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[Winter]

Hello All!

I have a one year old male Siberian Husky named Stark. He is the first dog I have had since I was 9 years old. We had a Samoyed when I was young. I moved back to Texas after having lived in NYC for 13 years and the first thing I did once I got settled was start looking for a dog. After shopping the shelters and rescue sites for about three months without much luck, I started researching breeders in the area. Choosing the Siberian Husky was about half logic and half love at first sight. I knew I wanted a medium to large, active dog. I had narrowed it down to Aussies and Huskies and was looking at a couple of breeders. The moment I saw Stark, I knew he was meant to be mine. He was much more chill than his siblings, liked being held and had the sweetest disposition and face. While he had blue eyes when I picked him out, they were definitely changing when I went to pick him up at 8 weeks old. The breeder actually offered me one of his brothers instead due to the eye color change, which I found ridiculous. He had been mine in soul, if not body, for two weeks and there was no way I was giving him up. It took another couple of weeks for his eyes to finish. One is almost completely brown with a small blue spot at top right, and the other is split into four pieces alternating blue and brown. Occasionally, I'll have someone ask if something happened to the parti eye, but most people don't even notice. Stark has been through puppy training. He is super smart, but has a little ADD. For the first half hour of class, he's the star, for the last half hour...well, if he would sit still long enough he would be made to wear the cone of shame. He seems to literally contemplate which has more benefit to him at the moment - obeying commands or running wild. Running wild wins around 1/4 of the time. I live in Austin, which is very dog friendly, so Stark gets to go most everywhere with me. He's great with people and other dogs. We spend lots and lots of time hiking and swimming, and it's true what they say, "A tired husky is a good husky." Our only two issues are separation anxiety and his refusal to come when called. Luckily, these two problems kind of cancel each other out most of the time. Due to his separation anxiety, he might not come to me when I call, but he won't go too far away either. He's the love of my life and my constant companion. I will likely get another one in a year or so, which will hopefully help with the separation anxiety too.

[Tekisyen Husky]

Welcome to the forum Brooke
Such a lovely story.
I hope you enjoy the forum as much as everyone else does.
Feel free to post any questions that you may have and of course we need to see the obligatory pictures
Once again Welcome.
Paul

[Storm]

Hi Welcome to the forum

Stark sounds like a lovely husky

[Carta]

Welcome to the forum!

[Rachael]

Welcome to the forum

Stark sounds like a great Husky, and very much like my Holly with the recall/separation anxiety!

Can we have piccies soon please

[Awesome Bikerbabe]

Hi Winter,
Welcome to the forum, yours and Starks story is beautiful.
Enjoy your stay here.
I think you might be right on the separation anxiety part, silver went barmy when my youngest son went back to school after the summer holidays when she was tiny.
We got Maddy a lab mix and the crying stopped.
Storm is our third dog but second husky he is almost 6 months that was my craving for another husky lol.
After all people do say they are like chips you can't just have one
Bev.

[Karly Larkin]

hello winter

welcome to the forum and family

[Eskimo Ice]

Winter, on 07 April 2011 - 09:48 PM, said:

Hello All!
I have a one year old male Siberian Husky named Stark. He is the first dog I have had since I was 9 years old. We had a Samoyed when I was young. I moved back to Texas after having lived in NYC for 13 years and the first thing I did once I got settled was start looking for a dog. After shopping the shelters and rescue sites for about three months without much luck, I started researching breeders in the area. Choosing the Siberian Husky was about half logic and half love at first sight. I knew I wanted a medium to large, active dog. I had narrowed it down to Aussies and Huskies and was looking at a couple of breeders. The moment I saw Stark, I knew he was meant to be mine. He was much more chill than his siblings, liked being held and had the sweetest disposition and face. While he had blue eyes when I picked him out, they were definitely changing when I went to pick him up at 8 weeks old. The breeder actually offered me one of his brothers instead due to the eye color change, which I found ridiculous. He had been mine in soul, if not body, for two weeks and there was no way I was giving him up. It took another couple of weeks for his eyes to finish. One is almost completely brown with a small blue spot at top right, and the other is split into four pieces alternating blue and brown. Occasionally, I'll have someone ask if something happened to the parti eye, but most people don't even notice. Stark has been through puppy training. He is super smart, but has a little ADD. For the first half hour of class, he's the star, for the last half hour...well, if he would sit still long enough he would be made to wear the cone of shame. He seems to literally contemplate which has more benefit to him at the moment - obeying commands or running wild. Running wild wins around 1/4 of the time. I live in Austin, which is very dog friendly, so Stark gets to go most everywhere with me. He's great with people and other dogs. We spend lots and lots of time hiking and swimming, and it's true what they say, "A tired husky is a good husky." Our only two issues are separation anxiety and his refusal to come when called. Luckily, these two problems kind of cancel each other out most of the time. Due to his separation anxiety, he might not come to me when I call, but he won't go too far away either. He's the love of my life and my constant companion. I will likely get another one in a year or so, which will hopefully help with the separation anxiety too.

Hello Brooke,
to the forum.

Such a wonderful introduction & beautiful pictures of Stark.

for sharing.
Ivan.

[Shura_Lola]

Hi Winter welcome to the forum xx