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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: Hawkgirl on July 08, 2008, 09:41:30 PM
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Anyone here have any experience with them? I am thinking about adopting a puppy. I live in south florida, so obviously, it may not be the best climate, but hey, not everyone can live in the arctic.
I would keep him mainly indoors with A/C and take him on daily walks.
I also have 2 adult cats.
any advice?
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Anyone here have any experience with them? I am thinking about adopting a puppy. I live in south florida, so obviously, it may not be the best climate, but hey, not everyone can live in the arctic.
I would keep him mainly indoors with A/C and take him on daily walks.
I also have 2 adult cats.
any advice?
It's a dog. Dogs are awesome. What more do you need? :-)
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Anyone here have any experience with them? I am thinking about adopting a puppy. I live in south florida, so obviously, it may not be the best climate, but hey, not everyone can live in the arctic.
I would keep him mainly indoors with A/C and take him on daily walks.
I also have 2 adult cats.
any advice?
Probably the number one problem with Huskies is their SHEDDING. Be prepared to constantly clean up hair off your clothes, furniture, etc. I hope you have a vacuum cleaner that can handle the job.
Huskies do make excellent pets, though. :) My aunt bred, raised, and showed Huskies in East Texas. She built an outdoor kennel for them, and they did just fine in that climate. Despite what they were ORIGINALLY bred for, they can adapt to many climates.
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You can ship the pup up north for winters with auntie Schade. ;)
Enjoy your pup!
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Hell, this Texan adapted to the frozen tundra climate of Minnesota and now re-adapting to the hot Texas climate and it ain't even HOT yet !!! :o
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Hell, this Texan adapted to the frozen tundra climate of Minnesota and now re-adapting to the hot Texas climate and it ain't even HOT yet !!! :o
waaaaahhhhh!!!!
Oh wait, I bet you would make a nice pet. :naughty:
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I'm going to look at a couple of pups tomorrow...I think I'm gonna make the commitment.. :lmao:
Sigh....it's going to screw up my travel itinerary for the next decade though...I suppose boarding will be the answer to that....
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Anyone here have any experience with them? I am thinking about adopting a puppy. I live in south florida, so obviously, it may not be the best climate, but hey, not everyone can live in the arctic.
I would keep him mainly indoors with A/C and take him on daily walks.
I also have 2 adult cats.
any advice?
Probably the number one problem with Huskies is their SHEDDING. Be prepared to constantly clean up hair off your clothes, furniture, etc. .
I have 2 furballs already, so I know all about shedding. They say huskies shed once or twice a year though (their undercoat) and hardly any shedding other than that.
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Anyone here have any experience with them? I am thinking about adopting a puppy. I live in south florida, so obviously, it may not be the best climate, but hey, not everyone can live in the arctic.
I would keep him mainly indoors with A/C and take him on daily walks.
I also have 2 adult cats.
any advice?
Probably the number one problem with Huskies is their SHEDDING. Be prepared to constantly clean up hair off your clothes, furniture, etc. .
I have 2 furballs already, so I know all about shedding. They say huskies shed once or twice a year though (their undercoat) and hardly any shedding other than that.
Okay, so you're used to it. The amount of shedding does depend on the climate. If you live in a high-humidity area, like my aunt did, it becomes worse. Also, it can depend on which gender you get. Males shed once a year, while females can shed at least 2 times a year.
I just remember visiting my aunt's house about twice a year, up until I was about 11 years old, and ALWAYS coming back out covered in hair. I guess it didn't help that she had 6 Huskies, all shedding at the same time. :lmao:
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I guess it didn't help that she had 6 Huskies, all shedding at the same time. :lmao:
OH! They're like female college roommates, huh? Getting in sync and all.
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One word~~> Dyson!
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They are very high energy dogs and love to run....my BIL raised them. Plan lots of time for excercise, etc. If you have a treadmill, you can train them to get some excercise on one in the AC that way, and not have to worry about the heat. (In addition to regualr walks, of course).
Was the pup born/grew up in FL? That might make him more used to the heat aspect. I'd also plan on regualr trips to the groomers to get the undercoat combed out as much as possible in the summer especially.
If you get the pup, we want to see pics!!
As for the cats, it might take some training, but it should be OK eventually. We found an adult hound dogs type who chased our cats horrible. She spent the first couple months on a leash by our side to break the habit, and now she's fine with them.
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:yahoo: I bought her!! She is beautiful! black and white with ice blue eyes...8 weeks old. I pick her up tomorrow :-)
Will get pics up this weekend...she is a playful little baby...
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:yahoo: I bought her!! She is beautiful! black and white with ice blue eyes...8 weeks old. I pick her up tomorrow :-)
Will get pics up this weekend...she is a playful little baby...
Congratulations! I look forward to seeing the pics! :-)
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They are very high energy dogs and love to run....my BIL raised them. Plan lots of time for excercise, etc. If you have a treadmill, you can train them to get some excercise on one in the AC that way, and not have to worry about the heat. (In addition to regualr walks, of course).
Was the pup born/grew up in FL? That might make him more used to the heat aspect. I'd also plan on regualr trips to the groomers to get the undercoat combed out as much as possible in the summer especially.
If you get the pup, we want to see pics!!
As for the cats, it might take some training, but it should be OK eventually. We found an adult hound dogs type who chased our cats horrible. She spent the first couple months on a leash by our side to break the habit, and now she's fine with them.
Flame, my brother has been trying to talk me into getting a dog for a year or so now. He says it would be good protection against thieves, since I live by myself. Anywho, I've always been worried about my cats. I saw an adorable lab/beagle mix online last night.
I was thinking I needed a small dog like a Yorkie so the cats could dominate. LOL
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Yorkies are yappers.
Your cats might kill it just to shut it up.
I really want a dog that acts like a cat, but will bark all scary if someone tries to break into my house.
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They are very high energy dogs and love to run....my BIL raised them. Plan lots of time for excercise, etc. If you have a treadmill, you can train them to get some excercise on one in the AC that way, and not have to worry about the heat. (In addition to regualr walks, of course).
Was the pup born/grew up in FL? That might make him more used to the heat aspect. I'd also plan on regualr trips to the groomers to get the undercoat combed out as much as possible in the summer especially.
If you get the pup, we want to see pics!!
As for the cats, it might take some training, but it should be OK eventually. We found an adult hound dogs type who chased our cats horrible. She spent the first couple months on a leash by our side to break the habit, and now she's fine with them.
Flame, my brother has been trying to talk me into getting a dog for a year or so now. He says it would be good protection against thieves, since I live by myself. Anywho, I've always been worried about my cats. I saw an adorable lab/beagle mix online last night.
I was thinking I needed a small dog like a Yorkie so the cats could dominate. LOL
The size of the dog doesn't matter...really, all it takes is one good whack from the cat, and most dogs will back off. My cats at the time were wimps, and it took them a while to stand up to her. My advice to you would be to go to the local shelter and wander through. Don't limit yourself by size/breed, whatever, and find the dog that you "gell" with. Trust me, you'll know the right one.
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We had one many, many years ago. A small (well, 55-60 pounds) male. He loved to run. When he'd get loose, which seemed to be about once a week in the summer, I, being the oldest child, would try to catch him. Damn dog would get home before me about 80% of the time.
Loved him, though. He absolutely loved ice cream. He knocked off a single-scoop DQ cone one night in 12 seconds. We were so impressed with that, we got him another one just to see if he could duplicate that time. He did.
Also, even though we had a fair amount of snow in the winter, Yukon became a softie and would howl to come inside if he got too cold (which, oftentimes, was 5 minutes after I brought him out). Shedding? Yukon actually enjoyed being vacuumed to remove his hair in the spring and fall. We were finding his hair 10 years after we had to put him to sleep.
I miss that dog.
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Yorkies are yappers.
Your cats might kill it just to shut it up.
I really want a dog that acts like a cat, but will bark all scary if someone tries to break into my house.
Get a Schnauzer. They bark like mad when someone is at the door though. It drives me nuts but they are such good dogs, they think they are human.
How can you say no to this?!?
Awwwww
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/Foam_Kitty/CHRISTMAS020.jpg)
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/Foam_Kitty/Chloe.jpg)
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The pics are cute and all BEG, but the one question that remains unanswered is:
How straight do they fly when you kick 'em toward the goal posts?
:bolt:
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The pics are cute and all BEG, but the one question that remains unanswered is:
How straight do they fly when you kick 'em toward the goal posts?
:bolt:
You are mean........ :(
:-)
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Yorkies are yappers.
Your cats might kill it just to shut it up.
I really want a dog that acts like a cat, but will bark all scary if someone tries to break into my house.
Get a Schnauzer. They bark like mad when someone is at the door though. It drives me nuts but they are such good dogs, they think they are human.
How can you say no to this?!?
Awwwww
BEG, I have you say, you do have some cutie pie dogs and I totally didn't mind them when I was at your house either. They're not jumpers which is a plus.
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Yorkies are yappers.
Your cats might kill it just to shut it up.
I really want a dog that acts like a cat, but will bark all scary if someone tries to break into my house.
Get a Schnauzer. They bark like mad when someone is at the door though. It drives me nuts but they are such good dogs, they think they are human.
How can you say no to this?!?
Awwwww
BEG, I have you say, you do have some cutie pie dogs and I totally didn't mind them when I was at your house either. They're not jumpers which is a plus.
They don't shed either. :-)
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Yorkies are yappers.
Your cats might kill it just to shut it up.
I really want a dog that acts like a cat, but will bark all scary if someone tries to break into my house.
Get a Schnauzer. They bark like mad when someone is at the door though. It drives me nuts but they are such good dogs, they think they are human.
How can you say no to this?!?
Awwwww
BEG, I have you say, you do have some cutie pie dogs and I totally didn't mind them when I was at your house either. They're not jumpers which is a plus.
They don't shed either. :-)
I'll put them on the list of "possible dogs I might own one day." :)
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Yorkies are yappers.
Your cats might kill it just to shut it up.
I really want a dog that acts like a cat, but will bark all scary if someone tries to break into my house.
Get a Schnauzer. They bark like mad when someone is at the door though. It drives me nuts but they are such good dogs, they think they are human.
How can you say no to this?!?
Awwwww
BEG, I have you say, you do have some cutie pie dogs and I totally didn't mind them when I was at your house either. They're not jumpers which is a plus.
They don't shed either. :-)
I'll put them on the list of "possible dogs I might own one day." :)
You be sure and do that. :p
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Can Schnauzers be crate trained for during the day while I'm at work do you think?
I'm going to have to read up a bit more on them, but so far so good on the schnauzer front. There's one in the Arlington Animal Shelter right now. http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=11389189 (http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=11389189)
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Can Schnauzers be crate trained for during the day while I'm at work do you think?
I'm going to have to read up a bit more on them, but so far so good on the schnauzer front. There's one in the Arlington Animal Shelter right now. http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=11389189 (http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=11389189)
Awww what a cut dog.
Yes, we had our dogs crate trained (when we got each dog as a puppy) for about a year then I stopped doing it because I was home all day and felt bad doing it. They still slept in them at night for a time then we stopped doing that as well.
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Can Schnauzers be crate trained for during the day while I'm at work do you think?
I'm going to have to read up a bit more on them, but so far so good on the schnauzer front. There's one in the Arlington Animal Shelter right now. http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=11389189 (http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=11389189)
Awww what a cut dog.
Yes, we had our dogs crate trained (when we got each dog as a puppy) for about a year then I stopped doing it because I was home all day and felt bad doing it. They still slept in them at night for a time then we stopped doing that as well.
ahh, that's good to know. Well, I won't be doing it right away anyways, since I'm about to have people in my house for it's foundation. But I'm getting closer every day to caving into the pressure from my brother on getting a dog.
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Introducing...Sasha...
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That's all I was able to upload on my computer for now...I'll post more of her soon...She is a high energy pup and it was difficult to get any pics of her..lol
In love already though... :-)
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She's SO cute! Thanks for posting the pics. They turned out just fine, to me. :)
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Siberian Huskies like to be a part of the "pack". She will want to be with someone and not like to be left alone. Walking her, she'll PULL you along. If they get lose out doors, they RUN and RUN! If you chase them, they'll RUN even more. They pay NO ATTENTION whatever to traffic, so be careful and don't let her get hit!
She'll like to talk. She'll bark and howl with you if you enter into the came. She'll look you stright in the eye and make noises in her throat as if she's talking. With mine, it drives my wife nutz, and when I howl and bark with him, she'll scold us. He looks at me as if we were two "inocent" kids being punished by a "mean " mother.
He's mouthy too. Loves to grab your hand with his mouth, but does not hurt you. He terrifies new people, but he's harmless and simply wants to be buddies, most do. It is part of that pack dog thing.
They learn MANY words and ignore most when not in the mood. Punishment that works best is speaking loudly and harshly. Smacking one will only make them want to run away. Mine had been beaten by his first owner, and it took three years to get him to the point where he'd come home voluntarily after running off. You had to offer him a ride to the beach to get him in the car, and then he'd want to drive there DIRECTLY once he'd been lured with "Beach, Nick, Beach?" .
Anyway, they are good dogs, love their family, and like to be cool. Yours will need several haircuts a year in Fla..
Mine is a now 12, pure white with one blue and one brown eye, and weighs 70 lbs.
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Awww how cute is she.
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She's a cutie Hawkgirl.
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Siberian Huskies like to be a part of the "pack". She will want to be with someone and not like to be left alone. Walking her, she'll PULL you along. If they get lose out doors, they RUN and RUN! If you chase them, they'll RUN even more. They pay NO ATTENTION whatever to traffic, so be careful and don't let her get hit!
She'll like to talk. She'll bark and howl with you if you enter into the came. She'll look you stright in the eye and make noises in her throat as if she's talking. With mine, it drives my wife nutz, and when I howl and bark with him, she'll scold us. He looks at me as if we were two "inocent" kids being punished by a "mean " mother.
He's mouthy too. Loves to grab your hand with his mouth, but does not hurt you. He terrifies new people, but he's harmless and simply wants to be buddies, most do. It is part of that pack dog thing.
They learn MANY words and ignore most when not in the mood. Punishment that works best is speaking loudly and harshly. Smacking one will only make them want to run away. Mine had been beaten by his first owner, and it took three years to get him to the point where he'd come home voluntarily after running off. You had to offer him a ride to the beach to get him in the car, and then he'd want to drive there DIRECTLY once he'd been lured with "Beach, Nick, Beach?" .
Anyway, they are good dogs, love their family, and like to be cool. Yours will need several haircuts a year in Fla..
Mine is a now 12, pure white with one blue and one brown eye, and weighs 70 lbs.
thanks, you basically stated the same things I read about...
My concern is that she is alone in the house right now..in her crate...(I have to work)
My intention is to slowly introduce her to the kitties so that she will make them part of her "pack". They say this is what happens when introduced as a puppy.
This is my intention.....(what I read about)
A week with the cats roaming the house and the puppy observes through the crate....he'll see that they are already part of the family and he is coming into the family.
Then have them "meet" with her in a leash so I can correct her if she tries to bite or chase.
Then eventually they'll be together.
this is my plan...but I have a feeling my cats will have a plan of their own... :whatever: :-)
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Thanks everyone!!
She is just too cute for words.....and I have a feeling she will be a handful..
~Proud Mama~ :shucks:
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What a cutie!
I had Westies that were crate trained. They are not ankle biters and have a deep bark. They would lick someone to death, but the person on the other side of the door doesn't know that! They don't shed much, they are great with children. I have had 4 and only the first was not good with kids. She was fine with the first kid, she just became very unhappy when the second one showed up. Last two lived to 15 and 17.
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Anyone here have any experience with them? I am thinking about adopting a puppy. I live in south florida, so obviously, it may not be the best climate, but hey, not everyone can live in the arctic.
I would keep him mainly indoors with A/C and take him on daily walks.
I also have 2 adult cats.
any advice?
It's a dog. Dogs are awesome. What more do you need? :-)
I go back to my original advice for you. :-)
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Anyone here have any experience with them? I am thinking about adopting a puppy. I live in south florida, so obviously, it may not be the best climate, but hey, not everyone can live in the arctic.
I would keep him mainly indoors with A/C and take him on daily walks.
I also have 2 adult cats.
any advice?
It's a dog. Dogs are awesome. What more do you need? :-)
I go back to my original advice for you. :-)
What breed do you have? I'm a "big dog" girl...although I had beagles growing up....and they are fun too.
In the end, I went with the big doggie.....Size does matter... :evillaugh:
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What breed do you have? I'm a "big dog" girl...although I had beagles growing up....and they are fun too.
In the end, I went with the big doggie.....Size does matter... :evillaugh:
Couple of Lhasas. One is 24Lbs, the female is about 14Lbs, but she's still very young....and I think pregnant. I've had a Bull Mastiff, a Rottweiler, a couple of Dobermans, and a German Sheppard. Yard wasn't big enough for those.
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Ah, cats. Nick detests cats. He LOVES to terrify the cats, but knows he's forbidden to bite them. But he has figured out that he can place his food dish where it is in plain sight of the cats, but he can hide and watch it.
When they try to feed he'll jump up and rush them barking loudly. The cats leap up, all puffed up, and flee in terror. He loves it.
Your dog will be ok with cats as long as they submit to her. If not, she'll find her own game to bedevil them to her satisfaction.
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Your dog will be ok with cats as long as they submit to her. If not, she'll find her own game to bedevil them to her satisfaction.
Well she met one today and the cat hissed at her...she ran to me for protection...lol The other still won't come out of the garage...I opened the door to show her the dog..and she did one of those typical cat defense strategy by arching her back and hissing. She'll take a while to come around..Sasha was scared of her too and wouldn't leave my side. I think it's going to take time for them to acclimate and I won't rush it....
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Your cats are fully grown right? I just asked because my cousin's pup was playing with a kitten in her house and accidentally killed it yesterday. Just in case the dog plays rough.
My cats play great with the dog most of the time. When the dog (a female) tries to hump the male cat he frowns on that quite a lot. That is about the only time they will actually fight.
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Your cats are fully grown right? I just asked because my cousin's pup was playing with a kitten in her house and accidentally killed it yesterday. Just in case the dog plays rough.
Yes, they are adult cats.....I think they'll be able to hold their own.
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Remember, there's a difference between a Huskey and a Siberian Huskey. Siberian's have nicer personalities and feel bad about disobediance. Alaskan care less. They do what they want without any concious as long as it pleases them.
Nick and I got to barking and howling yesterday, and Carol elled at us to stop. So we dod. Then she trurnd to leave and Nick , dog eying me, lifted his head and silently mouthed a howl. Aput onre over on the Alpha Female look of pure staisfaction and guilty pleasure came over his face as he glanced again at me. I just had to laugh .
Yes, having one in the family can be interesting.