How many other Siberian Husky owners?

[Steve St.Laurent]

I noticed in a recent thread a mention of Siberian Huskies. I've always wanted a Husky (since I was a kid) and got my first 3 1/2 years ago. I know that Eric McBride (Stack'd'N'Jack'D) has also been a long time Husky owner - how many others are out there? In my experience Husky owner's are a breed apart (no other dog owners seem to understand our dogs) as are Cummins TD owners. Here's a picture of Nanuk - my "other" child!



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[EMDDIESEL]

I love Huskies, i have 2 and 3/4 dogs now (One only has 3 legs), no room for anymore. My neighbor has one, they are really sweet dogs, very friendly. The local shelter here has 2 huskies in there right now.

 

[DAWG-1]

TRY TWO !!!!!

In my experience Husky owner's are a breed apart (no other dog owners seem to understand our dogs) as are Cummins TD owners

I would definitly agree. We have two puppies that just turned one. Kodiak is a red and white, Thunder is copper and white. They are brothers and AKC papered. These are very friendly and smart (alic) dogs. They are going through their first fur blowing, very interesting. Thunder looks like a malnutritioned street mut and Kodiac is barely loseing any fur. They love too chew .

Sam.

 

[illflem]

I think Huskies are a great looking dog, but of the ones I've experenced all were chicken killers. I'm I just seeing the bad apples?

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

Cool - I knew there were others out there!! My sibe is an indoor dog so unforetunately he just shed's his coat year round (my wife HATES that!) rather than blowing it out twice a year. I bought my sibe from Karnovanda's kennel ( http://www.hometown.aol.com/karnovanda/index.html ) - 22 of the 30 dogs listed on his ancestry are AKC champions! He weighs in at 70 lbs so he's right at the top of the breed spec. Check out this picture of his half sibling - Ch. Karnovanda's The Life Of Riley (Ch. Karnovanda's I Love A Parade is their mom) and tell me there isn't a family resemblance - http://hometown.aol.com/karnovanda/dogs/riley.html !! If you look at this page - http://www.hometown.aol.com/karnovanda/html/aim.html - there's a pic in the lower right hand corner that could be a twin of Nanuk - no idea of the relation though, if any. I searched out a great breeder for a while before I bought Nanuk, she's been breeding huskies for over 40 years. Once my child (and hopefully children in the future) grow up then I'll start into the rescue effort - for now with a little one around I can't afford the risk.



-Steve

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

No illflem, you aren't seeing the bad apples. Huskies are just more wild than most dogs - they were only domesticated a little over a 100 years ago. Husky owners ABSOLUTELY must be the alpha dog and myself and my wife had to do (and continue to do) many alpha exercises with Nanuk. They have to know that YOU are in command - PERIOD. Nanuk surprised the heck out of me when he was about 1 1/2 when a bunny lept out from behind our swing set, Nanuk (at the end of a leash mind you) leaped and grabbed him by the neck, shook him (broke his neck) and then dropped at my feet. We had wabbit stew that night! He's repeated that 3 times since then, every time the rabbit tastes yummy! BTW, we also have a cat (JET BLACK) that Nanuk lives with fine - the cat was here before Nanuk. The cat (with no claws mind you) will hit Nanuk right in the face if he gets too cozy!! LOL



Now given that, Nanuk is a great pseudo parent for my daughter - he babysits her all the time (obviously not for extended periods of time alone). She does things to him that I'd never in a million years think of doing - munching up his ears, lifting his lips, stepping on him, etc, etc - and he just lies there! I couldn't think of a better dog to raise my daughter with! He never even nipped at her even when I would have!



As I said above Sibe owner's are a different breed - they are a HIGH maintenance animal, no doubt! The biggest mistake people make is buying a husky because they look cool, you have to research the breed, understand them, be willing to live with their idiosyncrasies, and be willing to be the leader of their "pack"! They are definately not an animal for everyone!!



-Steve

 

[ToolManTimTaylor]

Steve, I .....

Had two of 'em (One was Red/White) but the other (More a purebred Siberian) was a head turner God I loved 'em both (First was struck by a Logging truck when we lived in Vermont Go figure 280 acres and not a main road within a mile and a half) my last Ricky , ad to be put down Very arthitic with displaisia. Both were Hand trained Via visual hand command + Audiable by a lady who's actually done Gov't agency dog training and I think between both dogs they were smarter than myself. No matterv what ya wanted to do They allways thought they were LAP DOGS at the wrong moments. anyone got a tissue.

 

['956Wheel]

If you choose a breed that fits your lifestyle you will be pleased, too many folks do not know the breed they are getting. You will never change inate behaviors... and ,IMO, shouldn't. We own Standard Schnauzers and they really are part of the family, the older one is a Delta dog and we visit old folks homes... really makes the people happy. Mom is teaching the younger one ASL (American Sign Language), these girls are too smart. I show the young one and she is 5 points short of CH. at 19 months of age, owner handled! Thats where the Dodge comes in... DOG SHOWS!



Our neighbor has a Huskie... good with her grandkids, and is just the right dog for an active grandma!



Can't imagine life without dogs!



Mike

 

[DAWG-1]

Steve,

I also want to start a rescue. My first dealing with a Husky and I was hooked. I stop at the local pound anytime I'm in the area. Their was a lady and what appeared to be a husky. I go to the end of the parking and ask if she is giving him up. She said she just adopted him and the only problem was the husky (6mth) would have to stay in her mini van while she went to work (HomeDepot). I didn't figure that would go over to well. I gave her my phone # and told her to call if their was any problem. She called the next day and we met her in a parking lot, all she wanted was her $40 she gave for the dog. Boy, let me tell you that husky was very ripe. Straight to the pet store for shampoo and toys. We found him a girlfriend on 5 acres and we are able to visit him and his friend.

Anyway, we also rescued a declawed cat from our apartment before moving into our house. Then we went to PAWS (rescue) and picked him up a friend who is also declawed. Our orange cat from day one would not put up with the dogs, he would slap Kodiac on the nose till the dog would leave. Our black cat does not want anything to do with the dogs, he heads to a hiding spot when they come in. Well one day Thunder was escorted by both cats (hissing and meowing at the top of their lungs) down the hall into the bedroom where he stood in the corner and proceeded to wet himself LMAO. Thunder would not even go near them for a while. He was the one I kept an eye on around the cats.

 

[WOWZY]

I had one back in the early 80's and loved her to death. She (Candy) was great around children and loved to ride in any vehicle that she could get into.



I remember one Sunday after church she had vanished and we couldn't find her anywhere. 4 days later a man and his family pulled up in their stationwagon and came to the door with our beloved Candy. He explained that the Sunday before he had pulled over at my Grandfathers store (across the street from our house) to adjust the straps for the luggage on the roof of the stationwagon. He'd left the door open and Candy jumped in with family ready to go for a ride. He said that they tried to get her to get out but she wouldn't budge (Been there done that). He said those piercing blue eyes had him intimidated enough that he thought he might lose a hand if he tried to force her out. He said that he looked at her collar and saw that the address was right across the street and so he drove over to our house and rang the doorbell but no one was home.



He was running behind schedule ,meeting his brother on their way to Virginia Beach and decided that they would have to take her with them since she showed no aggressivness toward them.



He insured us that they took good care of her and that she enjoyed walks on the beach. She looked fine and we told the man that we appreciated her safe return.



At the time my family couldn't afford a trip to the beach, but atleast Candy got to go



Sadly Candy's love of riding would be her doom. My 2 brothers 5 & 7 at the time were playing in my Grandmothers car and Candy jumped in they forgot she was in there, got out and shut the door. It was about 100 degrees and well, I guess I don't need to tell you the rest. We sure miss her.

 

[willyslover]

not had the pleasure YET to have one or two. . my wife and I are gone to much right now. . wouldn't be fair to the dog... after I retire I WILL have them in my family... love the personality and attitude they have.

 

[JR2]

Had one when I was a kid, chena was a wonderfuly stupid dog. She would chew on rocks and get car sick when she rode in the truck. She did not listen to anyone and did what ever she wanted. But she would let my brother and I do anyting we wanted to her with no protest. There is a great pic of my little bro and me sitting on her, bro was 3 and I was six. She never even snarled at anyone. Lived for 13 years and I still miss her.



My second dog was a mutt, no idea what he was except he farted so bad that we figured he was part goat.

 

[dieselboy25]

Hey everyone,

Meet Seska.

Eric

 

[KennyM]

I have always wanted a Huskey. Were close we have a Samoyed. The Sammy only blows her coat twice a year and only needs combed once a month. How is the maintenance on a Husky. The Sammy is all white so there is no detectable fur lying around.



Ken

 

[hotel6]

Great dog

Steve- you have a good thread going here. We got a husky Sib/Sam cross when we were in finishing up college. This female (Kisha) was fantastic with our girls when they came along. Very protective and very concerned about the babies. As the kids grew older, Kisha would herd them in the yard to make sure they stayed in their area( we lived on base at Camp Pendleton then) One heck of a dog! JR2- you will be happy to know that we also had a Chena, she was a norweigan elkhound that found her way into our home when we lived in Anchorage. I figure she was an abandoned or runaway but she loved to run.

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

ttt

 

[Smokin 90]

My Wife and I have 4 dogs right now, one is a purebred Husky (Red) named TJ after my Jeep, the second one is a husky/pitbull mix already named Dakota which we got at the Humane Socitey, the third is named Scout and is a mix of somekind he looks like a long legged Beagle but has vivid blue eyes, the fourth one is a Wolf/Malamute cross and his name is Montana he is the most passive dog we have except when someone messes with me then he gets very protective, I got him from a no kill shelter in town. They are all outside dogs and only come in at night and can't wait to go out in the morning.



All of our dogs are very playfull and gentle, all of them are very good at catching rabbits, field mice and sometimes birds. They don't seem to make very good watch dogs as think of everyone as a friend they haven't met yet.



Best regards,

Kurt.

 

[Rams-n-Hogs]

We have a wolf/malamute mix, also. Ben, and he is the most laid back dog we've ever seen. Loves to run, though. Used to jump a 6-ft fence when we lived in Ak. Now he's older, (at least 10), though, so he settles for jumping 4-ft fences. Dakota is supposedly, purebred Siberian, but we have no papers. He's young and wild. Both dogs are extremely smart. All 5 dogs that have been part of our family the last 14 years have been some sort of husky mix. We let them pretty much do what they want, but they know when it's time to settle down. We always keep them inside, unless they tell us they want out. And we try and vacuum every day.



Jim

 

[HEMI®Dart]

A friend at my old job used to have a Husky. He said it was funny to watch the dog play in a fresh snowfall. The dog absolutely LOVED the snow.

 

[The patriot]

Originally posted by HEMI®Dart

A friend at my old job used to have a Husky. He said it was funny to watch the dog play in a fresh snowfall. The dog absolutely LOVED the snow.

My dog is like that in the snow.

She's part husky, well her mother was german shepherd, husky and wolf. Father was "some big black thing". We think her dad was border collie. Extremely smart. She's about 2 years old right now. Her name is Diamond.



Our newest dog is a pure bred german shepherd from europe.

5 generations of A or A+ hips, some show dog, and a championship biter is in her family tree.

I think someone told her that her primary job right now is destroying things. She's only a few months old.

We got her from here:

http://www.k9union.com/

Her name is (Frau) Rommel.

We want her to be a bit more protective/agressive than the mutt mentioned above. Diamond is the most dicile (sp?) dog I've ever seen. She wouldnt hurt a fly, but she does like chasing squirrels and cats.

I think the wolf in her makes her a bit skittish too.



I'll try to get some pictures up of the two of them.



We also have a Chihuahua. She pretty much sleeps, barks,farts and eats.



Eric