You’re probably wondering how the huskies are doing… even if you’re not, I’m going to tell you anyway 
Kimo and Kitara are now 7 months old. In the last week they have
1. Destroyed Connor’s new flip flops… into teeny tiny little pieces all over my garden
2. Chewed all my rose bushes… the old woody ones first. I have one left that I’m hoping will actually survive long enough to flower.
3. Tried to dig up a palm tree
4. Tried to dig up a new Silver Birch tree that I planted on Saturday, and when that didn’t work, gnawed at the bark… in the middle of the damn tree!! Not sure whether it’s going to survive that.
5. Chewed a few more socks.
6. Jumped up and scratched my car door… again.
7. And the piece de resistance… just this moment, they are both outside hiding under the kids slide… eating a bird that one of them caught.
Yes, they’re doing just dandy!!
And I was worried when Kimo didn’t eat food yesterday.. hah… they’ve been feasting on birds!!
Comments
Laura
They sound uber special Jeanette
At least they are beautiful ;-p
Tanya
LOL the joys of pups! i have heard huskies are very very naughty!
i wish i could suggest something to help with all the plant destroying and digging … we just put those little green fence things around our flower beds – but they are DAMN expensive to do a whole garden!
good luck!
Jenty
LOL, I would probably contemplate that if we had a smallish garden… but ours is massive.
Louisa
Sometimes you can steer the cravings in a different direction with a change of diet. We had a dog that used to either eat rubber, wood, or plastic depending on what brand of food we gave him.
As far as huskies go…they settle down after about 2 years of digging and destroying.
Marylin
WOW… sounds like they’re definitely thriving!
Huckdoll
LOL. What Laura said.
Avril (Mom)
Oh no .. once they start catching birds, they will always have a taste for them! Jackie is a bird catcher/eater – knows the sound of the Olive Thrush and dashes outside for a tasty morsel! Doves are easier to catch – they are slow at taking to the air!
Tamara
Wow. That sounds super frustrating. And I get upset when my cats occasionally shred the printer paper!
Angel
Hoo boy…
cat@juggling act
Ah yes, that’s life with dogs for you. You know never to use bone meal in your garden? Any other fertilizer is ok, but bone meal is like a call to dig.
You can try making a “scratch patch” area somewhere in the garden and hide all sort of nice things there like cows hoofs, sinew bones, etc and try to teach them to dig there only. I have heard of it, but never tried it myself.
And to the birds, our old nine year lab still chaces them down and catch them.
Pamela
My dogs also catch birds. I think it is a game to them. We often end up with feathers all over the back garden – which we had to say good bye to, because no matter what we did they destroyed. We now lovingly tend our front garden and let the dogs run in the back.
Theresa Edwards
oh my soul … I have just gone through your entire site drooling at the dogs … did I tell you we are collecting ours tomorrow … giggles … but this post got me giggling …
I am going into the garden right now and going to bid farewell to the rose bushes I planted at great expense a few months ago …. sobs …
*wink*
T
Jenty
Hehe
enjoy them 
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My rose bushes are starting to recover, but I’ve given up on the part of the garden where they’re made a nest.
Make sure you have a spot that overlooks the rest of the garden… they like to have a lookout point (which in their case is their nest). And I was also advised to get an igloo dog house so they had a cave. If they don’t have a lookout or a cave they start digging caves in the grass