About Siberian Huskies
Simba and Kiara are our first experience in raising Siberian Huskies in our family. Although we are not breeders or experienced dog trainers, each breed
are slightly different in characteristic, behaviors, personalities, and overall understanding and caring of the particular breed. Over the years of raising
the two dogs, I would say we would not recommend a Siberian Husky to anyone, as we have found they can really be both a challenge and handful if not trained
and disciplined regularly. Here we only post and share our experience with our dogs in our lives.
They Are Not Malimutes: Siberian Huskies are NOT malimutes In fact they are not the same at all. People tend to confuse
Siberians and Malimutes the same... What is the difference? Siberians are the original breeds of the dogs, secondly they are smaller in size compared to
malimutes. In readings and studies I learned that Malimutes were later bred to be larger breeds of huskies for better pulling in weight and use of less
dogs.
Personalities: Siberians are very social family orientated dogs. They do not like to be left out in the yard away from
the family and socializing. Siberians are happiest when they feel and treated as part of the family and able to socialize with the family regularly. They
are not suitable for being house or yard dogs. Siberians when ignored too much or too long will get bored, lonely, and felt left out easily will start looking
for adventure beyond the chain or fence that holds them in. It will be nearly impossible to keep a bored husky from looking for all possibilities to escape
the yard and venture off to cure their boredom and loneliness. Although I have heard stories of aggressive huskies, which can be true of ANY breed of dog
when raised and trained poorly. Dogs not socialized around people and other dogs, no matter what breed they are can tend to become aggressive. Siberians
however, when raised well and happy, are very gentle, caring, and loving dogs. Fact is most Siberians make the worse watch dog because they tend to be too
social and openly welcome to strangers.
Training: Siberians should positively be trained! An untrained Siberian is a major disaster waiting to happen, as they
will gladly take over the alpha role and rule your world if you let them. They are very intelligent smart dogs, and can easily become your disastrous nightmare
if you do not keep control of your husky. They are extreme diggers, easily bored, and tend to run off when let loose. Fact is, huskies are active energetic
dogs, if you do not have time for a energetic dog, don't get yourself a husky, simple as that. Huskies are runners, for the most part most Siberians have
to be kept on a leash to reduce the risk of them running wildly on adventures from hurting themselves and also getting lost. Huskies should be trained all
basic dog commands, Stop, Go, Come, Sit, and Lay. Huskies should be taught manners such as no jumping on humans (all humans), no biting *or nipping*, no
begging, and if you got cats, good luck and try teaching your husky, no chasing the cats! Fact is, Huskies are very obedient if your very serious about
the training, otherwise they will basically want to train you instead. It is always important that a husky is looking at you when giving commands. Remember,
huskies are energetic dogs, their attention spans are short if you not quick, repetitious, and to the point with training. If you don't have time to train
a dog, don't get a husky.
Grooming: Siberians are high in need of grooming especially if you plan to raise your husky indoors. Siberians have thick
layers of coat *fur* to protect them from the winter colds. During seasons of spring, summer, and even fall they tend to shed off their coats for the warmer
weather or new coat for the winter. Siberians shed so much you would think they would be bald as much as they shed. Best solution to having huskies regards
to the shedding is keep your husky combed and groomed often during the shedding season. We personally prefer to take our dogs into a groomer once most of
the fur has come loose. Combing your husky yourself can and will require daily brushing to help keep the coat shedding and loosening. As for dog odor, our
dogs have not had strong doggy odor unless of course they get wet or go un groomed for long periods of time. I have read however, it is not idealistic to
have your husky shampooed and groomed more then twice a year. If you don't like dog fur in your home, don't get a husky. You would be amazed how much you
accept fur in your home when you love your dog TOO MUCH.
Doggy Habits: Although huskies are like most dogs, love to dig, they are usual in other ways from most dogs. For example
we have learned that huskies *a well raised happy Siberian* do not bark much at all. In fact the only time our dogs bark is when they are speaking to us
or wanting something, usually food. However huskies can be barkers if they are bored, depressed, or around constant barking dogs. Huskies rather then barking
will howl also as form of communication but not much. If you want a quite dog, get a husky.
Husky Facts and Conclusion: Although huskies sound like a lot of demand and work considering they get bored easily, they
will not just train themselves and be ordinary house dogs, they are very pleasant dogs to have around when raised and treated properly. I HAVe also found
that our dogs are extremely well behaved paid off by our constant and consistent training, they are very obedient as well. I find that they are extremely
loyal when loved and treated as part of the family, and also very affectionate. Although their grooming is a handful, you would be surprised how much you
learn to adapt to the shedding season and willing to groom them as they go through those phases. Be sure to buy a heavy duty vacuum cleaner as their fur
can wear them out.
Siberians are gorgeous dogs, you can't help to resist the temptation of getting one for their beauty, but is the worse decision to make in reasons for getting
a husky. When choosing and deciding whether or not you should get a husky, or if a husky is the right breed for you, the more you read, learn, and understand
the breed, the more your willing to take time to train, and spend good quality of time with your Siberian, the better luck you will have in the end. Otherwise,
if you don't think you can put in the time, energy, and effort regularly for your husky, as said before, your experience could end up in a husky disaster
between you and him/her.
Our choice in raising huskies we a mutual agreement, we purely adore their beauty. But we also understood the responsibility of raising
one as it was made clear by our breeder, do not get a husky for a house pet.... We have learned to adapt to our dogs as much as they adapted to our family
and by all means we have no regrets in our choice of breed and we certainly will want huskies into our future.
