LittleLuka

i wasn't talking about you lol your advice was very helpful. i mean the people (family) who keep telling her dog is horribly behaved

well thats when you need to take into consideration that there are many people who are just uneducated about the breed. This is why huskies aren't for everyone, because they act like little maniacs. lol don't let their negative feedback make you feel like you're failing. if you're working hard, you're doing a good job and it will eventually show in Balto's behavior.

sounds like a typical husky and that you weren't exactly sure what you were getting yourself into before you got Balto. Luka has been challenging to say the least, fortunately for me i found this forum before i got him and knew what to expect. My OH not so much. Luka has stressed him out for the past year. It helped when we had Sera over. (our foster husky) She was 2 years old and a completely different dog. I promise they do calm down EVENTUALLY but definitely not at 5 months old. I've noticed a change in Luka's behavior just in the past few months. However, he still doesn't do well with cats or small dogs. Huskies are known to have a high prey drive and i believe sometimes no matter how much training is given it can't be overcome. Food Aggression isn't something I've experienced first hand but i know there are ways to correct that, it just takes time and consistency. And when most of us say time we don't mean a few weeks and you will have your perfect dog, because that is just not going to happen with a husky but more like months,years,etc. Luka is a year old and still zooms around the house like a lunatic. I make sure he gets plenty of exercise but at the end of the day i don't worry about it as this was the breed i chose. I chose my high-energy, annoying, LOUD, husky. You need to take a moment to consider your life without Balto, is it something you can bear? If so, then maybe rehoming is the answer. If not, then I recommend you continue to work on training and your hard work will eventually pay off. Also, you sound very frustrated with his behavior as you write about it. I know my OH had a big issue with taking his stress into his emotions which affected his training with Luka. You literally have to clear your head or they can sense things. Sorry to hear you're going through a hard time.

frankmayfield owns maverick! but i wasn't sure that was him

i didn't look at it that way. I'm not asking to be idolized, I just thought it was a nice video which an animal rescue posted to thank their fosters. i don't think it makes anyone feel as they aren't good enough, in fact i see that it could possibly motivate people to get involved in rescue. You get a special feeling when a dog you fostered or even just donated to gets adopted into their forever home. And also, i think some of the directors of the animal rescues over here who take dogs that everyone else has given up on and don't seem like they are going to make it are angels. i'm an ordinary person and i help how i can (whether that be me fostering or just donating) but the things they do are incredible. They don't ask to be promoted, but honestly, they should be. just my thoughts.

if only luka would be with me i would outbid you all!

Reading The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss ... it was recommended to me so we'll see how it goes. my boyfriend bought me an iPad yesterday for my trip to the UK ( i have a 6 hour layover) so i'm going to be doing a lot of reading between now and May!!

i felt that way at 3am this morning when Knox kept putting a stupid stuffless raccoon toy in my face! it didn't help that he has the cutest puppy face when he does it. lol ughhhhhhh

will do. i think they will all be fine. the rescue told me that she is a very submissive girly, she tucks her tail at everyone. i think it will just be completely chaos because they will all play lol

Thank you to all that help.

will do. and i'll post some pics tonight

it's not as good as the first one IMO. but it is still worth watching for sure!

i get her when i get off work today. we're meeting at the dog park

i think at 21 you're honestly too young to really make such a large decision. don't get me wrong you may never change your mind and that's completely fine. it doesn't make you a "bad person" if you don't want kids, they're not for everyone. I don't know your relationship status but finding the love of your life could also change things. i never really cared much about having kids, actually i was convinced i wasn't having kids haha but after finding Josh it's changed my perspective. I want to have a family with him one day and I'm only 23. My opinion has changed in just a short time.

well luckily i'm already renting a house so i don't expect utilities to go up that much. Not sure if the neighborhoods we're looking in have a HOA. but houses are going for next to nothing here right now and our cost of living isn't high at all. lol

well our rent is at a cheap $800.00 per month which isn't bad considering. it just drives me crazy that we could be paying possibly less to own!

i'm more than ready to buy! we're just saving money so we can make a larger downpayment.

her mom was 140 lbs and her dad was 160 lbs....

Too big for me! Lol

He doesn't really look "heavy" to me though more like in between

This is luka if that helps

It is breed discrimination but not only to sibes but to pit bulls as well. Not every pitbull, Rottweiler, etc. is aggressive. My apartment didn't ban huskies I just had to pay a nonrefundable pet deposit. Our house could care less what we ow

yeah there is definitely more breeds on the list. luckily, state farm doesn't have any breed discrimination in their policies. that's who i will do my home insurance through. apartments and town homes are picky about pets, private rental homes are not. most places as long as you pay a deposit they don't care what breed IF they allow large dogs except of course pitbulls.

yeah it's def. not easy to rent with a Husky. Luckily, my landlord is a family friend and our next house will be purchased. haha try having a pitbull and a husky