princessmom

"Of course she could just be a short coat, fast, midget husky. " I've got one of those, too. Jennet's Zoey is one of the few dogs she has to run flat out to catch. She hasn't raced Embry yet, I don't think.

Thanks for the reassurances, everyone. The vet tech usually shows us into an exam room then brings the dog into the back for the trim while I wait. You couldn't help but hear the screaming: she's quite the drama queen. I'm thinking maybe she was already on edge because the last time she was back there, it was for her spay. She was quite eager to be in the vet's lobby (great treats!) but once we started back to the exam rooms she tried to pull the other way, then hid under the chair and tried to resist Dodi bringing her out of the room. Could she remember and be afraid from six weeks ago?

I took Milla in for her nail trim today. First she started screaming and causing a ruckus, so I yelled to her to be quiet and didn't hear anything more. Turns out they had had to muzzle her to get the claws clipped! I'm so embarrassed! The technician said lots of huskies don't like being held closely, which is what she was objecting to more than the clip. She's not a very cuddly dog and she's pretty mouthy, but I never expected her to need muzzling. Help! Other than playing with her feet (which I had been doing), are there other things I can do to make her more cooperative with the nail trim? I had just taken her to the dog park for an hour to wear her out before hand, hoping a tired puppy would equal a good puppy. Maybe she was too tired?

Husky New Year to you all!

Awwwww! Soooooo cute!

I'm have to advise against leaving the dog in the yard. We rescued a husky who was raised by a young single guy who left in the yard all day while he worked. Tika ran away so many times (jumped the fence, dug under the fence, chewed through leather leashes) that eventually the owner just gave up coming to pick him back up. When we got him, he was about 2 yrs old and very anti-social: wouldn't come in the house unless the weather was terrible, not good with kids, liked me but only me, growled at house guests and started charging the fence when neighbors would walk by. He was a lovely dog otherwise... We had to give him back to the Humane Association after 8 months because I realized even my grown-up friends were afraid of him, and then he decided to discipline my 10 year old son as though he were a puppy (knocked him over, held him down and nipped above his neck). I felt terrible, but I just couldn't control him. Had he been properly socialized as a puppy, I think the story might have been different.

I'm happy to help. I've already got loads of stuff that was about to go off to Goodwill. Where in Iowa are you?

I agree with Jeany. I love a good coat blow. It's actually much easier on both the owner and the hoover than having a lab x sheltie. Our last dog shed constantly, not in clumps but individual hairs that would collect in big tumbleweeds and blow across the kitchen whenever someone walked by.

I'll echo what everyone else has said about taking up the paper and making sure she goes out every hour (or less). I'll also suggest that she's peeing in the dining room and hallway because she doesn't consider them part of her den. Milla did this in our front room and upstairs hallway after she'd been given a little more freedom, because those were places she wasn't supposed to go. We allowed her to spend some time in the front room (under strict supervision) and she stopped peeing in there that day. (It's now "her room." When she wants to be left alone with her bone or toys, that's where she goes.) The hallway was a bit more difficult just because we don't really spend time in the hallway ('cuz it's a hallway, duh). I brought treats and a ball up to the hallway and played fetch with her a little bit with lots of treats. I also brought her treat ball up (it drops food when you roll it) and left it--full--in the hallway for a couple days so she would associate the hall with food and toys. She quickly stopped peeing up there, too, although it took a couple days of this to get her to understand that the whole house was her den and not to potty there.

Adorable! I'm surprised, though, their stuff is usually pretty well researched.

[ATTACH]7254.IPB[/ATTACH]One more try: Photo uploader does not like me tonight.

Milla at Christmas

Many thanks to Meesh for the lovely doggie charm bracelet and the husky issue of Dogs Monthly. I wouldn't have been able to see Nixy's story any other way! Milla even sat for a pic, which is a miracle in itself.

She's darling! How old is she?

I'm glad it's nothing serious. Poor little Polee.