HuskyMom09

According to AKC rules the front dew claws may remain or be removed, however the rear, if any, must be removed.

My kids wear White Pine martingale collars, mainly because they really seem to be the only collar I have ever tried that doesn't either damage or discolor their hair....for harnesses I am really loving my Alpine Outfitters harnesses, they were the first ones I have bought but I had demoed others from friends. The only complaint I have about them was they took forever to get here...my fault though I shouldn't have ordered in their peak season! LOL lesson learned I will be ordering the rest from them for sure

Congrats!! Another Juneau We're waiting for our new squirt to either be born or be ready...we're looking at two litters one born a week ago, one to be born in a few weeks. I hate the anticipation!!

to the pack!

The reason the blue eyes are such a bad rap is basically the blue eye gives the illusion of the eye being too round (most actually tend to be with blue eyes), and that almost every pet breeder (BYB and Puppymill included) breed specifically for blue eyes nothing more. You breed that many recessive genes you are bound to have a dog with issues. There are quality blue eyed Siberians out there, but blue eyes are not a very dominant gene. Most other sled dog breeds as you notice only have brown eyes...we are blessed with one of the few that have a multitude but NEVER will we breed for eye color specifics when breeding ethically.

Thankfully a good judge will take a look at the total package....it's the whispers from outside the ring is where the branding comes from.

Its so true, if you have a blue eyed Siberian in the show world you get pegged for buying from a pet breeder. So funny, my dog's grandsire has blue eyes and hes phenomenal! But lets not forget blue eyes are a recessive gene also!

My pet rescue Siberians have blue eyes, but my show boys have brown eyes. I don't care what color they are as long as they are genetically clear

Thank you all so much for taking the time to read Timber's Story, he's one of my biggest success stories and by far and he was the biggest reward I could have ever hoped for So glad to have him in my pack!

Yeah you'll get people naming their dogs after their favorite movie too. How many Balto's must be out there? None of them descend directly from the true Balto but I would bet they are out there

The two dogs used in White Fang were Malamute crosses, so most likely not anything from this breeders lines if she's breeding purebred Huskies.

I'd want to see at least 3 generations of clear hips and eyes personally, but at MINIMUM the parents. And then at 1year have your puppies eyes tested, then again at two when you get the hips read.

Unfortunately I missed the link to pictures, but I see nothing in the bloodlines at all. Probably just a hobby breeder that hasn't done anything more with their dogs. Are you able to go to the breeders and physically put eyes on how they keep and raise their dogs?

On top of being too high in salt and the dangers people food pose to your pup as Michelle points out, you will be turning your dog into a beggar. Be prepared to never be able to enjoy a meal and for them to completely protest their food knowing that you eventually give in and feed scraps.

Thank you both if he keeps this up we may have a finished Ch by years end...now that would be exciting!

Thank you all so very much

Thank you both! We couldn't be more pleased and excited

LOL, should have added he's only 16mos old too He's got some more growing/maturing to do still

I forget that I use a screen name here! Yes I am one of the co-owners on this boy and he is the full litter brother to my boy Denali. I was also the one that thought up the registered name of this boy

I would like to announce Takoda's first win his first day out in the ring! He went WD and BOS over his own daddy, a special :-) Takoda was bred by Naomi Hinkle & Beckie Haglund and is out of Galena's Crk's On Fire at Kaniska "Ember" and Waymar's Tiger Lily "Lily" and he is owned by Naomi Hinkle, Susan Callahan, and Lani Ferrante. Wonderfully handled and cared for by Julie Despot!

So true....there are times when he relapses and shows food aggression but only toward my husband. The person before us was a man and Timber sure hasn't forgot how he had to fight for every scrap of food he ate. Those relapses have become further and further apart which gives me hope that he'll be able to realize the peace he has now.

Thank you both. It was a shocking site, not even sure the pictures do it justice to what it was really like...and thank god the smell stayed there not with the photos! The whole thing was stomach churning to a degree I could never put into words. I can't tell you how many nights I cried, from the moment I saw the first photos in the email that alerted us to a situation to after we got 36 of them out. The situation put age on us all, but still weight heavy in Timber I think.

Thanks sutsibe Timber took some work, luckily not as much as some of the others....but he's certainly one of the lucky ones.

It was crazy and trying emotionally as well as physically. Yes there were signs of pack predation....so sad they had to live the way they were. We had to euthanize one due to extreme aggression, and one that Animal Control injured in the rescue effort (dang catch pole anyway). All others either went to sanctuary or were placed in homes successfully. It was a horrible situation and one that I never want to relive. I'm glad we were able to make a difference for those dogs but it was difficult on all of us.

Well our Timber seems to be a crowd favorite around here so I thought I would share his story. Some of the following pics can be seen as "graphic"--- Four years ago I was involved with a Siberian Husky Rescue group. One day an email came in informing the group of a really bad situation involving dogs possibly puppy mill type situation. 43 dogs in total were at risk. The owner had recently died and the surviving members of his family wanted nothing to do with the dogs....the following pictures are what we found when we investigated: The only man made shelter available- Bone scraps and feces Scared puppies Nervous unsocialized dogs The only water source we found- The pens were all nailed shut, we had to cut the wire fencing to enter the pens. The dogs hadn't been socialized at all and were very wary of us. They were free breeding and den birthing puppies that had never been handled and were vicious little badgers. The dogs when fed were being tossed rancid fat and bone scraps from a local butcher shop and left to fight for who ate. There was also evidence of them killing weaker members of the pack for food source. The pan of water in the 4th picture was the only source of water we found. These dogs were in bad shape.Many of the dogs had to be tranquilized for their own safety to move them. Timber was the only dog that walked out on lead, he had been their primary stud dog and was handled enough to work with. We were able to get 36 of the dogs that were still in pens into rescue. Wolf dog rescue took many of these animals and worked hard to rehabilitate them, Malamute rescue took the malamutes, and the Siberians went into various Siberian Rescues. It was a massive undertaking but so worth it in the end. I ended up taking Timber who Animal Control officers wanted to euthanize on site do to his "wolfiness" I can't say I have any regrets, he's a happy well adjusted (NEUTERED!) member of our pack now