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Nothing has been uploaded yet and I'll keep things here and not transfer them over (at least not most of them) so I can have a clean start over there. My new account is :icontameless-love: I'll transfer over all of my requests into a journal and keep this account and check it, I might use it for pictures . . I haven't decided yet. .


Now the more important thing of the two. . . A feature for an amazing girl I know who is also a brilliant artist. :iconskelling-jen13: If you're looking for someone to commission or anything, she's amazing. Just amazing. She definitely deserves more attention, watches, etc. so check her out! ^^ :)

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:iconelfkinprincess:
Mood: Joy ~ElfkinPrincess Sep 24, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
TY!
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~Glacierclaw Sep 24, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
No problem! :) Your pictures are amazing
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Mood: Delighted ~ElfkinPrincess Sep 25, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Awww shucks! And thanks for the watch!
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~Glacierclaw Sep 30, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Glad to ^^ :D
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*n-oodle Sep 20, 2011  Student Digital Artist
hey could you take a request from me?
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~Glacierclaw Sep 22, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Sure
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*n-oodle Sep 25, 2011  Student Digital Artist
Could you draw my character Aaron? [link]
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~Glacierclaw Sep 25, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Absolutely ^^ what do you want it to be? (like pose, background, etc.)
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*SmilehKitteh Aug 13, 2011  Professional Writer
here ya go, my dumb inbox won't let me reply to your comment.
Huskies have to essentially be shown their place in the pack. It's best if you can get everyone to enforce the same rules. Another thing is, with a Husky, you have to be consistent. I read somewhere that if you allow them to get away with something one time they often continually will try and get away with it.

So a large portion of it is respect. You have to get the dog's respect as the authority. You just have to teach them what's unacceptable. (In particular that's why I never let Veng do the mouthing thing, they seem to get carried away with it)

Some people don't approve necessarily of how my family trains but anyway how I go about things (and really I rarely have to do so anymore)is with his leash primarely. Give him a whack on his hind quarters with the end of it and firmly state no. It's not all that different than how a lead dog in a pack nips and bites at those who aren't listening to the commands.

And in playing, if he greeted me too wildly I'd tell him no and simply walk away and return a bit later to try again.

Another thing to keep in mind is huskies have a LOT of energy. They behave better if they're not as hyper. Veng is much more likely to be a bad dog if I haven't given him a lot to do. And I do mean a lot. Huskies have a HUGE deal of energy. We have a huge sheep field and I let him run in it daily with my mom's dog. She wears out way before him. He also goes on eh, probably a mile long walk once a day and a quarter mile also within the day. That or I have him pull a cart with a person in it back and forth up our gravel driveway.

Another thing you can use is like the collar you said you have. In training,its best to keep them from being able to get away with not doin as you ask. (which is why I trained Veng on a leash) They are really smart dogs and will listen pretty well if you can keep their extra energy run off and gain their respect as alpha-dog so to speak.

Of course don't neglect the love aspect. You don't want them to think of you as some kind of evil being. I read somewhere if a Husky doesn't see their owner as a capable leader, they'll try taking over the position themselves. So you gotta prove you're trustworthy, capable and all that good stuff.

And I think its also about building a bond. It was probably easier for me cuz I got Veng at 10 weeks old and he was coming to an all new environment where I was his only familiarity. As a pup he used to go insane if I left him with someone else (sounded like somehting was killing him o3o ) and for Veng he actually prefers attention as a reward opposed to treats. Sometimes I use treats, and sometimes I use affection as a reward. The thing about using affection as a reward is you definitely have to make it seem like a huge treat. So I way over dramatize how good I think he's done with pets and rub downs and the whole works =P

Also to keep in mind when dealing with huskies, tone. The calmer voice you use and the slower movement, the same will eventually go for your Husky. They'll learn to associate the tone with how you want them to behave in return. It takes a lot of work but happens eventually.

And still there's always going to be the time every now and then where they flat out don't feel like listening. Veng does it to me on occassion. Like when I tell him to sit before I give him his food. Every once and a great while he ignores me. In which case he simply doesn't get his food. (yeah I actually read that in a husky book XD that you should do that I mean)
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~Glacierclaw Sep 11, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Alright, I never wrote back to this cuz I liked to read it every once in a while. . then I realized I could save it as a word document 0.0 And so now I write back xD

I don't mind the way you train really, if it works then it does. So far we've tried his collar (that didn't last long), a prong collar, a collar choke combination, a normal choke collar, and a choke collar with fabric is the one we're on right now.

Telling him no is something I'm definately trying, although I'm not sure how well it's working. . xP

I try and show him love, obviously, but every time that I seem to he starts to mouth and bite and all that (mouthing has turned more to biting now than mouthing.)

I'm using affection as a reward, but without food he really couldn't care less, if he does what I tell him to and just reward him with affection he doesn't always stay and do other things. . I keep him on the leash often, but not constantly and even on the leash he doesn't do what he's told to xP

Almost always, my tone is firm and calm, and I can't say it's never harsh if he's doing something wrong.

His mouthing has been getting rougher and less playful towards me, so I'm not really calling it mouthing as much as biting. He seems to do it to me more than anyone else, which really is discouraging. He goes after my feet, legs, ankles, arms, wrists, any part of me that he can get ahold of. And when he does it there's not much I can do to get him to let go of me. I usually have to pin him down, push him off x amount of times until he stops, or get someone to get him to stop.
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