Steve

I've been running Storm in front of the bike since he was around 15 months (he's now 30 months approx) - I pedal very little except for a short up hill stretch where I help out. We do about 4 miles, which takes him between 18 and 25 minutes depending on (a) how cold it is and ( how many distractions we come across. I'll do this 2-3 times a week, normally around 10pm so it's nice and quiet out, using head torch and good bike lights (which cost about 4 times what I paid for the bike!). I did a quick one this weekend, and I expected him to crash out when we returned home, and I would take my other two out for a walk. He was having none of it - he was up for the walk as much as ever!!!

I got a foster dog around 2 months ago, and within 24 hours she had come down with kennel cough (the rescue were very apologetic, but they were not to know, and some of the other rescues came down simultaneously). As we do not board ours, they had not had the vaccine. Storm got it around 7 days later, and Holly after 9 days. It hit our foster quite hard, as she was already low from being abandoned and being in the pound which she got on badly with. We used CHILDRENS BENYLIN FOR CHESTY COUGHS (comes in a red box) as advised by the rescue. It should be the children's one as the adult one has alcohol I believe, and for chesty coughs, as the dry cough version suppresses the cough, which is not what is desired. Our foster got it quite badly went on antibiotics for 5 days, which put her on the mend, but she had it for a full 2 weeks. We were ready with the BENYLIN when ours got it, and both got it very mildly, so did not require more than just BENYLIN. There was a lot of hacking coughing, gagging, but also sneezing like in the video. While they were coughing or had any symptoms, I did not go in the park, but rather just walked the streets. As bad as our foster was, she refused to miss a single walk. KC was around the neighbourhood at the time mine got it, and most people whose dogs got it did not need anything more than BENYLIN - it is the canine version of the cold, but it is VERY infectious, which is why I made no effort to segregate my dogs, as I knew they would come down with it anyhow. Hopefully a few more days will see an improvement in your Husky. It is common, but in most dogs were there are no underlying problems, the dog will get over it in the same way as a cold passes

How does it look? To me, normal. I take mine out for an hour around that time, and I'm not alone on the park. Guess we're all mad.

If you ever read about long distance sledding, there is no command that will stop a pack chasing prey. Mushers just pray that the pack runs by without noticing, but it often doesn't work out this way!

Had a visit from Shilo. I knew Storm and Holly would have a great time. The good thing is that Betty, our foster dog, was totally chilled as well. Loads of wrestling followed, and Storm has now crashed out. Shilo is an absolute beauty.

I think if you have huskies, you have to arrange your life around the dogs. If I want a lie in, I will still get up around my normal time, walk the dogs for an hour, feed them, then have the lie in. Mind you, it happens rarely. We're lucky from the point of view that it is rare the dogs are alone for more than a couple of hours, and we never crate.

Why men? This is about people. I would not paint men or women better owners than the other. It's down to the individual. Some care, some don't.

I was walking my two huskies and collie cross on my local park, and could see a lady in the distance hurrying to put her two small dogs on leads. She commented to another lady with two Norwich terriers "OH GOD, THERE'S A MAN WITH TWO AKITAS!" and she left the park shortly afterward. The funny thing is that my dogs walk with those two Norwich Terriers most mornings, so this lady was able to put her right on my two huskies. Never the less, this other lady left the park. I'm fortunate with Storm in that he respects all dogs, but will play with any given the right vibes. Betty is still learning - she's 8 years old, and I do not think she has been socialised at all - we got her as a stray to foster. I'm fortunate that on my local park, Storm, along with another pair of huskies, have done nothing but good for the reputation of huskies, so most locals encourage their dogs to play with Storm because he is so gentle with them.

I'm fostering a dog at the moment that is quite over-weight. I've had her for around 5 weeks, and every Friday we pop round the vets to weigh her in to see how the diet is going. No vet, just the environment, on the scales, then out. She was OK with the vet, as are all of mine, but if not, this might help settle the dog into visits to the vet. I'm lucky in that my vet is only 10 minutes walk from home.

Is that a husky glove puppet? Seriously though, super looking pup.

Number 2 for sure.

Isn't too bad for boys. We kept his lampshade on for the first 24 hours, but after that, he seemed to be leaving the stitches alone, so the shade came off and he didn't look back. Obviously we needed to reduce his exercise for a few days, and walked on paths to avoid the wound getting wet for the first week.

Well done for trying. I've no doubt you've made the right choice for you, your pack and Jango. It's sad that he has come to you in this damaged state, and I would say that you have given Jango the absolute best chance with his new home. Fingers crossed that all works out there.

I agree with the two comments above. Even if he had papers and confirmed no defects, I would suggest he should be a winner in the show ring before thinking of breeding from him. I have a fantastic dog, good looking, no defects, pulls well. I don't however know his history so the first thing I did on getting him was to get him neutered. There are already too many poorly breed huskies out there - I don't want to add to the problem, and I must say that I think Storm is a much better dog for it. His temperament was already good, but he really is now a dog that I can take anywhere and put into any situation with other dogs, kids etc without any undue worries.

We have the same duck...and he still lives!!! We had a guest dog try to distroy him, but I saved him in the nick of time, operated (with needle and thread) and saved him. My two (plus foster) are all very good with soft toys.