Fun Canidae Forum (candidae = dog, wolf, fox)

• Garrett Leatham Posted : 5/21/2006 11:38:47 AM ORIGINAL: huskymom Do you rollarblade?  If you are good at it, its really fun in the summer.  Cross Country skiing behind them on trails is fun as long as you can let go when they decide to run you up a tree!!!  Do you live in the country or in the city?     I havn't roller blade for a long time (several years) so I'm not sure if I'm good at it anymore or not. lol, has any of your dogs run you into a tree? I don't ski, or snowboard. And I live in a city, regrettably. But I wish to move to the country as soon as I can (mininum, two years). 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• huskymom Posted : 5/21/2006 11:50:55 AM Well actually only one of my dogs is old enough to pull right now.  The other 2 were only born in November so they missed last season.  Crusher is thier older sibling and he turned 1 on April 10, so he was doing some light pulling last winter.  He was just learning so he really didn't have enough freedom to pull me up a tree but my friend that owns his brother and lives in the country, went up several.  She also has 2 older dogs that pull.  They catch on to the pulling part really quickly but Gee and Haw kind of misses them for the first bit.  Both of us have been having a bit of trouble with training our leads as the only recommendations we have gotten on lead training is to get  your existing lead to train the new lead before you retire them.  Not too helpful when your just starting your team. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Garrett Leatham Posted : 5/21/2006 12:07:21 PM hmm . ..  the dogs must have been having a blast running up their owner up the trees.     Anyway, I thank all you that joined my forum. What do you guys think of it so far? 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Garrett Leatham Posted : 5/21/2006 5:18:22 PM well, training a husky bay be a challenge, but I think I'm up to it, hopefully. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• huskymom Posted : 5/21/2006 5:29:58 PM Do your research and you should be.  Seriously check out The Culture Clash by Jean Donaldson.  Its a great read and very informative.  It makes you understand why dogs are the way they are. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Garrett Leatham Posted : 5/21/2006 5:44:26 PM I'll be sure to do all the nessacary research before I get a husky. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Spazzy Posted : 5/21/2006 7:05:15 PM My friend had a husky, be ready to get a lot of exercise. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• ron2 Posted : 5/21/2006 9:15:20 PM You can also get a bike and have a adult husky pull you. But you could start out a puppy with a lawnmower tire and work up to a car tire. Under load, a husky team can pull 200 pounds at 20 mph for 40 miles, approximately. Unloaded, they can run 30 mph and love to do it. You can also build a dog cart. Or get a pull along wagon that you can steer. The trick is to teach directional commands. Hike = go haw = left gee = right hook = stop A person who drives a huskies when pulling is called a musher. It's even better if you have access to land that does not have a lot of traffic or loose dogs. Huskies eat different than other dogs. And they are an athletic breed with tons of energy. For their size and weight, they are some of the fastest strongest dogs in the world. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Garrett Leatham Posted : 5/22/2006 6:47:57 PM ORIGINAL: Spazzy My friend had a husky, be ready to get a lot of exercise.   lol, I need all the exercise I can get. _____________________________________   Ron2, thanks for the tips, although I may not be able to get a team of huskies for several years. I'll be sure to memorize these commands.   Thanks. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• ron2 Posted : 5/23/2006 5:47:53 AM It's been said that huskies are like potato chips. You can't have just one. Good luck with whatever you do.   0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• huskymom Posted : 5/23/2006 7:18:32 AM [] I can attest to that!!! 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Garrett Leatham Posted : 5/23/2006 3:00:11 PM lol, like potatoe chips huh? I never heard about that on huskies but it may be true for me. . . . I'd like to get a team of huskies but that won't be for a while, sadly. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Garrett Leatham Posted : 5/24/2006 5:00:35 PM ORIGINAL: ron2 Hike = go haw = left gee = right hook = stop   Is gee like saying the letter "G" (like jee?) or is it like saying the gravity measuring unit gee? 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• pumaward Posted : 5/24/2006 5:07:47 PM Gee: geese w/out the "se" 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Garrett Leatham Posted : 5/24/2006 5:10:11 PM ah. . . Okay, thanks. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login