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

On the 7th of January 2010, litter sisters Boudicca and Yazmin, 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!
 
   
Such a cutie
 
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 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
 

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. With Yazmin 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 only able to as our situation is rather unique and we have over 20 years experience of having house rabbits and over 15 years experience of having them with dogs.
All our dogs live in the house with us 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 in 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!
 

   
Boudicca enjoying the garden
 
and so happy to be sunning herself
what a sweet but daft expression on her face!
 
   
3 happy Sibies
 
and later, 3 worn out Sibies
 
   
What are you up to behind me Roksana?
 
Ouch! That was my ear!
 
   
Boudi playing with one of their toys
 
and playing with her brother 'Hoki' during our visit to Forstal whilst we were down there training
 
   
Boudi and Yaz running in wheel position in their first 8 dog team on a misty January morning
 
Pulling the ATV with Sally and I on it.
Such clever, clever girlies!
 

Roksana & Boudi playing

 
 
Sir Hopsalot joins Boudi under the swing seat for a snuggle
 
"Oi, I know you're a big rabbit but stop stealing all the space!"
 
 
 
"Sorry, there's no room for you under here Mum, just Me & Boudi"
 
Boudi goes back to having a snooze while Hops gets on
with some weeding
 

Boudicca