huskylover103

Jerad, how is Gibs doing? I wanna see an update picture!!! I haven't been on here in a while... :/

I made a bracelet from Tessa's fur! Well, half of one... LOL Although I still have a whole bagful and haven't made anything else. lol...

My girl Tessa is a rescue too! From the Humane Society!

Well I tried to resize the pic but it wouldn't let me remove the bigger version. sorry guys. LOL

LOL these are awesome...

Aww! 10! Cause I loveee husky kisses! Whoops... edit... I commented on the wrong sig LOL But this one is still great.... 10! I LOVE the markings and Daves head on there is priceless.... haha

Yes, I do worry about Collin when Tess is in her super hyper mode. He usually just laughs at her, but she has knocked him down pretty hard a couple times. It a little scary tbh. I want her to be better behaved, but I don't want her to become boring either, LOL... but I'd love to have in between... I think it can work. Shes a quick learner. It's funny that when I'm teaching her to "shake" she gets a treat for using her paws on my hand, but when she does it on her own (claw down my arm), she gets a "NO Tessa that hurts!" and I try to (unsuccessfully) get her off me and she just thinks I'm playing more.... :/ poor girl must be so confused.... She must be thinking, "what does she WANT from me!?" and thanks, I think Collin is gorgeous too.

OH what wonderful advice! Before reading this I was wondering if teaching her not to do this would make her not want to do cute "hops" and "pounces" in fear of her being left alone or reprimanded or something. But I LOVE the idea of teaching her to stop first, THEN when I say it is okay, she can have paws on me and jump on me. I would love her to be that way! I have actually tried to ignore her when she hurts me. It just results in claws going across my face or my arm or whatever is in reach because shes trying to get me to play. But now I see that leaving the room where she physically cant claw or jump or knaw on me.... that could work!! Then when she is calm, approach her again! Does this sound right?

Aggression???? Pshhh. This dog is %100 Alpha male and it will take an even stronger alpha to "put him in his place" This must be you. When the "pack is finally established as you being the "pack leader" the bond will be deep between you and your dog. Try learning a bit about canine behavior... I took a class on it and it really helped to see why dogs so some of the things they do! Another hint. Watch wolves in their pack on Discovery channel or online. Watch the "corrections" the alpha gives to his lower ranking members. You will see what is ingrained in him. Dogs like this have a wonderful tendency to become the best dogs ever... with the right leader!!!! His aggresive behavior is definately aggressive, but I don't think he is an "aggressive" dog as society sees aggressive dogs. The big difference here is ....being dominantly aggressive, or aggressive for no reason. Everyone has given great advice. I hope you stick with it, research, and in the end you'll have a really great bond with a really special dog.

So we were playing over at my sisters and my son and my nephew were chasing eachother and I was on the floor laughing at them. They were running back to the living room from the kitchen and Tessa was after them, obviously... Well she saw me and broke out into a FULL run and hopped up wayyyy in the air and I only had time to put my hands up before her whole body landed on my head! Everyone was like OMG! WHOA! Then they died laughing. So.... it's like this, its not the first time she's done this, she does it whenever excited, I am on the couch and she takes a notion to run... so she does. Only she doesn't stop when she gets to me, she jumps right on top of me, however I'm sitting, or standing... LOL Although I think it hilarious, and I love it, I also hate it. It's weird. It hurts. Is it bad for me to allow her to do this? When shes in that crazy hyper spastic mode, nothing stops her unless I get mean and firmly handle her. Then she puts her ears back and I feel bad. And by firmly handleing her I do NOT mean spanking her! I kinda just firmly hold her still and speak loud and clear "NO" and "CALM" and she does. But the minute something else makes her hyper, she is right back to that state of mind. I know it's typical for huskies to be hyper and bullheaded. So, I know you all have plenty of advice RIGHT????

Everyone altogether now.... AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! That pup sure is funny and cute!

This reminds me of Tess!!!

I can't see this pic!

Aww thanks I think she's beautiful too! And they did have a blast, I'll have to go over there again sometime! "Life's not about waiting on the storm to pass, its about learning to dance in the rain"

Casey, I editing the signature and put it the picture you wanted. I couldn't get the text the exact smae way, because I'm still not an expert at GIMP (the program I use) butttt it's still really cute... here you go!