Juno

make sure the stock doesn't have MSG in it. MSG is known to cause seizures in dogs

There really is nothing wrong with high protein levels in dog food. I'd worry more about low protein levels, since protein is essential for dogs. Some brands I highly recommend are: Taste of the Wild, Merrick, Dr. Tim's, Earthborn Holistic, EVO, Fromm, and since you are in canada, Nutram grain free.

Yea I doubt she will have any more puppies in the next few months, so I have a while to wait. We are taking training classes at petsmart currently. While all the other puppies jump around her and bark at her, she just lays there and sleeps. I finally figured out how to stop her from pulling while walking, so I'm very happy about that. The thing we mostly are working on right now is digging and destroying things. Plus she likes to open mouth hit me with her teeth while she's excited. Other than that, she's awesome.

Oh I love petsmart classes! The trainer that I take Juno to at petsmart breeds and shows shar-pei. Her first class was this week and while all dogs were jumping around and barking, she was sleeping. So fun! Good luck!

I like the TOTW, but pacific stream and sierra mountain formula are pretty low in protein, and low in fat, which means they are really high in carbs. Low fat, plus low protein, plus high carbs means hungry puppy. They will have more energy, but I see more eating/chasing of bugs in the future. What annoys me is when my mother is around while I'm feeding her. I feed her 1 cup of food, but because she's a puppy she always looks around for more. My mother always says that I'm starving her, and I'm going to cause her to develop food aggression because of it. As if I don't know how to take care of my own dog. Geez.

If it helps, Juno's mother was a red and white, while her father was a silver and white. Juno's grandfather was red and white, while her grandmother was silver and white. Out of four puppies, not one of them was red. She may get lucky with the next litter though

Oh I love Derby. I stayed in Derbyshire for 3 weeks when I was traveling. Wonderful place! Welcome!

High fat is what mostly contributes to runny stools. For dogs with sensitive stomachs (and people) they recommend the bland diet, which means almost no fat. I've noticed that Merrick has the same nutritional analysis (38% protein 17% fat) as most of Orijen's formulas. It's just loads cheaper. I'm actually considering changing Juno to Merrick duck after we are close to finishing the earthborn holistic. It's more expensive than EH, but worth it!

yea Fromm is a pretty awesome company. It's really hard to beat over 100 years and no recalls. What I don't quite like about the fromm, is the pieces in the grain free line are really tiny, like they're made for itty-bitty dogs. It worries me, because Juno doens't chew her food unless the pieces are big. So really, she just inhales it.

And yea, Orijen is rediculously expensive, but then again, so is wellness core. Core is actually more expensive when it comes to price per lb, and it's not even good quality. I could understand paying that much for Orijen, but not for a large chain pet-food store brand.

I feed my eldest dog who is an american eskimo/basset/chow/beauceron mix TOTW's new flavor they just turned out. So far, I've had the best results with that food than any other with her. Plus, she loves it so I don't have to force her to eat. We tried Merrick with her, but after looking at the ingredients in it, I'm not too fond of classic merrick. With Juno, I feed her Earthborn Holistic Coastal Catch, but it smells rank, so I'm probably going to change soon to either Earthborn Holistic Primitive Natural, Dr. Tim's Kinesis grain free, or Fromm. I like all three, but it really just depends on what I'm in the mood to try for her, as I love to rotate foods. Blue buffalo is an okay food, but for that price, you could do a lot better

Well, we've had her for 2 weeks so far, and we are still very smitten with her! The chances of getting another calm husky is slim though, so we are going to try and wait until the breeder has another litter of beauties. By that time, we will know whether or not we can handle two huskies. By that time Juno should be a little older, so she will be a little more mature

a little small and underweight is better than this: Huskies don't eat a ton, and if you worry too much and make her eat, you will probably end up with a miserable fat one. The smaller the bone structure, the less they should need to eat in order to keep themselves functioning.

Yea I've tried that method though, and it didn't go so well with the other puppy. People say that you shouldn't discriminate against breeds and that it all depends on how you raise them, but he was a chow mix that turned on his family. Just like how it's a breed characteristic for huskies to be high energy, it's a breed characteristic for chows or chow mixes to be aggressive in some way or another. I know cesar millan is looked down upon in the dog community, I do believe he has helped people with their dogs when no one else was able to. For me, I don't see it as exerting my dominance as though I'm a bully, but more like drawing lines to avoid future problems. As a family, we praise affection and sweet behavior and try to enforce it, but for us it's difficult to find out what to do when she displays negative behavior, such as her growling.

Okay, I will! Things are going to have to change in the household from now on, I guess. Even though I love it when Juno pins her ears back and smiles at me when I get home, I really shouldn't be enforcing her excitement. I'm going to also work more on making her heel while walking, we eat before she eats, and affection is given only when we ask for it.

That seems to go on, only Sadie wants nothing to do with her. I don't mind her barking at her inappropriate behavior, but when I'm trying to pet them, she jumps on Sadie with her mouth open and nose wrinkled and of course Sadie will bark like mad at her. I mostly fear for my safety since they go at each other with teeth. It's never viscous, and it's typically over in a few seconds, but I'm still concerned. The other puppy I had would go at her every chance he got, and he eventually became aggressive to us. The crate is upstairs in my room, so I don't really have time to stick her in it when she's being bad. I've just started throwing her outside. I did notice something that startled me yesterday. I was on the floor and she started to fall asleep. I tried to love on her, but she started to growl, and then she walked away and laid down somewhere else. Also, later on while she was asleep, I tried to pet her, and she woke up and growled. Of course, this time, I just paused, and kept petting her, and she stopped and fell asleep again. I supposed it's time to start treating her like a dog and stop letting her become the center of my world. I'd hate to have another brat like the other puppy. I can't go through another thing like that again.

She really doesn't guard her toys or chew things. Earlier today though, she ran up to Sadie and stole the cow-hoof she was chewing on right out of her mouth. Of course, Sadie barked, growled and attempted to keep it, but Juno was persistent. I suppose it could just be a puppy thing.

So I've had Juno for a week. When I first got her, she was terrified of my older dog. We have had our older dog, Sadie for about 8 years now. The only other dog in the household with her was a puppy we got a while back. He was annoying, and constantly chased her and bit her tail and snapped at her face constantly. Of course, she would bark and tell him off and it wouldn't stop him. Well, when we got Juno, she was very submissive and great with her. Sadie seemed to love it too, and she would use her powers for evil and growl at her any chance she got. It seemed to keep her in her place for a little while... but I would take her on confidence walks with her so that she could perhaps be a little less afraid of Sadie. I didn't know it would work within three days. After that, she was no longer afraid of Sadie. I was fine with that, but it's gone from being afraid, to not caring, and now she torments the poor dog. She jumps all over her head and back, and just lunges at her. I'm not sure whether or not she's playing, or if she's trying to learn her place in the family. When it comes to feeding time, the dogs will hover around me, but not jump. At first they would sit and wait patiently, but now when Sadie gets close to me making the food, she yips at her and snaps at her face. She also snaps at Sadie when she gets close to me and tries to love on me. To me, it seems as though she has a resource guarding issue. This can be fixed, I'm sure, but how? I've dealt with this before with the puppy we previously re-homed, but his food aggression was so bad that he was starting to just randomly attack us. His food aggression was turning into random aggression, and he was becoming a liability issue. Of course, she doesn't have food aggression with us, or any type of aggression with us, it's just Sadie and her age that we worry about. Any advice on stopping this so that I don't lose my puppies trust, or cause it to escalate?

Yea, but do you ever plan on breeding him? Do his bloodlines include horrible genetic diseases? I guess I'm also angry at the fact that there is a puppy mill somewhere in my city that constantly breeds huskies. I met a beautiful, sweet female today that has mild hip dysplasia due to careless inbreeding and an easy profit. She's only 2, and it will just get worse for her. By 6 she will have to be put down because she won't be able to walk anymore. It's just careless irresponsible breeding like that which annoys me. it's a heartbreak that never should and wouldn't happen if dog breeding was left to the pros. We have enough dogs coming in off the streets in the country, we don't need even more dogs being bred in peoples back-yard so that they rehome them on craigslist for an extra $10-$50. But really, having an un-neutered dog, have you ever been in a situation where there is one unfixed female, and two males competing for that female? If you haven't, would you wait around long enough for that to happen? Do you still think your dog would behave the same if that situation were to arise?

Oh i didn't mean that all mixed breeds were ugly, but one of the mixed breeds was a pit great dane and the other was some hound thing. I have another dog at home that is a basset/american eskimo/chow/beauceron mix, and she's beautiful and well behaved. I love her to pieces, and wouldn't change a thing about her. All I'm saying, is that mutts can be great, but they can also have their issues as well as purebreds. It's just that the irresponsible owners release their dogs and let them go rampant while they're going through their issues. There was an unfixed german shepherd husky mix that was there and he made good friends with my dog, but he was well behaved and was able to control himself. What annoyed me what having my dog get chased down and cornered three times by un-neutered dogs that were nearly 5 times her size because the owners thought their dogs were just being "friendly." Really, I'm not blaming the dogs at all. I'm ranting over the fact that the owners don't have a clue in the world. Trust me, I know fixing can't fix all the problems. My male dog was fixed at 6 weeks, but still humped his bed. Un-neutered dogs should be able to use the park as well as neutered dogs, but we have never had any neutered dogs start fights, only un-neutered dogs.

So I absolutely love taking the dogs to the dog park down the street from me. I find it the most fun part about having a dog. Typically the people are awesome, and it's a wonderful tool to get some dogs out of their shell. But I've encountered a few problems. First off, my puppy isn't spayed yet. Per breeders contract, I can't get her spayed until 10 months. I understand people bringing puppies to the park that aren't fixed, but adult dogs that aren't fixed yet? Seriously? Twice this week we have had people bring their nasty mixed-breed ugly pit, hound, or lab mixed, un-neutered dogs to the dog park to let them run around. NO one wants to breed their dog with theirs! WHY would you POSSIBLY think that bringing your nasty dog to the park with other dogs would be a good idea!? Un-neutered males start fights. They are obnoxious dogs that mark all over the place and knock over little kids. They have no lineage, no desirable qualities and no business being completely intact in a group of dogs. They are the reason for the over population in kennels. Their inability to deprive a dog of his "man hood" is a lame excuse for why they allow their dog to go un-snipped. what they are doing is risking unplanned pregnancies and also risking the health of their pet by increasing the chances of cancer.

Juno's Father: AKA: Sstar's storm Chaser And her Mother: Huskavarna's Eternal Eclipse And her grandparents on her mothers side: Grandfather: Ch. Seeonees Aragon And her Grandmother: Ch. Huskavarna's Point Of Grace

I found Juno on Hoobly. I spoke with the owner for a week before we actually came to visit her, as I wanted to know all about her personality and health. She wouldn't let her go to just anyone with money. Even if it was her first litter, she plans on keeping tabs on every puppy she sells. I still stay in contact with the breeder, as she loves to watch them grow and see whether or not they're in good homes.

I believe some dry foods are better than others. I can't stand people who feed their huskies nasty purina or iams food, then complain about how they shed a ton. I also can't stand it when people have huskies that are hyper, and they complain about it, but don't even bother to exercise them. Just a pet peeve. Back to the food thing--I prefer to feed kibble because I'm not comfortable doing raw or home cooked foods. Even after I get my Animal Nutrition degree, I don't think I'll do home-cooked or raw because I'm quite pleased with Dr. Tim's, Earthborn Holistic and Evo. All in all, the health of your husky really depends on the quality. If I were you, I would look into a really high-quality breeder because if you end up falling into the cheap puppy-mill rut, you would make up the difference in money with the amount you spend on vet bills. Plus, make sure your puppy or dog you get has had its parents hip and eye certified, because it would suck to have to put your dog down before it's even passed its adult life

I think they're pretty hardy. I live in south carolina, and even though it's hot outside, she pants. my chow mix puppy couldn't stand the heat. Even though he was a mutt, he had a lot of issues like stomach issues (couldn't have anything with grain, otherwise he would explode from both ends) and he got car sick. He also had skin issues and multiple allergies. He had an undeveloped dew claw that he started chewing and one of the worst cases of food aggression I had ever seen. So far with Juno, I've seen none of that. Her stomach isn't nearly as sensitive, and she can spend 4 hours in the heat with no issues. We also have hardwood floors in our house, and she slides all over them on a daily basis. It looks like it hurts, but she doesn't act as though she's in pain. As for emotional.. i think every time i leave for work, a small part inside of her breaks. But that's just about it.