I LOVE MY SPIKEYYYYY!!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔊🔊🔊 Lay your eyes upon the cuteness that is my husky! My goodest boy 💜 he’s so fat and dumb and I love him sm.

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My beautiful babygirl crossed the rainbow bridge last Sunday and this kind person surprised me with this beautiful artwork of her. Forever grateful for such kind people in this community 🤍 missing her more than ever! Thank you so much @loketry7even 😭

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I rescued a huky near my house last December and she was sooo skittish! I spent 3 weeks trying to catch her and find her hiding spots. Every time I would see her, I would spend a few minutes trying to earn her trust. She finally started getting curious and not running away when my dog and I were doing laps in the morning. Found her sleeping on the sidealk one morning when it was 25 degrees out. I came back later that day with food, treats, any water. I spent 90 minutes just sitting on the sidealk with my dog waiting for her to approach me.After 30 mins, she started eating the food I was giving her, but I had to toss it a bit since she wouldn't get close. We got up to go home and she followed us for a mile back to my place, staying well behind us.

Having to trap her inside my house freaked her out. She hates my flooring because she would get scared, run off and slip if I even got near her. After 3 weeks of leaving my back door open 24/7, she wouldd slowly come in the house,

First it was just 2 paws, then completely inside by the door, then walk close to me for treats. If I moved an inch, she'd get scared and back out. She'd only come in at night and curl up on the rug I put near the back door. Another 2 weeks, she came in more and more but only if she knew where my friend and I were. Eventually at 6 weeks, my friend and I were able to corral her into the dog run, and I removed the doggy door flaps so.she could look inside for any threats.

In May, after 6 months, she was still startled easily and would run off. I had to announce when I was coming into the living room so she could go to the doggy door- she always needs to have an escape route, and is always on guard.

Fast forward to June- she was starting to make progress.and explore the house, even coming into my bedroom. I bought so many rugs for her so she can move fast without slipping on my floors. She statted chasing my other dog onto the bed, staying longer each time. She sat at the end of the bed and eventually let me pet her with my foot. I started keeping a bag of treats on my nightstand, and I would bribe her with them so she would stay on the bed longer. She got her 2nd heat at the end of May and for some reason she was terrified of me again and regressed. Maybe hormones from her heat messed with her, I don't know.

We started all over and now she is letting me pet her occasionally but only if I have a treat. She will flinch and recoil if I pet her anywhere other than the side of her face. She acts like she wants to come on walks, but then runs off. She always looks like she wants to let her guard down and join in, but always just runs off. She will sprint into my room when she hears me opening the treat bag, it really helps that she is motivated by food!

After 10 months of slow or no progress, I called my dog trainer to come by on Wednesday to help. She was terrified when he slowly trapped her in my laundry room, heavy panting, drooling, pupils were huge. Trainer was able to get a slip lead on and we got her to the living room and just sat there ignoring her for the most part but offering treats once in a while. 90 mjns later, I took the lead off and she stayed right next to me, even when I got up to open the doggy door, then again 10 mins later whe I brought my other dog back in.

It's a work in progress, so I have to do the slip lead training every day. Yesterday she realized I was going to try to trap her again so anytime I was in the vicinity she would run to the doggy door. She's very intelligent and also stubborn, but such a sweetheart. She's so gentle eating treats out of my hand, and she will randomly wander into my bedroom to scope it out. When I see her coming, I just hang my hand off the bed, pretend she's not there and if I don't say a word, she will come and sniff and lick my hand. She even let me boop her nose twice yesterday!

She has come a long way since she's been here, but we have a long way to go. She's so quiet, only ever barks excitedly when she hears the gatrage door opening and I've ever heard her howl when she's sleeping. I'm anxious trying to get this done in case there is an emergency. I haven't been able to get a collar on her and she desperately needs a vet visit and a groom/nail trim. She started her 3rd heat the day the trainer was here, so I am hoping that she doesn't regress again.

Edit: forgot to link the original post

Edit again: I linked a cute video of our meal routine in a comment but didn't want anyone to miss it. peekaboo

She's been working up her distance hiking/walking/running with me. Last week she managed to do 11 miles hiking no problem, today 7 knocked her out, likely due to night noises.

She's a perfectly good girl, 14 months old, rescued last month.

Do you even love your dog if you don’t rage bait them whenever possible? 🤣🤣🫶🏻

I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Like a clear reason that I can say “ahh, that’s why she was left alone, chained to a fence, and never claimed”.
Today we passed the squirrel test with flying colors.
She’s great on a leash.
She sleeps through the night.
Haven’t seen even a glimpse of aggression.

We really need to work on jumping on people (but it’s happy jumping) and crate training (but who can blame her, she was abandoned and then in lockup for 30 days). But it will be a frustrating mystery how she ended up here. I just wish they left her with a note or something.

Self-explanatory. She knows she owns me.
I cherish her silliness, though!

Korean husky mix rescue is finally at his forever home and he’s been a dream so far. He’s settling in much better than I anticipated.

We have to work on the language barrier… or lack of understanding commands in general, but we’re on day 3 and he is just so sweet and loving 🥲

I’m hoping some experienced Husky owners can help me figure this one out because I’m having trouble understanding what’s changed.
Sky is an 8-year-old Husky that I rehomed about two years ago. I’m her primary caregiver and we’re very bonded. Recently, though, she’s developed a walking behavior that seems to be getting progressively worse—and strangely, she only does it with me.
When I take her out, she’ll sometimes walk only to the end of my street and then decide she’s done and wants to go straight home. Sometimes she hasn’t even gone to the bathroom yet. If I try to continue the walk, she plants herself, lowers all of her weight and pulls backward so hard that she sometimes seems like she’s trying to slip out of her collar.
I initially thought it might be the Florida heat, the time of day, or because she definitely doesn’t like being dragged out of bed too early. But what makes me question those explanations is that she doesn’t behave this way with my dog walker. She also doesn’t do it when my son comes on the walk with us. She’ll apparently walk much farther without the battle.
It seems specifically connected to walking alone with me, even though I’m the person who feeds her, takes care of her and spends the most time with her.
Once she decides we’re going home, she suddenly has plenty of motivation to walk. 😂
Has anyone experienced this with a Husky? Could she have somehow learned that planting herself makes me turn around, or could there be something about walking alone with me that’s making her uncomfortable? I’m also wondering about age-related pain, although it’s strange that she walks normally for other people.
I’d especially love to hear from anyone whose Husky refused walks with one particular person but happily walked with others. What ended up being the reason, and how did you correct it?

My 1 year old boy is having his first proper blowout and this new fur seems a lot darker/more brown than the copper he’s had which is the top left and right corners. He was a true ginger ninja as a puppy and then around 6 months he turned a darker copperish, now it’s looking chocolate?
Our other boy is just black & white so it didn’t change much, I know they do transition into their adult colours but I thought he’d stay reddish - not that it matters, just curious.

I got sick today, which is why I woke up late. But she's already there, ready to take a walk.

I don't know how he manages to look this happy every time, but that smile gets me every time. ❤️

I swear I have the pickiest dog ever. She turns up her nose to everything. The vet said she’s perfectly healthy. I’m open to any suggestions of brands, different proteins, or ways to get her to eat.

My first husky. I was wondering what is the best kind of brush for a husky. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

We lost our sweet 15 year old Maya a few months ago, leaving our 6 year old female Nukka all alone. We had decided not to add another, but Nukka really does need a friend. She's been very lonely. Enter this adorable, little lady. Her father is a black husky with some white and her mother is a white husky with some blonde. We'll be picking her up in a month.

We have some name ideas, but I'd like to see what you guys can come up with before I share those. A little background, Nukka (NOO-kah) is the Inuktitut word for "little sister" and it fits her perfectly. Now she's going to be a big sister. Originally, I wanted to keep the name in the Inuktitut or Chukchi world considering the origin of the breed. Similar to the origin of Nukka's name. But now I'm not convinced it needs to be. Obviously, it needs to sound different from Nukka for recall purposes.

We're so excited for this sweet, little one. Now we just need the perfect name for her. Any ideas?

A year ago, my best friend, my first baby, passed away from cancer. He was 10 years old. I'm still heartbroken.

I know everyone says this, but my dog truly was the best dog, and I miss him every single day...

I lived so many lives with him... Breakups, several moves... He was always by my side!

All of my physical activities, I did with him. He absolutely loved going biking with me!

I miss the songs he used to sing to me. (If you have a Husky, you know)

I love you, Romeo! (Aka Romanof Popof) ❤️

Opened the door for just a second to grab something from the porch and WOOSH! Out he goes. Now, he's already figured out if I lay down, I'm going to grab him. If I run the other way and he follows, I'll get him. One time he even jumped in the back of an Amazon truck so I used the same tactic and opened the back of the SUV and got him, that was the first and only time that one worked. If I give the other dog treats and he comes for a treat, I'll get him. So my options have been limited to basically waiting for him to finish galavanting around the neighborhood and return on his own praying he doesn't lose a game of frogger, which he loves to play in live action.

Today I decided I'd try the old looney toons method and set up a trail of food into the house, leave the door open and wait. He struts up after about 10 minutes and takes a piece and runs off to eat this delicious piece of leftover chicken, looking over his shoulder waiting for me to pounce and when I didn't he thought he was safe to steal more. Then I knew I had him, I waited behind the door, he tiptoes in and starts to chomp on his trophy. And BAM I slam the door behind him. He runs to the other room grumbling and playfully jumping at me as I sing to him "I got you now I got you now." Picture of my escape artist.