...I want a puppy

[winter]

A friend of mine just got his first dog. It's a six-weeks-old siberian husky, which is a patently ridiculous breed in an apartment in the middle of a city, for someone who does not own a car and studies full-time. But the little guy's too bloody cute for his own good. I dropped by with dog-care books and ended up playing with the furball for two hours :)

I hope little Boris gets good care... damn, the cats'd kill me if I brought a dog home as well. And the only thing my apartment has on his is that there's walking grounds near.

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[nayami.livejournal.com]

That pup is ADORABLE. *reminds me of a ceramic I once painted* But yeah, keeping a Husky in an apartment is not the best of ideas. Those dogs need to run. They howl for hours if they are confined. My grandmother used to have one in Montana.

[winter]

*nods* I think I'll end up borrowing him a lot and taking him on walks. At least it'll be good for my figure ;)

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

Cuteness.

Our neighbours just got a dalmation pup, which Rachel and Poacher are both fascinated by. Poacher is in for a shock when it gets big (it's the same size as him right now) but hopefully when it does Rachel will realise why I'm saying we can't have one.

Gina

[winter]

Oh, dalmatians are almost as cute :) And they're very easygoing from my experience - not nearly as much trouble as huskies, who have far too much wolf in them. Boris is already asserting dominance over the household and playing tug-of-war with everything he can get his milk-teeth on.

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

We really don't have the space for a bigger dog than Poacher, or maybe a beagle, even if we could find the time to exercise something like that between the three of us.

Rachel's talking about exercising the neighbours' dog when it's older though.

Gina

[winter]

Shared ownership? Sounds like the best of both worlds. You get to play with the dog and neither feed it nor clean up after it ;)

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

Good point.

Gina

[ripedecay.livejournal.com]

....*heartmelts* I hope he gets the care he deserves - look at that mug :P It's adorable! Reminds of the dog in FullMetal Alchemist, hee XD;;

[trixie-chick.livejournal.com]

squee, so cute!!!!!

um....... does your friend know how big he's going to get? or how energetic? meep.

such pretty coloration!!!!!

^________^

[winter]

He does know it - he says he always wanted a siberian husky. But he just plain doesn't accept the logical fact that middle of the city + no garden + him being gone all day is poor conditions for any dog, and especially this breed :/

The coloring's exceptional - and if Boris takes after his dad, it'll keep that way instead of lightening :)

[snowdrifted.livejournal.com]

CUTE! :D :D

[guede-mazaka.livejournal.com]

*squee*

[sukeban.livejournal.com]

Waaah, it's CUTE *____*

[atheva]

In spite of me fear of dogs.... I must say that one is adorable.

[amamiyarin.livejournal.com]

so cute... My cousin just got a German Shepherd pup... will go to her house very often to play with Jaguar (or, Jag, as I call him. XP)

[mayoini.livejournal.com]

Hm, people like dogs.... Ah, well... -_-;
But you have to admit, that this picture is wrong - he looks so long! xD Jak jamnik! xD OK, that was some ot evilness towards puppies by Mada before two exams. Whoo~! *tries hard not to die*

[winter]

LOL, I said the same thing! Turns out that's his brother's tail ^_^

Good luck!

[spiteful-caddy.livejournal.com]

Cute! ^_^ If you ever seriously want a doggy go ahead and get something like a dachshund or Jack Russel terrier, all the same cuteness in a package that stays small. I have two dachshunds myself and they're a breeze to take care of (stubborn as hell, but fun and fairly smart).

I have a soft spot for huskies myself, mostly because of this great documentary I saw on dogs (I don't remember in what capacity) one time. As I remember it a Siberian furrier decided to save some time and money by just capturing and breeding a ton of silver foxes (they're the black ones, apparently). The plan worked for a couple of generations, but then the confined foxes began giving birth to dogs that clearly weren't foxes. The newer pups had white coloring along their muzzles and chests, some of them had blue eyes, and they were growing larger than their parents. I swear they looked exactly like mid-size huskies, very cool.

[winter]

My grandparents had a dachshund until quite recently, so I know very well what darlings they are :) If I ever have a dog, I'll be going for some sort of fairly small terrier/German Shepherd mongrel from the pound.