Describe about Husky- 阿木

 

    My landlord has a husky dog, his name is “阿木” which means "wood", weight around 16~20kg, He is a working dog but not a guard dog. From his wolf-like appearance, he looks intimidating and big but extremely friendly, especially well-behaved around children. He is also very clean and odorless, and does not require frequent bathing, it smells milky or emits a pleasant aroma after bathing. He does not require more grooming on his thick coat, but still needs regularly, thoroughly brushing of his hair.

    He is intelligent and always asks me to walk him at least 3 times per day , regardless sunshine or rain. He has developed an awesome habit of begging me to go outside all the time. Anybody yells "GO OUT"(出門）, he paces around and harasses me, and focuses on me, until I put his breast strap on this front legs, he naturally becomes happy and excited to go out. I walk him around 30 minutes in after I wake up and after I get back home from work. Before I go to sleep, being generous, I will run with him, maybe  an hour tops. From the dog's perspective, I walk too far slowly but I never lose on leash. Fortunately he is not too strong enough to pull me behind, I still can control its movement.

    Amu is a fussy eater, it does not like to eat too much, it think human food is more palatable, and waits for humans to feed the food which remained from our meal. If not, he waits the last moment until all of us (including the companion dog, 鈴鈴) have finished our meal and he sometimes feel regret not to get some food earlier. Maybe he really does like a particular texture or flavor of food, for instance the sweet. He simply will not eat on the schedule we have chosen for him. He makes me so frustrated about how to feed him and let him get enough nutrition.