PUPPY!!!!!!!

15!!!

mine just turned 11 last month.

Seriously. When I inform people that Ken is 15, they look around anxiously like we're just sitting here, waiting for the dog ambulance because he shakes like most sighthounds do, takes a daily pill for dog arthritis - but is in really good shape. He could be nearer 16, because his age was estimated at 12-18 months when he was adopted as a rescue in late '98.

He is unusually amenable to being photographed, and has the most gorgeous, long paws:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8224/8253796418_605e34bf3e.jpg

wow

...and as we leave the subject of geriatric dogs, it's goodnight from Ken:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8481/8252753079_b1e3746cc4.jpg

not forever????????????

gr80 your dog is awesome and reminds me of my dog despite zero breeds in common

Pearl at about 3.5 months. She's now abt 13 kgs!! And she's a total sweetheart (as long as we don't have any shoes lying around anywhere because they go str8 down to the backyard for chewing, also she wants to kill all birds always)

http://i46.tinypic.com/4v0msn.jpg

Aww, I want to rub her cute little head. Beautiful girl.

http://instagram.com/p/Xhp5K2jbCe/

Thought I would quickly whip up a jaunty bow for our trip to Grandma's!

Please to share much more of this fine beastie.

Just for you, Ned:
http://instagram.com/p/XhmZ36jbNK/

:-)

hooray!

here is my one, he looks like son of bungle: http://youtu.be/X8Jp6PeQIhE

aww, i miss when my pooch was young/dumb enough to be taken in by a mirror. now if she reacts to it it's just to indulge some vanity.

the Pearl @ 6 months

http://i46.tinypic.com/2n7gv28.jpg

near full grown lanky young dogs are so beautiful

the supermodels of dogs tbf

i don't like to brag about how awesome my puppy is but this picture turned out so good i had to post it

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7312/9289215113_fe27140eba.jpg

Aww, that's a great shot

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

This is Max when I got him 2 months ago
http://i.imgur.com/2Zs7fyr.jpg
A month ago
http://i.imgur.com/sW5eewf.jpg
Now
http://i.imgur.com/JN5aBLj.jpg

hey max!

That is a quality Max

Max is lush.

What a fine doggie! How does he keep his whites so white?

Well the trick is he doesn't. Luckily huskies have self cleaning coats so unless dirt is caked on it kinda just comes off over the course of the day.

This is my puppy

Trying a link from facebook on my ph

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1146262_10151531615087050_1461157058_o.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1082421_10151531615217050_513293834_o.jpg

WANT

Vg next time you're in the bay area you should come visit me and we can play tag with her!!

Also: huskies don't smell, it is amazing and wondrous

wow

i didn't know that

how weird

Awesome! more new(ish) husky owners, she looks great, how old?

I know right??? She still has dog breath tho but I love to bury my face in the angora scruff on the back of her neck and inhale xp

The rescue group (n0rsled) thinks she is 1.5-2yrs? She is our first husky...and our first dog! But she seems to have unusually good manners and has between so well behaved the last 2 days we spent alone with her (she is being kenneled by n0rsled bc we haven't signed our pet lease yet).

Her original owner almost beat her to death (broken back, broken ribs, punctured lungs, broken teeth, fractured jaw, to name a few of the injuries), n0rsled rehabbed her and rehomed get but it only lasted 6mths - she was left unattended with their elderly small dog and she pretty brutally attacked it, so they surrendered her back to n0rsled.

Her name is neko btw

Max is a cutie! My husband really REALLY wanted an all white husky, but it was neko we fell in love with.

Neko deserves some people who love her, obvs.

<3 huskies

brace yourselves for the twice annual Blowing of the Coat.

I read that VERY wrongly

Xp ha yes even now she is leaving our entire back seat white with fur after 5 mins

Frustrating to think how many stupendously shitty dog owners there are in this world.
1.5 looks about right though I probably would have guessed younger. Wish I was brave enough to go for a rescue for my first dog, and really hope things go well with Neko. Max came from a breeder across the street from my dads. Used to play with her original breeding pair when we were kids.

His parents both have a fair bit of brown but he only really has it on the ears, they're known to change colour though he hasn't really got any darker so far.

Shedding has begun but the furminator has been a lifesaver. Only real issue is the way his fur sticks in my nappy ass hair.

Oh and the inexplicable peeing on my bed. knows not to go anywhere in the house but if I leave my room for 10 seconds he will be up on there murdering my mattress.

I read (last week, when my dog peed in my bed) that they do that because they're scared & want to bury their scent with yours. In my Doug's case, he's become too attached to me being home all the time and then I took him to grandma's house for a week and she & I went out, leaving him there for a few hours. Got back to a smelly bed. :(

I love Neko :)

Yeah that makes sense seeing as he's also done it in one of my shoes, trying to get a bit of a headstart on separation anxiety before he's older but he still hows like a werewolf on helium when alone.

I was wondering about the furminator - a guy at the adoption didn't recommend it, but I know that it gets rave reviews.

For us, there was never any other option than rescue - it's just something we both feel really strongly about - and we are fortunate that there are so many breed-specific rescue groups in the bay area. We knew we def wanted either a malamute, husky or mix.

Neko has brown eyes, really big paws and a bushy tail so probably a bit of malamute in there, I would guess.

<3 max <3 neko

Vet said it's fine as long as it's not used on knotted or wet fur.

Yeah I completely get that and still wonder if I did the right thing. But then I think about how nervy the first two weeks were and don't think I'd be willing to try again if something had gone wrong with a rescue