Hello! I'm Byron and my wife Amanda and I are probably like most of you...super-obsessive sibe owners!
Sushi and Mochi are not just our young huskies...they are our kids. I'm not even joking. Both of them are a bit over a year old now. They aren't from the same litter - in fact, they are from different states. Three week age difference, got both when they were 8 weeks old. They are sibblings, lovers and soulmates. So in a little over a year, here's a list of some of their experiences (and upcoming experiences):
- Items destroyed:
...my wallet, complete with cash, IDs and credit cards eaten
...two dog beds
...two area rugs
...chewed up the ottoman and pulled out the stuffing
...chewed holes in the new couch and pulled out the stuffing
...destroyed sunglasses, destroyed headphones, destroyed hats
...chewed up the plastic tray in their crate (now have a metal one which is awesome)
...any food item left within standing/jumping range of course are consumed, we've had one slight chocolate scare but generally anything that goes in the mouth eventually comes out the other end!
- Have been through three rounds of puppy training (tricks class is up next). This is more for us than them...they keep passing but we know it is only because they are cute
- Countless dog park trips and a 6 mile walk every Sunday morning...daily morning walks at 4:45 AM sharp (or trust me, there will be consequences!)...also random, crazy, coordinated zoomies around the living room with speed, acrobatics and frenzied talking at any given moment.
- They went on an 8 day road trip from KC to the east coast. We stayed in a cabin in the Smokey Mountains outside Gatlinburg. We stayed in a luxury B&B in Asheville. And we stayed in a hotel on the beach in Folly Beach outside of Charleston. So even though we live in the flat-as-a-pancake Midwest, they've been hiking in the mountains and playing on the beach already
- They've already been to two Kansas City Royals MLB games.
- Monthly trips to the in-laws lake house at Lake of the Ozarks...pool swims, lake swims, boat rides...also lots of sitting inside in the AC during the summer!
- We are taking them to the Embassy Suites in Hot Springs, Arkansas at the end of the year to celebrate new years.
- Road trip to Colorado next summer.
So...while this list would be enough to make a sane person cringe...this is not my first husky rodeo and everything I just listed (yes, even the destruction part) is why we love our huskies so much. To us, the work and the time and the love makes them truly like children.
Will be posting photos and adventures in a scrapbook once time allows! Excited to see all the other beatiful sibes and hear a lot of great stories!