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To: Texan5

What a fantastic hiking companion!


69 posted on 02/25/2013 1:39:05 PM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy; secret garden

She really is-and her owners are not hikers at all, so she seldom gets to go beyond their fence-she has to be indoors while they are at work, because she can get out of the yard, and likes to go exploring-most people are afraid of those dogs because of bad press and movies, so that just isn’t safe.

I’m happy to take Juno for the walks she likes-she doesn’t try to lunge and run after deer (which Husky girl does), she’s a great deterrent to anyone wanting to do harm, and her owner says I’m saving their house from destruction-apparently she has taken to chewing the furniture when she feels neglected and bored.

I go outside in the yard with Husky girl all the time, throw her ball, play hiding games with her, etc, but I can’t take her outside the fence and not have her pull at the leash and harness, jump around, howl and scream like she is being dragged off by a mountain lion, etc-she is a Husky, and they were bred to run and pull a sled. She has been leash-trained since puppyhood, but ten minutes outside the fence is all she will put up with before she wants to go off running the damn Iditerod. And there are loose dogs around that could hurt her.


71 posted on 02/25/2013 2:45:49 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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