwiches on Thanksgiving night from the container that had OUR turkey in it......not the one for the humans.

Well, I showed Dad.....

Guess what I did???

Dad went back to climb into bed and realized his side of the bed was wet. I peed on Dad's side of the bed just to remind him who's in charge. Mom and Dad had to spend Thanksgiving night and last night sleeping on the camping air mattress in the living room because all their bed stuffs were being washed.

I think my strategy worked thought....Dad hasn't touched my turkey since!

I'm the King!

Kisses, Sky boy

Exploring the Neighborhood

Hey Pups,

This morning, Dad was looking at That Pet Place's holiday catalog while eating breakfast. He told Mom they should buy me a $200 GPS tag to hang on my collar. That way, they would be able to find me. The device will even send Dad a text message on his phone or send an email to the computer so Mom can tell him over the phone where to look for me. What great extents these bipeds will go to in order to ruin a dog's fun. Mom said he jinxed them by talking about a GPS dog tag this morning...

Dad got off work around 1 today. His company usually closes early before a holiday and today was no exception. He picked up the little biped from the sitter and they came home. We three dogs went outside while the little biped had quiet time on the downstairs couch and Dad downloaded Windows updates and anti-virus updates on the computer. After I while, Meadow started to dig a hole. She dug and dug until her hole was big enough to squeeze under the fence. When she did that, Canyon and I started barking to get Dad's attention. He came out to see what the problem was. By this time, Meadow was no where in sight. Dad asked me where she went and I jumped against the fence to show him the direction she had ran (Mom said later that it was a classic Lassie-move - over there, Timmy!). Dad called Mom to tell her what happened and ask her to head home from work so she would be able to watch the little biped while he looked. Dad brought us in, got the little biped and put her in the car. Off they went looking. A few minutes later, they came back on their way the other direction and Dad saw Meadow in the neighbor's yard chasing a bird. He pulled in the driveway and jumped out of the car. He called to Meadow and invited her to go for a ride. She ran around the yard for few minutes and teased Dad, but after a few laps around the yard, she gave in and jumped in the car. Dad reached in the car and snapped a leash on her.

Total exploration time - less than 10 minutes. Chasing birds - priceless.

Meadow, you certainly don't know how to behave like a husky if that's all the time you're going to spend running. I need to teach you some lessons. So next time, dig a deeper hole because you weigh less than 40 pounds and I weigh more than 80 pounds. I'll go with you and teach you how to run.

Kisses, Sky Boy

A Meeshka Crusade

Queen Meeshka has put forth a proclamation for all HULA operatives to support Iams Home for the Holidays. This is an event sponsored by the Iams Company to have 1 million pets adopted over the holiday season. There are more than 3,000 shelters and rescues participating in this event.

Please get the word out to all of your furry and feathered friends. Until no more pets are left homeless. Every pet should know the kind of life we all have here in the Kapp Pack household!



Kisses, King Sky boy

Tuesday Surprise

Hey Pups!

Look what it was doing outside when Mom let us out this afternoon!

SNOW! GLORIOUS SNOW!!! It's husky heaven!!!!

Kisses, Sky boy