Our First Siberian Husky - Yazmin
Forstal's Yazmin 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 along the way. 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. 

Yazmin and Boudicca 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 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. 		  

   
Yazmin Exploring her new home
 
every inch of it
 
   
Having a play in the snow
 
and pruning the Jasmine
 


Relaxing on the sofa,
chewing something that she is probably not supposed to have!

   
Digging, who me?
 
When you can't find your sister to play with
any Sibe will do
 
   
Snuggling on the sofa with Boudicca
 
Hey, it's that third Sibe
getting in on the act again!
 
   
The Bear may be bigger but Yazmin won
 
She is such a sweetie!
 
   
Yazmin and Boudicca love to snuggle up together
 
The smaller the space,
the more they seem to like it
 


Yazmin is such a lady and quite often sits to eat her dinner.
All she needs now is a napkin!

   
This wire and fencing was put up to stop the dogs from digging up or stealing the strawberries but Yazmin likes to think that it was put there for her to climb up and relax on
 
What do you do when there is not enough room on the sofa?
Why you just climb on top of those that are already there and snuggle in anyway!
 
   
The toys in the toy box also make for a nice soft spot
 
Then, of course, there is also the top of the outside rabbit run, as you can see here, Yazmin also likes to lean back into the hedge for maximum comfort when on there
 


Here Yazmin takes the opportunity to have a good nose around in Sir Hopsalots' cage, whilst he is out having a hop around the sitting room.
As you can see, they both know where the other is and both are 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!
 

   
Yazmin and Boudicca squeeze onto the two seater with me so they can supervise my website updates
 
But they do find the camping chairs far more comfortable
 
   
Yaz and Bou seeing what they can find in the frost
 
Mmmm, something yummy
 
   
One tired out Yazmin on Christmas day, finding an extra use for one of their new toys
 
Roksana, Yazmin and Boudicca playing
 


And more playing...

   
Boudi and Yaz running at wheel in their first 8 dog team on a misty January morning
 
Pulling the ATV with Sally and I on it.
Such clever, clever girlies!
 


Time to catch up on some Sibie Sleep

   
Enjoying their platforms in the garden
 
Not much size difference between Yazmin and Roksana now!
 
 
 
Yazmin seems to be trying out for the local nativity play
 
Watching the Crufts agility competition
(as close to the TV as possible)
 


Yazmin