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I woke up this morning to crystal skies, no wind, a
temperature of 6F, and 5" of fluffy, beautiful snow.
It was obviously going to be a perfect day on the trail.
But that's not what I did.

Instead, I drove to Fort Erie, Ontario to rendez-vous with
and bring home Nduringpeace's Captain Jack, an extremely
handsome 15-week-old puppy. His mother is Eclipse's
littermate and his dad is one of the top Siberian leaders in
the east, a dog who's built for days.

While I was talking with his breeders at the park in Fort
Erie, Jack was scarfing down snow. That's normal husky
behavior and I didn't think much of it until we were stuck
in the insane congested mess in front of US immigration and
customs (in the 45+ or so years I can remember crossing at
the Peace Bridge I've never, ever seen it like that - thanks
tons, Republicans!), and Jack peed in his crate. Buckets.
As soon as it was possible I pulled off and cleaned up him
and the crate to the extent I could. 20 minutes later he
peed again, so I pulled off again. 20 minutes after that he
did it again! Since it was just a couple of hours home I
gave up, although he didn't pee anymore after that. But it
does mean that I did the worst thing I've ever done to a
puppy, which was to give him a bath as the first thing he
experienced in his new home. And, of course, one of the
first things I learned about him is that he's got no
reluctance at all to pee in a crate.

So far he's tireless, fearless, and exhausting. He has no
reticence at all in dealing with the other dogs and the
other dogs do seem to be pretty positive about him (Emmett
in particular seems to think I brought him a new toy). He's
dealing with the porch stairs like he's been going up and
down them all his life (well, not so much "down," since he
descends by launching himself off the top one). He's shown
a lot of interest in the inside stairs but hasn't gone up
more than a couple (they're steep). And, of course, we've
already had a couple of lessons about what's okay to chew on
and what's not.

I'll post photos tomorrow.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

In article 2008021619415916807-montana@wildhackcominvalid,
montana wildhack wrote:
Not a puppy person, eh?

Not so much, really, but this was just too perfect, even
down to when he was born (early October, so he'll be a year
old right about when it's time to start fall training next
year).

By way of an update, 1) he's been here nearly 4 hours and
still shows no interest in taking a nap, 2) when he tried to
play with Slick and Slick wasn't having any of it Slick got
smart and ran up the stairs, only Jack followed him halfway
up, realized where he was and stopped, and then turned
around and fumbled his way down the steps - awesome, brave
puppy, and 3) we finally found something that alarmed him -
a heck of a lot of coyotes entirely too close to the house
making a giant racket.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

"Melinda Shore" wrote in message
...
Instead, I drove to Fort Erie, Ontario to rendez-vous with
and bring home Nduringpeace's Captain Jack, an extremely
handsome 15-week-old puppy. His mother is Eclipse's
littermate and his dad is one of the top Siberian leaders in
the east, a dog who's built for days.

Wow! Congratulations on the new addition!

Judy

"Melinda Shore" wrote in message
...
In article 2008021619415916807-montana@wildhackcominvalid,
montana wildhack wrote:
Not a puppy person, eh?

Not so much, really, but this was just too perfect, even
down to when he was born (early October, so he'll be a year
old right about when it's time to start fall training next
year).

By way of an update, 1) he's been here nearly 4 hours and
still shows no interest in taking a nap, 2) when he tried to
play with Slick and Slick wasn't having any of it Slick got
smart and ran up the stairs, only Jack followed him halfway
up, realized where he was and stopped, and then turned
around and fumbled his way down the steps - awesome, brave
puppy, and 3) we finally found something that alarmed him -
a heck of a lot of coyotes entirely too close to the house
making a giant racket.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

He sounds wonderful (expect for the no nap thing)! Don't forget the puppy
breath with the pictures!

Sue and Atty

(Melinda Shore) said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

I drove to Fort Erie, Ontario to rendez-vous with
and bring home Nduringpeace's Captain Jack, an extremely
handsome 15-week-old puppy.

Fantastic news!

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

"Melinda Shore" wrote in message
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I woke up this morning to crystal skies, no wind, a
temperature of 6F, and 5" of fluffy, beautiful snow.
It was obviously going to be a perfect day on the trail.
But that's not what I did.

Instead, I drove to Fort Erie, Ontario to rendez-vous with
and bring home Nduringpeace's Captain Jack, an extremely
handsome 15-week-old puppy. His mother is Eclipse's
littermate and his dad is one of the top Siberian leaders in
the east, a dog who's built for days.

While I was talking with his breeders at the park in Fort
Erie, Jack was scarfing down snow. That's normal husky
behavior and I didn't think much of it until we were stuck
in the insane congested mess in front of US immigration and
customs (in the 45+ or so years I can remember crossing at
the Peace Bridge I've never, ever seen it like that - thanks
tons, Republicans!), and Jack peed in his crate. Buckets.
As soon as it was possible I pulled off and cleaned up him
and the crate to the extent I could. 20 minutes later he
peed again, so I pulled off again. 20 minutes after that he
did it again! Since it was just a couple of hours home I
gave up, although he didn't pee anymore after that. But it
does mean that I did the worst thing I've ever done to a
puppy, which was to give him a bath as the first thing he
experienced in his new home. And, of course, one of the
first things I learned about him is that he's got no
reluctance at all to pee in a crate.

So far he's tireless, fearless, and exhausting. He has no
reticence at all in dealing with the other dogs and the
other dogs do seem to be pretty positive about him (Emmett
in particular seems to think I brought him a new toy). He's
dealing with the porch stairs like he's been going up and
down them all his life (well, not so much "down," since he
descends by launching himself off the top one). He's shown
a lot of interest in the inside stairs but hasn't gone up
more than a couple (they're steep). And, of course, we've
already had a couple of lessons about what's okay to chew on
and what's not.

I'll post photos tomorrow.
--
I have to imagine you have a great time with your dogs or you wouldn't have
added a dog-in-waiting. He sounds like the male counterpart to Matt's
Maybe, the bold personality and fearless demeanor. He sounds like he's
going to be a very good addition, and a lot of fun.

Now, all you need are a couple of back-ups and you'll be all set!.

Congratulations!
Karla

\"Melinda Shore" wrote in message
...

I'll post photos tomorrow.


Congratulations!!
I'm looking forward to seeing (but not experiencing) puppy cuteness.
Did I ever tell you about how we watched my uncles sibe puppy when I was a
little girl for two weeks? Cute as anything but just naughty.

In article ,
Beth In Alaska wrote:
Did I ever tell you about how we watched my uncles sibe puppy when I was a
little girl for two weeks? Cute as anything but just naughty.

Yeah. I've had Emmett since he was a puppy and a friend
used to say "Emmett's the devil." Now he's the serene,
distinguished senior statesman, but until he was about 18
months old I was pretty sure he was going to reduce the
house to toothpicks. For some reason he liked to pull the
sheets off my bed and shred them.

Jack's taken a particular liking to Slick, but when Slick
sees the puppy boinging towards him he makes his Slick sound
(like one cycle of a European ambulance siren) and dashes
for the stairs.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

In article 0IPtj.5731$fZ3.4201@trndny02, filly wrote:
I have to imagine you have a great time with your dogs or you wouldn't have
added a dog-in-waiting.

We have an incredible amount of fun. But the truth is that
I'm not getting younger and neither are my dogs (three are
seven and two are 12!), and it's time for me to get serious
about building a distance team. That means more dogs and
possibly moving. He won't be taking me to Nome or
Whitehorse but I hope he'll be taking me to Fort Kent or
Marquette or Duluth.

Plus, this really was a nearly perfect litter as far as what
I'm looking for. The sire's owner contacted me when 8
puppies popped out and has been mailing me photos and
whatnot for a couple of months. I demurred at first but
when I saw the 12-week photos I was sold.
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Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

Oh.......I can't wait to see the photos. Puppies are so cute......... Of
course I'm kind of partial to huskys to.

Celeste

"Melinda Shore" wrote in message
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I woke up this morning to crystal skies, no wind, a
temperature of 6F, and 5" of fluffy, beautiful snow.
It was obviously going to be a perfect day on the trail.
But that's not what I did.

Instead, I drove to Fort Erie, Ontario to rendez-vous with
and bring home Nduringpeace's Captain Jack, an extremely
handsome 15-week-old puppy. His mother is Eclipse's
littermate and his dad is one of the top Siberian leaders in
the east, a dog who's built for days.

While I was talking with his breeders at the park in Fort
Erie, Jack was scarfing down snow. That's normal husky
behavior and I didn't think much of it until we were stuck
in the insane congested mess in front of US immigration and
customs (in the 45+ or so years I can remember crossing at
the Peace Bridge I've never, ever seen it like that - thanks
tons, Republicans!), and Jack peed in his crate. Buckets.
As soon as it was possible I pulled off and cleaned up him
and the crate to the extent I could. 20 minutes later he
peed again, so I pulled off again. 20 minutes after that he
did it again! Since it was just a couple of hours home I
gave up, although he didn't pee anymore after that. But it
does mean that I did the worst thing I've ever done to a
puppy, which was to give him a bath as the first thing he
experienced in his new home. And, of course, one of the
first things I learned about him is that he's got no
reluctance at all to pee in a crate.

So far he's tireless, fearless, and exhausting. He has no
reticence at all in dealing with the other dogs and the
other dogs do seem to be pretty positive about him (Emmett
in particular seems to think I brought him a new toy). He's
dealing with the porch stairs like he's been going up and
down them all his life (well, not so much "down," since he
descends by launching himself off the top one). He's shown
a lot of interest in the inside stairs but hasn't gone up
more than a couple (they're steep). And, of course, we've
already had a couple of lessons about what's okay to chew on
and what's not.

I'll post photos tomorrow.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community