I have enjoyed reading this thread. I'm also a first time husky owner and we are learning as we go along. I am completely fascinated by the husky breed. I don't think they are like any other breed I have known. I absolutely love them! I got to raise Tori as a puppy so it was easy for me to know how she gets along with other dogs, plus she was raised with Katie so that also helped. I'm lucky that Tori also seems to know when to be submissive. She gets along wonderful with other dogs and I've noticed that she is starting to figure out which ones she can pick on. When Kiara was here visiting Tori quickly picked up the fact that she could pester Kiara and make her mad. She never seemed to hurt Kiara but she kept wanting to poke her nose at her or paw at her and doing the play bow like she wanted to play. Kiara would get mad and nip at her and chase her and Tori acted like she loved that. She wouldn't quit pestering her. Thats the first time I have seen her like that. I take that back she did do a bit of that with Bon when he was a "wee" puppy. I always take her with me when I go to visit Anna and her furkids and she gets along wonderful with them. It is actually a blast to watch them. Tori is very submissive with Roxey and seems to do what she says...lol. Tori and Bon are great playmates and play like puppies. Watching Tori, Roxey and Nebo run around together and play was also tons of fun and then when we went to the dog park and all those huskies were there that was super awesome. It might have just been that there were so many huskies there that day, but I really do believe that a husky knows another husky. I also believe that Tori has no recall just like Glacier has said. No recall and no homing instinct. I would never ever let her out of the house or yard without a leash on. It is my worse fear and has happened twice. Tori runs like crazy and doesn't pay any attention where she is. She just goes and goes! I am 99% certain that she would never be able to find her way home on her own. As far as Tori's prey drive, I am not for sure how high of a prey drive she has. She hasn't really been around cats or anything. She sees them out the window sometimes and watches them and she has seen my mom's cat before but Niki always takes off so fast when she sees the dogs coming that the girls don't ever pay any attention to her. I have seen Tori jump and swat down birds before though. I know I'm rambling and I don't really have a point I guess I just wanted to talk about my husky girl also.

Denyce, I have to tell you that I really admire you and I'm so glad that Sequoia has you now. You sound like a great furmom and especially a great husky mom who wants to make sure her girl is happy. Kudos to you, girl!!! Hey, if you want to see Sequoia run with the huskies you can always travel to a Findlay meeting . I'm sure her and Tori would hit it off!

Glacier, I always love hearing from you and I always pay attention to your husky advice! Thanks for being there for us.

Robin