With the painful lose of Chinook it was a few months before the family took on another dog. With a phone call from a friend who fosters dogs fro OSPCA we were asked to take on a rather rambunctious husky that was coming from another foster home in Montreal. When Tucker arrived in our home he was so drugged up his eyes were crossed and he could barley hold himself up. The last thing the poor guy needed was a bunch of people standing all over him so taking him out side we put him in the back yard on a chain and showed him his house. From there he just dropped down and slept. So here we were with a dog so overly drugged we were wondering if he'd have brain damage at 7 o'clock at night, luckily it was a weekend cause poor tucker was going to wake up in the middle of the night in a strange smelling and looking place after a long confusing day. Tucker was an interesting case, this high energized husky escaped from a kennel near Ottawa as a puppy freshly weekend and sauntered his way to Montreal in a few months. It was there that he was found near a set of train track and brought to the animal care center where he was quickly sent to a foster home due to his overly hyper destructive attitude of the kennel. Within the year We were called to take him, now tucker had never bit anyone but then again he'd never been given the option to even try. So here we were with a dog that had little background in his history other than knowing he needs a good solid run to take his energy out, we knew he was aggressive as well, but we were at a loss. Then he woke up, knowing he'd never been abused we knew we were safe from his attack, there was no fear in his eyes only confusion. Glenn approached him first and was fully sniffed for his effort, with his nose to the underside of Glenn's hand all the breaths we'd been holding let loose as he started to pet Tucker.
Now with all of our dogs we can walk in to their circles where they eat separately and pet, touch anything even removed their bowls right out from under their mouths if we needed to. Now YOU NEVER take food from an animal not only is it dangerous but it's also cruel. Now we do at times need to remove a bowl, later I'll get to Sawyer who if we don't take it away when he eats to fast he has seizures. Tucker still to this day if you are not myself or Glenn you can not go near him as he eats, not even Glenn's mother has our luck, but that's only because we spend the active time with him. Trust is key but so is companionship, if you don't show him the love you don't get any.
With the first night over and the painful howling calls of Tucker missing his old home at an end we harnessed him up and cut him loose behind the team out on the Forrest trails. He ran hard and he ran fast but within the first month we knew Tucker wasn't a sled dog, he doesn't like to play well with the team. I figured out quickly Tucker is a one man team. a perfect Ski-jor dog or even just a jogging companion Tucker but he doesn't like to run in a pack. Knowing what we know about Tucker he's become a pet at the moment, he doesn't race or run with the team but he does play a jog with Glenn. One day if the right partner is found for him Tucker may one day go to a new home, but for now he's happy and safe with us at BadDog Racing Kennels
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