Americano Blue's musher/mushing chat thread

[theuglyduckling]

today i adopted a puppy
do you see anything in him?


i named him shakur (sha like in shut and kur like in core

 

[RezChamp]

Most of the races are fairly close to me so I'll most likely get to go but EagleCap is a ways a way.

Speaking of kill crazy dogs, my mom got this red/blue heeler who will attack just about any dog we own. He dang near killed my beloved collie/heeler (RIP Badger), he's attacked 4 of my males while they were on their tethers and 2 of them are missing the top halves of their ears now, and just last night he attacked a friend's pit bull mix (who has never hurt a fly) and his eye and face is super swollen now. Oh, and 2 separate times I had a male on a leash walking from the dog yard to the house and both times the heeler attacked them. Completely unprovoked. He is nice to people mostly but can NOT be around other dogs, cats, chickens, etc. Though he has bit me a time or two. Then when I discussed this with my parents they yelled at me saying that he wasn't going anywhere and he'd never learn not to fight. He is like 10-11 years old and we've had him for maybe a year. My mom only got him to breed to my sister's cowdog mutt so she could make more agressive, unresponsive, mutts that are probably gonna end up dead in a ditch (sad to say, but people around here are not very trustworthy). Anyways, this stupid heeler is a danger to dogs and other livestock as well as people and my mother refuses to do anything about it. Okay, rant over, lol.

River Honoring (or sometimes Lake Honoring) was when we got to learn about the habitats and animals and how the river/lake effected the animals. And we learned about the dam (which provides quite a bit of electricity as well as income for the tribes) and how they manage wildlife. Plus we got to play a bunch of really cool Native American games and eat fried bread. It's really fun and all but I'm not sure if many other places do it. The Salish, Kootenai, and Pend d'Oreille tribes are the main tribes here so we learn about their heritage and cultures.

OMGoodness. That's a horrible situation ain't it. I am happy for me that I don't have that prob, but sad for you. I wonder if he were neutered...
Fortunately you won't hafta put up with much longer... Well fortunately for your dogs anyway. He's old. Personally I'd put him down but sooner or later a stray/roaming K9 will happen along and that'd be the end of it. Or....he'll just die of old age. Or........you could play catch the axe wit him on a busy freeway.
I do not like aggressive dogs and/or killer dogs. In my yard they end up goin to the other world ASAP. Even if I have a ***** that whelped out a pup that grows up to be aggressive I get it put down or put it down myself. My responsibility ..... I believe...

River Honoring... Cool. Ya, we have something like that here too. But big money buys a lot of "faith" sad to say. Kind of embarrassed actually. My peoples are supposed to be the caretakers not the environmental rapists' pawns. I am proud to say that they(environmental rapists) haven't been able to afford my asking price though.

I think I need to start raising $$ so I can get to some races other than just the locals....here I mean. Dang. I think it'd be so cool to bring y'all up this way (at my invitation and expense) to attend and participate in a race that I would facilitate. I'd introduce y'all as "my BYC mushing thread doors". My wife of course would need to be recognized for that handle.

 

[RezChamp]

today i adopted a puppy do you see anything in him? i named him shakur (sha like in shut and kur like in core

Aw! That is one sweet pic. He looks like Anatolian Shepard Cool name. What does it mean in English.(LOL No use asking you what it means translated to ininimotan)

 

[RezChamp]

Well my parents are closer to letting me get more dogs. I've gotten to knowsome new mushers and I've been told what type of dog I should try to breed Meringue too. In fact my friend said she would buy one from me if I get a stud like she suggested. 

Awesome! 

Oh I've wanted to train Cindy to do that for me but I have no idea how to get started. Any tips?

Blue. I simply love your signature. I firmly be
I've it's the truth. My true culture has so many ceremonies that celebrate that at one or more levels of our humanity.
Thank you so very, very much for posting that thought process in such a straight forward non offensive manner. May I use that in my presentations?

 

[RezChamp]

Blue. I simply love your signature. I firmly be
I've it's the truth. My true culture has so many ceremonies that celebrate that at one or more levels of our humanity.
Thank you so very, very much for posting that thought process in such a straight forward non offensive manner. May I use that in my presentations?

Ooooops!! That was supposed to say"I firmly believe it's the truth".

 

[theuglyduckling]

Aw! That is one sweet pic. He looks like Anatolian Shepard
Cool name. What does it mean in English.(LOL No use asking you what it means translated to ininimotan)

lol i actually have no idea what his name means. my fiance is into tupac and tupacs real name is shakur so i just chose that it sounded lie a strong name.

i gotta look that dog up i think he might have some lab but not 100 percent sure his siblings were chocolate and reminded me of labs. he was the only one with that color. he is only 6 weeks got him from the shelter.

 

[RezChamp]

lol i actually have no idea what his name means. my fiance is into tupac and tupacs real name is shakur so i just chose that it sounded lie a strong name.

i gotta look that dog up i think he might have some lab but not 100 percent sure his siblings were chocolate and reminded me of labs. he was the only one with that color. he is only 6 weeks got him from the shelter.

Yes please do look it up. I find it interesting to know what names mean.
That's why I have chosen to use ininimota in naming my K9's. It has deep meaning thusly deep effects

 

[theuglyduckling]

Yes please do look it up. I find it interesting to know what names mean.
That's why I have chosen to use ininimota in naming my K9's. It has deep meaning thusly deep effects

i looked it up on google and if google is correct it says it means "servant of the most thankful".

he is a very smart dog i think he is shepherd and labrador mix. he is learning pretty fast. i took him to the vet today and he weighs 5.7 pounds.

 

[Americano Blue]

So Blue, you more into Euro hound type? or the real Alaskan type? I don't know to feel happy or sad for you....getting more dogs. I feel it my duty to warn you it's addictive. Next thing is more sleds, then more rope, then more........, higher quality feed, more vitamins, different decor era/ deworming methods, different collars, harnesses, style is of housing.. By the time you're 40 you may have everything your own way only to find you want to take a different direction.
Actually I can't say for sure what will happen only that I have seen it happen that way often. Good luck my girl.

Rosie girl.."anxiety alert dog"...wow. Never heard of that. Mind you I guess if a K9 can be taught to signal people when they detect prostate cancer they can also be taught to signal us when they detect anxiety too. Good-on-ya. I could've used that a few years ago. I don't think I'll ever train any K9's for anything but mushing from now on but LMK how your training progresses.

Char...I work for the local garden centre parttime and the landfill/recycling depot part time. Along with everything I do at home my day starts about 5or6AM and I'm lucky if I get to bed before1130PM. Most of the time I don't get to watch an entire episode of my fave NETFLIX show/series. Starting to slow down a bit tho...so maybe this crazy old man can have a little time to relax before mushing season.....although it's very unlikely.


Long story here.... Astoundingly I have some time this evening.
There is a tribe of PreColumbian people that live in Arizona area(Navajo) and some more in the northern areas between the Cree and the Eskimo. Most people use a politically incorrect term calling them Chipawon, an English bastardization of a Cree word"chipweyan"suffixed from tchipwaw meaning it is sharp/pointed. It refers to the pointed hood parkas that they wore. So essentially it means he/she is pointed hood people.
Dene is the word for the tribe to refer to themselves as. It means "human being".
Cree is actually an English batardization of a French word sounding something like cree ay. I think it refers to " in the process of being in/with creation". I call myself Ininu(in nih new). It means "human being".
Also, Eskimo is an English bastardization of an Ininimotan word"askimiw" which translates to earth dweller in English. I am absolutely miffed as to how it got to mean "eater of raw meat" or "cannibal". So.....Inuit. It means "human being". Qimmiq is the word the Inuit use for dog.
So..
..Tsi is Dene for dog. This Tsi were very wolf looking. Coat colours, eyes, long slender legs, deep narrow chests. The only way they were different than wolves was their tail curled like a Qimmiq and occasionally clolored similar to a Qimmiq since they were occasional cross-breedings to them.
Oh ya, I used "were" and "was" is because due to a government implemented plan to erradicate independence of an entire people, a wonderful tough, hardworking, loyal, friendly, deep snow sled-dog is to my knowledge now amongst the many extinct preColumbian dogs of NorthAmerica.
I think my dog Stinky was amongst the last of the breed. He was actually part genetic Manitoba Timber Wolf. Even though he very much looked the part of the original Tsi with the ArcticWolf and TundraWolf infusions his line was diluted with Manitoba Timber Wolf.
I have his grit grandkids here albeit very diluted with Sibe, Qimmiq and a touch of Mal. That's my "Birthday Brood". Hopefully I'll get on here more in the near future and get some pix up to show y'all.

Long stories I love. Yup, getting old. . Yup....love my dogs and mushing....and history.... ....and dog history. LOL.
HAGD

2 y'all

I like Seppalas and Alaskan Huskies. I bought a new little girl named Arrow on Friday and she is an Alaskan

 

[Americano Blue]

Blue. I simply love your signature. I firmly be
I've it's the truth. My true culture has so many ceremonies that celebrate that at one or more levels of our humanity.
Thank you so very, very much for posting that thought process in such a straight forward non offensive manner. May I use that in my presentations?

Totally!