Sunday, February 14, 2010

Husky = Hair and lots of it!

Here we are the middle of February and my husky has decided to blow his coat! It isn't spring yet!!! Grrr... People who don't have a northern bread dog seriously have no idea to the amounts of hair that is shed. I pulled out enough hair out of my dogs back leg to build a golden retriever! I wish I was exaggerating but sadly it is the truth... and the truth is a rough thing to deal with when I had to groom him inside my house and get fur all over the place... and all over myself. I'm scared if I venture outside looking like this the SPCA will pick me up as a stray! haha...
Dealing with the hair is a hard thing but dealing with my dogs insane behavior while he gets groomed is a whole other thing. He goes mental... and I mean mental! He is usually the sweetest, funniest, kind hearted dog but when he sees the brush he turns into a vicious wolf!!! It takes minimum two people to brush him and the person at his head needs a pair of thick gloves on to hold down the beast! lol. I can understand why he hates it so much, it is simple, his last owner was abusive to him. When we adopted him from the rescue his hair was totally shaved off of his body! Umm are we retarded? You NEVER shave a husky! They can control their body temperatures, it is a very uncommon gift that they have and other K9s don't!
I know some people are of the opinion that dogs don't hold grudges but I'm going to have to disagree on that one. Dogs are not stupid and they remember past traumas.
Just one last quick note to people who read this, please support your local rescues/humane society/SPCA... and when you get a pet make sure it is a forever home... don't take on the responsibility if you can't handle it. No matter if it is a cat, dog or anything, animals deserve respect and love and nothing but!!!  
 

1 comment:

  1. Just to add to the appeal you've made regarding support for the local pound/SPCA/etc. it is a very good idea for anyone who doesn't need for anything when birthday time comes around, you might suggest a donation to one of the previously mentioned organizations would be an excellent gift. Thank goodness you have the experience to be able to properly handle a large dog such as Gunner is. And the patience to do the right thing by him. :)

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