(Huskies howling) "Aroooooo!"
Oakley, I love you!
(barks)
I love you too!
Well Oakley, everybody wants to know your story.
They want to know, why we got you and all other stuff.
I guess we're gonna tell them real quick.
I'll try not to be to boring in the story. Right Shelby?
I'm trying not to be too boring...
Couple of weeks ago, about two (2) weekends ago...
You guys may had seen us, up north on vacation hiking back to the frozen waterfalls.
I had taken my computer so, that I can empty my cameras, whenever we film and upload with pictures.
I got an e-mail from a friend of mine, who had said...
She had got this Husky and I should check that out.
You guys had to understand that, because I already have two (2) Huskies
and because I work at the deli, I get a lot of people that contact me
and say, "Oh! I got a Husky! You should come and see it!"
"Oh! I found a Husky that's FREE! You should come and take it!"
Well... We can't save them all!
But, I get that a lot...
Anyway, this girl message me and said, "I went and took this dog in Petoskey (MI) which is like 120 miles away if that."
"She's really nice and really friendly and she really needs a home."
"You should check her out."
At first, I was like, "OK... You know..."
We kind went back and forth about getting another dog.
We really wanted to get another dog that would be able to pull the sled with Shelby.
Of course, it wasn't the only reason why, we wanted another dog.
We wanted to adopt a Husky for a long time.
When we moved to the bigger house, we kept saying that we would get a third (3rd) one.
So, I started talking to her, that night in a hotel room. She sent me a link to the pictures of Oakley.
I showed them to Jamie and he's gone... "Oh! She's really cute... Blah, blah, blah...
The ad said she was about 2 years old.
Anyway, we did kind of talked about it.
Not really decided anything.
Couple of days went by and I had, been talking back and forth with the old owner of Oakley,
she sent me a bunch of pictures and I kept showing them to Jamie.
He kept saying... "Oh! She's really pretty!"
All this while, we understood she was about two (2) years old.
We decided to have them, go ahead and bring her over.
The old owners were willing to bring her with all their stuff, to our house so that she could meet Shiloh and Shelby.
So, that in case something did not worked out, they could go ahead and take her home.
Instead of us driving over there and getting her, coming here and having an hour work out and driving her all the way back
or, finding a place for her to go.
So, they brought Oakley to the house.
The reason I did not tell you guys, that Oakley was coming,
was because if that did not worked out, I didn't wanted you guys to be sad...
I did not wanted you to be upset... Getting excited that we were getting another dog
and then, upset you if that did not worked.
So, they brought Oakley to our house, on Sunday and she did really well with Shiloh and Shelby too.
They did really well... (barks and howls)
I know! (howls)
I love you too!
She did really well with Shiloh and Shelby. They got along great, so we told the old owners that we would take her.
We did noted that she was definitely, not two (2) years old.
Jamie and I, pretty much knew that right away.
So, we took her to the vet and would had been Monday.
I took her to the vet to get her updated on all her shots and everything like that.
We contacted the old owners again, to ask them to give me whatever information they could had from the shelter.
Because, they had her originally adopted Oakley from...
I'm not gonna say the name of the shelter.
They had originally adopted Oakley from a shelter, not our local shelter.
But, a different shelter. The people at the shelter, had told them, that Oakley was only a year old.
I actually had the paperwork from that shelter stating that Oakley was supposedly a year old.
So, the people, whom we got her, were too young and they really had no reason to believe the shelter would lied to them and make up
that younger age for the dog.
When we took Oakley to the vet, I told Dr. Knight, our veterinarian...
We we're not sure how old Oakley was and we knew she was older than two (2) but, we're not sure how old she was.
Dr. Knight looked her teeth and looked her nails and did all that stuff...
He gave us a good guess that, Oakley is probably a middle aged Husky.
Anywhere between five (5) and seven (7) years old. Maybe older...
Not really sure...
That was their guess. Sometimes is hard to tell, because if the dog...
We don't know... We know the dog was in really good hands with the previous owners.
The people that we got her from, did an awesome thing with her and were very good to her.
I still talk to her. She watches Oakley's videos. Can you say hi? Can you say hi? Oakley?
Oakley? Can you say hi, to your old mommy and daddy? Can you talk? Oakley can you talk?
Tell me!
I know, you are gonna get up now.
What? What? Can you say hi to them? Say hi! (howls)
Oh! I know! (barks)
I know! (howls)
Shelby likes to make noises when Oakley makes noises too.
You are going back in the couch now, if you want. (barks)
Uh... You can!
Anyway, they did really... The problem that they had with Oakley, was that they live in a two bedroom apartment
and they go to school full time. They work a lot and they had Oakley for a little bit over a year and was just getting
to the point, where... You know, they just did not had enough time for her.
they did the right thing and re-homed the dog.
I completely agreed they did the right thing.
Oakley needed a yard and she needed more attention that what she was getting.
Anyway, when we went to the vet, we found out that Oakley was a bit older.
We also found out, if you guys had noted the one eye on this side, you can see is kind of runny.
She actually has... I don't think she will let me show it to you.
It's really hard to see because it's small.
There's a little, tiny bump on this side of that eye.
They call it like, an eyelid tumor, but is not really a tumor. Is more like a warth.
The vet said, that Oakley does rub it. Not a lot, but a little bit.
The vet said that's something that we should be taking care of.
They have to put her under, to take care of it.
What we're gonna do is, when we have them removed, which is gonna be removed,
where also gonna have cleaned her teeth, because she's probably never cleaned her teeth in her entire life.
They're kind of starting to look bad.
Just to be sure, we're gonna have her teeth cleaned and hopefully we don't cope with any major teeth issues in the future.
Shiloh? That bed... This is Oakley's bed that came with Oakley.
She's not laid in it yet, since she's been here. Yesterday, Shiloh decided it was her bed.
Now, since Oakley has seem to have stolen the couch, which Shiloh has laid on the couch or the chair, or that chair.
Shiloh's favorite chair is that chair. Don't feel bad that she's not on the couch.
But, she's now claimed this bed as her own.
The fireplace right here, when the fireplace is on, this is Shiloh's favorite spot.
There Oakley!
Anyway, back to the story, I told you this is kind of long rambling video.
Not good at doing this! Do you guys want to hear it?
They want to hear it, didn't they?
I know, they want to hear it!
Don't worry! Shiloh and Shelby are still getting just as much love!
I know you are!
Where did I forgot to say anyway...
The other thing the vet said, is that Oakley's hips don't... (dog sneeze)
Bless you! Bless you! Bless your face!
Oakley's hips seems to be really fine, but her back knees or back legs are slightly creaking or clicking as she calls it.
She thinks is a beginners stage of arthritis.
What we have done for Oakley is that we got her on a liquid glucosamine that we added to her food.
We actually started to adding it to Shiloh and Shelby's food too because, even thought they get the vitamin supplements
which the three (3) of them now get, the liquid glucosamine is really good for their joints.
I know! I know!
You are so silly! You are so silly!
We started giving them all of that and we're gonna monitor...
The other thing is that Oakley seems to lay down really slow when we think it's maybe because
she did not have a whole ton of exercise and now, she's been out in the yard, running around and playing with Shiloh and Shelby.
Probably pulling some muscles too, according to the vet.
She's been here one week today and we noted a huge difference in the swollen of the leg being down and a bit of whining she would do.
She would lay down and she's definitively doing a lot less.
She's been on glucosamine since. Tuesday, they said would take a week before we would notice any difference.
I also think... I know, you just want me to rub your belly. I know!
I also think that, the fact that Oakley's being going outside every day and exercising with Shiloh and Shelby is helping.
Her weight? The vet said she probably needs to loose about five (5) to eight (8) pounds
She is not... Fat... She's a little bit over weight, is what she said.
She said five (5) to eight (8) pounds, she would probably loose.
She would look up a lot more like Shelby if she looses that weight.
I mean, different color of course, but same type of body built.
Sled point... I don't know... (whines)
Shelby? Shelby! I'm trying to tell a story!
I'm trying to tell a story! OK? OK? Can I tell a story now? (whines)
Thank you! (whines)
Ah! Thank you! (stops whines)
As for point sled, I don't know if she will be able to do it.
The vet said that, you should probably won't do it this year, mainly because it's supposed to be 40 some degrees this weekend,
I'm sure this week and all the snow we got will melt anyway.
She will be a little overweight and it not ready for it.
We're gonna exercise with her during summer, give her bit more and maybe next year, depending on what the vet says,
we may let her try. The vet said that Oakley should be OK to do it.
Would take it slow. Same thing with agility.
She's starting agility again and doing agility with Shelby too.
Shiloh has no interest with it, which is why I don't do it with Shiloh.
I'm gonna see if Oakley wants to do it. Tomorrow is the first day and she's gonna be a beginner class
and Shelby is gonna be in the advance class.
Which this Wednesday, I'm gonna show you footage from the agility that we been doing,
with Shelby from the last class.
We're gonna give it a try with Oakley and see if she likes it tomorrow.
If she doesn't like it, I'm not gonna make her do it, if I think is gonna be too much for her.
I'm not gonna make her do it.
The vet said, she can go ahead and try it. That should not be...
Too much on her. (background noise)
What are you doing? (background noise)
(laughter)
The broom fell...
We're going to inspect! The broom fell, go check it out!
You just lay here, don't go anywhere Shi!
Anyway, yeah...
For any of you that had actually listened to this long rant - rambling on Oakley's story.
Shelby, getting a ball?
I appreciate it. It's kind of... I did not mean to ramble, but...
Is for once, kind of long story and hard to short it and leave it, but I knew you guys would have so many questions.
Just feel free to ask any questions. Leave us comments. Ask us questions.
I still try to respond every single comment we get, which is becoming harder, as the channel grows more and more.
I tried to take the time to do that. You can also... You know, Facebook.com/GoneToTheSnowdogs
Twitter.com/Gone2TheSnowdog (Without 's')
That's our Twitter page. Links down below.
You can always contact us and ask us questions. We really do appreciate it.
I love talking with you guys!
Doing this with the dogs is fun. But, being able to share their lives with you...
Makes it so much more fun.
There the 'Jeep!'
Let's see if we can show you guys...
It's really bright white! It's bright white Oakley!
It's it gonna focus?
There it is!
We got quite a lot of snow. We got our...
I think, they said... We're supposed to get some fifteen (15) inches.
I think we probably got all of that.
Be sure to check our vlog channel YouTube.com/SnowDogsVlogs
Which the dogs are on the channel a lot. You can actually see more of our day to day lives.
Not just... themed videos that we try to do in this channel.
Really? Oh! Before you guys ask, I'm sure you notice this...
The Shiloh and Shelby stained glass.
If you are watching this video... Can we have one of Oakley too?
I'll ask her if she'll make one. I'll will.
There's the long rambling story about our newest addition, Oakley.
She's doing great.
She has integrated into the pack very well.
She... We haven't had any issues, so far.
None at all.
She's a little bit toy possesive, like she got something and Shelby wants to see it. She does tends to growl a bit.
But, she's never snap out her and I can reach and grab the toys. That's not a big issue.
That's probably... Down in the back door. She don't like the back door.
But now, she goes in and out without any issue.
There you go. That's the story of Oakley.
She's doing really well.
Can you tell everybody 'Hi' Oakley? (barks)
Oh my goodness! (barks)
Oakley likes to talk! You like to talk Oakley?
(barks)
I love you! (barks)
I love you too!
(barks)
(howls)
I love you too! (barks)
Shelby, I love you! (howls)
Shiloh, I love you too! (barks)
I love you! (barks)
I loooove Youuuu!
I love you too Shi!
Shiloh is like, "Stop with all the noise! I was sleeping!"
Thanks for watching you guys! (barks)
We will see you on Wednesday!
Right? Will see you on Wednesday!
Goodbye!
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