I’m sure there are lots of dog lovers in here so I’m sharing some of mine. All my dogs are pure bred Siberian Huskies. Up until January, every animal on my ranch was a rescue (horses and dogs). One of my female Huskies had a few pups back in January. Things got a little bit crazy after that.
We were up to 11 Huskies at that point. One of my boys, Alaska, he was 2, got past the fence and got hit. Tree branch fell on the line and broke the connection. It happens. Locked him up in his stall until I could get out to fix it the next day and he had escaped by morning. Got a call at 7am that one got hit in front of the house. That took a toll on my kids.
Long story short, I found a home for one of the boys with a cousin who was ready for a husky. I found homes for 3 of the females this week (it’s amazing how people will come out of the woodwork when they know its a purebred but won’t take one from a pound. I turned down a lot of people).
Good news is, I was able to vet out good homes. We are now down to 6. It’s a much more manageable number given the pups and all.
I kept my Lucky Girl. She was my first rescue. She’ll never leave the ranch. She an 80lb freak of nature. She came to me papered at 18 months. She is the alpha.
Then there’s Fang. Fang is a good boy. Nothing much else to say about him. Goofy as they get. Fang came to the to me at 4.5 months. He is 14 months now. He is the daddy of the pups.
I decided to keep the 4 male pups and rehome the rest of the females that were left. Lucky is the only female that stayed. Fury, momma to the pups became very comfortable as an indoor dog, so I homed her accordingly.
These are the 4 boys.
Left-right Thunder, Jack Frost, Tank and Maverick (also known as Peg Leg after breaking a leg, he’s all better now, name stuck). Yeah, they are filthy from digging to China in my yard.
This, by comparison, was 9 day ago, to give you an idea how fast they are growing.
Those 3 are the 3 on the left of the first pic. They were 27-28lbs in this pic 9 days ago. I’m sure they’ve broken 30lb already. I had them Embark genetically tested and they came back 100% pure bred.
So those are my pack, or what’s left of it. It’s not the same as it was before the pups were born but choices had to be made. Not so much for my sanity but for their own safety. Man’s got to know his limits. I can say, today was by far the most manageable day we’ve had here in 3-1/2 months. If all of them were grown, I could handle them. Managing and training the pups too is where it starts to break down. I don’t want a repeat of what happened to Alaska.
We were up to 11 Huskies at that point. One of my boys, Alaska, he was 2, got past the fence and got hit. Tree branch fell on the line and broke the connection. It happens. Locked him up in his stall until I could get out to fix it the next day and he had escaped by morning. Got a call at 7am that one got hit in front of the house. That took a toll on my kids.
Long story short, I found a home for one of the boys with a cousin who was ready for a husky. I found homes for 3 of the females this week (it’s amazing how people will come out of the woodwork when they know its a purebred but won’t take one from a pound. I turned down a lot of people).
Good news is, I was able to vet out good homes. We are now down to 6. It’s a much more manageable number given the pups and all.
I kept my Lucky Girl. She was my first rescue. She’ll never leave the ranch. She an 80lb freak of nature. She came to me papered at 18 months. She is the alpha.
Then there’s Fang. Fang is a good boy. Nothing much else to say about him. Goofy as they get. Fang came to the to me at 4.5 months. He is 14 months now. He is the daddy of the pups.
I decided to keep the 4 male pups and rehome the rest of the females that were left. Lucky is the only female that stayed. Fury, momma to the pups became very comfortable as an indoor dog, so I homed her accordingly.
These are the 4 boys.
Left-right Thunder, Jack Frost, Tank and Maverick (also known as Peg Leg after breaking a leg, he’s all better now, name stuck). Yeah, they are filthy from digging to China in my yard.
This, by comparison, was 9 day ago, to give you an idea how fast they are growing.
Those 3 are the 3 on the left of the first pic. They were 27-28lbs in this pic 9 days ago. I’m sure they’ve broken 30lb already. I had them Embark genetically tested and they came back 100% pure bred.
So those are my pack, or what’s left of it. It’s not the same as it was before the pups were born but choices had to be made. Not so much for my sanity but for their own safety. Man’s got to know his limits. I can say, today was by far the most manageable day we’ve had here in 3-1/2 months. If all of them were grown, I could handle them. Managing and training the pups too is where it starts to break down. I don’t want a repeat of what happened to Alaska.
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