Our Second Siberian Husky

Our Second Siberian Husky - Boudicca
Forstal's Iceni Queen Of Polarspirit

 

I bought my first book on Siberian Huskies about 14 years ago when we were looking into getting our first dog. Back then, we opted for Samoyeds instead but my admiration for Siberian Huskies has always stayed firm with additional books and information on the breed gradually being added to. We have obviously spent quite a bit of time over the years around Siberian Huskies whilst at the sled dog races and at dog shows so finally, in 2009 we decided that the time was now right for us to expand our numbers again and to look for a a pair of Sibe sisters to join our furry family.

On the 7th of January 2010, litter sisters Yazmin and Boudicca joined our family and became the first Siberian Husky members of the Polarspirit Pack. 

Boudicca and Yazmin have settled in here wonderfully and are a real joy to have around. Solomon especially, is totally in love with both of them and seems to spend most of his time with them, either playing with the toys together or just generally lounging around next to the the two of them.

True to form here at Polarspirit, the other Sams are all happy to have the pups snuggle up with them or to have a play with them but as they have each already experienced new pups before, they prefer to sit back and wait for the pups to come to them, whereas Solomon, as the youngest, actively seeks the pups out and has generally taken them under his wing. 		  

   
Boudicca Exploring her new home
 
and already inspecting the perimeter security!
 


So this is the scooter that you expect me to pull in the future then is it?

   
Boudicca loves to spread as many toys
as possible all over the floor
 
and to lie on the footstool
 


What do you mean? I don't look like a Gremlin!

   
Boudicca led on the sofa with Kira
 
and doing bookends with Yazmin
 


What a pretty girl


The Sibes trying their best to show the Sams that they are just as good at digging as they are!

   
Resting in the garden
 
and in another of the dogs favourite digging areas
 
   
Boudicca with their fox on the swing seat
 
and here with one of their bears
 
   
Yazmin and Boudicca love to snuggle up together
 
The smaller the space,
the more they seem to like it
 


One of Boudiccas' quirky little habits is to to help herself to any empty mugs
that she can reach and then carry them around with her


When you have this many dogs that all enjoy a cuddle, a footstool that is big enough for them to use too
does come in very handy at extending your lap space, so that they can all snuggle in at the same time


Here Boudicca is enjoying a nice cuddle & snooze without having to share

   
Sibes just love to sit on the top of raised up surfaces.
One of Yazmin and Boudiccas' current favourite spots is on the top of the outside rabbit run.
 
Boudicca investigating the possibility of getting on top of the pile of logs
 


Here Boudicca takes the opportunity to have a good nose around in Sir Hopsalots' cage,
whilst he is out having a hop around the sitting room and Yazmin is considering joining her in there too.
As you can see, the pups and the rabbit all know where each other are and are all perfectly happy and relaxed about it.

For most Sibes you would never allow them this close contact with a rabbit, we are able to as our situation is rather unique. All our dogs live in the house with us, not out in a kennel and our rabbit is a house bunny too and as such, has grown up with all our dogs constantly around him and they too have grown up with him around them. They are all thoroughly used to each other. Sir Hopsalot knows to be nice and calm around our dogs and our adult dogs know to be nice and calm and gentle around him. This obviously helps us greatly in getting the Sibes used to also being calm and safe around him too. The dogs are very slowly desensitised to having Sir Hopsalot around them from the moment that they arrive as puppies and are always closely supervised by us when Hops is out of his cage. As we have many years of experience of introducing our house rabbits to our dogs we are used to implementing and controlling these interactions.

Please do not assume that because our dogs and rabbits are fine with each other that yours will be too. Sibes are known for their high prey drive!
 

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