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(17,376 posts)she cut him short. It isnt right, he is going to call he union rep. The disrespect for him and the fairly negotiated rules has got to stop. Management better wake up now.
Beartracks
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(60,010 posts)He looks as if he is having fun, tho.
hunter
(38,354 posts)Some generalizations:
Huskies like humans well enough and they are highly intelligent, intensely curious, but they really don't seem to care what we think unless it coincides with their own interests. They're not aiming to please humans, they're expecting some kind of partnership. We took our Husky to dog school and he stubbornly spent most of the time melted into the floor, immovable. Sometimes he'd open one eye if he heard his name. He wasn't going to do any tricks. He is entirely unmotivated by dog treats.
Huskies howl, they shed incredible amounts of hair, they are escape artists, and they dig up the garden. The howling at police sirens would bother our neighbors except they all have dogs that howl too. It's quite a cacophony. (I have concerns I keep to myself that our husky taught them that.)
We got our husky from the animal shelter. Huskies land there because people can't handle them, or huskies escape and can't be bothered to go back home if it's a home where they are frequently left alone. When huskies are bored they will find something to do... often something destructive.
Our husky does lots of things that make me laugh and he loves to play with our other dogs.
mythology
(9,527 posts)but he was highly motivated by them. As in, he'd bite your hand to get to them. He did eventually learn that gentle meant he should be careful and just get the treat not the finger. Poor boy never got over the fear from his puppyhood when his first owner thought feeding him was optional. As a result, he ate everything he could. Dead dove on the ground, delicious. Live grouse, great. Cat poop, perfect. Compost heap, heavenly. And then he'd try to lick you.
The escape artist thing is annoying. We lined our fence, inside and out with rocks, logs and barb wire. That slowed him down. It was until he tore his ACL that he really stopped. But he always came home at dinner time. Sometimes with a trophy. He was quite indignant when he came home with a deer leg and we wouldn't let him keep it.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)I adore these pups!
kacekwl
(7,028 posts)Except my grandson laughing at fart jokes in a cartoon.
rogerballard
(2,926 posts)I did some pet sitting back in the day, I had to pet sit for 3 huskies, one senior, one middle aged and one young miniature, they were a handful. I did have fun with them though. They would all talk at once.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,629 posts)when she was a smart-ass 16-year-old. Always gotta have the last word!