{"id":12210,"date":"2014-02-25T23:24:28","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T07:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/?p=12210"},"modified":"2014-02-25T23:24:28","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T07:24:28","slug":"siberian-husky-puppy-pictures-first-3-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/siberian-husky-puppy-pictures-first-3-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Siberian Husky Puppy Pictures – First 3 Months"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the year 2011, we got a Siberian Husky puppy.<\/p>\n

She has blue eyes, big ears, and looks a bit like a gray wolf. As a puppy, she was a very energetic little bundle of fur, but she also has a very sweet, and affectionate disposition.<\/p>\n

After much deliberation, we decided to name her Lara, after a super-powerful vampire girl from The Dresden Files<\/a>. This character captures puppy’s personality very well. Puppy can be brave and fierce, especially while rough-housing with my two other dogs, but she can also be sugar and spice when looking for tummy rubs and treats.<\/p>\n

Husky Lara is now over 3 years old, so I thought it would be fun to create a picture chronicle of her first 3 months.<\/p>\n

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Husky Puppy Pictures – 5 Weeks Old<\/h2>\n
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Lara is the front puppy with the floppy ears and pink nose!<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n

We visited Lara when she was only 5 weeks old. At 5 weeks, the puppies are already play-biting and able to learn simple commands with reward training techniques.<\/p>\n

However, they still spend a fair amount of time sleeping, as you can see in the picture below.<\/p>\n

Another interesting thing to note is that most of the Husky puppies have floppy ears (see right). Siberian Husky puppies are born with floppy ears, which usually become erect as they mature. The Husky face mask will also lighten as puppy gets older, especially around the eyes.<\/p>\n

Lara had a cute pink nose when she was 5 weeks old. In general, Siberian Huskies have darker pigmentation on their nose, in order to protect it from sun-burn.<\/p>\n

It is best not to remove a puppy from the litter until she is at least 8 weeks old. Very young puppies learn important lessons from their mother and litter-mates, including how to properly interact with other dogs, as well as how to control the force of their bites. Here is more on the risks of taking a puppy home too early.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n\nA pile of Siberian Husky puppies sleeping peacefully in their pen\/enclosure (5 weeks old).\n
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At 5 weeks old, the puppies still spend a fair amount of time sleeping.<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/span>\n\nSiberian Husky puppy boy doing a Sit (5 weeks).\n
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At 5 weeks, the puppies can already learn simple commands with reward training techniques.<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/span>\n\nSiberian Husky puppy-pile (5.5 weeks old). Front puppy awake with perky ears, all other puppies asleep.\n
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This is Achilles, Lara's brother. He was the first puppy in the litter to have perky ears.<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
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Husky Puppy Pictures – 8.5 Weeks Old<\/h2>\n
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When Lara reached 8.5 weeks old, we brought here home. These are the first pictures we took on that day.<\/p>\n

She was tiny, but full of vim and curiosity. I started with puppy obedience training right away, and Lara quickly learned the words Sit and Down, on her very first day. She is a very clever puppy!<\/p>\n

Note that her ears are now perky, and her pink nose is mostly filled in with dark pigmentation.<\/p>\n

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\n\nSiberian Husky puppy with soft-toy in mouth (8.5 weeks old).\n
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Siberian Husky puppy with soft-toy in mouth (8.5 weeks old).<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/span>\n\nLittle Siberian Husky puppy Lara playing with her toys.\n
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Little Siberian Husky puppy Lara playing with her toys.<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/span>\n\nHusky puppy doing a down command together with attention focus.\n
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Husky puppy doing a down command together with attention focus.<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
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Husky Puppy Pictures – 9 Weeks Old<\/h2>\n
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At 9 weeks old, Husky puppy is still very small. However, she is also fierce, and not afraid to mix-it-up with the two larger adult dogs.<\/p>\n

At the bottom, I have three pictures that compare the size of puppy with an adult Siberian Husky.<\/p>\n

It is a good idea to supervise puppy very closely when she is playing with larger dogs. During a rigorous play session, Lara got accidentally stepped on by Shiba Inu Sephy, and sprained her rear leg. As a result, she had to go through a very unpleasant vet visit, and endure leg pain for several days after that.<\/p>\n

We were lucky it wasn’t anything more serious. After this fun<\/em> experience, I made sure to keep her on-leash while playing outside, and to have many small play-breaks so that nobody gets over-excited.<\/p>\n

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\n\nBig Siberian Husky playing with Husky puppy in a Yin-Yang symbol.\n
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Husky Yin and Yang - Look at the size difference between a puppy and an adult Siberian Husky.<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/span>\n\nSiberian Husky Shania and Husky Puppy Lara playing\n
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Puppy Lara is small but fierce.<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/span>\n\nHusky puppy Lara lying flat on the ground (9 weeks old) while playing with adult Husky Shania. Shania is standing tall with her tail towards the camera.\n
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Husky Puppy Pictures – 10 Weeks Old<\/h2>\n
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Husky Puppy Pictures – 10 Weeks Old. Sephy has accepted Husky puppy into his circle of trust.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n

At this point, Lara is fitting in well with the other dogs.<\/p>\n

In the beginning, Shiba Sephy was somewhat stand-offish towards puppy. However, I did a lot of group obedience training sessions, and introduced puppy to the other dogs<\/a> in a very positive and rewarding context.<\/p>\n

After about 10 days, Sephy accepted puppy into his very exclusive Shiba-circle-of-trust<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Group dog obedience training sessions are fun, and gives the dogs positive experiences when they are together.<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/span>\n\nSiberian Husky puppy (in shadow) working on a frozen Kong.\n
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Frozen Kongs are a great way to help drain hyper puppy energy.<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/span>\n\nHusky puppy sleeping under the arm of man who is typing on his computer keyboard.\n
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Husky puppy Lara is learning how to use the computer!<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
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Husky Puppy Pictures – 11 to 12 Weeks Old<\/h2>\n
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Now that puppy is 11 weeks old, we are socializing her to a range of new experiences.<\/p>\n

The weather is getting warmer so we brought out the little dog pool to see if Lara would enjoy the cool water. She was curious initially, but quickly lost interest. Instead, she prefers to put her head below the water spigot and have a shower!<\/p>\n

Note how fast Husky puppy is growing! You can see in the pictures below that she is now almost Shiba-size.<\/p>\n

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\n\nThree dogs lying together in the living room after a play session. Husky puppy is biting on rubber tire toy. Group-shot.\n
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Husky puppy is now almost Shiba-size.<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/span>\n\nThree dogs playing in the backyard. Husky puppy in the middle, Shiba play bitting from top, adult Husky play bitting from bottom.\n
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Fun play session with Husky puppy holding her own against Sephy and Shania.<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/span>\n\nAdult Husky lying on back next to Husky puppy.\n
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Siberian Husky Puppies<\/h2>\n

What do you think of Siberian Husky puppies?<\/p>\n

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