tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420140893335621808.post5475243875397661718..comments2023-10-23T07:45:40.118-07:00Comments on Writing True: How to Train a HuskyWriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509773404677810560noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420140893335621808.post-27620801182126944492013-03-05T12:25:17.758-08:002013-03-05T12:25:17.758-08:00I have had my lab husky mix for almost a year...i ...I have had my lab husky mix for almost a year...i have been really good training Labs before so i thought nothing of this. Boy, was i wrong. When they say a husky is an escape artist, they certainly are not lying. He has escaped from everything. My favorite memory (only memory, it was a nightmare when it was happening) was when he escaped out of his backyard crate. After he got out of the crate, he escaped the yard and went on to explore the neighborhood. When I came outside after half an hour to let him in (he had peed and pooped in the house for the 100th time so i was a little irratated) i noticed him missing. I went around the neighborhood looking for him and ran into a cop running around about 2 blocks down the road. Well apparently, my dog was running up to the cop and doing the dodge game with him! He would not let him catch him. Oh man, I was in tears when the cop was telling me. Thankfully, he was a nice cop and didint give me a hard time. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695265781458812946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420140893335621808.post-35485470878485106302013-03-05T12:24:52.563-08:002013-03-05T12:24:52.563-08:00I have had my lab husky mix for almost a year...i ...I have had my lab husky mix for almost a year...i have been really good training Labs before so i thought nothing of this. Boy, was i wrong. When they say a husky is an escape artist, they certainly are not lying. He has escaped from everything. My favorite memory (only memory, it was a nightmare when it was happening) was when he escaped out of his backyard crate. After he got out of the crate, he escaped the yard and went on to explore the neighborhood. When I came outside after half an hour to let him in (he had peed and pooped in the house for the 100th time so i was a little irratated) i noticed him missing. I went around the neighborhood looking for him and ran into a cop running around about 2 blocks down the road. Well apparently, my dog was running up to the cop and doing the dodge game with him! He would not let him catch him. Oh man, I was in tears when the cop was telling me. Thankfully, he was a nice cop and didint give me a hard time. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695265781458812946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420140893335621808.post-84642825207004602722012-12-25T20:54:36.238-08:002012-12-25T20:54:36.238-08:00My Bella, after a few months of training, is decen...My Bella, after a few months of training, is decent off leash. Only every no and again does she run off, but she usually comes right back. And I've noticed, that she does wonderful with another dog in the mix. My goal: find a more willing breed, and train them as a team. Hopefully that will keep her unusually bright mind occupied. And they are escape artists. Bella watched me close the latches on her kennel a few times and within a week and figured out how to open the latch with her tongue, get out, close the door, and re latch at least one of the latches. Good luck!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01389708253530531767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420140893335621808.post-34307316478565918182011-06-28T19:13:56.113-07:002011-06-28T19:13:56.113-07:00I loved your story. I bought my first Husky and fe...I loved your story. I bought my first Husky and fell in love with her. So smart and entertaining. then I bought a Husky from a puppy mill as I could not let her go back to that enviroment. Then a friend that had bought the sister to my first husky called and told me she could not take it anymore she had took a freshly decorated cake off the counter or she would go to the dog pound. I now have three Huskies. There are times I think I am totally crazy for having three but at night when the all curl up with me I would not have had the best experience. I am very lucky they all live inside and have never torn up anything expect for toliet paper that my last one thinks she needs to be healthly. Mine are all runners and I chase them down with the car so that I can give them a ride home. They are all three back talkers. They voice their opions alot and you can look at them and tell what they are thinking. I have one that like to tattle tells on the others which makes you laugh and that laughter either sparks excitement or they get mad makes them tell you off with their talking. After having Huskies for 4 1/2 years I still think I am crazy being by myself having 3 huskies.Husky Loverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600479679348444977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420140893335621808.post-16487549995063286792009-12-27T15:31:33.624-08:002009-12-27T15:31:33.624-08:00I just brought home a 6week old male husky mix -- ...I just brought home a 6week old male husky mix -- and I can relate to everything your saying! I just hope my 6 year old, female Lab/Rottie mix will help keep him in line!Webmasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14388750171845810222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420140893335621808.post-40185585390439424122009-12-03T14:08:55.647-08:002009-12-03T14:08:55.647-08:00Thanks so much for your blog ! I think these cani...Thanks so much for your blog ! I think these canine behaviors are ones that only husky owners can know & understand. Huskys are extremely intelligent dogs, but also very stubborn. They learn quickly, but will often only follow commands if they see the point or if it seems to benefit them in some way. The 'come' command has been the most difficult one for her to obey when she's off leash and I often have to resort to devious tactics to try and out-think her, but she's learning my game and has already out-smarted me. Ugh... it's an ongoing battle.barbara_thornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06891908898678066000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420140893335621808.post-56666582865389248572008-12-18T16:50:00.000-08:002008-12-18T16:50:00.000-08:00Your blog just gave me so much hope!! I too have a...Your blog just gave me so much hope!! I too have a husky lab mix, Molly who I recently rescued after loosing my baby girl Cali to bone cancer. I could go on forever about Cali, but I"ll just say this, she was an amazing Pyrenees mix and one of those dogs that comes along once in a lifetime. I did everything with her off leash. So after I had to put Cali down and I got Molly I thought I could train her too to run off leash -- WRONG. Molly has done just about everything you talk about, but she is still a love and I have just recently realized after much research that she'll never be the off leash dog that Cali was, and that's ok. Thanks for sharing your story!Ringmasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01191331536338825894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420140893335621808.post-83339105011805003202008-09-23T21:52:00.000-07:002008-09-23T21:52:00.000-07:00I to have had great off leash dogs. I rescued 2 o...I to have had great off leash dogs. I rescued 2 of my very best friends in college when I was at OSU at the Bend, Or site. COCC. Sadie a long haired shepard rescue at Lupine State Forest with her 6 brothers found starving in the forest and Tobias a rescue during a drug raid at a meth trailer. He was tow chained to the door and had been used as a stud to breed border collie lab mixes and a guard dog for their lab. They traveled with me for 5 years all over the united states off leash in my VW bus. They probably went to 100 out of the 200 phish shows I experienced. I got them when I was 21. Sadie aka sis left me March of 2007. I had blown out her ACLS marathon training with them. I did not know you could do that to a dog. I cleared out my savings at age 24 7000.00 to replace her legs only to lose her 2 years later to MS in her back which took her out in a minute. She became fecaly incontent and could no longer walk. The day I had to make the descion she was mentally sound and she knew but there was nothing I could do she was in so much pain. I took her to accupunture evry week. I did all I could do and I was a single mom at the time. It did not matter she was my first child I owed her my life and then some. The only thing that helped me after I put her down was A. The Rainbow Bridge because I know she waits and B She rides with Ty in the back seat of the car in her box. She still is in the car with us everyday! Then I had to help my man squeeze and her Tobias. He was so depressed for a very long time. After Sadie went my life was never the same. But in July of 2008 I went to PetSmart going to buy a bag of dog food and saw KYA. A Husky Akita mix. She is a lover dog but OBEDIENCE??????I don't think so. This site has made me feel better that I am not a bad trainer it is the husky in her blood. So she will never be able to be off leash but she too is my lady. She is awesome with my kids. She does kill their stuffed animals only wants to bite their noses and eyes off. She brings me gifts of beheaded bunnies and turtles from our backyard(we have an acre fenced in in an old farmhouse 110 years old. And she keeps my man squeeze very young at his ripe old age of 11. I know this I will never love any dog like I did and do my first two. But I know the love you have for a dog is like nothing you can explain. Sometimes we cry more for our dogs than our own parents. It is an intimate bond that can never be replaced or matched. The only love I have ever known to match is the love I have for more children.Tobiasadiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08388814769960851953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420140893335621808.post-51502780380602321312007-06-12T17:49:00.000-07:002007-06-12T17:49:00.000-07:00Actually, it's called, "how to train your human" a...Actually, it's called, "how to train your human" and every husky knows it and uses it to their advantage to get what THEY want. Good luck! If I were you, I would definitely join some husky groups and learn from the long time pro's!! (lots of husky groups at yahoo groups)<BR/><BR/>HollyKhady Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13669150640211277224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420140893335621808.post-61522860788656881582007-06-12T12:16:00.000-07:002007-06-12T12:16:00.000-07:00Oh my - yes, it is different. And I agree 100% abo...Oh my - yes, it is different. And I agree 100% about never letting a Husky off leash. Their prey drive and indpendent thinking make it extremely difficult to catch them, as you found out.<BR/><BR/>You may want to join the forum at www.everythinghusky.com. Lots of very experienced people there. You can get information on crate trianing also. Huskies can be crate trained as long as it's done correctly and they do get enough excercise. Thanks for stopping by my blog! Are you going to post pictures of her?IndyPindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17995642798737607038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420140893335621808.post-13300768894495052322007-06-12T11:15:00.000-07:002007-06-12T11:15:00.000-07:00Well, I can honestly say that rules out a husky fo...Well, I can honestly say that rules out a husky for me! LOL!VampireFausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17721270554292932855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420140893335621808.post-88811102621159426712007-06-12T10:40:00.000-07:002007-06-12T10:40:00.000-07:00I thoroughly enjoyed this story. You have a gift ...I thoroughly enjoyed this story. You have a gift with words and your words just flowed. My eyes and brain loved the ride. Your puppy dog is a real handful. Give her a hug and smooch for me.<BR/><BR/>Please visit me and scroll down until you find something you like.……Theresa111<BR/><BR/>http://sleepingkittendancingdog.blogtoolkit.comChaffee Street Cafe`https://www.blogger.com/profile/16272112149909229882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420140893335621808.post-37640638997510037412007-06-12T06:51:00.000-07:002007-06-12T06:51:00.000-07:00Quite an experience for you, huh? My own dog is on...Quite an experience for you, huh? My own dog is one of those very well-behaved sorts. Not only does he not run away when unleashed, he doesn't even want to. I'd never dress him up in stupid clothes (he's about 50 pounds anyway and that would just be rediculous) or have someone else groom him, but he is spoiled nonetheless.Emily Suesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12106551525889307622noreply@blogger.com