Tetsu & Tikaani Time(YAY CGC!)
Figure I'd copy everyone's brilliant scheme of spamming their pups. Well Here's the lowdown:
Tetsu (shiba inu) is now at about 7.5 months, weights 16.5 lbs and is 13.5" at the shoulders. Since we've been taking him to the dog park every weekend, even in the freezing snow, he has gotten very friendly with other dogs and people. Tetsu will run towards me when I call his name, but he'll also run right past me without stopping.
He used to be very nervous around bigger dogs, but since Tikaani now out weighs him and we have migrated to the big dog section, Tetsu sniff and greets every dog he sees. He's still a bit shy around most varieties of children, but now he actually greets them before realizing they are small and loud.
Tikaani (siberian husky) will be 5 months in 2 days, weighs 39.5 lbs and is 19" at the shoulders. He used to be a big chicken at the dog park, always hiding between someones legs if not ours. He still is somewhat of a chicken, but now he actually sniffs around and will run towards Tetsu to play. Tikaani tries to play with some of the smaller dogs, but when the other dog gets too excited, back to our legs he goes.
The two of them rough house all the time, so much so that we have to break it up since Tikaani has a thing for going for Tetsu's throat and shaking like no tomorrow. For the most part, they get along, and they don't bug the cat unless she's moving.
Tetsu has kind of an abusive love affair for the cat. He'll follow her around, nipping at her tail and ears, practically relishing at the fact that she smacks him on the head. After he has thoroughly pissed her off, Tetsu will try to lay down next to her and get frustrated at the fact that she doesn't want him near her.
And now, the moment everyone waits for, the pictures:
Tetsu:
Practicing doggy yoga in his sleep
making use of Teddy's(my sister's schipperke) Christmas present
Tetsu enjoying his own after Christmas gift
Tetsu sleeping with Safyre on my bed
Tikaani:
Safyre:
And all three of them together:
Tetsu (shiba inu) is now at about 7.5 months, weights 16.5 lbs and is 13.5" at the shoulders. Since we've been taking him to the dog park every weekend, even in the freezing snow, he has gotten very friendly with other dogs and people. Tetsu will run towards me when I call his name, but he'll also run right past me without stopping.
He used to be very nervous around bigger dogs, but since Tikaani now out weighs him and we have migrated to the big dog section, Tetsu sniff and greets every dog he sees. He's still a bit shy around most varieties of children, but now he actually greets them before realizing they are small and loud.
Tikaani (siberian husky) will be 5 months in 2 days, weighs 39.5 lbs and is 19" at the shoulders. He used to be a big chicken at the dog park, always hiding between someones legs if not ours. He still is somewhat of a chicken, but now he actually sniffs around and will run towards Tetsu to play. Tikaani tries to play with some of the smaller dogs, but when the other dog gets too excited, back to our legs he goes.
The two of them rough house all the time, so much so that we have to break it up since Tikaani has a thing for going for Tetsu's throat and shaking like no tomorrow. For the most part, they get along, and they don't bug the cat unless she's moving.
Tetsu has kind of an abusive love affair for the cat. He'll follow her around, nipping at her tail and ears, practically relishing at the fact that she smacks him on the head. After he has thoroughly pissed her off, Tetsu will try to lay down next to her and get frustrated at the fact that she doesn't want him near her.
And now, the moment everyone waits for, the pictures:
Tetsu:
Practicing doggy yoga in his sleep
making use of Teddy's(my sister's schipperke) Christmas present
Tetsu enjoying his own after Christmas gift
Tetsu sleeping with Safyre on my bed
Tikaani:
Safyre:
And all three of them together:
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also, a cute pic of my family's cats. They are both outdoor cats, so they aren't housebroken. They are brought inside when it's cold out or raining, and kept in the bathroom. It was laundry day, so the hamper was empty, but that didn't stop them.
Tetsu's love affair with the cat continues, too bad she just barely tolerates him
Some bedroom shots of Tetsu
The two of them in the bedroom
As well as a little snow on Tetsu's head
And now some videos.
Let's start with a mini playtime, background sounds courtesy of Spongebob
And end with a chorus of yelps and howls starring Teddy (schipperke up front), Tetsu and Tikaani, as well as Petey (shih tzu mostly hidden by the chair). I've joined in as well:
Enjoy:)
Thanks for sharing...
The chorus was fun to listen to!
Because of all this early bad events in his life, he is high anxiety and can be very aggressive at times, especially when his personal space has been invaded. He is very food possessive, but has gotten better when it comes to people around food. He is very dog reactive, even with the socialization given to him, and he has "corrected" my guys several times. They just shrug it off and continue to try to greet him as if he is their best friend. Teddy always hated the "in your face" attitude of so dogs.
Even with his high reactivity, he is still a pretty good dog when you have something he wants(people food) or he has had a good nap. He's highly intelligent, very similar to shiba intelligence, and retains selective hearing. When my Aunt first met him, she swore he was def because he wouldn't react to his name. It was easy for the family to teach him many tricks, of which my mother loves to show off to everyone who sees him. What I find interesting is that even when he is in a bad mood, growling and snapping, he'll still listen to commands. He'll sit, down, roll over, and be giving you lip the whole time.
Sometimes he gets frustrated at the language barrier between humans and dogs, and he starts to whine when we aren't understanding what he wants. He knows that "You wanna go" can be followed by something good such as walk, out, ride. On his own, he's trying to mimic the word "out" to let us know that he really needs to go.
He's pretty good at the dog park, when I get a chance to steal him, even though he is very reactive at home. Aside for the random puppy jumping on him, he is very well behaved and happy. He even plays with my pups, which surprised me since he was always after them inside the house.
Just as any schipperke, there is one person in his life that he loves more than anyone else, to the annoyance of my sister it is my mother he loves most of all. No matter what, he has never done anything negative towards mom, and when given a choice he would run straight to her.
And though he has some pretty bad personality faults, I still love him as my own pups, even though he is my sisters.
And in case your wonderinf, that's my sister singing in the background.
Thanks for the skinny on Teddy. They have a Schipperke rescue in my region that I talked with for a while, but I never got as in-depth interest as I did the Shiba. Maybe one day we'll adopt a little Schipperke, I like intelligent dogs
I really do love Teddy, even though he's high anxiety. I'd probably get my own schipperke one day as well
I love love love Huskies SOOOO much and hope I can own another one some day. My two female huskies were SO wonderful!
First, the morning:
Then the night:
And one of Tikaani so he doesn't feel left out:
Enjoy:)
So fun to see Tetsu and Safrye snuggling!
Your dogs and the cat are cuties!
Thanks for sharing!
I watched all the videos, they made me LOL. What a great couple Tetsu and Tikaani are... they are real goofs!
[your cats are cute too]
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It's funny, Safyre doesn't always tolerate Tetsu, but when it comes to nap time they're all over each other. She's an old lady, will be 10 in September, and has had to deal with plenty of dogs. She spends most of her time sleeping on my bed or snuggling up with me wherever I sit.
Here, I'll give you guys an older video of Tikaani when he first was in the bush. He's about 3.5 months and about 20lbs. He started going in the bush when we threw an old dog bed on it. It's funny, you can kind of see his "eyebrows" from when his gray was developing on his forehead. This video was also my first attempt at playing with windows movie maker.
It's always great when cats and dogs get along nicely, and make for great spam!
Tikaani on the other hand, will come up to a cat and start gently chewing on their fur, like when a dog is scratching an itch with their mouth. The cats, seeing a "big" dog so close to them will freak out and smack him in the face, causing Tikaani to make his howly bark.
And true, it is always better when they don't eat the furniture...
Even though I put down the bush as a snack, and he was chewing on it, he actually didn't eat that much of what he was chewing on. When you look around the ground by the bush, you see a lot of chewed up greens. That's not to say he didn't swallow any of it, I'm just saying that he didn't swallow all of it. Now he's been using the bush as a source of eating the snow, for some reason Tikaani won't eat snow that has been on the ground for too long.