BlueWolf

Goodbye beautiful boy. It has been a pleasure to have known you ❤️

I don't really have any advice on mosquito repellent for dogs. I basically live in mosquito land and although the dogs get bitten sometimes, it doesn't really bother them all too much. Dogs have a lot of fur so it's much harder for a mosquito to find a good spot. Usually the only spots they can find are their paws on noses. Often mosquitoes just go to the easier target (me!) than the dogs 😅 But I can give you a fun little fact you might not now. The saliva of a mosquito causes us an allergic reaction. This is why it gets all red and super itchy. Well, it turns out that we, humans, are the only ones who are allergic to this. Dogs are not allergic to the mosquito bite. They do not experience the itching that we always associate mosquito bites with. They might feel the bite as it happens, might even get a bit annoyed with it. But once it's over they don't notice anything any more. Still not nice of course if your dogs get bitten. But it's good to know it bothers them waaay less than we do (and I may or may not be a bit jealous of this super power).

Bit late but hopefully still in time to give an explanation. Huskies, and a bunch of other breeds have a double coat. The top coat has their guard hairs. It is generally a bit coarse fur. It's the fur you see and feel when you pet them. In the winter, snow and water will stick to this layer of fur and it will prevent the water from reaching down onto their skin where it would otherwise cool them down. This is why huskies are very happy to dig themselves in the snow, or get covered with it. Then you have the under coat, this is a warm woolen layer (sometimes even being a different colour than their top coat). In the winter this keeps then warm and insulated down to some extreme temperatures. They shed this under layer twice a year. Exactly how much under coat a husky has depends entirely on the climate they life in. They also generally have a much thicker under coat if they're outside dogs vs inside dogs. In the summer they shed this under coat, which basically leaves a small air gap that lets air circulate around and cools down their skin. In the summer the top coat blocks direct sun light from hitting their skin. THIS is the reason why you do never shave a double coated dog. If you strip away their their guard hairs, you strip them from their natural protection of the sun's uv light. This puts them at severe risk of overheating in the sun. And while the undercoat grows back really fast, The top coat can sometimes take years to grow back fully. And often it doesn't even grow back properly. I've seen some pictures of huskies who were previously shaven. And it is not pretty. If you live in a warm climate and your dog is shedding a lot, shaving them is not the solution. Instead help them by brushing out their under coat. An undercoat rakes is a very good tool for that as they take out the undercoat but leave the guard hairs.

Hej! It's been absolute ages since I posted something here (although I occasionally logged in here), but I just wanted to post something at least! I can't believe it's been already this long ago since my camp visits. It was certainly loads of fun, even when I was not a dog owner myself back then. I always kind of hoped that *at some point* I would figure out a way to visit with my dogs but logistically, and time-wise this was never really an option for me, sadly. Even though it's been such a long time ago, I still have great memories of it. I met many fun people, and it certainly helped fueling my interest in huskies even more which eventually brought me all the way north, working and living at a sled dog kennel among many, many huskies. Thanks for providing the experience!

It's a rainy day outside. Dex and Pixel are sleeping together in their dog box filled with warm straw They both have their own dog box but prefer to sleep together most of the time.

Kalm had an injury on his paw some time ago and needs some time healing. So for the time being he's living with me in the house. I woke up this morning with him laying like this.

We already have had lots of snow for weeks. Yesterday the second batch of snow came in. We've been out doing sleddog tours for about two weeks now. It was -16°C this morning

Taken earlier today of leaddogs Treacle and Alpine

Pixel and Dex in their dog box

I have Brazen here at home this afternoon We're just roaming around my house.

Bought them both a 10 meter leash. It's nice because now I can connect it up somewhere and get some nice pictures of them

Pixel and Dex are enjoying the summer. Since the summer is only about 3 months here everything grows and blooms super quick. It's amazing the changes that happened over the last few weeks.

It's warm, everybody is chilling. Including the puppies.

The snow on the ground and the ice on the lake have finally melted. Pixel and Dex came to take a look...

Kiruna in Northern Sweden.