As they say “everything is relative”  We were thrilled one day when Kiara dashed into the house and ran out the door with the tv remote.  A wonderful sign that they were becoming normal huskies. Both dogs are now comfortable in the house and love exploring. Kiara will let me pet her all over when she is in the house. She is a little more skittish outside. Tavie remains more shy than her sister and will only allow me to pet her while she is eating.  

They have made friends with all of the dogs here.  They spend a lot of time playing with our other fosters Rusty and Foley.  

We keep them in a large play yard right next to the house so they can come in and out of the house easily  and have as much contact with us and the other dogs as possible.  It helps them a lot to see the other dogs enjoy getting lots of pets and hugs.

We live in an open range area which means we have cattle visit us now and then.

Tavie and Kiara weren’t sure what to think the first time one of the cows wondered into our yard.  It didn’t take them long to get comfortable with the cattle and they even made friends with a few of them.

The only big problem with this arrangement is that  they are eating our house. Even worse than that they start eating the house at 4:30 am. Our house is a cedar log home. The girls have decided that it is great fun to claw at the house and pull off pieces of the wood to chew on. I have started to teach them what no means, but all corrections for them must be very very gentle. We tried every thing we could think of , including spraying the side of our house with bitter apple. Nothing was working. As a last resort we have had to staple chicken wire along the entire side of our house. For the first week or so they spent a lot of time trying to take down the wire. Much to our relief they finally seem to have decided that it is just to much work now to eat the house. The house is ok but the door will never be the same again. It is a good thing that they are both so adorable.

Tavie and Kiara still have a long way to go and progress will continue to be a slow process of giving them lots of love and patience. Unless there are some major changes it will be several months before I post another update. I still have hopes that Tavie and Kiara will eventually feel secure and confident enough to be adopted by some lucky family.