In our “Friday Focus” posts, each week we highlight our Huskies, one by one, to tell their story and give you an overall picture of their quirks and personalities.  This category also will cover puppies that we have sold based on feedback from owners.  

Over the years however, several Huskies have crossed our paths that don’t  make the cut.  Today, I will highlight them, and tell you a little about them and also how, when, and why they crossed our path. 

Sophie:

We start with the one that was with us the longest.  Sophie was from Daisie’s first litter from 2010.  Her owners could no longer care for her due to personal circumstances, and they did the right thing and returned her to us.  We kept Sophie for a about a year and a half, and decided to re-home her when someone inquired.  Even after a year and a half, she never seemed to fit in.  She didn’t want to be a house dog, because she had to share the house with Akira.  She didn’t fit in well in the barn, I think for similar reasons.  When out playing, she seemed to only care about the humans, and no the other dogs.  It became apparent that Sophie simply wanted to be someone’s only pet.  We found her a great home in the fall of 2012, and she seems very happy there.  While here, Sophie did have one litter of puppies.  At the time, it was our intent to keep her, and start to breed her normally as with any of our other females.  She only had two puppies, including Eyezayah and one other.  When looking at the big picture, it became very obvious that Sophie was not meant for breeding, and was much better suited for simply going to a loving family and be their pet.

Nala:

Like Sophie, Nala was one of our puppies that we sold.  She was from Holly’s first litter, and like Sophie was returned to us when her owners could no longer care for her.  She was only with us for a short time, as someone inquired relatively quickly about her.  While with us, she stayed in the house, and seemed to enjoy herself.  Her biggest issue was that she certainly proved to be Holly’s relation.  She figured out quickly how to escape the fenced area.  We had to watch her a lot closer!  Her new home is in Michigan, and we lost touch with them.  While we always try to stay in touch with dog/puppy owners, it doesn’t always happen.  But we are fairly certain that Nala is in a good home with a loving family. 



Rocky:

Rocky is a Husky that belongs to friends of the family.  Back in October of 2010, we were wanting to expand the pack, and we attempted to stud Rocky with Daisie.  Our intent was to keep a couple females, that could in turn be bred with any of our males.  For a variety of reasons, the mating didn’t take place.  Rocky spent a couple weeks with us, and Daisie went to our friend’s house to spend time there with Rocky.  They simply never connected.  We attempted on two separate heat cycles with no success.  We were really hoping for success, but I guess it wasn’t in the cards.  Rocky was a great Husky, and had a great personality.  We still see him from time to time, but decided it was best not to attempt it anymore.

Rascal:

Rascal was only with us for a very short period.  We got Rascal as a 5 year old adult from the breeder that sold us Daisie.  He was not related to Daisie, and we were considering adding another male so we thought it would be a good fit.  When Rascal came to our house, he as very scared and aggressive.  After spending his entire life pretty much alone in a kennel,  he was suddenly shipped off to live with a group of dogs (ours) and it was extremely difficult for him to say the least.  He immediately went into defense mode and not only fought off any dog that came near him, but also tried to bite any human that came near him.  We called the breeder back and immediately returned him.  I imagine if given time, he may have gotten used to his new surroundings, but it was a chance we decided not to take.  We didn’t want to put our other dogs, or more importantly our kids at risk, and we weren’t set up to handle that situation then.  We always felt it is very important to socialize all of our dogs, but this experience was proof.  We think his only social interaction with another dog came at breeding time.  We cannot say this with certainty, but it just seemed to be the case.  We don’t know where Rocky is today, but we hope he is doing well, and in a good home.

(No Pictures of Rascal)

Iris:

On our “About Us” page on this website, we mention how we got started with Huskies.  Even though she was a mixed breed of Husky, Black Lab, and Timberwolf, Iris was our first true experience of a very active dog.  Like any other Husky, Iris loved to run and play, and was an escape artist.  At the time, we didn’t live in the country.  We lived on a ¼ acre plot, in the city of Troy, OH.  The back yard was fenced, but we learned quickly that a fence is merely a suggestion to a Husky.  Once she figured it out, she escaped regularly, regardless of what we tried to do to prevent it.  Today, we are much more educated about it so it’s something we can handle.  Back then was trial and error.  In Troy, if your dog is picked up by the authorities, it goes to the shelter where they can identify the owner by the tags.  (Just like anywhere else) We would pay the fees and return her home.  However, if it happens three times in Troy/Miami County, you also then get ticketed and had to pay a $100 fine.  Well…The fees and fines started to add up.  It got to the point where it seemed we were on speed dial at the shelter.  After our third ticket, they “encouraged us” to give her up.  They had another party interested in her when they saw her at the shelter.  We decided at that point it would be best for her and for us.  It was at that time we vowed to live in a country setting with much more land that we could handle these dogs better.

(No pictures of Iris)

Lupen:

During the time we had Iris, we got a call out of the blue from Heather’s Aunt Dianne.  She was a truck driver at the time, and found a stray Husky at a rest stop.  She didn’t want to leave it behind so she called and asked if we would be willing to take her in.  We decided to, but with the intent to ask around if anyone else would take her from us.  It was simply a gesture to help this poor Husky.  We only had her for a couple weeks, when my sister and her family decided to take her in, and named her Lupen.  They had always wanted a Husky, and they thought she would be a good fit.  Today, around 8 years later, Lupen is still alive and well, and enjoys daily walks with my sister and her husband.  We didn’t know exactly how old she was when we got her, but suspected her to be 2-3 years old.  So we know that she is in her advanced years.  We still see her regularly, and she is as sweet as ever!