Kappa!

Wow.

The puppy mill Eskies are quite a pitiful bunch. My own little Eskimo has some crazy behaviours that unfortunately are proving quite common for the rest of the group too.

She barks. All the time. No kidding, this little girl barks like, 24/7. She also walks in circles while she barks. Just around and around and around. She also loves to tear up my clothing, but that's a forgivable puppy thing.

After a few baths and about 16 hours of brushing (that's not exaggerating), she looks pretty decent. Pretty darn cute even.

I named her Kappa.

For two reasons - the first because Kappa are old folklore creatures who are described as "mischievous troublemakers" (a very accurate description of this little pup!) and secondly I named her after the Phi Theta Kappa honour society.

Now that I've had her awhile, she is settling down. I've been able to interrupt the barking and teach her some of the basics like sit, down, leash walking, housetraining, and of course a recall.

While she doesn't bark at me or at the walls anymore, she does still bark at Daz.

Although she's really smart and caught onto clicker training instantly, she still hasn't caught onto is the fact that Dazzle hates her. Honestly, I don't blame Daz because Kappa frequently does stupid things like, oh I don't know, jump on her head:

Dazzle isn't shy about expressing her opinions.

Anyway, after a month here little miss Kappa has actually turned into a wonderful, well adjusted, little dog. Upon returning to the Humane Society she got adopted almost instantly. Perhaps because she's so darn cute.

I will certainly miss her, but truth be told, I do hope my next foster is not an Eskimo.

Are they cute? Yes.

Are they sane? Not so much.

I think I've seen enough of these white fluffy dogs for a little while. There are still quite a few living at the Seattle Humane Society waiting for homes, and plenty more getting some much needed TLC in foster homes before they go up for adoption.

Are they photogenic? Well, yes.