Woof, Woof, Bark!

 Within the first year that my girl Angel lived with us, I was able to teach her a set of commands that she remembers to this very day. I successfully taught her to sit, hand me her left paw, hand me the right paw, lay down, roll over, get up, and catch a bite sized piece of food in the air. She does this now with ease, urging me on to continue our little game. The relationship that formed between us is one that is difficult to describe. We have created games with one another, and we are always able to sense when something is wrong. She gets noticeably upset when I leave her, and knowing that only draws me closer to her. When I was back home this past week for spring break, I walked through the door expecting her to come trotting right on up to me. But no, instead, she was visibly mad at me, refusing to play with me until I caved in and shared with her some of my lunch.

Angel may be able to respond accordingly to a wide range of words and phrases, but our relationship goes far beyond those commands. It seems as if she has thoughts, emotions, desires and fears. Sometimes I feel that I am able to understand them, but I often don't. Over the past few years i've realized that dogs truly can become one of man's best friends. 

Little dog's head inside Siberian Husky's mouth

What is that?

It has probably been about five years already that Angel has lived with my mother and I, and I must say that one of her most amusing acts happens when she lays down. Most dogs (or so you would think) lay down in a normal position, you know, stomach on the ground, paws out, that sort of thing. But not Angel, over the past five years that we have had her, day after day Angel lays in her favorite corner of the living room. All four legs to the sky, paws suspended in air, top of her head on the floor, and tongue out. Just about everyone I know finds it to be hilarious.
See for yourself. . .

                       *This is not Angel, sadly I do not have a picture of her in the pose.

and just for the record, Angel is a little more extreme with it, 

she prefers to be on her back, completely upside down.

Look at the Puppy!

About a year ago, a good friend of mine adopted two ambrosial blue eyed Siberian puppies. Together, we set up a little playroom for the youngsters in his living room and the two of them went to town. It was probably one of the cutest things i've ever seen watching the two of them play, delivering playful paw slaps going back and forth. For hours on end the two of them went at it, entertaining each other with their playful and energetic demeanor. It only made me wish I adopted Angel at a younger age! 

Here's a look at how delightful these puppies can really be!

Born to Run

It was one of those unbearable hot august days, I was out and about with my friends around town while my mom was in the backyard having lunch with a friend. Of course Angel was out there with them, laying in the sun off the leash minding her own business. My mom noticed a guilty look on her face as she stood up and walked across the yard. During the split second my mom took to turn away and do something, Angel took off after a groundhog that had mistakenly wandered into our yard. My mom called me in a frenzy, describing the worst, and how Angel could be running for miles before she stops and realizes what she did. After an hour or so of driving around and searching for her, we began to get very worried. We met up in the backyard and she showed me where she took off and how the groundhog had come through the bushes in my neighbors yard. As we got closer, we realized that Angel wasn't halfway across town, She was simply sleeping, basking in the sun 15 feet away from us in my neighbors backyard. These are the behaviors that define her, a one of a kind dog that flaunts a goofy but ecstatic personality.

Read the running away section!

http://users.tpg.com.au/users/cnicholl/owning_a_husky.htm

Look at those eyes!

Most people seem to believe that the fur color of a Siberian Husky is either “Black and White”, or “Gray and White”. Another common belief is that all Huskies have blue eyes. In fact, neither one of those assumptions are true. The Siberian Husky is known to have medium sized, oval shaped eyes that come in a variety of eye colors, ranging from ice blues to amber and brown. Eyes can be half blue and half brown (parti-eyed), or can have one blue eye and one brown eye (bi-eyed). One common assumption is that bi-eyed or parti-eyed dogs are mixed breed dogs, which is in fact, false.

Blue Eyes:

Brown Eyes:

Parti-Colored:

Bi-Eyed:

Amber: