Yarrow, Alaskan Noble Companion Dog
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Thanks everyone for the compliments! I'm a bit of a dummy and can't figure out PMs so I'll just answer the questions on here (and that way everyone can see them).
Basically I have always loved wolves and wolfy looking dogs. I was fascinated by the idea of a wolfdog but it was important to me to be able to DO stuff with my dogs, as well. I have horses and go on long rides and the dogs come along offleash, they need to be reliable around livestock and deer, etc. And I wanted a dog I could do a lot of training with. I found the ANCD when there was still absolutely NO info online, so it took a lot of digging around. I put down my deposit spring of '11 and got Yarrow April '12.
He's an awesome boy! He is super laid back and sweet, very affectionate with his family, wonderful with other dogs, very submissive. He's extremely intelligent (like, crazy-smart), he can be independent but not in a bad way, very food and toy driven (he loves his tug!). He is great offleash, loves his car rides, not destructive, no hint of separation anxiety, good around horses/cats/goats/chickens/etc.
Here's a video from back when he was 13 weeks doing some of his "routine" (obviously pretty basic but off to a good start I think!) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFE7S8CSI9w
His only fault is that he is a bit timid with strangers. Something we're working on and definitely seeing progress with.
I would like to dabble in rally obedience and agility, and try out some herding with him. Also, I already have a harness and a little kicksled so we will definitely be doing some mushing, too!
All in all I'm absolutely thrilled with him. He's my big baby! At 6 almost 7 months he is over 70lbs and 27.5 inches tall (I haven't weighted or measured him in a couple weeks so he might be bigger now).
I'm happy to answer any more questions about him
Basically I have always loved wolves and wolfy looking dogs. I was fascinated by the idea of a wolfdog but it was important to me to be able to DO stuff with my dogs, as well. I have horses and go on long rides and the dogs come along offleash, they need to be reliable around livestock and deer, etc. And I wanted a dog I could do a lot of training with. I found the ANCD when there was still absolutely NO info online, so it took a lot of digging around. I put down my deposit spring of '11 and got Yarrow April '12.
He's an awesome boy! He is super laid back and sweet, very affectionate with his family, wonderful with other dogs, very submissive. He's extremely intelligent (like, crazy-smart), he can be independent but not in a bad way, very food and toy driven (he loves his tug!). He is great offleash, loves his car rides, not destructive, no hint of separation anxiety, good around horses/cats/goats/chickens/etc.
Here's a video from back when he was 13 weeks doing some of his "routine" (obviously pretty basic but off to a good start I think!) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFE7S8CSI9w
His only fault is that he is a bit timid with strangers. Something we're working on and definitely seeing progress with.
I would like to dabble in rally obedience and agility, and try out some herding with him. Also, I already have a harness and a little kicksled so we will definitely be doing some mushing, too!
All in all I'm absolutely thrilled with him. He's my big baby! At 6 almost 7 months he is over 70lbs and 27.5 inches tall (I haven't weighted or measured him in a couple weeks so he might be bigger now).
I'm happy to answer any more questions about him