Originally posted by cyber-sibes
Oh, those huskies!!! Glad to hear you got her back safely. I've had times Star took off on me and I know the look - just when you think MAYBE she's ready to let you near, she looks you dead in the eye and then runs the other way!

Have you taken Sequoia to training classes? I really think they could be beneficial for you, especially doing intense work on recalls and good obedience for sitting & downs. I would look for someone experienced in handling hard-headed dogs. Huskies are such notorius runners...... and as I recall, Sequoia had things pretty hard before she came to live with you. She may not see the "humans" as being the ones in charge yet.
Classes might be good for a little socialization, too. Sounds like a pro could help you with some of those issues, too. In spite of her appearing not to like other dogs, she may be very lonely, and adding the right dog would be a real asset - how did she get along with the husky boy you've been looking at?

edit- by the way, Sherman's sister Tori took off from her home and was gone for TWO WEEKS before coming back home!
Yes! I got that look exactly! You could just see the thoughts go through her brain.

We haven't taken her to the classes yet...bad husky parents we are. They are 200 for 7 sessions and somehow other things keep taking the money we keep trying to save for it. They are both individual classes and group. We did have a free consultation with the trainer. He is suppose to be very good. He trains Search and Rescue and Drug Sniffing dogs. He also works with aggressive dogs. He observed Sequioa at the Ice cream socials last August and he doesn't feel she is aggressive. But that was shortly after we rescued her. She was more timid then. I have noticed that the longer we have her the more assertive she is becoming. She snarls at other dogs more...and is more vocal and exicted when we take her for outings in town. Which we try to do at least once a week. I still don't really feel she is aggressive...she just isn't fond of other animals. Just male huskies seem to get her stamp of approval. The trainer told us to be aware that when we try to get her to do things on our terms she might get a little ornery. That she has been used to doing things her way for so long that she is going to resist doing things OUR way. We have been working with her on the basic commands but most the time she still only does them when SHE feels like it. Half the time I SWEAR she rolls her eyes at me. And I am a pretty strong dominant type person. I am no wussy...but she is VERY strong willed.

She hasn't met the male husky yet. I saw him on the webpage. I will start a new thread for him. Brian and I have talked about it. But we are going to Montreal in May and taking Sequoia with us. We are visiting family and they really are not suppose to have dogs in their apartment so we are imposing with one dog already. So we feel that we want to wait until after we get back from vacation. He is in a good no kill shelter situation that using foster homes. It seems from his description that he is still in the original home. If he is still available in June then we will see how they like one another and think about it much more seriously.

I would be devestated if she was gone for weeks. It was horrible just for a hour and at least one of us had her in sight pretty much the whole time. I don't know how her owners could stand it. At the PAWS that has the male husky there is now a year old female that came in as a stray. I wonder what owner is out there wondering what happened to their husky that took a little run.

Denyce