Dog of the Week: Sila!

Please put your paws together for Sila, our Dog of the Week!

Silatujaq (Sila) is a 7 - 8 week old male husky mix. He is an intelligent, energetic playful pup. Sila is looking for a family that will give him all the love and attention he so deserves, as well as continuing his training and enrolling him in puppy/obedience classes.


Sila's Story

We are Tom and Mary Ann, the finders of this little lost puppy. We live in Kangiqsujuaq (Wakeham Bay), Quebec, an Inuit community on the Hudson Strait.

We first heard this little puppy on the night of Saturday, October 29th, but couldn't find him. On Sunday morning, we heard his cries again and crawled underneath a school to pull him out. He had spent the night in the cold and looked like he hadn't been fed in over a week. He wouldn't have made it another night - there were even crows waiting for him.

When we brought him home, his front left paw had been really injured and he couldn't put weight on it. We heard that a group of teens had been kicking him the night before. He was very skinny, stinky and fell over when he tried to walk. He ate lots that first day, took a nice warm bath and, of course slept the day away. At this point we guessed his birthday to have been October 1.

We hung posters and made an announcement on the local radio station in attempt to find his owners, but nobody came forward. We decided to send him down south where you could care for him and he could see a vet.

He has caught on to the house training and crate training pretty well and he loves to play. He can be a bit skittish, but also very loving and cuddly once he knows whom to trust. We named him "Silatujuq" [Sill-a-toy-yuck], "brave" in Inuktitut. He now answers to "Sila", which happens to mean "outside", which is appropriate because that's where we found him!

We hope you love and enjoy Sila as much as we have.

A big thank you from Hopeful Hearts to Tom, Mary Ann and Kassandra for rescuing this lovely little boy!

If you can find it in your heart to give Sila the forever home that he so desperately deserves, please email adopting@hopefulhearts.ca.


UPDATE: Sila has been adopted!