Huskies are a very active breed, but they do not need to run 15-30 km a day. A good walk is enough: hygiene, a little running / jumping / chasing a ball / pulling the rope... mental exercise is also important. It's all possible search games, new commands and tricks, shaping, freeshaping, etc. If you load the dog only physically 1. He will not get properly tired (you will get tired faster) 2. The dog will turn into an inadequate, stoked only on physical activity with no opportunity to relax.
Huskies have a rabid hunting instinct and are difficult to work with all poultry, small animals, sometimes even small dogs can become "prey". It's correctable, but not easy. There's no way to describe it all.
Huskies shed. Yes all dogs molt, well with the exception of poodles and the like. Huskies shed terribly twice a year. All the down comes out and they need help shedding it. Hair combing at home or express shedding at the salon. Huskies can be combed out in a week and will be fine. Just don't you dare cut their hair. It is very dangerous to the health of the dog. By the way, there is a lot more hair from short-haired ones in the apartment. During the molting period all the furniture looks like a hedgehog and this hedgehog is hard to clean, sometimes you have to use tweezers. With Huskies vacuum cleaner copes 100%.
Difficult to train. Do not expect the husky from the first days faithfully look you in the eye and say let's learn. You have to earn the attention and motivate the dog to be interesting throughout the life, to invent something new all the time. Then this husky is well-trained and works with pleasure. Vesta knows tons of commands and is well trained.
Pulling the leash. Like any dog not trained to walk calmly. Teach walking on a sagging leash is not much harder than a Labrador of some kind.
A harness is a must. No! The collar can also be used, of course teach the dog not to pull or twitch.
It's bad for them in the South. Well, it is not very comfortable in the summer, as well as other dogs. As a rule, by the heat of the day huskies are already faded (if you help them), and local huskies have adapted to our climate. Those brought from the North will be a couple of years hard, then they also get used to it. But in the cold southern huskies are cold, many beg inside if they know it is warm.
Really, huskies will not guard, but it does not make them kind valenki. If they have something wrong, they can use their teeth. Also, with a very close relationship with the owner can even protect, but for this you need a really strong relationship and complete trust.
Destruction is like any other breed from boredom. Good walks are important and leave cong, chews, or other tasty and interesting things for the dog to do before he leaves the house.
Huskies love digging trenches. This is 100%.
Swimming as any other breed there are lovers not very much, but it is difficult to get their fur wet. Attention! After any wetting it is important to dry the dog, otherwise husky down will be forbidden, there will be a smell of dog and problems with skin and fur. We went through this during summer swimming in the pond is very unpleasant!
Husky colors vary from pure white to pure black, there are different shades of red, agouti, panda and more. Not just gray or bb. Eyes also blue, brown, harlequin (one brown, the other blue), mosaic heterochromia (when one eye is present in both colors as a mosaic!)
The tail hangs like a log or sickle, not twisted into a bar, sometimes, with strong excitement goes up into a slight ring, but not as at the husky.
There are 3 types of Siberian Huskies - Show class (fluffy with small ears, more bumpy build). Working (lean, long-legged, long-nosed, with big ears, wool is stuffed, but not long as a valenok) sport - something in between show and working. Vesta just as sports!
Huskies and children. Husky unlikely to rush on the child or bite just because, but without supervision still should not leave. It is easy-excited dog 20kg, and sometimes 30kg if the kid gets excited can bring down or accidentally injure a child. Also, if the child will hurt or violate personal boundaries, do not respond to the signals of the dog (they are required to know every owner. This is what the dog does before bite), it will bite! Therefore, it is important to be close, to observe the behavior of the dog and at the slightest increase in excitement or the slightest signals of fitting the dog from the child or the child from the dog to remove.
Barking. Huskies can bark, but they don't like to; they are more likely to howl, squeak or howl.
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