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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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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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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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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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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We adventured somewhere new this week! I’m trying to go somewhere to explore weekly, but other than these trips we’ve not been doing too much. We are slowly starting to pick up training again, but I’m dealing with burn out so I’m not able to do too much at the moment. Very thankful for my family who’s been helping me with daily tasks so I can focus on taking care of Sjiriki and myself ❤️
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ID: a Siberian Husky puppy wearing a harness and long line sits in a forest clearing looking regal. He’s facing right, looking attentively at something off camera. Behind him is a tall wooden tower, the top not visible in the frame of the photo. There’s letters saying ‘De Kaap’ on the side of it.
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He’s just the prettiest dog 😍
We’ve been taking a break from training for a bit as he’s right in the middle of teething, which is making him feel not great and making it hard to turn his brain on. We’ve instead been focusing on lots of decompression, enrichment and rest!
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ID: a Siberian Husky puppy sits in a parking lot, seen in profile view. He looks intently at something off camera.
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