Introduction

rivals · 14-08-2010, 20:17

I registered the other day and thought that I'd post a thread as an introduction. Vicky recommended these forums to me recently and I'm in love with this breed and the amount of good information around here. It's amazing to see a single place with so many people who are involved in the breed making sure that the breed stays healthy and trying to do the best for it. My favorite breeds are Huskies and GSDs so obviously nothing like this really exists considering all of the backyard breeders and the work vs show debate (especially here in the US). I plan on getting a Vlcak down the road, but not for a while. From everything I've been reading they seem to have the traits I love the most from both of my choice breeds, they really seem like the perfect dog for me. I'd love to have a chance to meet one so over the next few months I'm going to try to find one preferably here in California to meet and spend some time with. I always wanted a GSD as my next dog so I could do trailing and SchH with it.

As a little backstory I currently have a ~4 year old Husky and a 1 1/2 year old Pit/Border Collie mix. We started doing an introductory nosework/trailing class with them a couple months ago and are going to continue on with it since they both love it. I was going to start training my Husky to pull so we could start doing skijoring/mushing activities but we got him a check up right before buying the harness and equipment and we found out that he had severe hip dysplasia (we adopted him almost a year ago). The last few months have been an adjustment finding better ways to exercise him and lots of beach trips, glucosamine, and pain relievers.

I just wanted to say that I think this is a great community and I've spent pretty much my entire last 2 weeks reading the threads and articles I've found through this board. I look forward to learning even more about the breed and potentially having one myself

I plan on doing a lot of sports and activities with it, and I'd like to get into mushing as well. I know I saw Mikael post pictures of pulling with their dogs, do Vlcaks take to this well?

14-08-2010, 20:17	#1
rivals Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Luis Obispo, CA Posts: 24	Introduction I registered the other day and thought that I'd post a thread as an introduction. Vicky recommended these forums to me recently and I'm in love with this breed and the amount of good information around here. It's amazing to see a single place with so many people who are involved in the breed making sure that the breed stays healthy and trying to do the best for it. My favorite breeds are Huskies and GSDs so obviously nothing like this really exists considering all of the backyard breeders and the work vs show debate (especially here in the US). I plan on getting a Vlcak down the road, but not for a while. From everything I've been reading they seem to have the traits I love the most from both of my choice breeds, they really seem like the perfect dog for me. I'd love to have a chance to meet one so over the next few months I'm going to try to find one preferably here in California to meet and spend some time with. I always wanted a GSD as my next dog so I could do trailing and SchH with it. As a little backstory I currently have a ~4 year old Husky and a 1 1/2 year old Pit/Border Collie mix. We started doing an introductory nosework/trailing class with them a couple months ago and are going to continue on with it since they both love it. I was going to start training my Husky to pull so we could start doing skijoring/mushing activities but we got him a check up right before buying the harness and equipment and we found out that he had severe hip dysplasia (we adopted him almost a year ago). The last few months have been an adjustment finding better ways to exercise him and lots of beach trips, glucosamine, and pain relievers. I just wanted to say that I think this is a great community and I've spent pretty much my entire last 2 weeks reading the threads and articles I've found through this board. I look forward to learning even more about the breed and potentially having one myself I plan on doing a lot of sports and activities with it, and I'd like to get into mushing as well. I know I saw Mikael post pictures of pulling with their dogs, do Vlcaks take to this well?