to preface this story i will give a little info about this dog. i did a ton of online research when i was raising this puppy and its all true. Siberian Huskies are a descendant of wolves that were domesticated by the Chukchi tribe in Northern Asia, they were brought to Alaska during a gold rush to be sled dogs and later into house pets and show dogs. Siberian Huskies, Samoyeds, and Alaskan Malamutes are all descendants of the original sled dog. The Alaska Husky is actually a general term for any sled dog in Alaska; this includes "mutts" which many are hybrids to increase sled strength and speed. my breeder told me that they breed Grey-Hounds and Siberians to build sled teams and its very dangerous crossing such vastly different breeds. just to clarify my breeder has a sled team, lives in Ohio, is very particular about his dogs and puppies, he does research on the breed and all of his dogs come with AKC papers; so this wasn't just some puppy mill.
the beautiful dog i have is a "red" and white (they generally are red, grey, or black with white and there are also rare Siberians that are solid white) she has the bright blue eyes that almost look fake when you look at them. she is an absolutely beautiful dog and so playful and very friendly with children and new people.
so back to this evening. i get home around midnight and as i pull in i see her running toward my car and i think its a little late for here to be out. (although she has spent 2 or 3 nights out in sub 20* temps hiding in the snow until 5 am - more stories+later post). before i can put my car in park i can smell it, if this has happened to you or you've driven by a dead one you know the smell, such a horrid smell and immediately you tell yourself no shes fine it was just around it didn't get her.
idiot! - of course it sprayed her its happened before (once in October) so i get out of my car and she jumps up to put her paws on my waste and to lick my face to say hi like always as if there's nothing wrong. i thought dogs had a "keen" sent of smell, apparently they just hope you cant smell it, so so wrong. i push her off me and send her up the porch to go inside and start the washings.
the smell is so horrendous its still stuck in my nose now. i order her up the stairs and she listens because shes like the kid that knows he fucked up and its basically all over. i run to the cabinet and grab baking soda - because she eats tomato sauce and the baking soda is supposed to absorb the odor. i grab gym shorts and walk her into the shower.
this is where it gets fun. imagine a 50 lb cat who is lean and probably 90 % muscle shes strong as hell and is built to run so when she kicks it really really hurts. now i say imagine a cat because if you've ever seen a cat soaking wet its kinda funny, they become half the size and they walk around very confused meowing at themselves. this is what a husky does, she stands in the shower and instead of looking 70 lbs and tough like a wolf she looks 40 lbs and pathetic. mostly pathetic because she has sad blue puppy eyes and has this pathetic half-howl half-cry that is non-stop.
after the shower i put her in the crate, which its been a few months but i need this to be a very bad experience for her so she HOPEfully will avoid this again, the smell has gone down enough where i may be able to sleep soon; and her crying over being in the cage was finally subdued by me petting her and talking her into a sleep. im not trying to be cruel by locking her up but i also don't think she was trying to be cruel by bringing this smell in her and infecting everything with it.
so this will be our first lesson about Siberian Huskies, maybe its all because i wanted the Bulldogs to win the NCAA championship. - my schools in the Horizon League so got to push for them and Brad Stevens cause hes a huge numbers nerd. but as we say in CLEVELAND far to often "there's always next year"
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