what a difference a day makes, yesterday hot, panting and thirst,
today, cool, wet and energetic....
HB that is.
so today's walk, and we saw a total of 1 dog and owner, one walker and one runner :o
over to the fields, first field empty, off lead and racing around like an idiot :thumbsup:
back on lead through the woods and the small part of second field, then third field empty, off lead an mega mouse hunting in hedges mixed with racing around like an idiot :thumbsup:
no mice were harmed, might have been scared...
back on lead when we got near the hedge with sheep and lambs in the next field, then through to second field, empty, off lead and acting like idiot again...
back on lead to exit field and go over railway bridge, then into next set of fields.....
empty ... off lead and acting like an idiot
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back onled to go through the gaps between each field, but all empty, five minutes rest at the water tower, the repeat back to the gate by the railway bridge, back on lead, wave to two trains with clap, then back to the first field, again empty, so off lead, but a more sedate progress from HB.
back on lead and home, towelled off, groomed and now resting under dining room table with a bone. :food:
all in all, a happy hairy beast :thumbsup: :smiley-laughing:
You really must stop racing around like an idiot once you're off the lead.
HB must be wondering what on earth has got into you :)
I will try to be better behaved when I am off the lead in future :-[
oh, and before anyone says anything....
the trains don't have c**p
I mean, wave then clap when the driver toots
looks like I need to take more care with how I write things, maybe get HB to proofread :-[
well, today was not so good ....
loads of walkers and dog walkers [on phone - no interest in what dog doing] so much of today's walk was on the lead.
did manage an off-lead session in two fields,
is that a mouse ??
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no, just some :censored: humans having a picnic
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boss gets so upset when I go and look for sarnies, they are easier to catch than mice, and tastier :food:
lots of dogs running around, so back on lead, just because I like to play with anyone.
their owners don't care, so why does mine :hmmm:
anyway, finally back home and munchies time .......
kong filled with ..
apple..
chicken..
loaf dog food..
yum -yum
then dental chew, followed by hide chew, which needs much snarling / growling / etc before eaten. :)
followed by a well earned rest under dining room table .. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I'm starting to think HB is actually a radio controlled model going by the aerial I spy just above his tail :hmmm:
I'll not ask where you insert the batteries :no:
bad enough getting him to take his monthly and 3 monthly tablets, just hoping he's got energizer batteries, cause it will be an absolute :censored: when they need changing :'(
for HB's fans, a couple of pics from today's adventures ......
and a few statistics .....
x9 fields patrolled
approx 20 attacks on mice
none successfull [what a surprise with his track record]
3 pints of water consumed [ well the boss has to do something to justify being taken along]
around 20 tasty bites and other 'training aids' consumed [again the boss has to do something to justify being taken along]
and about 50% of the time off lead :thumbsup:
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the down side was the 'boss' insisted on a grooming session when we got back, as if you could improve on perfection :hmmm:
I bet you still wear your white hat :D
Mice?? No wonder SWMBO is ill feeding her mice!!!
3 pints of water or that Scottish Spring Water you consume 3 pints of???
Your dangerous off the lead so I think you should limit yourself to less then 50%
HBs looking fantastic and presumably enjoying the cooler weather at the moment!!!
no white hat, I worked for a living >:(
white hats were for snowdrops, stand around in pairs and look smart, only time you saw them on the airfield was in a landie :D
mostly in the guardroom issueing keys or on the main gate.
we workers mostly wore berets or peaked caps with NO white cover.
if SWMBO had to survive on HB's hunting prowess she wouldn't be ill, she'd be starved :uneasy:
and for your info, I [usually] behave myself off lead, well I'm getting too old to race around like an idiot :smiley-laughing:
He is looking, IMHO pretty good, but needing at the moment plenty of grooming to get rid of the cast hair from his undercoat ....
which entails more tasty bites :'(
a bit late with this, but due to
1. the ongoing battle with Paypal customer services [so called]
2. a special trip to the post office to post off some wagons to a forum member
3. and a twice weekly trip to Tesco's,
these are only being published now .....
never mind tiptoe through the tulips more of a blunder through the buttercups
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then a check of the hedgerow for meecees
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with nothing found, a few fields, and drinks, later he detected something
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further investigation
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but even a closer look, and a bit of excavation, produced no mouse
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oh well, back home, at least there either my bowl or kong will be packed with yummies :food:
think it's time I changed the photo on my profile, so this is the new one
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can't remember how I did it last time, but I've got all day sat here at the computer to work it out :'(
well, a long time it seems since an update....
so is he healthy :thumbsup:
enjoying his daily walks :thumbsup:
still hunting mice :thumbsup:
catching mice :thumbsdown:
happy :thumbsdown:
the farmer has started cutting and baling the grass in the fields >:(
so where he would spend ages scenting, tracking, pouncing, and missing yet again, in the long grass, the field is now flat :veryangry:
mind you, easier to find his tennis balls, and they bounce better now :bounce:
like it used to be, ahhh memories
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so, the previously tall grass, mouse rich, field as per previous photos, now looks like this
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would you, if a mouse / vole etc, want to be here with HB hunting ?
another three fields have been cut, turned, baled and taken away over the last couple of days, so today HB was busy checking the newly cut fields, and trying to answer the question :
how much of a husky will fit into a rabbit hole?
turns out, not much ;D
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but not for lack of trying
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and believe me, he is, very trying :'(
by the way, he is normally allowed off lead when the fields are empty, but this field has sheep the other side of the hedge, hence HB 'restrained' , seen to many IDOs let their dogs run up and down the hedge disturbing the sheep in the next field.
still he managed to mad in three other fields, before returning home knackered.
and with it being wet / cold today, I didn't need to lug water around for him :thumbsup:
I hope HB is not too angry with you for sending me a couple of his Bonios.
They're more bland and 'grittier' than I remember them from the early 60s but still went down well with a mug of defannicated defaecated coffee without caffeine. :D
sorry, being a poor pensioner I can no longer afford Bonios, he has to put up with the Tesco bones instead, possibly why not up to the standard you were used to. :-[
how's your coat :smiley-laughing:
a couple more fields have fallen victim to the cutter, but before they had been spun and baled, the rains came :'(
still, damp conditions are best for for tracking....
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never fear, though wet, no mice were caught, and as usual HB returned home, as did the idiot on the other end of the lead, soaking wet ready for dinner :food:
in his case dry mix and tinned food, in the idiots a hot coffee and a cheese and pickle sarnie - yum yum
A RED LETTER DAY TODAY FOR HB :thumbsup:
for only the second time in just over six and a half years, HB has caught a mouse / vole :hmmm:
and unlike the other time, he didn't drop it but ate it :o
hence not knowing what it was :-[
I suppose the question now is, will it be another six and a half years till he catches anything else :'(
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oh, and before anyone asks, yes, he still did eat his dinner when he got home, then his dental chew, and is now under the dining room table consuming a hide chew.
My happiness for his success :claphappy: is offset by the thought somewhere a family of mice/voles are missing a member :(
Quote from: class37025 on July 16, 2020, 01:39:16 PM
yes, he still did eat his dinner when he got home, then his dental chew, and is now under the dining room table consuming a hide chew.
Well a vole-au-vent never really fills you up :no:
Quote from: Newportnobby on July 16, 2020, 01:52:44 PM
My happiness for his success :claphappy: is offset by the thought somewhere a family of mice/voles are missing a member :(
Perhaps I should keep him on his short lead in that field tomorrow in case there are search parties out, or a memorial service is being held.
a bit of a learning curve today, for both ends of the lead :-[
HB
learned it is not always a good idea to stick his nose down every hole in the field .....
especially if there is a buzzing noise :hmmm:
other end of the lead
I didn't know wasps built nests in the ground :-[
still, due to HB's rapid reverse leap, no huskies were stung :thumbsup:
will he learn his lesson :hmmm:
naaahhhhh :smiley-laughing:
It's the mice/voles sitting there playing B sides ;D
not a great deal to report, HB continues his daily patrol of the fields, and checks of various holes in various fields..
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he's a bit like the royal mail, through sun and rain and wind, we will deliver....
so no consideration for the idiot on the other end of the lead, hot / wet / cold does not compute - need to check for mice / voles / squirrels and other prey
mind you, the success rate is not great, more misses, in fact far more misses, than hits, but that's HB.
he is, however, consistant in
1. needing the idiot on the other end of the lead providing him with water
2. needing the idiot on the other end of the lead providing him with treats
3. needing the idiot on the other end of the lead clearing up his err mess
4. needing the idiot on the other end of the lead to groom him
5. needing the idiot on the other end of the lead to throw his tennis ball to chase
6. needing the idiot on the other end of the lead to bin his waste
7. needing the idiot on the other end of the lead to then make his dinner
8. needing the idiot on the other end of the lead to then provide his dental chew
9. needing the idiot on the other end of the lead to then provide his hide chew
why, oh why do I put up with this demanding animal ??
basically, because he makes me feel great, when he he nuzzles up for a cuddle, or cuddles up on the bed, even if only for a biscuit, he makes me happy.....
BUT PLEASE ...
DON'T TELL HIM, HE'S ANNOYING ENOUGH AS IT IS :smiley-laughing:
Quote5. needing the idiot on the other end of the lead to throw his tennis ball to chase
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Alan - George Clarke has a Siberian husky named Loki
https://www.google.com/search?source=univ&tbm=isch&q=george+clarkes+siberian+husky&client=opera&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjSnbC43LnrAhVwSxUIHUhSCWgQ7Al6BAgKEBk&biw=1326&bih=658 (https://www.google.com/search?source=univ&tbm=isch&q=george+clarkes+siberian+husky&client=opera&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjSnbC43LnrAhVwSxUIHUhSCWgQ7Al6BAgKEBk&biw=1326&bih=658)
What 'make' is yours please?
Hi Mick,
Oscar aka HB is also a Siberian Husky, but does not have the 'devil' eyes, as I call them.
we got him as a rescue when he was 6 months old, and he joined our last shepherd, Coco, who was also a rescue.
I credit her with how he has turned out, as she was a lovely dog in spite of her earlier life as a breeding machine, very laid back, and this seems to have passed, to a degree, to HB.
many thanks for the link, I will peruse later.
alan
I'd love a Sibe, but have never taken the plunge because of the breed's high prey drive and the fact that I've always got at least one cat in the house.
Over the last 20+ years we've normally had 3 cats and 3 dogs at any given time. Now we're down to one of each and are actively looking to replenish stocks!
@tutenkhamunsleeping (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=1490)
Plenty of room for Seacows, Sealions, Dogfish, Catfish etc etc then :)
A mermaid or two might meet with some resistance, though :uneasy:
I've had Shepherds most of my life, both before going into the RAF, handling them in the RAF, and since.
most of ours have been rescues, and only one was a real problem, a real alpha male who was always challenging me.
we've only had one from a pup.
we've also usually had a couple at a time, but not always.
HB is my first husky, and he can be challenging, it's in his nature.
you certainly need to be aware of what he is doing all the time, no good letting him off the lead and then walking round on your phone.
you also need to read him all the time when he's off the lead, and as soon as he indicates that he's seen or scented something, he has to be called back and put back on the lead. his recall otherwise is shall we say patchy, and his hearing is definitely selective at times. :'(
but, as with all dogs, and no doubt cats as well, you get out of them what you put in. spend time with him, train him, as much as you can a husky, and give him affection and you will get it returned, as long as there are no mice/voles/squirrels/ cheese sandwiches around.
if there are, and he's not on his lead, then forget it, a husky has his priorities >:D
shepherds want to please you, huskies not so much, but I wouldn't be without the idiot.
would I have another :hmmm: probably not.
if I'm still able to have another dog when we lose him, I think it will be back to a rescue shepherd.
they are so much less work.
but hopefully, that will be well into the future, and I am assured that huskies do calm down by when they are about 12, so only another 5 years :'(
:thumbsup:
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Quote5. needing the idiot on the other end of the lead to throw his tennis ball to chase
Coco would have LOVED one of those :laugh3:
we got Coco, ok let's be totally honest, I got Coco when she was about 4 > 41/2
on nights one night, and saw her on a rescue site. at that time the house was empty - we'd lost our last shepherd, who we'd had from a pup, and :-[ SWMBO + daughter/husband/grandson were on holiday :hmmm:
e-mailed the rescue group, ex RAFP QPD etc, would love to meet her etc, then at the end of the shift went home.
got in to work the next night to find an e-mail 'please get in touch, you are just what she needs' :hmmm:
replied, and got a phone call, "when would you like to meet her?"
as that was my last night shift .... "how about tomorrow - where is she ?"
ended up going to her foster home at the end of the shift, and she came out and straight up to me ... big sloppy lick :heart:
so donation made, and took her home, a couple of hours later rescue turned up to vet her home, by which time she was sun bathing outside the back door.
papers signed, and she was mine/ours :hmmm:
slight problem, hadn't actually told SWMBO. :'(
luckily, now on four days off, so had time to 'bond', but it took three of those days to get her into the house, she's only ever known a barn :thumbsdown:
so, SWMBO due back friday :hmmm:, swapped my shift, and greeted her as she got out of the taxi.
"hello darling, did you enjoy your holiday?"
oooppps
"What have you done ? I thought you were back on shift tonight ... AND WHAT IS THAT AT THE WINDOW" :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
looked, and big hairy german shepherd head :'( :'( :'(
"erm, didn't I mention, that is Coco, OUR new dog" :dighole:
luckily she fell in love with her, otherwise I'd have been sleeping in the shed.
some four years later we lost her to a brain tumor, but what a great four years.
did I mention ...
I'm an idiot for dogs :laugh3:
with the weather improving over the last few weeks, the jacket for the idiot on the loopy end of the lead has been once again replaced by more water for HB.
just hope it doesn't rain :worried:
anyway, our intrepid hunter continues to scour the plains in search of sustenance, but as usual tends to rely on a filled kong, or a bowl of dog food, plus dental chews, hide chews, and just about anything else he can scrounge.
still, he doesn't look to bad on it ....
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while he continues to hunt, without any more success, an interruption in the supply of white hide chews has led to replacement cow's ear chews, AT £1.75 each, that's nearly 1/3 rd of the price of a bottle of wine, having to be sourced :'(
and they say it's a dogs life :hmmm:
Quotewhile he continues to hunt, without any more success, an interruption in the supply of white hide chews has led to replacement cow's ear chews, AT £1.75 each, that's nearly 1/3 rd of the price of a bottle of wine, having to be sourced
Get your pinny out and give these a try.They go down well with friends dogs.
1 tin of Sardines or Mackerel drained of oil (do not use tinned tuna)
1/4 cup of grated cheese (any will do, although cheddar always goes down well)
1 cup of wholemeal flour
2 eggs
Pre-heat oven to 180c and grease a small baking dish.
Mix up Sardines, Cheese & Eggs to a pulp
Stir in the flour until all is well combined.
Transfer to greased baking dish.
Bake for 30 - 40 mins.
Allow to cool completely and then cut into bite size pieces.
Pre-heat oven to 80c
Spread pieces evenly on a baking tray and return to oven.
Allow 40mins - 1hr in oven for the treats to dehydrate.
Remove and allow to cool.
Ive found it best to cut them into size before the first cooking,even got a bone shaped cookie cutter for the job
in HB's mind, a greased baking dish is a bite sized container :'(
might need to double the amounts ... maybe find a mouse shaped cutter :hmmm:
Quote from: class37025 on September 20, 2020, 06:33:06 PM
might need to double the amounts ... maybe find a mouse shaped cutter :hmmm:
For a varied diet, add toddler and baby shapes >:D
HB loves kids ....
not sure though that he could manage a whole one :smiley-laughing:
Quotemight need to double the amounts ... maybe find a mouse shaped cutter
I get 15-20 3
1/
2" X 1
1/
2" biscuits out of one batch,or about 30 seconds worth if my mates ridgeback had her way
looks like I'm cooking tomorrow, or should that be baking ?
firstly I must admit to not yet trying out the biscuit recipe, my only excuse being that SWMBO has not been too good the last couple of weeks. so the baking is still on the to do list.
however, last week I had a bit of a concern over HB.
on tuesday's walk I noticed that he was favouring his right front leg, not exactly limping, but not putting all his weight on it. checked him over and no signs of any cuts or scratches on his pads, and nothing between them. no flinching or crying when I ran my hands over his leg, so just cut short his walk and headed home.
no problems with him having his dinner / dental chew / hide chew and he settled down under the dining room table as usual for his post walk / dinner sleep.
later on there was a yelp, and he came limping into the sitting room. checked him over again, and could still not find any reason for this, and he wandered outside, still favouring his front right leg.
my initial thought was that he might have trapped a nerve, or even got cramp, when he got up, but just in case I phoned the vet for an appointment for the next day.
throughout the evening he was the same, cried out when he got up, and limping when he walked, and unusually for HB, he didn't jump up onto the bed for his treats when we went to bed, instead sitting by the bed and looking hard done to. mind you no problems with his appetite and he still pestered for his humbug before he'd settle down [don't ask :-[ ]
wednesday morning I got up to be greeted by HB tearing up the stairs and leaping onto the bed, with kong in mouth.
he them proceeded to tear downstairs and wait by the fridge for his morning treat to go into his kong
:hmmm:
he then proceeded to act in his usual idiot way growling at his kong, throwing it around to try to get the treats out, and pouncing on it with no signs of pain or limping [it's hard to pounce while limping ]
phoned the vet, cancelled the appointment, and at the usual time got the idiot ready for his walk.
out to the fields, let him off the lead, and off he went, mad as usual, chasing around, searching for prey, and having the occasional grazing session.
nothing wrong there then.
did the first loop of our figure 8 walk, but then took him home, and no signs of any of tuesday's problems.
thursday was the same, so friday back to his normal figure 8 walk, and again no problems, and it has been the same since.
so a mystery, all I can think is that he had somehow trapped a nerve, and the night's sleep had freed it.
so, a few pics of HB, fully restore to full idiot mode,
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and finally, a pic of him resting on the sette ...
the brown dog on the left is Izzy, who normally won't allow him up there when she is, and the white tiger is stuffed, which HB may be if he gives me any more scares
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the 'pup' is now nearly 7 1/2 years old, having been taken on / adopted when he was 6 months old when his [first time dog owners] couldn't manage both him and the new baby [think I'd have kept the dog, put the baby up for rescue, probably even a husky would be less trouble, overall, than a kid] :-[
it has taken several years to get him to the stage where he can be off lead, and I have to be totally aware of him, what he is sensing / seeing, and what else in in the field.
as soon as he indicates he's seen / scented / heard something, or I have seen something, he needs to be called back and on his lead.
no good just turning him loose, going on my phone, and ignoring him ...
oops, just described the usual IDO >:D
and yes, selective hearing seems to be an inbred thing for huskies... but it is great to watch him running around off lead, but you have to be 100% aware of what is going on around you.
however, when you do actually take notice of your dog, and his surroundings, and have learned to read him, I find that he can to a certain degree be trusted off lead, AS LONG AS I AM ON THE BALL.
I remember being told at the beginning of my RAFP QPD course, there is no such thing as a bad dog, only bad handlers.
and yes, I too have noticed the amazing self healing powers of HB..... been caught out too many times :-[
but would I be without him, or you be without yours ?
:hmmm: :hmmm: :hmmm: can I get back to you in a couple of years ?
I'm just hoping that it was right when I was told that they calm down .... by when they are 12 :'(
Quote from: Intercity on September 28, 2020, 06:01:16 PM
Beautiful pup, I am so jealous that you can let him off leash, my previous two couldn't be trusted off leash at all, and douchebag that I have now barely listens inside the house let alone outside with freedom.
As you know Huskies are for the most part complete drama queens, I've had many a self healing ailment with mine over the last 15yrs!!! Makes it tough to figure out when they really are sick or under the weather.
may I assume that you also get the 'talking' when you are not doing what he/she wants ?
'aaarrow, mmmmmmm, arrrrr' etc, ad infinitum.
translates - usually - as where is my biscuit / treat / hide chew / kong / dinner / lead plus too many other things.
mind you, HB is now, having gorged himself on left over baked potato skins ...
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and likely to remain so till the fridge door is opened ...
CHEESE :food:
why didn't I just get another shepherd :'(
Quote from: Intercity on September 28, 2020, 08:36:00 PM
It was between 10 and 12 yrs before my original two slowed down, even then they could still come up with surprises, such as the night my male husky looked around at me with a squirrel in his mouth, he was on a 6ft leash and have no idea where he found and got the squirrel, my female would howl at garden statues, she couldn't figure them out.
My current guy isn't very vocal, I think he is broken, he gruffs more than anything.
Wouldn't trade him for the world, all the warnings you can read about the breed are 100% true, but as you say be a good owner then you will have a good dog.
It won't be long before he blows his coat, there is already fur in everything, can't wait for more to come off of him.
:hmmm: :hmmm:
so HB is 7 1/2
I am 74
so when he is 12 ...
:-[
I'll be 78 ish :'(
and that is when he'll calm down, but by then I'll be walking him in a zimmer frame :'( :'( :'(
HB's daily walk includes his daily groom [no - I don't let the fur go everywhere, it goes in a poo bag then in the bin] but at the moment it's only dead top coat, though before long the lovely soft undercoat will begin to come out as well.
if only I could find someone who spins / weaves with soft fur, I COULD MAKE A BOMB.
mind you, HB would no doubt want his cut, in chews, and I'd probably end up, making a loss.
Izzy will not walk with HB, so when she has her evening walk, HB stays at home, "singing" till she gets back, when I then have to take him out :'( :'( :'(, and although she is about 1/3rd of his weight / size, she will regularly put him in his place.
she also sleeps on our bed, but he will only come up on it to sleep if she has got off first.
:censored: dogs drive you to :beers:
Out of interests sake Alan, does HB have an actual name? You've mentioned Izzy and Coco's, but never HB's, unless I've missed it.
sorry,
HB also known as Oscar.
we've never changed our rescue dogs names, though with foresight I might have made an exception in his case, and renamed him
tigger !
Thanks Alan, I'll never forget that, my new grandson is also an Oscar 8)
I hadn't realised how long it had been since the last update, though with the fields a soggy morass since weeks before xmas, HB has been taking his exercise on the pavements for the last 3-4 months.
we did try the fields one day, after a heavy frost, but it had not got into the ground so every step you broke through the frozen top, and down into the muddy slurry underneath.
mind you, it's fun giving a husky a shower :'( :'(
with the freezing temperatures the last week or so, I decided today to hit the fields again, and it was much better as everywhere was frozen solid.
did manage to let the idiot off lead for a short while, but so many IDOs and walkers meant he had to be on lead most of the time.
still, it was nice to see him once again racing round free, even if only for a short time.
Quote from: class37025 on February 12, 2021, 01:10:26 PM
did manage to let the idiot off lead for a short while, but so many IDOs and walkers meant he had to be on lead most of the time.
still, it was nice to see him once again racing round free, even if only for a short time.
Presumably that was Hairy Beast reporting there :-X
ha ha
I'm always well behaved when off the lead
mind you,
HB did disgrace himself a couple of weeks ago :-[
there's a woman lives in a local road that has a miniature pig she walks on a lead, and HB is seriously interested every time he sees it, or even scents it.
so a few weeks ago we were walking along the road, and she and the pig were ahead of us, she crossed over the road, and HB was pulling like hell trying to catch up with them when
:censored:
I'm standing there with the lead and part of the check chain in my hands, while HB with the rest of the check chain is off across the road to say hello :worried:
luckily she picked the pig up, and HB was just sat looking up at it, and there was enough of the check chain left for me to clip the lead onto the last link to get him home.
saw her a few days later, and the pig was fine, just a bit shaken, though it was squealing like :hmmm: a stuck pig.
spare check chain checked, as were leads and collars, an a new heavy duty check chain bought.
what did surprise me was that when I looked on fleabay, you can still buy the check chains that have the spikes inside. thought they'd been banned years ago.
You really must stop giving HB pork scratchings :telloff:
for the second day running, HB took his exercise over the frozen fields :)
no pigs in sight, so he was allowed off the lead and as usual acted the total idiot, tracking, checking mouse / rabbit holes, and trying to follow squirrels up trees :-[
note, huskies can't climb :smiley-laughing:
bitter wind today, so far fewer people out, but it is still difficult to differentiate across a field a walker from an IDO, taking no notice of their dog in the next field, so in addition to going back on his lead for each choke-point, he had to be recalled several times before walkers were identified as not being IDOs.
all in all, he had a good time off lead, before heading home to have his brunch.
now, having eaten, had dental chew, then hide chew, he's now resting under the dining room table.
it's a dogs life !
mind you, with the temperature rising a couple of degrees, no doubt the fields will soon thaw, and he'll be back to road work for the foreseeable future.
still, it wears his claws down, HE DOES NOT LIKE HAVING HIS CLAWS CLIPPED :'(
Quote from: class37025 on February 13, 2021, 12:04:32 PM
for the second day running, HB took his exercise over the frozen fields :)
no pigs in sight, so he was allowed off the lead and as usual acted the total idiot, tracking, checking mouse / rabbit holes, and trying to follow squirrels up trees :-[
note, huskies can't climb :smiley-laughing:
I take it, however, that he still hasn't worked that bit out?
:D
I was warned when I took him on that huskies were total escape artists, if a fence was too tall to climb over, they would tunnel under instead.
luckily, HB has never been a digger, nor a fence climber, but he did have a spate where he would slip out between your legs if you answered the front door, and then be off across the fields on his own.
now NEVER open the front door till I know HB is secured in another room.
even the loop end of the lead learns sometimes :-[
Quote from: class37025 on February 13, 2021, 12:12:49 PM
..................he did have a spate where he would slip out between your legs ................
Oh dear, dare I ask why he was between your legs in the first place? I have a horrible mental picture in my mind which I need to get rid of asap.
we know the feeling :smiley-laughing:
Good point and well made. At least you have a few pictures to remind you, every time I post in fact :smiley-laughing:
it looks as though HB and I will be back to pounding the pavements again this week.
fields already thawing today, which resulted in HB [and me :'(] having a shower today after our walk, and with temperatures rising and more rain incoming next week, at least according to the Met Office :hmmm: the fields will once again be off limits.
I'm afraid I see no point in bathing HB every day to remove the mud, plus the natural oils in his coat, just so he can have a run, IDOs and walkers permitting.
so it will be road work for now, and we'll wait till the fields dry out before we return there for the summer.
and they call this global warming >:D
Not long until hosepipe bans, then
wrong sort of rain :smiley-laughing:
for the last few days we've been squelching through the sodden meadows, but over the weekend, I took HB round the local roads, A to keep him less muddy, and B to wear his claws down a bit ...
today, decided after the weekend's rain to again take him round the roads ....
but on the way back the silly moo,{not our silly moo I hasten to add] had her pig out for a walk ..
HB into megga 'What?!' mode, and as the last time he saw the piggy he snapped a check chain, I tried to wrap his lead round his neck, and clip it onto the sliding ring, so that I had him on both check chain and a web collar
result .. he manged to get his paw over my wrist, which resulted in a wound from his dew claw...
so I'm bleeding,
he's going daft after the pig,
and she is letting the pig graze on the verge ...
situational awareness = 0
thoughts for others = 0
who the heck takes a pig for a walk down a road ??????
no wonder HB likes bacon rolls :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
To be fair she has a right to walk her pig in the same way you walk HB, Alan, odd though it is.
I've seen a bloke in Coalville many years ago who walked around the town with a live fox draped around his neck. That made every dog go mad!
You should try living where I live, they walk rabbits and ferrets on leads, drives Flo the cocker spaniel mad.
Mike H
There was an eccentric French poet who used to take a lobster for a walk in the streets of Paris.
Presumably there was a succesion of several different lobsters ?
That'll be Nerval (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_de_Nerval) then :thumbsup:
Quote from: Trainfish on March 23, 2021, 12:09:07 PM
That'll be Nerval (//http://) then :thumbsup:
Comes up with 'Blocked site' ???
Quote from: joe cassidy on March 23, 2021, 11:51:39 AM
There was an eccentric French poet who used to take a lobster for a walk in the streets of Paris.
Presumably there was a succesion of several different lobsters ?
According to Derek & Clive they came from a certain Jayne Mansfield ;)
(Check YouTube)
Quote from: Newportnobby on March 23, 2021, 12:27:46 PM
Quote from: Trainfish on March 23, 2021, 12:09:07 PM
That'll be Nerval (//http://) then :thumbsup:
Comes up with 'Blocked site' ???
I can only guess that they don't like hyperlinking as it worked for me earlier. I've changed the link to a Wikipedia page now so it should work :thumbsup:
Quote from: Newportnobby on March 23, 2021, 12:31:33 PM
Quote from: joe cassidy on March 23, 2021, 11:51:39 AM
There was an eccentric French poet who used to take a lobster for a walk in the streets of Paris.
Presumably there was a succesion of several different lobsters ?
According to Derek & Clive they came from a certain Jayne Mansfield ;)
(Check YouTube)
Mick remember this is a family forum :)
Quote from: Trainfish on March 23, 2021, 12:33:30 PM
Quote from: Newportnobby on March 23, 2021, 12:27:46 PM
Quote from: Trainfish on March 23, 2021, 12:09:07 PM
That'll be Nerval (//http://) then :thumbsup:
Comes up with 'Blocked site' ???
I can only guess that they don't like hyperlinking as it worked for me earlier. I've changed the link to a Wikipedia page now so it should work :thumbsup:
That now comes up with 'Bad title' and a link to a French poet, Gerard.
Gérard de Nerval was the nom de plume of the French writer, poet, and translator etc etc
with spring, and the recent dry / sunny / cold weather, the fields are drying out and HB has returned to his daily patrol of them.
blossom is out
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and lambs gambol in the neighbouring fields, or not as they wish
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however there is, as always with HB, a down side.... :-[
the mice are also re-appearing >:D
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together with HB's selective hearing ...
he can't hear me shouting in my best parade ground voice 'Oscar, HERE' >:(
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but he can hear the velcro tearing as I open a pouch on my vest to remove a biscuit :'(
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hence the need to return him to the lead
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it is also quite surprising how much of a husky will fit into a mouse hole
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still, he is eight years old next month [oh hell, is it only seven and a half years we've had the idiot ?]
so only another four, or so, till he calms down.
I just wonder if I will make it :'(
anybody need a pair of bookends ?
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