Hello Fellow Husky Lovers! Right now there are an overwhelming number of scammers out there trying to cash in on the puppy market. I am writing this because it came to our attention that our website runningwithhuskies.com has been spoofed in a phishing attempt. It is also very common for puppy images to be copied [...]
The competition for resources starts early. As newborn puppies vie for access to their mother's milk, they squirm and push and crowd out their siblings for prime feeding spots. Nature favors the larger, stronger pups here and sometimes human intervention is needed to ensure smaller puppies get equal opportunity to nurse. As the puppies grow [...]
I have two objectives here: Make a trail treat suitable and beneficial for dogs and humans alike. Make it nutritious, worthwhile, and tasty. Ever tried a dog biscuit? I'm all for eating some of the same food as my dogs, but knowing the manufacturing requirements for dog food is much less stringent than human food, [...]
This isn't a story of my dogs this time, but something far greater. I had the fortunate opportunity to travel back to my home state of Colorado to get in a bit of hiking and camping this summer. While Maine is beautiful, it lacks the mountains which I miss so terribly, and I take every [...]
The short answer is yes! The long answer is more complicated. I am a stickler for proper research and citing sources so will refer to a study conducted in 2012 at the University of Arizona where they attempted to answer exactly this question. Blood samples were taken from humans, canines, and ferrets (as a less [...]
Winter in Maine can be tough. Days are short, the cold seems never ending, and every beautiful snowfall is followed by a thaw, which yields mud, grey slush and salt everywhere, then a sudden freeze bringing ice and punchy crusted snow. And the cycle continues. But sometimes enough is enough, and despite the biting cold [...]
Ten years ago I hadn't even heard the term canicross. I don't have a source to site, but have always assumed it was derived from 'canine' and 'cross-country' (long distance) running. Canicross has a much larger presence in European countries, which I am completely envious of, but it has yet to really get a foothold in [...]
Seven is 10 weeks old today and doing great in harness training! She stays out front, keeps the line mostly taught, and follows the trail. Of course it helps that she is surrounded by deep snow and there is nothing distracting on the trail..... and there was something interesting out on the road she just [...]
Someone once told me that the 8 week mark is pivotal for puppy development; that at two months the personality of a dog will be more or less ingrained. I don't know how accurate this is, but a veterinarian later told me he believed a dog's personality is about 75% nature 25% nurture, and this [...]
After a Christmas day snowfall the puppies got out and ran the trails. 🙂 https://youtu.be/Yz9Du_ts5p8