Thank you Tali, I may take you up on that if needed.


I have put out a few feelers already with my sister and her hubby..they know lots of country folk since they live in a rural area. She would have taken it in, but they already have 3 labs. I just want to make sure he gets a real home, not somebody that just wants him for his looks.

My puppy's best friend is a full grown husky. They are smart, aloof make the funniest noises, they're no Australian Shepherd, but they're a great dog.

 

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My dad and I built a long run for my Husky. His doghouse was insulated and heated in winter/cooled in summer (built in air conditioner).

I would run with him roughly 2-5 miles per day for exercise.

He was an awesome dog and he loved people. He hated other animals though, and ended up killing the neighbor's german shepard. He tore it to pieces.

 

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I was thinking about this when Hallo said something about already having three labs... That wouldn't have worked out

But I am sure they know other people in the area - farms and ranches would be good patrol work for a husky...

 

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nice dogs but train it to be respectful and never forget they are big powerful potentially dangerous dogs.

i have an active extremely disciplined dog... we go to the beach and play off leash a lot. a 100+ lb husky stole our ball and gnawed on it. it took 20 min for the idiot retard owner to even glance at her dog and notice that it was being a nuisance. never forget. its a dig, its an animal and it can kill - keep an eye on it.

im not going to put my hands near another persons dog - ive been bitten once already by stupid dogs.

If he isnt fixed you will need a bigger fence, my wife didnt want to get our Husky fixed for 2 years we argued about it finally 2 things happened... 1 he got wind of a female in heat and escaped the house.. (yes he figured out how to open our windows scratch marks at the locks and teeth marks where you grab it to lift it up) early on he escaped and got clipped by a car, then later he got caught by animal control and it was get him fixed or lose the dog.


If he has spent his life out doors he will need to stay that way, with a big house (and a yougn puppy) you can train them to live in the house as long as you give them a few hours each evening to run and play outside in the yard or at a dog park.


They are great great great dogs... just a lot of work, never underestimate their intelligence... they are problem solvers.

My two huskies are 11 now, had them since they were 6 weeks. Best damn dogs I have ever known. BTW mine have always been indoor dogs. I walk them every day and take them to a park or my aunt and uncle's farm to run a couple of times a month, You need a good vacuum and grooming tools. And as others have said, never let them off leash in a non controlled area. Also don't expect them to do guard duty, the first thing mine would do if someone broke in is show them where the cookies are. But they are sweet, gentle, beautiful, and magnificent animals, absolutely full of life.

EDIT: They are also highly social and pack oriented dogs. A husky isolated will be miserable and wreak destruction. I have two that were litter mates, which probably made it tons better as indoor dogs.

 

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let that dog in the house!
he may be scared of the new environment. get him used to you and let him in.
they are great guard dogs and very protective.

my folks had a purebred huskie a few years back. he lived to be about 13.
smart as hell. you could tell him to get the monkey and bring it to dad and hed go find his monkey toy and bring it to day.
dad would say not right now, go see person x (who ever, it didnt matter) and the dog would take the monkey to person x.
or oyu could be sitting there in the living room and say wheres mom and hed go find mom.

my sister took him with her when she got married and finally moved out. she said he slept at the foot of her bed.
she said he guarded her from strange dogs and unfamiliar people on many occasions.


they are people dogs/pack animals. they like to be with the people. they sleep with the rest of the pack.
give him a nice large area to run in yer yard and take him on walks in the park or to the beach.


i am of the opinion that a dog should never be outside without its human. thats how ive raised both my akitas and neither one of them would even consider running too far from my sight.
they both loved to go to the boulevards and run around, wrestle, play fetch. neither one would wander far enough away to get into traffic.

 

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Once a dog knows its the home and youve got it at submissive status, you can leave the door open and it will not step out unless you tell it to.

The running in the street thing is possible though - depends on the dog and its prey or herding drives. My dog has an intense prey drive and if she sees a boar or squirel etc.. Then she will run after it without thinking about me. Then after a while she realizes that she is far away and runs back. That prey drive could get her run over by a car.

my dog has squirrel issues. my last akita had small critter issues. i cant tell you how many skunks he got.

he will go chasing off after them untill i give the comere whistle. then he stops dead in his tracks.

 

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