I wanted to take time to reflect on how Ivie Huskies started and how we have progressed through our conception and existence. To do this, we have to start with 2016, and the arrival of The Queen.
In 2016 we purchased our first Siberian in years. Ice and Apache had passed away years ago. I was finally out on my own (living with my boyfriend at the time), and I really was missing something. My boyfriend was working late nights and would come home and sleep during the day. I worked about half the week. I would go into work during the day, otherwise, I would be playing video games. I am not the type of person to really go out and do much as far as hanging out with friends. The repetitious life I was living was boring me and I genuinely felt lonely as certain points because of the drastically different work schedules we had.
I wanted to become more active. I wanted more responsibility. I wanted a challenge. I wanted something that gave me more of a purpose than just getting up for work, and playing games together-alone. I wanted to have a friend. A friend that was always there no matter what. So I made up my mind. I was a responsible adult at this point, no longer a child. I wanted to get a dog. I loved dogs all my life, and have always had one up until recently. However, I did not want just ANY dog, another husky. My favorite breed since I was a young girl.
After much deliberating and if I'm being honest some disagreements with my boyfriend, I picked Noire up on November 4th 2016!
I brought Noire home and she was absolutely nothing that I expected. I was mentally prepared for a puppy that would be running around endlessly. Chewing on everything. Peeing everywhere. Pooping everywhere. Crying. Hard to train. Biting. All of it, everything they tell you a puppy would do.
Everything that people warn you for, I was ready.
What is truly unbelievable was she was none of that, never has been. Never will be. She was extremely shy when I first got her, scared of everything. Both fortunately and unfortunately for her she landed in a loud gaming household and had to get over her shyness quickly. We were loud. We were animated. We were explosive. And she learned that fast. I took her to the dog park at our apartment complex where she initially had a challenging time fitting in and learning how to play. The first trip did not go so well, she was overwhelmed. So instead of playing, we stayed outside of the dog park when all the dogs came and just watched. For over a week we would come out with the other dogs and just sit and watch them play. She slowly grew more comfortable with them and before long we came back into the dog park where she started playing and having a blast.
Noire was potty trained by about three months of age. Smart, sensitive, and a quick learner, she picked up new tricks with ease. She still does. To this day, she knows the most tricks, and I continue adding to our repertoire of abilities.
Noire never chewed on anything. She never destroyed anything, nothing of mine, no furniture, no cords, no shoes, nothing. She never even destroyed her toys (that as Noxus). She was so gentle and so careful with everything.
We started taking her to daycare when she was old enough to make sure she was getting enough socialization and exercise when my work schedule picked up. To my surprise, she turned into a favorite dog at the daycare we attended. Staff members would take her into the back and play with her because they loved her and her personality. If they had a shy dog come to day care, Noire would get pulled to play with them to help ease their experience. Noire made friends with the dogs having trouble in the dog yard, or the deaf dog that couldn't hear. Everyone at the day care knew Noire and everyone loved her.
She was the idealistic image of a great dog.
She's sweet. She's kind. She's caring. She's smart. She's gentle. She's cautious. She's sensitive. She's devoted. She's loyal. She's strong. She's beautiful.
She is everything I never realized I needed.
Noire isnt without her faults, but she came into my life and made me into the person I want to be, while having the personality I never expected to get.
After adding Noire and owning her for a year, I really decided I wanted to do more. I wanted to develop this love and passion I had for the breed. I wanted to learn more about the breed. I wanted to participate in performance events. I wanted to learn about conformation and try showing. I wanted to do everything I could with her.
I did not realize it at the time, but Noire was the start of something bigger. Ivie Huskies was born from her. And so everything began!
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