Just a quick one with a funny video - well Mum and Dad think it's funny anyway. I think it is payback for Mum's sore leg after the "Quick Chicks" incident, they decided to give me a piece of cheese to eat. Now that sounds like a great treat to some, but it makes my tongue feel funny. I need to lick and lick and lick... I just can't stop... my tongue is tingling and it's kinda numb... watch this and you will see....
Love, Licks & Woo-woo's
Dodge xxx
Loved reading about your dogs' antics, typical malamutes! And great photos too. They reminded me of our old mal Kaira who died last June aged 12. We still miss him so much, it's pretty lonely without him. But he had a great life on Bruny. Your dogs have made a good choice moving to Tassie, it's the best climate for mals, I reckon, and boy did our mal love the snow and the beach. Best wishes from Bruny
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Jenny. I need to get back in and start writing some more stories about the kids. You are right, Tassie is the best weather for them, they love it - as do we. Sorry to hear about your boy. It certainly leaves a big hole in your heart. Have you thought of taking on a rescue Mal? Sometimes the best medicine is to open your heart and bring in another.... :-) (see Arctic Breed Rescue and Alaskan Malamute Rehoming Aid on Facebook). x
ReplyDeleteHi Nicole - we did adopt a 12 month old surrender mal from the RSPCA in Launceston last August and renamed him Rufus. We had him 12 weeks but regretfully had to return him for lots of reasons, the main one being our ages (I'm 62 and John is 58) plus some health issues, that meant we couldn't give him the amount of daily exercise he so badly needed and deserved. He'd had no obedience training and no lead walking so he was a huge challenge in the first 6 weeks as he bounced from one side of the road to the other. He learnt his house manners very quickly and was lovely to have around but once out walking on lead his strong prey drive made walking a nightmare even after he learnt to walk in a straight line along the road. And living in the country there's plenty of prey around, as you know. We did get permission to use a friend's property so he could run and sniff and leap into waterholes with great gusto but after he cornered a tiger snake and killed it then came running towards us with it in his mouth, that was the last straw as I couldn't take him back there over summer with the possibility of him being bitten the next time he came across a snake. I remember when our boy Kaira was young and boisterous we always said we didn't have another malamute in us, we should've listened to our own advice. We had Kaira from 8 weeks so he bonded with us and learnt his manners and learnt to walk off lead on the beach and in the bush right from the start. It would've taken years for Rufus to get to that stage. It was an extremely difficult decision for us to make to surrender him to Hobart RSPCA but we thought it was the best one for Rufus and for us. Fortunately he found a new home within 3 weeks with people whose malamute had died. I miss him and regret we couldn't keep him but I know that he left us a better dog than he came to us. I look forward to reading of your dogs' adventures. Lots of pats to them.
DeleteThanks so much Jenny for writing back. Am still trying to figure out how to email you off comments - can you email me at ourfuzzybutts@gmail.com? Thanks! :-)
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