I have fallen in love...

[Alpinestarhero]

....with siberian and alaskan huskie's

I didn't think I'd come away from finland having found even one breed of dog that i would perhaps like, let alone two breeds that I've become besotted with.

Working dogs, I love 'em...they don't bite me, they don't bark at me, they don't eat me, they don't care overly much that I'm there, although some did take a bit of a shine to me and gently stood up against me and held on with their paws. All they want to do is run. They will whine and yelp and bark and pull and strain until they are running, and when you let off the sled brake they take off, shut up and don't stop.

I want one. actualy, I want 6. And I want to commute to uni every day with my team of huskie's

[hovis]

I have fallen in love.......with siberian and alaskan huskie's


i think thats illegal

[Kate Moss]

They are beatiful looking dogs

[SoulKiss]

They are beatiful looking dogs

2 Months in Prison for that :)

or if you are just looking ar pics (under the new "Extreme Porn Laws) it will be 2 years.

Something wrong there........

[punyXpress]

....with siberian and alaskan huskie's



Working dogs, I love 'em...they don't bite me, they don't bark at me, they don't eat me, they don't care overly much that I'm there, although some did take a bit of a shine to me and gently stood up against me and held on with their paws. THAT'S Husky foreplay ! ! :confused:
Be afraid, be VERY afraid

I want one. actualy, I want 6. And I want to commute to uni every day with my team of huskie's

I'm sure Samnooshka would tell you all about them.

[husky03]

there aint no other breed like them mate-totally different from other dogs-I honestly believe that they touch your soul-i'll never ever not have huskies,my retirement plan is in place and in another 20 years i'll be off to alaska with my kennels and dogs.

husky

[embee]

..........in another 20 years i'll be off to alaska with my kennels and dogs.

husky

Cool




;)

[Alpinestarhero]

there aint no other breed like them mate-totally different from other dogs-I honestly believe that they touch your soul-i'll never ever not have huskies,my retirement plan is in place and in another 20 years i'll be off to alaska with my kennels and dogs.

husky

Could I come visit you and your huskie's one day?

[missyburd]

Beautiful :-) One thing I'd like to do before I leave this world is ride a husky-driven sled, or at least see them up close doing what they do best in their most comfortable environment. Cracking dogs! So you're still not convinced about other breeds then Matt? What about other working breeds, sheepdogs, greyhounds......alsatians? ;-)

[husky03]

Could I come visit you and your huskie's one day?


more than welcome mate, anytime,

husky

[Alpinestarhero]

Beautiful :-) One thing I'd like to do before I leave this world is ride a husky-driven sled, or at least see them up close doing what they do best in their most comfortable environment. Cracking dogs! So you're still not convinced about other breeds then Matt? What about other working breeds, sheepdogs, greyhounds......alsatians? ;-)

I like samnooshka's dog mina, and i'll miss lupo - her dogs set the ball rolling for me to get over my stupid fear last year at AR08. I'm ok with collie's/sheep-dogs, i love watching them work. Police-trained alsatians scare the bejesus outta me still, partly because of what they are trained to do, but at least I can trust their handlers. Greyhouds....hmm, I think so, maybe after they have run a race. or 5.

[SoulKiss]

[quote=alpinestarhero;1753748but at least I can trust their handlers.[/quote]

Trust a copper??? You have much to learn young Padawan......

Dont talk to the police..... (http://http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc)

Tho some of them are quite nice :)

[missyburd]

doggystuff

Fairy nuff :) I don't think you're alone in your opinion of Alsatians, but they make very soppy pets, honest :-D When we take ours out people can be a bit skeptical, they carry a reputation - and rightly so - for being scary but it doesn't bother me,means people will leave me alone and let me get on with my walk :rolleyes:

But anyway back to the lovely huskies :-)

[SoulKiss]

Fairy nuff :) I don't think you're alone in your opinion of Alsatians, but they make very soppy pets, honest :-D When we take ours out people can be a bit skeptical, they carry a reputation - and rightly so - for being scary but it doesn't bother me,means people will leave me alone and let me get on with my walk :rolleyes:

But anyway back to the lovely huskies :-)

+1 When I was a kid, a neighbour bred Alsatians - one of my favourite dogs.

[Magnum]

Huskies arn't the best of pets. You will need to be at home with it nearly all the time because they get bored really easily, and they get destructive.
Also, you can't take them off the lead because they will run off.

We were considering one, but a white German Shepherd was the more practical alternative.

[husky03]

[quote=Magnum;1753800]Huskies arn't the best of pets. You will need to be at home with it nearly all the time because they get bored really easily, and they get destructive.
Also, you can't take them off the lead because they will run off.

Some of your post is wrong there mate -they make great pets, take it from me with a growing young family -any k9 left on its lonesome will become bored and find amusement in its own way, a dog should never be kept on its own as by its nature they are a pack animal and to keep one in solitude is cruel.
I can let kia off the lead with no probs, a few mates who have huskies also can let them off with no probs.Only problems arise when they get a whiff of another animal , but thats the same as any dog that gets near a horse, sheep etc.

husky:)

[ophic]

I was considering a Husky or a Malamute. Absolutely gorgeous. Had an Alsatian before. But we ended up with a Mastiff cos... well... its bigger :twisted:

[missyburd]

We were considering one, but a white German Shepherd was the more practical alternative.

Unless you own anything black :lol:

[DarrenSV650S]

We were considering one, but a white German Shepherd was the more practical alternative.
We used to have a white german shepherd. Beautiful dogs. She had such a friendly temperament. She put up with so much grief from our jack russell puppy.

[dizzyblonde]

I love huskies and malamutes. But the only thing that puts me off Huskies is that they seem to be more hyper than Bob The Dog :-), Although I love them , I'm not sure I have the active lifestyle they deserve
I think I'm more of a greyhound person, they're like cats.. sleep, eat, sleeep, short brisk walk...sleeeeeep.
I'd have half a dozen of them if I didn;t have cats. My sons godfather has had a pack of greyhounds for years and I've grown quite fond of them and their quirky antics.

[Dave20046]

They're such cool dogs my mate had one from a puppy.

[falc]

Could quite easily use it as transport and at least it wouldn't matter if it snowed ;)

Gonna get a dog then Alpine?

[Miss Alpinestarhero]

Beautiful :-) One thing I'd like to do before I leave this world is ride a husky-driven sled, or at least see them up close doing what they do best in their most comfortable environment

Id strongly recommend that you go for it, theres no experience like it..! I shall upload my mini video (onto facebook) I made in Finland when I was on the husky ride. I sound really odd on it because my voice went from shouting at the dogs to get them going :(

Story behind that is: the pack of dogs me and matt had for the daytime husky ride were scared of the snowmobile up in front (snowmobile, pack 1 then our dogs then pack 3,4, & 5 behind ours). This meant that the leader kept stopping and flopping the the ground which disrupted all the other dogs who wanted to keep going. They got all tangled up and I had to jump out the sledge in knee deep snow trying to untangle them whilst the snowmobile and pack 1 went off into the distance (I was mega scared) but luckily some others behind came and helped. Eventually the snowmobile came back and the sami woman put into the middle pack.But.... it kept flopping down and being dragged along which meant matt had to keep stopping and I had to keep jumping out to pull it back up and untangle it and basically get it going. Well scary thing to happen in the middle of nowhere..!

But dont let that put you off, we were just unlucky. the nightime husky ride with a completely different pack of dogs was brilliant :-D

[husky03]

Did you buy the sami boots that the herders wear-made from reindeer pelt-well warmer than any man made material.
Let us know when the vids uploaded:D

husky:)

[Stu]

Trust a copper??? You have much to learn young Padawan......

Dont talk to the police..... (http://http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc)

Tho some of them are quite nice :)
off topic now, but FAIL

[husky03]

After there walk today you can see how energetic two of mine were feeling-


http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w166/callumhadd/pics0005-3.jpg

[missyburd]

Haha the closer one "I can see youuu taking pictures, how very dare you" :-P Nice pair ;-)

[Magnum]

[quote=Magnum;1753800]Huskies arn't the best of pets. You will need to be at home with it nearly all the time because they get bored really easily, and they get destructive.
Also, you can't take them off the lead because they will run off.

Some of your post is wrong there mate -they make great pets, take it from me with a growing young family -any k9 left on its lonesome will become bored and find amusement in its own way, a dog should never be kept on its own as by its nature they are a pack animal and to keep one in solitude is cruel.
I can let kia off the lead with no probs, a few mates who have huskies also can let them off with no probs.Only problems arise when they get a whiff of another animal , but thats the same as any dog that gets near a horse, sheep etc.

husky:)


Obviously i can only go from what i have heard when researching what breed was the most suitable for my situation. My german shepherd is left in her kennel for up to 6 hours in the day completely undestructive, from what i heard, if this was a husky there would be a different result.

[Dave20046]

After there walk today you can see how energetic two of mine were feeling-


http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w166/callumhadd/pics0005-3.jpg
I wish they weren't so expensive :(

[Alpinestarhero]

Gonna get a dog then Alpine?

gonna get six of the little darlings, and use them as my winter transport. Imagine the sight of me being pulled down euston road in the bus lane by my own team of huskie's, and me shouting at the top of my voice to encourage them

wooof :smt040

[Alpinestarhero]

After there walk today you can see how energetic two of mine were feeling-


http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w166/callumhadd/pics0005-3.jpg

*stroke stroke tickle stroke*