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As most of you know I was having problems with growing at other dogs and was trying to find a behaviourist. The other day I found a new area just up the road, I had been walking straight past it all this time thinking it was someones property - what a t*at! Anyway HadTuesday off work and so took Gizmo there and then Marley and Bandit. Bearing in mind I hadn't managed to decide which behaviourist yet. There were hundreds of dogs around which were great! The first dog we met I did what I usually did and suprise suprise Gizmo growled at the other dog. They lady walking the other dog mentioned they had a similar problem with her dog (Bichon Frise -…
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Interested to hear views on leads against harnesses. Obviously a harness puts less strain on a dogs neck if he pulls a bit when walking on the lead but equally surely affords him the opportunity to pull even more without becoming even slightly uncomfortable. I tend to walk Blizzy on the lead rather than his harness and find it much easier as he walks just fine on the lead. I plan to have him doing weight pulss when he's old enough so he'll obviously be wearing a harness then so I don't want to confuse him by it sometimes being OK to pull when wearing a harness etc etc. Any thoughts or comments????
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Do you think there is a lot of difference between boy and girl Huskies (except the obvious) and if so what?? Or is the dogs "personality" which makes more difference to how they react to training and other things etc?
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How big can huskies jump in the air?? and how big fences can they jump??
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Have any of you had any issues trying to brush your baby?? Eika is a pain in the bum, she will bite your hand, bite the brush roll over run away etc etc!!! Does anyone else have this? and is it just a puppy thing? The other night i held a treat in my hand for her to nibble on whilst i brushed her and that did help...so i think i may need to do that, but she still wanted to sit and roll over to eat it!
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My family got a beautiful 8 week old Siberian Husky puppy yesterday and I'm in need of some help. She seems to have a grasp of needing to go outside to pee and poop but she's used to being able to go outside at her own will. Therefore, she's always whining at the door to go out, but only 1/3 of the time does she actually relieve herself. We are trying to crate train her. It seemed great yesterday as she was voluntarily going in and napping. And then at night I took her out, she peed and pooped, and then I brought her in and put her in the crate to sleep. After about an hour she started howling bloody murder and I wasn't sure what to do. I didn't wan…
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which is more playful a girl puppy or a boy puppy?
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been shopping tonight ... and got some liver for the girls thinking they would love it and nice treat for them..... how wrong was i both girls turned their noses up wouldn't even attempts to have it.. erm thought they would love as Toffy our Sheltie tottaly scoffed his bit .... i feed chicken wings and the girls love them and i give them lamb shanks which they really seem to enjoy. what have you all tried and found that your dogs dont like and is there anything that they love more than others..
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when does a husky start blowing his/her coat?
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I thought for awhile that clicker training was just this new fad thing that came out quick and would die out quick...but I dont think that anymore...LOL! If you have a husky like chewie who has issues with authority...lol...and responds very quickly to sound prompts...you are going to love clickers! After one 10 minute session...all I have to do is pick it up...and he sits down! He could sit and lay down on command already- he just decided to be rotten and not do it...lol. I spent $40.00 on clicker stuff...and it is the best thing for chewie. to me the positive reaction and will to have good manners without me giving the command…
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The thread on dog toys reminded me to ask... anyone have this http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2753808 for your husky? I'm thinking about getting it and giving him about 1/2 - 1/4 of his dinner in it b/c he's always going crazy wanting to play at night when I'm ready to get to bed. Think it would help/work? Wondering if anyone else had tried one of these.. they had a larger version in the store...
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great site for training items / toys / books etc http://www.traininglines.co.uk/
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Juno doesn't seem to be putting on a lot of weight. He is drinking loads and loads of water and running for the newspaper to start it all over again. In 15 minutes he drank a whole bowl of water and had 3 wees! It's been going on for a least 2 weeks now. He seems happy and energetic despite being hungry all the time. My other half thinks he might have diabetes? Seems to add up so he is off to the vet Saturday.
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hate havin his or hers ears touched? everytime we stroke blaze he puts his ears back and if we stroke his ears he moves his head out the way and also my hairs quite long so if i lean over him and my hair touches his ear he shakes his head any1 elses sibe the same?
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well i feed one of my sibes on raw but our boy eats dry at the mo, we feed james wellebloved, but i was wondering is there a better food...with a higher meat and fat content....or has anyone fed a really good dry food? obvi in the UK because i cant afford the shipping for us brands ......??
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Believe it or not, a bale of hay! Someone told us to toss a couple of bales of hay out into the yard and watch the fun! They go nuts! Quinn tries to hide in and under the hay, Mukki likes to sit n top of a few bales and Lulu and Tala rip them apart! If we take the twine out, they are destroyed in a few hours, they last a few days if we leave them tied. They all want to sleep in the piles of hay. They have shredded and eaten literally hundreds of dollars in toys, but they never enjoyed anything like the do the hay! And they smell like sweet hay and the yard gets a nice hay layer, much appreciated in the rain -no mud! I'm going t…
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met a new husky yesterday and it ran at blaze n growled at him n was on him n Blaze was on his back in a 2nd cryin like he was in pain n peed on himself is this the husky bein dominant and blaze submitting to him or was he scared n this dog bein nasty too him? i hope he wasnt as we r hopin to meet weekly for them to play together after a while they seemed fine but blaze was still very cautitious yet bing was fine wit the other husky n was jumpin at him n they were play fighting and everything help please
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as mentioned in a previous thread I thought I should pop this on here for some advice. This morning when I was walking Gizmo I was stopped by a lady with her dog (mixed breed, looked like a lab mix but not 100% sure). I think I may have done wrong by holding Gizmo back, which I usually do otherwise he will lunge towards other dogs which always worries me about other dogs attaking him. It may have been my fault, but when Gizmo met the other dog he growled. Could he have been growling at me as if to say "it will be ok, let me say hello" or would he actually be growling at the other dog? Im worried that he may becoming aggressive, and if he is I need t…
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A child in my class at work has a husky as a pet which she always goes on about now that she knows i have Isis. Well today she came into work and was a little upset as her husky has gone of its food - apparently her dad decided to do some research and found out that huskie's dont eat dog food at all (which i know is wrong cause some of us feed kibble/ dry food right!), and has obviously made a big issue about this infront of the kid. Well she was going on and on about it and was obviously getting upset over it. Her dog is 1 year old - as ive only had Isis for a few months - Any suggestions as to what i should do? It doesnt really fall into…
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http://www.ourdogs.co.uk/News/2007/June2007/News080607/shock.htm couldn't copy and paste for some weird reason, but the link above is about the kc trying to ban the use of e-collars or shock collars, what do we think of them? does anyone use them here and why> or do you know anyone who uses them and why? and if you dont use them...why? personally i wouldn't use them on my two as have no reason to, however i know there not just for red-zone cases, in training classes there is a boxer who has one in our feild training because he doesn't come back and will get nasty wiht other dogs, i think it's true to some extend a dog should obey because…
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Just as a bit of fun though I would put this up for all of us to put pictures, etc of how long you groom your sibe/s and how much coat you get from them? And also pics of them having a bath, if you can, lol! Dont have any pictures yet of mine but Gizmo is just finishing to blow his undercoat. I have been brushing him for a good 2 hours or so every night and been getting a good couple of carrier bags full! Marley and bandit are just starting to blow their undercoat for the first time, trust them to go at the same time, so Im gonna be on my toes! Will have to get some pics of the amount I get from them and post them on. Here is a pic of Band…
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Ok Eika will be able to go on her first walk in 2 and a bit weeks, now i know the general rule is 5mins per month...but is that total per day or is it per walk? So would she be able to have 3 x 15mins walks a day...or 3 x 5mins walk a day? Our schedule of walking her will be: 5.30am 12.15pm - max, even when older of 15mins 6.30pm My next question is does she get fed before or after walks? I'm thinking after right? Also for her first walk i don't think we will do the full 15mins, even if thats the allowed time...
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Hiya we were just wondering as Eika is killing us with her sharp little teeth...and all the 'chew' toys we have got her she doesn't chew!!!! our fingers are much much tastier...can she have raw hidey type things or is it best to wait a little longer?
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Hi everyone, Whos goin to the husky race in Wales this weekend??? Its Sunday isnt it?? Anyone know where?? Ive decided to cancel my St Pats weekend to go there instead. We gonna be in Wales from Friday afternoon. Where is everyone stayin? Im pondering on whether its possible to camp, hmmmm..Or will have to find a Husky friendly place. xx :verwirrt:
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We all know about the Husky bad traits - chewing the house, digging the garden, very bad moulting, little to no recall, high prey drive, escape artists, stubborn, not a guard dog, not very loyal (so it would seem), so why oh why do you (us) mad b%$"^& have them own us? And most not only one but multiples. Answers on a postcard, or just reply...
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