Seems like much longer (which is a good thing when time seems to go by slower in my opinion!) but I just realized I've had massak for 6 months now. He is such an awesome doggy in so many ways and I have learned a lot about dog ownership and especially huskies! I know our limits and his traits and how to manage them. I am lacking in the training dept. which would probably make him even better, but that is on me till I start to make it happen. My life does almost revolve around trying to keep him well exercised and around me and other dogs if possible, but he lacks some training with the word "come". I have a friend with a full on sibe and he can get his dog to stop for chasing a deer because he is such a training geek. Sure he may stay around me and always comes back trying to find me, but if I can't get my dog to come when I call it to *everytime*, not just most, i need to work harder maybe.

what i have learned could fill a small magazine. Some specifics to him in particular would be...
If I am on a time schedule and take him out for a hike, he is gonna be on a leash. If I have the extra 15, 20, 30 minutes to kill and wait for him to come back if he sees something to chase, then I will indulge him in his freedom. (One time it was longer that i hadn't seen him and i was getting worries, but he was waiting back at the car) It is not cool to let him out of the house where I am at now because there are lots of other houses with vacationers around, trash, a swimming pool, and people with dogs on leashes, etc etc. In town, he will never be off a leash, because there is too much action, and cars. If it's just hiking, skiing, biking on trails, or wandering around the forests aimlessly, he is allowed to go run, which is such an amazing site to see when he is playing chase with other dogs! He can run like a banshee in the craziest terrain! My friends and I usually say the same thing..."wow, did you see that?!" Too bad he loves water so darn much because he will jump in anything liquid no matter how nasty and muddy! So I have to deal with him being wet more often than not, so must plan for that possibility accordingly. Funny however, one time when I was swimming in a swimming hole, he just sat on the edge barking at me and didn't jump in?!
Of course there are a ton of other things I have learned, but i have come to find out those are well documented 'husky things', so won't repeat them!

One thing is for sure, huskies are certified nut cases! But mostly awesome