Posted on 01/06/2006 4:58:05 PM PST by scott7278
Howl! My grandson (8 years old) has been wanting me to hook Harm up to a sled. I just don't know how we would do it. Some kind of harness? Our vet told me that I should put Harm on a plane and send him to Alaska where he can pull sleds and I should get a 10 pound lap dog!!! GROWL!
Yep, Harm and I will have to check sled dogging out. It would be fun. We have watched "Snow Dogs" several times. :)
Yes, I am in a tiny town. Our entire county only has 60,000 people. LOL!
She's about 60 pounds already and will be 160+ pounds when she's grown. She came to visit me yesterday and warned me that she jumps up and otherwise has no manners. I asked her if she wanted me to work on it with her, and when I called her to me she jumped up and I grabbed her feet and flipped her over backwards. She hopped up with a stunned look on her face. I called her back too me and pet her and patted her and tempted her with all kinds of excitement and squeaky voices and she wouldn't jump on me again.
If you could look into his face, you would say poor baby, too. My mother says he is a horse and is not really a house dog, but she says "poor Harm" all the time. My poor baby is not welcome to visit anyone. :( Mama tries, but she is afraid she will fall over him he is so big. He does not jump on her. He seems to sense if people, children or adults, are fragile.
Yes, putting on leashes and collars should be our first lesson. That is one of the most difficult things I have to do with him. He also pulls out of his collar and it is so hard to get it back on. He has done that in the vet's office and run around the waiting room causing all kinds of havoc.
Check this out:
Marcia Horne, 106 Bristol View Dr., Bristol, VA 24201
Email: siberianhuskyassist@bvunet.net
Phone: 276-466-9856
Fax: 423-434-9123
Helping homeless Siberians find loving forever homes in SW
VA and NE Tennessee. Educates the public about the Siberian Husky.
The Black Diamond Trail Seekers sled dog team does dog sled demos. The group also holds beginners dog sledding classes in the fall and winter to train energetic dogs for dog sledding fun in the South
This woman may be able to help you with a trainer also
My labs could always pull out of flat collars too, their necks are bigger than their head sometimes! So I'd use a choker/pinch collar whenever he's on leash. It's not safe otherwise.
BTW I love Great Pyrennese (except the drooling)
Good point
:) I totally sympathize, I had the most beautiful Malamute in the world. He was the strong overwhelming type. I was young then, I'm not sure I could do any better now, he was just an incorrigible fellow. He was incredibly intelligent and I think that perhaps was the problem. I also think I was more of a pushover then, actually I know I was. But still, looking back, he was a handful, we were just country folks and never considered obedience school, you either kept them or shot them. I kept him.
That is so great! Thank you! I will check on this. Harm and I could have a lot of fun. It would be good for him, too. He is getting a little bit of a gut, of course this happens in the winter. He packs it on. I guess his breed does it to keep warm.
I have emailed Ms. Horne to see if she can recommend any dog trainers for Harm. Shoot, I would be willing to drive to Bristol for a few classes over a week end if she does that as long as I can find a motel that would accept Harm and me. LOL! Thanks again for the info.
I am sure they have encountered doggies similiar to Harm and they KNOW the breed
Harm will love having some new buddies too, how fun!
Next thing you know, he'll be lead dog on the sled team!
Keep me posted
LOL! Lead dog on the sled team, imagine that! Harm would insist, but I don't know if they would let him. HOWL! I will let you know what happens and if they like my baby.
Oh they're are gonna like him, big handsome boy, but they are gonna make him behave!!
BTW I am hosting singles thread tonight
Rats! It is 1:27 A.M. I fell asleep early tonight as I have had tummy troubles and Harm has an injured paw and has been sleeping a lot himself. I guess I missed out on the party.
Harm, Behave????? This I gotta see. ROFLOL! I don't think they know what they are up against. Although, since he has been feeling under the weather, he is behaving really well.
The guy who wrote me to tell me how to begin training Harm described him as a 28 year old kid sitting in his chair (Harm has his own chair in the great room that no one else can sit in) barking orders at me. He does bark orders at me, BTW. He told me how to take him down. I have not been able to do that yet since he hurt his paw that very day.
Rats! It is 1:27 A.M. I fell asleep early tonight as I have had tummy troubles and Harm has an injured paw and has been sleeping a lot himself. I guess I missed out on the party.
Harm, Behave????? This I gotta see. ROFLOL! I don't think they know what they are up against. Although, since he has been feeling under the weather, he is behaving really well.
The guy who wrote me to tell me how to begin training Harm described him as a 28 year old kid sitting in his chair (Harm has his own chair in the great room that no one else can sit in) barking orders at me. He does bark orders at me, BTW. He told me how to take him down. I have not been able to do that yet since he hurt his paw that very day.
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