Awesome story time.....I always leave your pics with a smile......

Thank you so much Amy!!!

Haha Casey, thank you!!! and yeah, I love the white in Kohdi. His coat coloring is actually quite pretty, all his white markings, like the white blaze thing on his forehead, are outlined in a perfect *beige* line. Both of them are actually much lighter in person too, I dont know why theyre coat gets so dark in pics.

Thank you Renee!!! most of the time they both make me smile too

All week long, rain has been predicted for this weekend...Kohdi and I took a hike this morning, cuz...it wasnt raining!!! we even walked to the mountain instead of driving here are some pics...

This is Cowles Mountain


A little information on the mountain...this is located at the summit

Breath taking pics Jimmy. I bet you and Kohdi had a great time. Poor Mishka, lol, the baby had to stay home, haha.

Btw, when I think of San Diego, I think of ocean and not actual mountains. I understand y'all have some gorgeous hills, but nothing like your pics. Thanks for giving a new view to San Diego.

Thank you Renee!!! Kohdi and I did have a great time...I think I'm going to make this part of our routine. This mountain, and theres a lake in one of the pics too, are in walking distance of my house so I may as well utilize them, haha. We met a 7 month old German Shephard at the summit, Kohdi and her played Made me think Mishka should be able to make the hike as well. I have to think about it though. Not to worry, I took her on a long walk this morning so she was able to rest while Kohdi and I took our hike And yeah, Im about a 20 minute drive from the ocean...Id love to be a bit closer but I also really like where I live so its a good compromise

Indeed, you have it all there.

Mishka will be ready soon, almost a year old. Although I don't know how easy it would be to hike with the both of them, haha. In a few months though, they will be so ready to do anything. Swim in the ocean and climb mountains, spoiled huskies, lol. Yea, I saw the lake in that pic. Very cool Kohdi met a friend to play with.

Haha, I look forward to it Renee...Mishka will pull both Kohdi and I up the mountain, LOL

Awesome pics!! Glad you finally went Kohdi looks so happy

Since I've lived outside LA and camped in Denver area, I have a hard time talking about *my* mountains as mountains since they're only a measly 3000 - 5000 feet above sea level ... but the one you hiked was only 1600 feet tall (or so the sign says). Most of my mountains set on a plain at about 2500 feet so a 3500 foot mountain is only 1000 feet up from "ground level". I spent enough time there outside LA that I always enjoyed the concept of mountains in the AM and beach (to warm up) in the PM!

Kohdi looks lie she had her eye on something and after your comment about meeting a GSD, I think I can imagine what it was!

@GravityM...Thank you!!! it was the perfect day for it too, wasnt hot, was supposed to rain so it wasnt overly crowded, and Kohdi had me to himself he likes that, lol.

@aljones...I know exactly what you're saying. This mountain is part of a regional park, its in the neighborhood I live in, so its convenient, and even though its not that high, its good exercise, a change of scenery for Kohdi, and the views are still spectacular. If I want the altitude, the tall trees, snow, etc. I have to drive about 1 1/2 hours for it...do-able of course, but this was still a cool time for the both of us. And yeah, Kohdi couldnt look anywhere without something peaking his interest. The very last pic, he's stalking a lil bird, lol, the one "close-up" pic is him watching another Husky that was up there. He had a really good time. All the way down he would stop every so often and look at me like "lets go that way..." he didnt want to stay on the trail, haha. All the way up, and all the way down, people were complimenting him, stopping to pet, talk to him too...he LOVED that, lol

Those are some beautiful pictures of Kohdi! He looks like he had a blast Jimmy. I bet when he got home, he was pooped. Lol.


Also, that looks like the scenery from Homeward Bound, when they're looking over the city close to the end of the movie.

Great pictures Jimmy! I look forward to the day to see both of them climbing the mountain, or as you said, Mishka pulling you up it.

Thank you so much Leighanna and yeah, Kohdi was pooped, haha...and that is precisely why I want to get Mishka to do this hike, lol...and I know that scene youre talking about!!

Thank you so much Casey I'm gonna try this upcoming weekend taking Mishka. If it seems like too much for her, I'll just turn around...she's small enough she's carryable too, lol. But taking them both at the same time will be some time still...parts of the trail are narrow and other people, some with dogs as well, may be on their way down and from what I experienced with Kohdi, its the other dogs that can/will be a problem and I dont wanna end up on my ass, lol. Kohdi was SO well behaved...he always is though in social situations, I'll know better soon how Mishka behaves.

I got a new Ipad mini and I'm just experimenting with it...takes a better pic than I thought it would, haha

Jimmy, new ipad did great! Kohdi's eyes stand out in the pics......

Thank you Renee I like it!!!

These are just a few pics from this past Saturday's hike up the mountain. Kohdi wasnt as cooperative as last time, haha, he was kinda clingy for some reason, like if i moved to take a pic, he'd move with me. He wouldnt really venture off like last time, he stayed right by me practically the entire time. I heard several hikers talking about seeing rattlesnakes on the way up so maybe that was it, I dunno. So anyways, a new page got started so I figured i'd put some pics on it

Nice pics anyways Jimmy, poor boy. From what I have read dogs (for the most part), have a natural instinct to stay away from snakes, I'm wondering with rattle snakes they can smell and see them far sooner than us humans. With husky's high prey drive you would assume snakes would be a wonderful prey, but, like I said, most are not interested, or in the case of Kohdi, rather be with his dad, then venture too far. Of course this is imho.......Love the last pic!

I don't know if thats true Renee, I would hope it would be but my Malamute cornered a rattler once (the rattler was part coiled and part "standing up" )and I swear I got the chills when I heard ad saw it...luckily he came when I yelled for him to come ...and the summer before Malukhai passed away, it was 5 am and dark still, I was walking him and Anuschka out the door and Malukhai went right to the corner of where we stepped out and put his head in it, I pulled him back and there was a rattler curled up there...it was still there when we came home too, haha. Here at home I get them practically every summer, I dont worry so much about Kohdi but Mishka I just feel wouldnt let the snake go.

And thank you!! He really didnt take good pics this time...but he still had fun On the way down though, he got scared by someone, LOL. We were walking down, I was in my own lil world and he was trotting along behind me like usual and suddenly I felt him put on his brakes (like full on ABS brakes, LOL) I turn around and hes got all 4 paws skidding...I look in front of me to see why and there is this GINORMOUS dude coming towards us, he was a monster, haha...he's looking at Kohdi, Kohdi is looking at him, he's still skidding only this time trying to put it in reverse ad the guy said "uh-oh, I dont think your dog likes me" LOL...Im just like, "nah,nah, he's cool!!! he just wants to go back up" hahaha...I don't think the guy bought it though.

I'm with you, Jimmy - Last summer Ami found a snake (not a rattler, we don't have them up here). Just some small snake in the grass - he was jumping at it and nosing it. It kept trying to fight back but it was a little fellow. I had to drag Ami away.

Nice pictures and what a view you have up there!

Jimmy, Miya has encountered one snake and it was dead and not a rattler. She was extremely cautious towards it, unlike say a dead bird, she goes all out investigation. So I do not know how she would react to a live snake. Now my statement was what I read not necessarily what I believe. I personally hope we never encounter one so I don't have to test that theory, lol. I also think that every dog has their favorite prey. For Miya it's birds and baby sheep. Those 2 types of animals she will never be alone with. I do know that dogs have a better sense of smell, hearing and seeing than us dumb humans, haha, they may indeed know a snake is near before we ever hear that rattle going, again though I never hope to test that. Stay safe with you babies and I hope to see more hiking pics of your two beauties.

@Amy... I was gonna say that with a Husky, if it's alive and it moves...they're on it! But...then I remembered they don't care if it's dead either, LOL. You're lucky you don't get rattlers...they're the only thing I worry for the dogs about here. And thank you! I like Kohdis first mountain pics much better (I even used one of them as my wallpaper for my iPad, haha) but them having fun is my main objective. I love pics with natural beauty as the backdrop though along with a husky's expressions while in it so I take my camera with

@Renee...what you read isn't misinformation...Anuschka and I were on a walk once and suddenly she was airborne, lol...she had sniffed a rattler on someone's driveway and got scared (and she was pretty much fearless when it came to anything, I think that's a common trait in female huskies) but anyways, when I saw what she had sniffed I jumped as well, lol, turned out it was dead but still. I think in general though, a husky is more curious/adventurous/fearless, etc and snakes are just one more thing to hunt down and eliminate for them. But it's definitely not a rule. and thank you I'm keeping my eyes open for them, it's warmer already (90 degrees today,) so they're coming out. I'm making this hike part of my weekend routine with them so I'm sure I'll have more pics to post sometimes.

Mishka playing "peek-a-boo" behind Kohdi



A couple pics from Kohdi's hike yesterday...it was hot so we turned around

amymeme wrote:

I'm with you, Jimmy - Last summer Ami found a snake (not a rattler, we don't have them up here).  Just some small snake in the grass - he was jumping at it and nosing it.  It kept trying to fight back but it was a little fellow.  I had to drag Ami away.

Nice pictures and what a view you have up there!

You'd better think twice, @amymeme, see this article; while you're at the northern limit of their range now, the timber rattler used to be common up through northern New York.  When I was a little kid my grandmother saw one and got us kids to come look so we knew what they were ... but from a distance.  It was still early in the year and the snake was sprawled out on the rocks soaking up some sun so it wasn't interested in us and even then I knew enough not to go playing with a rattler!

Very cool pictures! I love the sun shining through the background. Too bad you had to cut it short.