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Skylar's Run in the Park!

Yesturday, May 15, 2010, Skylar got to go to this really awesome park. She'd only been there once before, a long time ago (okay, the winter before last). This prestigous human park allows dogs to come, too, but it's not a dog park at all. There are a couple of ponds teeming with turtles and water fowl. Skylar had never seen such animals before. She also got to say "hi" to three ife-sized sheep statues. It was funny to watch her hesitantly walk up to them and cautiously sniff them. Mainly, we went to the park to go for a jog. But poor Skylar had had enough after only a little while! She's a Sibe. mix, where's the endurance? lol It's not her fault- I made her stay content with just walking until she stopped growing here recently. Now we go running a couple of times a week. After an hour of walking/running, Sky was so tired that I stated that she'd be able to walk through a troop of toddlers and not lick a single one! ~

My bark could make a sumo wrestler jump!

Despite my counter surfing, continuous licking, and other quirky behaviours, I'm a brave dog. What? You don't believe me? Well, I scared a robber away last night!!!

See, apparently, someone tried to get into our house at 1AM through a side door that leads to our kitchen! I sleep in the kitchen! AND my crate is pushed right against the side door. My mommy said that she heard me start barking loudly and not in my normal tone when our alarm started going off. I never bark like that unless I'm suspicious of a stranger outside. The alarm changed from beeping to the real thing, and I woke my mistresses up from their slumber when I decided to howl in long, loud wails trying to get that awful alarm out of my head.

Well, everyone but one of my mistresses got up, inspected the house, and eventually let me sleep with my crate door open instead of shut in case the robber came back. Personally, I don't think that he would come back after the way that I scared him! I'm not a little puppy any more! I'm nine and half months old and weigh a whole THIRTY-FIVE pounds! Yes, don't mess with Skylar.

Skylar, a guard dog?

Wow. Our Siberian husky mix actually has the making of a future guard dog. If you aren't familiar with the Siberian husky breed in general, let my inform you that Siberians are not knonwn for their ability to guard. Instead of alerting their owners to a burgular, they'd greet the burgular with a big tongue instead of snapping jaws.

Anyway, Skylar has recently started to alert us to people or loose dogs near our house. She has actually started using a particularly gruff bark that is much different from her normal cat alert barks. Skylar was even sounding her alarm at a person across the street going to someone else's house. If we can refine this bark of Skylar's to the point where she knows that we approve but can also get her to hush on command, our house will be alert to the going ons of the neighborhood.

Thanks for reading!