Our New rescue husky Sequoia!
Well it is about time I introduced one of the newest members of our household. We rescued her in July from an abusive home a couple of counties over from us. When we picked her up she was soooo sweet. She sat in the back of the car and put her chin on our shoulders while licking our cheeks. We placed her in a foster home with a friend of ours because we were told she had issues with cats. Well actually that she had caught, killed and ingested a cat one of the times she had been tied up without any food or water. I certainly can't blame her for that!!
We spent the rest of July and all of August trying to find her the perfect home. All the while we kept on becoming more and more attatched to her. We would take her to the Ice cream Socials at Wiscoy food on Friday evenings and would keep her at our home on the weekends.
Labor Day weekend we finally gave up and purchased a chain link kennal. She is now in her furever home. She does get extremely excited when she sees the cats so we have worked out a schedule for inside time. She doesnt' seem to care for being inside for more than a couple of hours anyway. Although she does settle down and sleep in our carpeted laundry room at night.
Sequoia changed in appearance so much since we picked her up in July. When we got her she only had a small amount of red on her head and a little on her shoulders. The rest of her was covered in very wiry thick long white hair. As you can see in the pictures she has lost most of that hair. She is now soooo plush and such a deep beautiful red. Her coat has become so very soft to the touch. She is still getting loose tufts of hair but I brush almost every day. Her coat is so thick now with winter coming that you can hardly touch her skin.
I know all of you who own huskies are nodding and smiling. She is a character and we love her so much. She talks to us often and loves to go on meet and greets around the town. She takes food like a lady and rarely begs. She knows she is the Queen of the neighborhood and doesn't even acknowledge other dogs unless they get in her face. I must admit at this point she tends to a bit of a snarl and a snap. She loves walking in the woods everyday and chasing acorns. She has a real love affair with acorns. She is spayed and will be 4 years old this December. I did talk to her breeder and could get her registration papers if I cared to but I don't really see the point.
She and the cats are all learning to get along. We have talked to a local trainer who trains search and rescue dogs and drug sniffing dogs. He doesnt' feel she has an aggression problem and that with some obedience work we can get her to accept our cats and off limits. But if not we still have a good working schedule and a pretty happy family.
Here is our Sequoia
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After a long day of playing....
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