Hi All- just joined and nice to see some reinforcement of what I have already learned from adopting a lovely sweet husky two years ago. He is amazing with people and especially children and listens to commands inside the house - but get him outside and he listens 'when its convenient' The family we adopted him from got him at 6 weeks (way too early!!) and thought he was a cute little teddy bear...then he grew up and was a big energetic dog and they didn't know what to do with him. It tool awhile to help him socialise with other dogs (he didn't understand why every dog didn't want to play with him) but he is doing well and the trainer we work with has noted how much calmer he is now. Looking forward to learning more from the forum - thanks!
Wendy