Apricot Rose's Offspring

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Anya
Chukchi
Iowa
Lakota Sioux
Lunar Eclipse
Moon Walker
Niko
Orion
To Ista
Toby
Waya Timber

 

Anya - Sire~Petaga

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“Hey Karen, here are pictures as promised! The picture with my 11 month old son is proof of the breed's gentleness and tolerance of young children.
Anya and Chinook are inseparable, preferring even to eat out of the same dish instead of separate ones. It's comical to watch them sleep, each using the other as a pillow.

Regards...The Middelthons..”

 

Chukchi - Sire~Petaga

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“Majestic View's Chukchi (Chuckie Cheese) son of Petaga and Aprocit Rose."
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“Karen,
I can not believe this dog, Chukchi, son of Apricot Rose and Petaga 16 months old, how absolutely wonderful he is!!!.  Almost a 5 hr. drive home to Chicago , and he has never been anywhere before except to the vet for a rabies vaccine? And has lived outside his whole life?  What a breed!!

We had a beautiful day today and connected. We had a beautiful walk, worked walking thru the doorway on a leash did the bike path and he is so submisive and calm that a crazy jack russel calmed down in his presence.  So I found a job for him, following me around the house on the lead and if a friend needs a walking partner they are welcome to take him.  He'll get plenty of walks with me too-thats what i do. I have a purpose too.  Pretty sure he isn't going to run off anywhere.
  Food -he isn't eating the chicken food I got him. little here and there. tonight I'm going to grill him a burger with no spices in it. Can you tell me the name of his food he eats, and where to get it, possibly?
   He is my gentle giant and shall be loved by  all. Thank you so much for the time you spent with us, and helping me find the perfect dog-I feel like we picked each other. 

thanks  K
I think he'll love the quarry this summer too.”

 

Iowa - Sire~Yana Istas

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“Thank you Karen!! 

Our red SID (Iowa) son of Yana Istas and Apricot Rose is the funniest, quirkiest little guy we have ever met. Not normal and we love it. lol!!   We take him to the outside ice-cream parlor to get a cup of vanilla soft serve. It is hilarious. I am sure you get so many stories about your pups, but I can't help it- he really is very unique and so smart!    Thanks Again....Cyndy & Kyle”  
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" Hi Karen:
Growing fast at 11 weeks, her is an updated picture of our big guy Iowa (son of Yana Istas & Apricot Rose)- on our way camping where he swam in the lake by himself and spent hours catching crickets.  He stays very close without a leash and has been quick to learn his sit and come commands.  As you can see, his red coat as of just a month ago is quickly turning to a beautiful creamy color with gray tips.  He really is quite pretty with his Siberian coloring and NAID looking  shape and down posed tail.  Personality wise as well, he has been a wonderful mix of attitude- attentive and intelligently cautious.  We are very happy with him!
Thanks for everything!  Cyndy & Kyle"
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"Hi Karen:  It's me Iowa. 5 months old now, a whopping 54lbs and quite gorgeous in my winter coat.  Going to be big like my dad.  Jus lost my milk teeth.  Wish I had a great picture of me outside being wild...but really I just like to nap on the white bedspread - no crates for me (I don't like to chew on people stuff anyhow - just bones).  I am very happy, like to smile and my family loves me."
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"Thanks for response Karen.  Yes we see your female Michgon!!  She looks meaty and sooo...healthy.  Iowa always looks bigger when outside - but likes being a house dog.  I have never allowed a dog to completely live in the house before but he doesn't like being alone.  Very much a companion personality and sticks close.  Our last dog was an escape artist always taking off around the neighborhood, but Iowa would not dream of going anywhere without us and I a sure may neighbors are just as please...lol.  He really looks like Yana's side of the family with dark cool looking slanted, almond shaped eyes like his grandmother.  Hope all is well with you and yours:) Cyndi"

 

Lakota Sioux - Sire~Sota Hota

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“Hi Karen!!
Just wanted to send you an update on Lakota Sioux (daughter of Apricot Rose and Sota Hota, born 12/24/07)!! She is doing wonderfully in her new home in Vermont! We couldn't be happier with her, she is such a joy to have as part of our family. We can't believe how quickly she is growing, she was 37.2 pounds last Saturday at four months old!! She is extremely intelligent and house training wasn't too hard, it seems like she caught on pretty quickly to our routine. We started her in puppy classes when we first got her and she had her "graduation" last Saturday...we have this adorable picture of her with her "diploma and graduation cap! She loved the class and especially the socialization with the other dogs; I think we are going to sign her up for the intermediate classes now to keep on with the training. She gets along great with our two cats, and although they were a little unsure of her at first they are quickly warming up to her. I guess they finally figured out that she isn't going anywhere!! We have hired a dog walker who comes twice a day to take her out while we are at work, this works out great for us as she is never alone for more than three hours at a time (which is good because she is a nibbler when we are away)! She definitely misses us when we are gone, and gives us these super sad eyes every time we leave the house...she is truly "pack oriented" and wants to go wherever we go. On the weekends we are always on the go with her and she loves the attention she gets from EVERYONE! Aaron and I joke that if she is with us we can never get anything done because we are constantly stopping to let people pet her and answer their questions on the breed! She is more than we ever could have asked for, so thank you again for bringing such a wonderful pup into our lives! In fact, we love her so much that we are considering adopting a NAID from you to be a companion for Lakota. Keep us updated on future litters as we are very interested!! Thanks again Karen, hope all is well with you and your family! Give mom Apricot Rose and dad Sota Hota a kiss form their little (big!) girl!
 
Love, 
Aaron, Kelly, Lakota, Bruschi, and Seymour

 

Lunar Eclipse - Sire~Petaga

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Michgon - Sire~Yana Istas

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Moon Walker - Sire~Petaga

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"Hi Karen,
Just wanna let you know that we make it o.k. to Las Vegas.

Moon Walker Did great in the car, he never got car sick and he was so well behaved that we did not put him in the carrier, he eats well, loves water and napped a lot...

We did stop a lot for potty breaks, the first three times he did not have to go, back on the road a half an hour later he was crying a little, so we stopped and sure enough he did have to do his thing. 

He also is almost perfect walking on the leash, it took less than four stops and he had the hang of it.

Thanks so much for this great breed of dog, the Siberian Indian Dog.  I will keep you updated and send you some new photos of him in a month or so.

Chris"
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“Hi Karen,
  Moon Walker(son of Apricot Rose and Petaga) is 12 weeks old now and 24 pounds,
he is doing great and in good health. He sits, lies down, shakes and comes most of the time. :)
Enclosed is a foto, with his new friend Chocolate, a miniature dachshund.  I think by next year Moon Walker will need a friend as big as he will be.   Thanks so much for a great puppy.  Chris” 
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“Hello Karen,
Here is a new foto of Moon Walker.  He is almost 4 Months old now and doing great!!
He gets along with the three little dogs we have at home, plus the two cats.  As you can see he got more black guard hair, looking very handsome.
Hope you are doing well.
Chris A.”
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“Hi Karen,
Just a short update on Moon Walker. He just turned 6 months old and doing great, he is almost 59 pounds now.  I'm taking him now on his daily walks with the bicycle and that turned out to be better than just a walk since he gets more exercise this way.  Enclosed are some fotos of him and his friends, the first one looks a little brutal but it was all fun and game, the little Maltese girl is Walkers girlfriend...  it's pretty funny but the two get along very well and love to chase each other in the back yard until they are tired and rest next to each other.
Have a great day.
Chris A.”

 

Niko - Sire~Petaga

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"Hello Karen,
We love our Siberian Indian Dog, he is beautiful.  We named him Niko and he has such a wonderful personality.  If you have any NAIDS available pleas let me know, my brother in law is interested.

Have a great weekend,

The Howell Family"

 

Orion - Sire~Petaga

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"Orion is doing very well! On our scale here at home he's been hovering around 41 pounds since his vet appointment on the 14th.  His weight gain seems to have slowed down a bit as he's getting older.  He literally went from 20 pounds to 32 pounds in just a week and change!  He's very athletic and looking more like his dad every day!  He's even sporting the little pink nose that Petaga has, just in a different shape.  He is extremely sweet.  A couple of the little girls on the street come over every Saturday afternoon and ask to take him for his "walk" (a little tour down the street and back again) which he adores, and then they go nuts in the backyard tiring each other out playing ball, tag, chase, or just romping in the snow for a good hour or two.  Both the girls and Orion seem quite pleased with this arrangement.  We started him on Eagle Pack which we located at a holistic pet store in town.  It's supposed to be in the same range as Prism, and Orion seems to like it very much. 
 
Having two of this gorgeous hybrid yourself, I think you have your own opinions on them, however I would like to say a few things about them…  First, that we have not noticed any of the common Husky traits that are less than desirable for some people: such as food aggression, toy/bone aggression, or shyness around strangers (he growled once at our other dog when he was 11 weeks old or so when he was chewing on his bone and was approached, and our other dog pecked him on the nose as if to say "Stop that nonsense", and he has relinquished his toys/bones/food to anyone and everyone ever since, without even an ear twitch).  Our vet is amazed by his relaxed and incredibly friendly personality.  Also, though he is still a pup so I cannot say for sure, right now he has absolutely no doggy smell to him whatsoever.  One of the little girls that play with him has a dog and cat allergy, albeit not a severe one, and she does not have any sniffles or scratchy eyes when she plays with him or pets him.  I hope he stays that way, because it's great.  You can see more and more NAID traits coming through in him every day.  He watches everyone all the time and is acutely aware of where everyone in the house is.  He knows when someone leaves, even if he hasn't seen them all day, and goes to their bedroom door and whines, and then goes to the front door and looks for them.  He loves all over any guest that comes into the house, and loves to be surrounded by people.  He does seem to have a bit of anxiety when he's left alone, but he's getting better with this, and has not been destructive at all with regards to chewing on things he shouldn't.  He adores other animals of any kind, and loves to be with our other dog.  The two are good buddies now. :)  He has also started puppy class, and the trainer recommends that we do sledding with him when he gets older, like we hoped to, and that we look into training him as a therapy dog because his personality is so amazingly laid back and loving.
 
He's very spoilt and very happy and looks forward to his new girlfriend in the spring.  Thanks again for this amazing guy, we look forward to furthering this hybrid here in Canada .
 
Sheena, Mike, Orion and Sambuca in Ontario , Canada !”
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"Hey Karen,
 
Just thought I'd pass along an update on our fiery little Orion, and his antics as of late! :)  I attached several pics, it would be great if you could post them so everyone could see how Chucki and Lunar Eclipse's brother is doing! :)  Orion would be super grateful, as he's pretty full of himself and wants his siblings to know that he's doing just fine! ;)
 
I thought we'd let you know that today he is 9 days away from his 8 month birthday! :P  He's a big boy when you look at him, but doesn't weigh quite what you'd expect him to.  His weight at home showed almost 70lbs, but at the vet's it shows 63lbs, as of last week.  He honestly looks like he weighs at least 80lbs.  He's very lithe and athletic looking. The vet measured him last week and it he is 26.5 inches at the top of his shoulder, and 41.5 inches from the tip of his nose to the tip of his bum (tail not included).  We are trying him on a new Canadian made food called Orijen, and he is getting cuts of frozen (but thawed) venison once a week, which keeps his teeth in amazing shape.  It's great the way those bones really help those teeth stay white, shiny and clean.  He does have 'puppy' breath, but with all the crap he digs up in the backyard that doesn't surprise me.  The vitamin supplements are keeping his fur bright and shiny, and now that he's done blowing out his winter coat for summertime he barely sheds at all.  There is still no doggy odour to him, he almost smells sweet, like cotton candy or something similar.  He is SO SO SO soft, his hair is thick but it's very soft, especially behind his ears and on his neck, but even down his back.  He has a nice long strip of black guard hairs along his spine that compliments the rest of his dark fur, and just the slightest hint of orange/red behind his ears and on the hocks of his back legs.  Did I also mention that he trims his own nails?  Every couple of days he goes over his entire foot and chews off the tips of his nails and spits them on the ground.  We have only trimmed his nails once, the rest are worn down naturally by playing and digging, and by his nibbling.  It's very amusing!  His blue eye is not so vibrant as it once was, it has changed color to shade of bluish/white/almost purple-ish color.  And his brown eye has some gold flecks in it right around the pupil.  He has very pretty eyes!  :)
 
As far as personality goes... wow, what a lover.  He loves to dig, and dig.... and dig... haha.  We yelled at him for digging up the yard, so he stopped doing it... except when it rains and it's all muddy... which I have attached a hilarious picture of!.....I poked my head out of the upstairs window and saw him digging and grabbed my camera and called his name... and he looked up and I snapped this great pic!..  But other than that, instead of digging up the yard, he goes under the deck and digs up where we can't see him do it!  The brains of that dog astounds me sometimes.  When he doesn't listen to what we say, I know it's not because he isn't intelligent, it's because he's being a stubborn little turd!  His favourite past time, other than digging, is sitting outside and just watching everyone and everything.  He doesn't get spooked by airplanes or anything flying overhead, he just stares at them as they pass by.  We took him to the Canada Day fireworks downtown tonight by the waterfront, and there were about... 5,000 or so people there.  It was dark, loud, and very crowded, and he didn't bat an eyelash.  Every second person stopped to pet him, and he just loved on them, and continued on his way.  He's very into doing his own thing, if someone wants to pet him he's super friendly, but he doesn't hound them for attention.  He does still jump up on strangers or even people he knows because he's excited to see them, but he will NOT jump up on a child or an adult of a shorter height, or anyone who is elderly.  He must sense that they are smaller than him, or more delicate and he doesn't even try it.  He just rubs against them like a cat, wagging his tail.  He's such a darling.  The loud noise of the fireworks didn't phase him at all, he looked up from his spot on the grass once to see what was making the noise and when he saw that we were okay with it, he just went back to lying doing and watching all the people.  Other dogs were yapping and barking, and he totally tuned them out!  He never barks...ever... he yaps when he's playing with Sambuca our Dach/Chi, or with the cats, but never barks... When our other little guy barks his head off, Orion just puts his paw on him, as if to say... 'Shut up!'... But boy does he ever howl when we come home or when he's excited!  And it's a beautiful howl like the dogs at your kennel, I could close my eyes and listen to it forever.  It's so unbelievably serene!
 
He graduates from Advanced Obedience in two days!  After that he will be going for his Canine Good Neighbour certifications, which will then show up with his name when he goes to dog shows, which is a great thing for him, as it's the stepping stone towards two things:  becoming a registered therapy dog, and/or become a member of the rally-o or an agility competitor.  His teacher says that she thinks he thinks that he's wonderful, she's never seen a Husky hybrid or a dog that looks like him, who acts the way he does.  He is often used as a placement between dogs in the class who don't get along because he loves EVERYONE, his favourite "girlfriend" in class is a Pug named Missy.  LoL.  What a monkey he is!  His teacher thinks he will make a wonderful therapy dog if we choose to go that route, but also that she would really like to see him shown in the obedience and agility rings, because no one ever sees a dog like him compete at such things (it's usually Aussie's and Border Collies and the like), and that he would be wonderful at it!  So we are going to register him for his CGN certification first, and then work towards the dog shows that are coming up this fall! :)  It'd be nice for our future pups to have a Champion sire!
 
Just wanted to give you an update, we are excited to bring home our little panda-bear girl in two weeks!  Orion is excited to meet his future wife!

Thanks Karen, look forward to seeing you soon!
 
~Much love from Orion, Sambuca, Sheena and Mike in Kingston, Ontario. Canada~"

 

To Ista - Sire~Petaga

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Toby - Sire~Yana Istas

“Dear Karen,

I wanted to write and let you know how Kiona ( daughter of Odawa and Petaga) NAID, and Toby (son of Yana Istas and Apricot Rose) SID are doing. They are wonderful dogs! They have always been calm and very well-behaved for puppies. My neighbors cannot believe they don't bark! You were so right about having two dogs as opposed to one. They are inseparable and so happy! They are both almost 6 months old and are growing fast. They are so affectionate and great with the kids. They do prefer to be outside regardless of the weather, so thanks so much for a heads up about that. I've sent some pictures so that you can see them as they were at about 3 months old and how they look today. Contacting your kennel was the best thing we have done for this family in a long time!

Laura Moro”  

 

Waya Timber ~ Sire-Sota Hota

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Future breeding dam for Majestic View.