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Surgery was last week! Sjiriki’s been doing really well, other than the expected boredom of having to stay cooped up inside for most of the day. But he’s been allowed short walks again since yesterday, which he’s really enjoying!
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A Siberian Husky stands in front of a pale yellow wall, facing right. He’s wearing a harness over a rolled up surgery recovery shirt. His back is exposed, showing a large shaved patch with a smaller bandage.

We’ve been quietly dealing with some health issues with Sjiriki for a while. From a pretty young age Sjiriki’s been dealing with pain in his body, specifically his hind end. He was first diagnosed with growing pain, but didn’t react enough to pain medication, and I just had a gut feeling that there was something else going on. After several more vet visits, scans, and referrals we finally have an answer! This week Sjiriki was diagnosed with Tethered Cord Syndrome, which basically means that his spinal cord is improperly attached, causing him a lot of (nerve) pain. This is generally pretty treatable with surgery, though not all dogs recover fully, some still needing pain management even afterward. But there is almost always a big improvement after getting the surgery! The specialist had an opening quickly, so he’s going in next Wednesday. I am incredibly stressed about the whole situation, not knowing if he’ll make a full recovery after surgery and uncertain about what that means for his future quality of life, and his career as a service dog. But I’m also grateful to have some answers and not have to keep searching for a diagnosis any longer. So overall some conflicting feelings and a lot of uncertainty still! For now I’m pretty busy getting everything in order for the surgery, preparing to keep him comfortable downstairs as he’s not allowed to walk up and down them, prepping enrichment to keep him busy, and dreading six to ten weeks of exercise restriction with an adolescent husky 😬 We’re just gonna take things one day at a time!
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A Siberian Husky sits in front of an open heath, dry yellow grass lining the trail he sits on. He’s looking to the left, mouth open and ears forward. Behind him is a blue sky, with a few wispy clouds floating over the distant tree line.

Went to a pet friendly store yesterday to let Sjiriki pick out a toy for his birthday (which I can’t believe is this weekend already!!) and since he seemed up for it we did a little bit of training as well 😊 We’ve not done much in the form of training for quite a while, especially not in public, so we kept things really simple. We practiced the counting game, the ping pong game, a few hand targets, and moving together. He did so good!
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A Siberian Husky stands in a store isle looking up at the camera, his ears forward and mouth open in a slight pant. He’s wearing a harness and a leash.

Canihiking with the best boy 😊 We’ve recently introduced a new cue for moving to the left side of the trail and he picked it up so fast! I introduced it at the start of a hike, and he pretty much had it down by the end. He’s such a smart baby 🥰
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A Siberian Husky walks out ahead on a harness and bungee leash. He walks a narrow trail, purple blooming heather so close it brushes against him on both sides. The trail stretches out in front, sloping downward before moving up and out of sight at a tree line.

He’s just too dang cute 🥰
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ID: a Siberian Husky stands on a trail, looking up at the camera with an open happy expression. He has his ears pricked forward, mouth partway open, and looks adorable.
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A husky looks at the camera with an open happy expression.

Started doing some muzzle training with Sjiriki yesterday 😊 He picked it up so fast, already pushing his nose in after the first session! I do need to get him a bigger muzzle I think, as this one seems just a bit too narrow around his cheeks. But it’s fine for now as a training prop!
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ID 1: a muzzle with a treat hole in the front is held close to the camera, framing the face of a husky who sits behind it, looking up.
ID 2: the husky pushing his nose into the muzzle to get a cookie through the treat hole.
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A husky seen through the treat hole of a muzzle.

A husky pushing his nose into a muzzle to get a treat.

Went out to the heather fields to take some pictures this week! Sjiriki only stood still for seconds at a time, but I still managed to snap one nice photo 😂
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ID: a Siberian Husky stands on a narrow trail among the heather, it’s purple flowers being lit by the sun just peaking out of the clouds above. The dog is watching something off camera, looking interested with his ears forward.
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A husky stands looking out over a heather field

It’s shedding season around here! This is just one of many, many piles of hair I’ve brushed out of his coat the past few weeks. We are pretty much drowning in dog hair 😂
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ID: a Siberian Husky lies on the floor looking at the camera, a large pile of white and grayish undercoat hairs between his front legs.
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A husky looks at the camera, a pile of his hair between his front legs.

Went on a short hike this morning 😊
We had a bit of a heatwave last week, so both of us are very happy that it’s finally cooler again today!
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ID: a Siberian Husky walks ahead on a narrow trail through a pine forest. He’s wearing canihiking gear and pulling lightly on the bungee leash.
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A husky walks ahead on a narrow trail wearing canihiking gear.

Went adventuring somewhere new today! We walked a route that ran along and crossed a creek a few times, which was fun. My mom and her dog Maya came along too, and everyone had a great time!
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ID 1: a blurry Siberian Husky runs across a wooden bridge at speed toward the camera. His front legs are stretched out wide in front of him as he prepares to brake.
ID 2: the Husky stands in a creek, his head mostly submerged as he tries to grab something off the bottom.
ID 3: the Husky walks toward the camera through the creek.
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A husky runs at the camera across a bridge.

A husky wades through a creek toward the camera.

New profile pic! I wanted something that had both Sjiriki and my previous SD Taako in it, who passed away last year. So I drew this one 🩶💜
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ID: a digital drawing of Sjiriki, a Siberian Husky, howling up at a starry sky with his ears back and eyes closed. Above him is a purple nebula, with the outline of Taako, a Dutch Shepherd, running through it across the sky.
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ID: a husky howling up at a purple nebula in the shape of a running dog.

Someone decided to take a nice refreshing break in the murkiest puddle he could find during our walk 🥰🫢
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ID: a Siberian Husky lies down in a murky brown puddle on a forest trail, panting and looking satisfied with himself. He wears a cooling harness and a blue long line.
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A husky lies down in a murky puddle in the forest.

We spent the day at the beach yesterday! Sjiriki had lots of fun and was a very good boy, though he did of course immediately find a dead fish to try and eat. He was very brave about the ocean, but swimming was still a bit much so he spent most of the time I was in the water waiting by the shore with my dad. The waves were pretty high, so I can’t blame him! I do think he’s getting pretty close to actually going to swim though, probably just a few more trips to lakes before he figures it out 😊
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ID 1: a Siberian Husky sits on a beach wearing a blue harness and long line. His mouth is open in a big happy pant as he looks out toward the horizon, a blue sky with a few wispy clouds stretching out over the ocean.
ID 2: the husky lies down in a hole he dug in the sand, looking proud of himself.
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A husky sits on the beach looking out at the ocean.

A husky lies in a freshly dug hole on the beach.

Happy pride month! 🏳️‍🌈
It feels weird to celebrate given the current state of the world, but I also think being loudly ourselves without compromise is very important right now. To my fellow queer people, please know that I love you, and the world is a better place because you’re in it 🤍🩷🩵
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ID: a teenage Siberian Husky sits in front of a big rainbow progress flag hanging inside on a wall. He’s looking at the camera, waiting politely for his treat.
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A husky sits in front of a big rainbow progress flag hanging on the wall.

Cuddles while taking a break on our hike yesterday 🥰
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ID: a Siberian Husky lies in front of a person who sits cross legged by a forest trail. The dog leans against them, lying half on their lap as they scratch his neck.
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Got out the paddleboard to do some training! I’d love to start taking Sjiriki on some short trips this summer, so as a first step we did some dryland practice. He was really confident with getting on the board, me wobbling it, and me pretending to paddle + passing the paddle over his head to switch sides. He did leave me to go sniff around the yard instead after a few minutes, but I guess sitting still is just too boring when you’re a teenager 😂
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ID: a teenage Siberian Husky sits on a blue inflatable paddleboard that’s sitting in a yard. The dog looks up at the camera with a happy expression, mouth open in a relaxed pant.
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A teenage husky sits on a paddleboard, looking at the camera with a happy face.

When your baba climbs a wooden tractor so you have to loudly yell until they help you up too 😂
We’ve been dealing with some major teenage brain lately. It’s been very hard to find the motivation to train as everything feels hard, and just helping him exist in the world is like a full time job right now. Sjiriki is also not feeling great, which doesn’t help either. He’s got some pretty bad growing pains, which are (understandably) making him cranky and easily frustrated, plus he still has the occasional Giardia flare up (though those are thankfully getting less and less intense with each treatment). We’re trying to mostly focus on doing fun low pressure things, and I’m doing training together with my mom to both keep Sjiriki more motivated (he has some major FOMO so if Maya is doing something he wants to also do that thing 😆), and to keep myself from spiraling at the smallest setback. So we’re surviving! But I am already very much ready for this whole teenage phase to be over 😅
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ID 1: a teenage Siberian Husky sits on the seating area of a wooden structure shaped like a tractor standing out in the woods. The dog has his mouth open in a relaxed pant, and he looks content to sit there.
ID 2: the same shot taken from further away, showing more of the wooden tractor.
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A teenage husky sits on a wooden structure shaped like a tractor

A photo of the same scene taken from further away, showing more of the tractor.

Posting a puppy photo to celebrate him being 6 months old today! Time flies by so fast 🥹
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ID: a grey and white Siberian husky sits on a brick driveway, looking up at the camera with pricked ears and a tilted head. He’s wearing a harness and a long leash.
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A husky puppy sits outside looking up at the camera.

Me and Sjiriki went to our first dog show yesterday! I’m super proud of how Sjiriki handled himself in such a hectic environment. Of course he wasn’t perfect, but he was mostly connected to me, stayed curious about his environment, did wonderful with settling when we had to wait, and tried his best in the ring (though neither of us really know what we’re doing yet 😂).
I, unfortunately, didn’t do great handling the hectic environment. I got way too overwhelmed, so after our turn in the ring I went to go sit in a corner while my dad signed us out, and then we left 🙈
I do think I want to try going to a show again at some point, but maybe a smaller outdoor one so I’ll hopefully get less overwhelmed. And for now I’m first going to take like a week to recover from this one!
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ID 1: a 5 month old Siberian husky sits side by side with his nonbinary handler in matching ornate black and gold chairs. The dog wears a harness and leash, the person wears denim with glitter accents, as well as a mask with the nonbinary flag on it. They’re both looking at the camera. Behind them is a printed screen of various sized diamonds.
ID 2: the person reaches over to the other chair to give the husky a treat.
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A husky sits side by side with his handler in matching ornate chairs. Behind them is a printed screen with diamonds.

The reached over to give a treat to the husky sitting in the chair next to them.

We had to go to the dentist today, and Sjiriki came with on his first big(ish) PA trip! He did so good 🥹 Just as we were entering the building a big group of children came running out and some clustered around him which he got very excited by (he loves kids), but he calmed back down super quick and did a great loose leash heel through the building until we got to the dentist. In the waiting room he pretty immediately settled, and did great ignoring other people walking past. When I had to go in to the exam room he initially came along with my mom handling him, but struggled with having to be on the other side of the room from me, so my mom took him back to the waiting room where he got a snuffle mat to help him calm down. He was a little bit fussy there, wanting to wait near the door, but immediately went back to settling when I came back and then stayed chill all through waiting for the rest of my family to be done. Heeling out of the building was no problem either, he was happy to stick by my side and didn’t care for any distractions. I’ve really done very little formal training with him, only focusing on his being comfortable wherever we are and rewarding engagement when he gives it to me. I get insecure sometimes when I see other puppies his age with a whole repertoire of behaviors while he doesn’t even know sit, but today showed me that the foundational stuff we’ve worked on is in fact paying off, and that he has the potential to be a wonderful service dog 🩶
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ID: a nonbinary person sits on a couch in a waiting room. At their feet a lies a teenage Siberian Husky, his head pillowed on one of their feet. He wears a tactical service dog vest, the leash clipped to it held loosely by the person.
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