So, Shiva is approximately 11 months old now and she absolutely loves riding in the car and going on walks. She just climbs right into the car as soon as the car door opens, no matter who the car belongs to. As well as just standing still while I put her harness on, since she knows she can't go out for a walk without the harness.

For those who don't know my big girl, Shiva is a 70 lb, approx. 85% arctic and grey wolf. She will probably end up at least 100 lbs as an adult. She has a little husky and a tad of malamute making up the last 15% of her blood. There are photos of her in my gallery, albeit, she's still growing so the photos are of a several months younger version of her.

She's great with kids, getting all quiet and gently licks faces with the very tip of her tongue. She even let a little girl hug her around the neck, and even cuter, tipped her head forward so her and the little girl were forehead to forehead while she got hugged.

Another small child had been eating Cheetos and had that cheesy stuff all over her one hand. All she had to do was to hold her hand up in the air and pet Shiva with the other hand. The thing is, Shiva never even tried for the cheese on her hand even though cheese is her favorite treat, after meat, and all she'd have had to do was to lift her muzzle about 3 inches to get the cheese off her hands.

She is also no longer afraid of other dogs on a walk, though some she may be a little cautious about. She even tries to play with some of them and will lay down onto her belly with her chin plastered to the ground in a effort to appear harmless and playful to get the dogs to come over. For the most part she ignores small dogs when they get aggressive or defensive with her, they just aren't big enough to be a threat to her. I swear she laughs at little toy dogs when they get all barky and lunge at her.

Shiva does behave differently around Samoyeds and other wolves. Haven't met many huskies or malamutes yet but I figure she'll behave differently with them too. It's like the whole language changes, here's another animal that understands her, like.

She got her first bath a week or so ago, yeah I waited a while but it was well worth it. She trusts me more now and would have panicked much earlier. She did struggle a bit when I tried to put her in the tub but she relaxed under the shower head fairly quickly and was ecstatic when she was released from the bathroom. She loves getting wet, though she wasn't wet for long. She shook about 4 times and was pretty much completely dry down to her skin.