Serina My Siberian Huskey

Hello, Well I bought Serina from a local breeder for my husband for a Christmas present. When I bought her she was about 6 months old. She now is 14 months old. She has one blue eye and one brown eye. Her coat is long but not as thick as her brother’s was. The woman said that she had been bought before but was brought back. When I went to pet her she tucked her tail and ran away. That is what sold me on her. I knew that she needed a loving home so wrote the, went through all of the paper work and got her home as soon as possible. She has been a wonderful addition to our family. She sleeps with us. She loves our cats. She loves going to work with me every day. She gets along with our horses really well also. I have done a lot of reading about these dogs and I have to say she seems a little different than what I expected from all of the reading and research I’ve done. For one thing I can take her out side off of a leash and let her run on 10 achers of land and when I call her she is right by side. She gets a wild hair every now and again, but usually if she won’t come in right away she wants us to play with her and chaise her so she can spin circles around us. Then, to let her know that play time is over, we tell her to lie down and she does it and we open our front door and she goes right on in. Training her has been pretty easy. She loves treats. Getting her to sit, lie down, and speak weren’t very hard to to. Another trait that I have noticed that she has is that she seems to be some what protective. I work in a shop for my Step-dad’s lawn maintenance company and there are guys in and out of there all day long. When I am in the shop alone she barks at some of the guys if they try to come near my section of the office and the bigger they are the louder she barks. I know that she would never go after them, they usually start playing with her after that. It seems like she saying, “My Mommy’s here alone and I’m watching you.” She’s not nearly as hyper as her brother. She gets really excited and gives us lots of kisses, but when she’s done she lays down and takes cat naps until it’s time to entertain her again. I can defiantly tell she gets bored fast. She also gets excited easily. The first chance she gets to play she is on top of it. My husband I train horses in the evening. We have a blast with her and the horses. I guess she doesn’t really understand the whole us on their back thing and she watches us ride. As soon as something happens that she doesn’t like she makes sure to let the horse know that they have her family on their back. A couple of times she’s tried to get on their backs with us. I have been getting lessons and training my horse for jumping. When I’m out jumping a low course at about 2 ft. she sometimes will follow my horse and i over the jumps. When she’s tired of then she’ll run down to our house from the barn and wait by the door for us to come let her in. The lady who owns the property that we live on has 5 dogs that Serina loves to go play with. They get to where they are running around and having such a good time together that they start a little doggy train that goes through the whole house. She has a few bad habits. When we leave her alone when she really wants to come with us she will find something to chew on. Sometimes we are fortunate and it is one of her toys. Sometimes we are not so fortunate and it is 4 whole rolls of toilet paper. She’ll drag it to our bed and when we come home it looks like the toilet paper exploded all over our bed. Potty training was a little harder than anticipated considering that the lady we bought her from said that she was potty trained. Luckily, I found a carpet shampoo that works really well on pet odors. She seems to be over that now though, or at least we haven’t had any accidents in a couple of months. So I can handle a little toilet paper chewing. I just had to learn to keep the bathroom door closed when we weren’t home. Her hair is the biggest thing. The hotter it gets out side, the more she looses. We never leave her out in the heat she’s in and out for potty breaks and loading up into the truck to and from work. In the winter time we let her out a lot more, but it is just too hot here for her to be out for long periods of time right now. I give baths as she needs them and she gets brushed everyday to every other day. My house usually gets vacuumed every other day and my beds sheets get changed more often than they used to. So the hair stays pretty well under control. All in all she’s working out very well. My hubby and I love her very much and she loves showing us that she loves us also. Even our cats seem to like her. When we go scary trips to the vet Shelby curls up with Serina in the back seat. Smokey, our other cat, likes to use her tail as a play toy. That usually starts an episode of running around and batting at each other (My cats are declawed.). They are so much fun to watch. Robert and I laugh for quite some time over it. I often ask my husband, “What did we used to do for entertainment before we brought her home?” Or “Could you imagine our lives without her.” No not really. So that is Serina’s story. I don’t have any pictures on my computer right now but when I get them I will send you some. Serina’s Very Proud Owner, Jamie L