Hello everyone! My name is Tori and this is my husky, Koda. My boyfriend and I adopted him through a rescue referral when he was 7 months old from a family that saved him from a shelter, but were unable to keep him. Ever since he came into our lives, nothing has been the same! He was very mellow when we first got him, perhaps the most mellow husky I had ever seen, but once he got comfortable around us, BOY did he come out of his shell! I work from home a lot and he "yells" at me constantly to play (he loves to talk)! We love taking him hiking, camping, running around in local parks....anywhere and everywhere! He's the most playful and fun dog I've ever had and I'm so excited to have him as a life-long companion. Hope you enjoy his pictures- I know there are a lot

7 months old before we got him (our first pictures of him)




His first days



Playing around in true Koda form









And sleeping

Any dog that plays hockey is a good dog in my book!

I love the one of him hiding under the chair cushion. He is such a handsome dog.

haha the one laying on the pillow under the blanket cracks me up

Love the picture with Tigger!

Yay Koda ! He is one gorgeous boy - my fav pic is the one of him under the blanket

Here are some pictures from 6/7/2009- our play date with Napoleon (the Berner) and Leia (the Dane):








The pictures aren't the best, as I took them with my cell phone, but we had a blast! It was one of the first real socializations that we've had with Koda (same for Leia- she's only just 2 years and Dane's are fragile before that) and it went WAY better than we all expected! We'll definitely be doing that more often. Matt and Sandy are two of our best friends up here and it was great for them all to get along so well

Oh Wow Tori I am really pleased it all went well for you

Koda looks like he had an awesome time - I know I am biased and your friends dogs are lovely but Koda is the best looking dog in that pack

Your friend needs to be nominated for the TV show What Not To Wear. Dress, running shoes and a thermal jacket?!

Glad your little social event went well though!

Look at that tongue hanging out in the second to last pic. It looks like he had a lot of fun.

...YouKnowWho wrote:

Your friend needs to be nominated for the TV show What Not To Wear. Dress, running shoes and a thermal jacket?!

Glad your little social event went well though!

She was on her way out to buy new clothes actually... she just finished chemo and because the cancer is gone she gained a ton of weight and didn't have any clothes that fit her comfortably anymore.

Smooth Chad

Pffftttt! All the more reason to go on that show!

agreed. What not to wear loves those sad stories on way people dress bad.

Oh, another reason for me to call the cable guy! I love that show!

LOL. Sandy actually dresses very well... when she has options. She plans on losing the weight now that she's done with her chemo and getting her life back to normal. She was just buying clothes in the interim. Man... I hope she never sees this-- she would die. I guess I shouldn't have posted such a horrible picture of her!!

No offense, but chemo can cause you to gain weight? I thought it was the other way around?

Chemo will kill your healthy appetite. What happened in her case is that the chemo gave her a "hangover" like feeling. Thus, she ate junk food throughout the entire procedure. However, the chemo, combined with the cancer eating at everything she ingested caused her to LOSE weight. Once the chemo effectively killed the cancer, everything she ingested became just that- ingested food that packs on pounds. Her pattern of behavior remained the same until the chemo ended (and her "hangover" appetite for junk food ceased). Without the cancer there to eat up the pounds, she gained a lot of weight.

Now that the cancer and the chemo are gone- she is eating normally but maintaining an unhealthy weight. Thus- she bought new clothing for the interim and will begin losing weight in a healthy way. Until then... she needs to wear something and feel comfortable and look nice while doing it.

Actually Tori I was so busy looking at the dogs I didn't notice your friend and her attire! I think for someone who is recovering from cancer she looks great - hope she is well on the road to recovery

Koda wrote:

Chemo will kill your healthy appetite. What happened in her case is that the chemo gave her a "hangover" like feeling. Thus, she ate junk food throughout the entire procedure. However, the chemo, combined with the cancer eating at everything she ingested caused her to LOSE weight. Once the chemo effectively killed the cancer, everything she ingested became just that- ingested food that packs on pounds. Her pattern of behavior remained the same until the chemo ended (and her "hangover" appetite for junk food ceased). Without the cancer there to eat up the pounds, she gained a lot of weight.

Now that the cancer and the chemo are gone- she is eating normally but maintaining an unhealthy weight. Thus- she bought new clothing for the interim and will begin losing weight in a healthy way. Until then... she needs to wear something and feel comfortable and look nice while doing it.

Interesting! Well, I'm glad your friend is now cancer-free! Unfortunately I lost my mom to pancreatic cancer exactly 13 years ago last Friday. She did not go through any of that. My family and I tried to get her eating her favorite food again but she was not able to hold it down and kept losing weight. But at least she is at peace now. I miss her though!

The Dentist wrote:

Interesting! Well, I'm glad your friend is now cancer-free! Unfortunately I lost my mom to pancreatic cancer exactly 13 years ago last Friday. She did not go through any of that. My family and I tried to get her eating her favorite food again but she was not able to hold it down and kept losing weight. But at least she is at peace now. I miss her though!

I'm sorry for your loss Danielle. I can't imagine what that must have been like

Sandy was very very lucky. She was a very rare case having gone from Stage 4 Hodgkin's Lymphoma and two months into chemo it was gone completely. That's the reason her weight fluctuated as it did. It doesn't happen like that for everyone.

So I realized that I didn't put too many pictures of Koda up this summer and I have a few that I just took. I apologize for the clarity on some of them. I just got a new phone (with a nice camera in it) and I'm still figuring out how to use it properly.

After a hike up Mt Stevens at camp with Romeo, my brother and a few buddies


Playing in his kiddie pool


Playing tug-of-war with a horse leadline (see his camp staff ID on his collar? )


First pic on the new phone (this is my phone's wallpaper )


Being cute on the couch



On a recent hike in the Adirondacks



Koda got up two flights of stairs on the tower at the top and got scared, so we tied him and walked up to the top for pictures


But then he was too scared to go down...



Taking in the fresh air...


And lastly...pouting while daddy brushes him


Just for you Cath!

Awww thanks Tori

Koda is looking GORGEOUS!!! I love the pic of John carrying him down those stairs - I don't blame him being scared I think I would have been a bit wobbly up there too!!!! The views on your hikes were amazing.

What a gorgeous husky. Just gorgeous. I am on the edge of my seat waiting for Zephyr to be old enough to take the trails.

Great pictures! one one of John carrying Koda down reminded me of our first hike with the dogs and Sierra got scard and Ken had to carry her around this boulder to get back on the trail! silly dogs! the views were great and i hope with the new phone we will be seeing more pics?

What a beautiful dog, love the pics!!