When they play, roughhouse and wrestle, Paw Paw (black and white Sibe) is the alpha male and he will ensure that he "wins" every time. HOWEVER, if things get heated and turn from play to the next level, Nara (female GSD) will destroy everyone! Hahaha. She's a bitch. Pun intended. By far the alpha female is THE Alpha over the alpha male. All 3 boys are in tact, and Nara is spayed. I keep these guys happy and exercised enough that they've never really gotten into a dog fight with each other. Nara just keeps everyone in check if they're getting on her nerves. They know she's the real boss out of the 4. I've literally seen Paw Paw run for his life when Nara got mad at him. She chased him all over the yard, but of course he's much faster than she is, and he has husky endurance to run forever. It was funny to watch though.
And yes, Beowulf is very special. He's the omega of the bunch. Very skittish. He loves to wrestle all day with the new pup, Kaze. The two of them are the biggest out of the 4, and it's fun watching them "battle beast" as I call it.
Bikejoring is a lot of fun. The dogs love it. I love it. And it saves a lot of time versus going for walks that cover the same distance, or getting dragged down the street by a Siberian I could never keep up with on a run. Been there, done that. I came into bikejoring based on a desire to get the dogs as much exercise as possible in the shortest amount of time. Our walks were taking 2-3 hours. We can cover double the distance in 45 minutes to 1 hour bikejoring. We average 6 miles a day on a work day, and up to 11 miles on my days off when I can dedicate more time. I'm about to take it up a notch and purchase the Diggler Zephyr dog scooter:
...which will give us more of that real sledding/sled dog experience that will look a little something like this:
They do love it. I sometimes connect that canopy trailer to my mountain bike so the kiddos can get an up close view of what the dogs look like pulling us from ground level. I'm sure it's a blast. I usually bikejor by myself to save time, as it's more of a hassle to attach everyone and everything plus the 4 dogs and their gear. But everytime I go alone, I always end up coming home with all sorts of adventure stories to tell the family about: new critters we spotted, new birds, !PACK OF COYOTES!, etc. I kept telling them how much I wanted them to be out there with me, so now that they're slowly getting old enough to join, I do what I can when I can to bring one of more of my kids with me. I can't wait for them to be able to manage the dogs alone and take them out each day or whenever they feel like it. OR...go out in multiple teams by splitting the dogs with 3 and 1 or 2 and 2. So many options, so much fun!
Haha! It would be an honor to have an article of clothing made from the giant puffs of fur that our dogs create. Everytime I brush them, it's like a puppy was born!
Paw Paw is definitely different, that's for sure! But all of these dogs seem to compliment each other's attitudes, and they get along well and do a ton of husky roughhousing. Kaze, the pup, is now the main instigator, and he goes after Beowulf (the next youngest) all day. If Kaze goes for Paw Paw, he learns quickly who the boss is! Ha.
As for Zeeva's name origins, have you ever come across this book:
What will Ziva choose, her love for the Man or the freedom of the wild?
Ziva heard the call of the wild. Most mushers believed that Ziva's eyes of different colors made her half wild, so no one wanted her. But one man took a liking to her.
As Ziva begins to trust the Man, she learns to use her wild energy to pull his sled, but she's torn between her love for the Man and the wolf's call. Will she stay . . . or go?
This story has been growing in Barbara Joosse's head since a friend told her about his dog, Ziva, who was "wild as a wolf and white as the snow." Kate Kiesler's striking full-color art perfectly captures Ziva's struggle in this powerful book.
We have it for our children to read, and for me to read to them, and it's one of their favorite books. The art and story are very nice, and very real. Not cartoony like a lot of kids dog books. My heart melts every time I read the book. If I ever get a female Sibe with bi-eyes, I think I'd name her Ziva after the girl in this book. That's how much of an impact this book has had on me, and the fond memories of each time I read it to my kiddos and our bond with each other and our dogs grow stronger!
My wife has been slowly trickling these photos down to me. She took a couple hundred, and I helped narrow them down to what I felt were the best ones. As she cleans them up a bit, she sends them my way for posting. Here are the ones I received tonight:
Similar photo from before, but this shows Nara at the end a little better, and it's before Paw Paw tried to run AT the camera to "steal the show." All (blue) eyes on me, says that Paw Pawzers!
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