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OK, bear with me folks. A little introduction here. I picked up my Sibes at a local shelter. Found the female, debated it for a week, pulled the trigger. The day I picked her up, ended up deciding to get the male. I did not do proper research ahead of time, and found out later that I wasn't properly prepared. In my quest for information and tips, I found this site. It has been a life saver! Now...what I'd like to do with this thread is help out all the other people that are new to Sibes, or are looking into Sibes. So please, if you have some tips, a heads up on what to expect, or something people should plan for, please post them up! I'll do …
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i think we should have a section on buying a puppy, what to look out for, the traps to avoid. things to look for when your round the breeders house etc etc. what research to do for your puppy etc. places of information etc etc
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I thought I would start a little thread on cleaning up after inside accidents as there seems to be a few people having some issues of late I have been very lucky with Ronin and his toilet training, but my advice comes from experience with my previous dog that had daily accidents towards the end of her 14+ years. One of the big problems with inside peeing, especially on carpet is that urine contains ammonia which as we all know stinks to high heaven. Many cleaning products contain ammonia so our dogs can smell even the smallest amount and think "hey great, it must be okay to pee in an area that already smells of pee, woo-hoo!" The other problem is that if w…
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Thought this would be helpful to new owners to read about other owners first experience (i.e. First night home, first walk, first vet visit, etc etc) and how they handled it and what they would recommend to a new owner. Will list here different first time experiences and you can either copy and paste all the titles and write about them all or choose to do a few. Choosing your first dog what happened what did you do what would you advise now more experienced Preparing your home what happened what did you do what would you advise now more experienced First 24 hours home what happened what di…
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I think there needs to be a sticky on crate training huskies. It comes up a lot and it DOES present problems to new owners unique to crating other dogs. If you've posted on the subject in the past explaining your experiences and ideas, please search it out and copy and paste it here. Or if you've never posted on the subject but have experience, please share. It won't read like normal post, but rather just a wealth of experienced husky owners tips and ideas. If enough good information on the subject gets added to this thread, perhaps it will be worth making a sticky.
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Breed: Siberian Husky Owner Level: For experienced involved dog owners Average Life Span: 10-14 years Average Weight: Male are generally 45 to 60 pounds Females are generally 35 to 50 pounds Average Height: Males are generally 21 to 23 1/2 inches at the withers Females are generally 20 to 22 inches at the withers Color And Coat: Coat color types ranges from: Pure white, gray, red, sable, agouti (guard hair is banded with black near the root and at the tip with a yellow or beige band at the center of the hair), jet black/white Grooming is mainly brushing bathing etc. I…
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Hey all, If you are reading this post, you are either intrigued or you are in the same position my partner and I, fearing our dog was pregnant and what would we do? Ok... let’s wind back to the start. Signs your dog is definitely pregnant (from approx 4 weeks before labour all will be present) Look from the top down on your dog, is she misshapen? She will look filled in her body before her back legs. A noticeable sign is her losing fur on her underside/belly and growing teats. Her attitude may change from normal. She may be either very clingy or want to be alone.[ She may start having trouble with the…
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Does anyone have any experience with registering their dog with the United Kennel Club single registration? My pup Aura is registered with the Universal Kennel Club, however I would like to try and get her registered with a more recognized kennel club group. I have been doing some research on their website and I am under the understanding that I will be able to register her with permanent registration and have full rights, but I want to verify with anyone who has done this, or maybe someone can make it clear if it would work? Also, if I can get her registered with United Kennel Club, would it be able to transfer to Canadian kennel Club? That would be what I w…
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Hello! Here I am after a long period ... During this period, everything happened so I did not enter the forum ... In February we mated Lea with a male husky, I got very strange colors (they are strange for that combination), I did abnormal research, it turned out that after the ninth generation, they have a lot of agouti dogs and black dogs with full masks. Everything continued as it should, but what worried me the most was that one puppy's ears were constantly falling ... One female lifted her ears and then they fell again, is suspicious in terms of head and build (looks different from the others in the litter). Maybe it's my paranoia and negativity, lately I'm very nega…
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Spent the largest part of the day at our nearest emergency vet - took just over an hour to get there, through the height of the Blackpool season - many hundreds of newly freed visitors wandering around the prom with not a care in the world for inconveniences like traffic, bikes, horse drawn carriages (they have right of way up here), trams (2nd right of way) etc - oblivious to the pandemonium they cause by wandering across the road and tram-tracks at will - scarsely looking to either side so intent of their drunken revelry. Meanwhile I have a dog on the back seat pumping blood, panicking, another in the back (dog section) howling because he was on his own because …
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I was on the internet and i came across the following information. Complete Care Guide for Siberian Huskies » Info, Tips, & More (dog-learn.com) While you're exercising your Husky, though, some precautions should be kept in mind: first, puppies younger than nine months old shouldn't do too much jumping, running on hard surfaces, or navigating of stairs, as these can injure their still-developing joints and bones. What constitutes Stair's and the Navigation of Stair's? My Siberian Husky is 5 Months Old. I have a back yard on a river and 2 sections 1 with 4-5 steps and another with 6-7 steps that lead down into the yard ..... he can also walk down the path that doe…
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so online it said that husky puppys can sleep upward of 20 hours a day? My Husky is 5 months old and new to this state and enviroment '' we bought him in nevada drove him to john day oregon '' 3000 ft above sea level . old mountain gold minning town.. with the river in my back yard he just loves to explore but he is awake and active all day... i leave the back door of my house open because my back yard is fenced in... he is running digging exploring all day... 5 hours of exercice that way a day... should i cool it down? should i turn the light off in the back room and shut the back door and allow him a hibernation of up to 20 hours of sleep a day? also the more yo…
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My girl recently had a litter of 7 puppies. She is grey and the sire is grey however she only had 2 grey puppies and the rest are shades of red! They are 2 weeks old now and one puppy has me beat on what colour she will turn out to be. Will she stay this light cream, turn grey, or get darker? So show me your lighter red/cream huskies as puppies vs adults! Or if you just have an adult with no puppy pics show me them too! Here is pup in question. Last pic is her at 1 day old.
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I have spent hours online looking for information on why my husky (NIKO) has such an arch or hunch in his back. It's not debilitating in any way he is very very active and has had this hunch since he started growing. When i say active. If he get's out the door, might as well just wait till he comes back cause you ain't catchin him. And he can clear 10 stairs in one hop. The vet thought it was because he was skinny. We have fixed that problem by taking him off the cardboard and corn diet known as purina. He now eats Taste Of The WILD from tractor supply. He still walks around like a cat ready to pounce. Does anyone else have a husky that has this trait?
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I have an 7months old husky and he has destroyed my house: ripped all the wallpaper of the walls, chewed all the carpets in every corner, scratched all the paint of my doors, chewed up 26 DVD's and much more. I am at my wits end, I have tried toys treats, different sprays to stop him doing it again. Can someone please let me know what else I can do.
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soo a few days back duke started smelling like he got into something rotten. my sister pointed out his backside looked bloody which worried me. i took a sniff (can someone explain why i love this dog so much? lol) and yea it was back there. which explained why his nose was smelling like that lol. so i do a bit of googling and come up with it must be an anal sac. because worms apparently dont make yer rear smell like that. i took em to the vet today and they cleared em out. lol if ya havnt had that experience trust me its foul. anywho i was wondering is this a common thing for huskies? im really hoping this isnt something thats gonna happen alot cause it ended up costi…
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Our Neighbour has rabbts and our kuskey like to dig ate/bite the fence to get to them. What protective measures would you suggest for the fence? We are thinking chicken wire/some sort of screen. How to train them out of it? Thanks Jack
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Over the last several weeks Poppy had been digging and poking her nose into the ground and anywhere else and she started getting cuts all over her nose; as it was healing the skin then started peeling where her nose (which is pink) met her fur at the top. This got worse and she kept scratching her nose everyday pretty much; so it was always bleeding somewhere. So we took her to the vet; the vet said it could be nothing just a result of her having a sensitive nose or it could be an autoimmune response where her body is attacking the pigmentation (or something like that) and so they took some biopsies. Poor Poppy has three separate stitches (one on each side …
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Hopefully this is the correct area to pose such questions. I've recently gotten a husky puppy and I've waited a few months register him so he could lose his puppy coat and I could be sure about his coat color, but I am still unsure!! I have ran his Embark and have a little bit of information about a coloring have suspected in him and embark has indicated he is a carrier of the suspected coloring as well but, I want to pose it to a community and get input! Is this pup a gray and white, a sable, or is he Agouti which the slim chance but he is a carrier from the embark. thinking he is just a dark gray and white but would like to see what others think. Thanks
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Hello there , i have a 12 months old female Husky , she came into her first season a couple of months ago , so she went off her food , became a bit clingy , and quite lethargic , all known symptoms of a first period , the thing is shes still the same now even though she stopped her period 1 month ago , she,s eating ok but not as much as she was , but she dosn,t have any energy , we walk for an hour in the morning ,but she cant run for more than 5 mins before wanting to lie down , has anyone else had this problem
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Hi, My Husky is just passed away a few days back. I am very disappointed, and planning to own anther dog. I have simply decided to own another Husky, but many of my friends and family members recommending me he Merle French bulldog. What you think about this breed? Anyone there owning a Merle French Bulldog? I need a Sincere advice from the people having these dog breeds. Let me know about the Merle French Bulldog. How they perform in the families? Can I have a Merle French bulldog in my apartment? Thanks in advance.
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Our Luna is our first Husky. Long story, but we adopted her when she wandered into our yard a couple years ago (there's more to the story, but that's for another post at another time). Anyway, she will lay on the bed with my wife all day long. She usually lays in my spot (I usually come to bed much later than my wife). But she will absolutely not lay on the bed when I'm in bed. In fact, when I come to bed, even though we would not mind her sleeping any the foot of the bed, she will just get up and move off the bed and go lay on the floor. I don't force her off - it's like she knows that she is in my spot and just gets up and moves with no coaxing. Interes…
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Our new husky puppy comes home in two weeks - she will be 8 weeks old. We have a vacation cabin that we visit at least once a month, and we also go RV-ing quite often. Our trips are usually anywhere from 3-6 hours, one way, with stays being 3-4 days. We plan to wait at least a few weeks, at a minimum, before taking our new baby on any long road trips, but we want her to get used to long car rides fairly early so that it's a fun and normal occurrence for her. My question is, should we wait longer, until she has acclimated to her new life with us, or should we dive right in, and introduce her to our lifestyle early? I don't want to do anything…
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Yesterday Blu turned 7 months old and had his Vet checkup! When he got onto the scale it read 60 pounds 😲😲! His Height is 26inches and his length is 40inches long 😳! His Vet said he has No fat on him and is in Perfect health 😁! My husband and I plus his Vet is SHOCKED to see this for his age!! Not a typical Siberian husky! We Need to have a DNA test done on him! Does anyone else have a BIG SIBERIAN HUSKY???? Here's Blu and I the other day after swimming 💦😁 Whoops hit send before I got a picture 🤣
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Hi All, We're looking at moving from the UK to NZ with our husky in 3/4 months time. He'll be three years old, but has separation anxiety and I was a bit naive in thinking that someone's in cargo with them but that isn't the case. We're now worried as we've managed to leave him on his own for 3-4 hours but not for 12 hours as will be needed for this kind of flight. The pet travel operators think it will be fine, but we're worried/nervous and wondered if anyone's attempted this before? We have a few months to work with a trainer on this, but wondered in the meantime if anyone had any advice? Cheers in advance!
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