New Puppy!!---(Pictures included)

[DrKym]

T-Ice, well said and well thought out. Thank you your post is what I was trying to get across in mine. Thanks for calm and equitable opinon.

[buttercup132]

I think what she means (I don't know if this is right or wrong but this is how I see it) is that her way of giving her dogs attention right now and showing them love etc is when she trains them, sleds with them , and works with them. Since Yukon isnt up for that she dosent have time between school etc to give Yukon "pet" time.

So why not let Yukon go to someone who like Karen said wants a Husky but might not want all the Husky qualities ie: wanting to pull all the time and really hyper. I know there are alot of people who want certain breeds but can't have them because of the personality of the breed and ould probly jump at the opurtunity to own that breed without some of the aspects that wouldn't fit into yourlife style.

Congrads on the new puppy.

[wolfsoul]

Aw, Kodiak is adorable!

I was never able to understand, until a couple years ago, when I got Visa, how a breeder or someone with working dogs, could give up a dog that could not breed or work. If a dog is retired from working because it is old, it's old -- it doesn't need alot of exercise or training anymore. But if a dog retires because it just won't do the work, it still needs the attention and the training. It won't lay around like the older retired dogs. If you only have time to do your regular training and exercise with the other dogs, and not give "special" and seperate training and exercise to another one, how fair is it to keep that dog, rather than giving it a home that does have the time?

For instance, I have to bike to work everyday. If Visa refused to run beside my bike, she would be at home in her crate for 10-12 hours a day, while Solo comes to work with me. When I get home from work, I have way too many things to do before I go to bed, and I don't have time to give her seperate exercise. How fair would it be to keep a dog with such a huge amount of energy in that situation?

Sometimes it's more selfish to keep a dog than to give it a better home. If everyone kept dogs that didn't suit their lifestyles, I wouldn't have Visa.