I woke up this morning and realized how long it had been since I had updated everyone on Mishka and I figured since it had been so long, and I have so many topics to touch on that General would be better than her scrapbook.

At just about 3 and a half months, Mishka is doing wonderfully. She has  totally stolen my heart. Her temperament is awesome. I am quickly learning just what "husky attitude" means. I mean come on, its not everyday that a dog talks back at you for telling them no.

On the socialization standpoint things are going well. She's made some best friends with my best friend's 2 dogs and loves the dogs in the complex. We have 2 huskies in the apartment right above us. We're biting at the bit for her to get bigger so they can play together!

Raw feeding has been a great choice. It's been difficult finding the right balance of bone for her, but I think we're getting there. So far she's had chicken, duck, beef and rabbit. She wasn't so found of the rabbit though.

I know I've mentioned before that Mishka is being trained to be my psychiatric service dog to help with my PTSD. Let me say, this is going absolutely amazing!
She is constantly in tune with my anxiety. She flawlessly wakes me up from nightmares now. She sleeps at the head of the bed between my pillow and the wall, so I wake her when I start to have a nightmare. She licks and paws at me until I wake up.  

We had been working on deep pressure therapy for less than a week when I had a big panic attack. See, when I have a bad attack I go into the fetal position on the ground and can't move. She went right to work without me even giving her a cue. I was amazed! Then out of the blue she starts pulling my hair, like hard. I realized a few minutes later when I came through that the hair pulling was another tactile stimulation, like licking. The licking wasn't enough to help, so she literally "pulled" me out of it. The pain of her pulling my hair was enough to pull me out of my flashbacks. I was so proud.

Now we just have to focus in on her not puppy biting and making sure she doesn't jump up on people. She'll be wearing her vest in no time!

Here's some pics too. Thought I'd brighten your day! (The two with the shoe were taken while I was writing this post. Don't worry thats HER shoe)

<3 oh what a good girl! Sounds like you've got a great dog and friend <# i hope you two have many years together.

Glad the training is going so well!! How fantastic!!

I'm so happy to hear how well she's working with you! I hope you successful in getting the vest.

That is truly amazing! Congrats, and I hope you have many happy years together!

Yay congratulations! The shoe picture made me crack up, it is good to know that it's not your shoe!

Lol no. The shoe is matchless. She found it in my sister's closet when we were visiting.