Something we have always done here at Frosty Meadow Husky Farm, is try to make the Huskies as comfortable as possible.  Giving them as much space as possible, giving them companionship, keeping them protected from the elements in the winter, and providing ample air flow in the summer, are just a few of the things we do for them.  We are always looking for ways to improve on their quality of life.  One of the things we have learned along the way though is that not everything goes as planned.  One example of this is the winter I put an old couch and chair in their stall. 

A few years ago at the old house, we bought a new couch and chair for our family room.  I got the bright idea to let the dogs have the old couch and chair since it wasn’t in good enough condition to sell, and the plan was to just throw it away anyway.  So out into the stall it went.  At that house, we only had two large 10’ x 10’ stalls, and all of the dogs had access to both.  We put the furniture in one of them.

Well, needless to say, they LOVED it!  Like children jumping on their beds, they continuously hopped around and jumped from couch to chair to ground to table to couch etc. etc. etc.

Being the middle of winter, they liked to snuggle on it during sleeping times.  They all piled on them which was comical by itself. 

It really seemed on the surface to be a great plan!

Um….no!

I expected that they would chew on them and tear them to some degree.  It’s what they do.  But I honestly was not expecting what it became.  Within a few days, they were shredded!  Not tears and holes, but wooden frames, a pile of shredded cloth and sponge, and a cloud of dust!! 

Much like a school of piranha can skeletonize a cow in about 2 minutes, Huskies can do the same to a couch and chair within a week.  Day by day, I cleaned out (and laughed at) the mess left behind.  After a week, we hauled the bare frames out.  They loved it so much, that I actually considered doing it again.  Ultimately it was decided it was too much to deal with, so that was the end of it.  The pictures below don’t tell the whole story, because it was very early in the process.  But you get the idea!