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Hello! I just got a husky puppy about 2 weeks ago. She's currently 2 months old and very lively. The one problem I'm afraid i have is that we live in California, where its really hot lately and I'm not sure on how to cool my puppy, Winter, off. She's not allowed in the house yet until she's properly trained to not bite everything in site.(We let her in when its close to bedtime though and she sleeps with me in my room.) We have lots of shade in our backyard and we got her a kiddie pool that we fill with water and ice for her to keep cool in but she doesnt seem to like that as much. She spends most of the day sleeping until the day is cool enough for me to go take her out to play for a good 2 hours. Any suggestions or advice? Thank you in advanced!

Anyone got any tips on socializing excitable dogs for me? I'm going to start taking my Staffie and Husky on walks where there's a lot of people, I'm just gonna sort of walk through, and ignore the distractions (people and dogs) and hope that they copy me in time, and the more I do this they will get used to ignoring dogs and people when out on walks or just in general, like if we have guests so they won't jump all over them and be calm instead... Will this work? :/ Thank you

In my family there's my 6 year old lab, Holly, my 2 year old husky Freya, and then there's the 1 year old Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Lexi, who is technically my brothers dog, but tbh I've taken her on from the moment we got her, as he's always working and had no time for her. For Christmas, my dad dog my mum a male Pomeranian puppy, that's Elvis. He's a lovely little lapdog for my mum, though a yapper, he's really sweet and cute. Just to say, I think that what happened was totally my fault, I didn't introduce them the correct way, I take full responsibility. So basically, the first time I introduced Elvis to the girls was about 3-4 days after we got him, and I took him into the kitchen with me, holding him, and let the girls in to meet him one at a time. They're big dogs, so I didn't want to overwhelm him. First was Holly, because she's been a mother before and sure enough she was totally fine with him, they were playful and everything was fine. Then I brought in Freya (took Holly out, so it's just one at a time), and she was fine with him too, she was great with Lexi so I didn't expect anything other than that. Long story short, Lexi didn't take it well. She displayed some dominant behaviour, putting him on his back, her ridges were up, she looked tense, alert etc. So I took him out. I'd done this a few more times over the course of a month, and she seemed to be getting better with him. The other day I took him into the garden with me, where the girls were playing. I thought, maybe if they played and had a little run around in the garden together they would get along more and get used to each other better, I was completely wrong. It was fine at first, until Elvis went towards the girls, and Lexi just became dominant, and she grabbed him by the neck and shook. She wouldn't let go, so I had to put my hands into her mouth and pry her off of him. Thankfully, I think she just got his fur not his actual skin, because there wasn't a mark on him and about 10 minutes later he was happy as larry again. I, of course, was freaking out, shouting to my brother that she had to go and all this, he got very upset with me and started accusing me and my mum of 'blaming' Lexi all because she was a Staffie, who unfortunately have a bad rep. After I was able to calm down and evaluate the situation, I realised that I had allowed Lexi to become a possessive and dominant dog. She obviously doens't feel like I'm the pack leader, and that's the problem and why she felt the need to protect her territory... Because in her world, 'dog-world', she didn't do anything wrong... She was in the space where her pack lives, her space, and this strange dog comes into it, so she feels 'I have to protect/defend my territory and pack', so I can't really blame her for being a dog. She acts possessive of me and food. If I'm giving attention to the other girls, she'll butt them out of the way and nudge my hand for me to pet her, she jumps on people and me, there's been times where I'm sat on the floor with the girls and she actually sits on me, and the other girls don't come near me, she looks very alert on walks, she jumps on furniture, and she steals the others food... I've began some training with her, where I correct these behaviours when I see them, so on a walk if she's alert, ears up, tail up, chest out, I give her a slight touch with my heel to snap her out of it and she usually looks at me, and takes a few steps back... She's fairly good on the leash, she doesn't pull me, she just looks too alert at times, and when people/dogs are there she pulls to go towards them and then it becomes a fight to keep her back as she's a big bag of muscle. I've began this feeding routine where I feed them all together, originally we couldn't do this because she ate all the others' food when she was done, we thought it was because she was greedy, so we just fed her separately. What I do now is feed them all together, but I feed the oldest members of the pack first, so it goes Holly, Freya and then her. She's tried to go for their food at times, but I keep her back, and she usually just sits there and watches them eat, which I think is a good sign... I want her to learn that there's a hierarchy, and I want her to be at the bottom of it, just because she's the most dominant, not to mention strongest, dog in the pack. I've began working with the commands 'watch me', 'heel' and 'stay' to get her attention on me, I want to teach her to be aloof to distractions and to just ignore other dogs/people, so she doesn't feel the need to approach them if they don't ask her to... I've also seen her snap at Holly and Freya, so she's dominating herself over them too... She actually got hold of Freya's cheek today whilst I did this feeding routine, and they fought a little, but I stopped it, and 10 minutes later they were fine, best friends again. I was actually a little surprised at Freya, she can hold her own... Freya snaps back and has little fights/tiffs with her, but Holly isn't a dominant dog by nature, so she just lets it happen... I've been trying to establish Holly as the eldest, so she's like my co-alpha, but I don't think she's the right temperament dog for that... Am I wrong, or will Lexi not see her as an alpha? I need to know how to establish myself as pack leader, and how to make her see that she's at the bottom of the hierarchy in our pack. I don't spend 24 hours a day with my dogs, they spend the majority of their time outside, as they don't do well indoors and my parents don't want them in the living room etc. due to their size and shedding... I go out to them at least 3-4 times a day, and they get walks whenever I have the time... But I have started to religiously stick to the at least 1 walk a day rule, as I'm sure this is part of the problem << even if it's 10 minutes at night, I'll do it. Anyone who has had similar problems, what would you suggest I do to ensure that she doesn't get aggressive and over-the-top, I don't want her to leave, I love her so much, I would die for her, but she can't be allowed to carry on like this, because I'm scared she'll do something that causes her to be put down, which is my worst nightmare Any advice will be greatly appreciated, am I doing things right? Any other tips you can give me? Another question, I suffer from Depression and social anxiety with people, so will this mean that I can't be a pack leader because they will see me as weak? How would you recommend I introduce Elvis and Lexi the next time? Should I even attempt that? Thank you!! I'll put in some photo's of the new puppy and some others ^_^ Freya's muddy on that one, so excuse us ahaha

I have no idea what to do, my staffy Lexi is 1, so she's still a puppy, but it's becoming a problem now that she's still play-biting because her teeth are obviously bigger and she's a lot stronger now, and also she's still jumping. It's to the point now where when she see's other people she's running over to them, jumping up and biting them (not aggressively it's ALL play, I assure you, she's the sweetest dog ever and not any of my dogs have ever done anything aggressive towards people). I've done everything I can possibly think of to correct her, I've yelled at her 'NO' because I get frustrated when she grabs me a little too hard, or jumps on me, I've tried completely ignoring it, i've tried blocking her, I've tried calmly saying no, I've tried redirecting her attention, I've tried everything but hitting, which I absolutely refuse to do. However, my dad thinks that doing the 'tap on the nose' is the only way to get her to stop... But I disagree, I really don't wanna 'tap' her on the nose, there has to be another way. Can anyone tell me any ways of stopping her? Training Techniques, anything? Thank you Some pictures of my girls, they're loving Autumn ^_^

Hello everyone! This is Luna, my 4 month old Husky i've had her from 9 weeks. We always have had a problem with her not liking her cage, we introduced it slowly, gave her dinner in there, treats, gave her her favourite toys in there and it seemed to be going well. But only when we were in the room.. As soon as we leave she whines, even if were only upstairs. She had a few nights where she only cried for a few minutes and would sleep right through, then other nights she would scream for hours and then wake us up screaming early hours, but as soon as she came out she would just go sleep. Its very annoying. We thought it might be the cage, which i though ok some dogs dont like cages thats fair enough, so we put her in the kitchen but that hasnt helped at all, same thing. Its also affecting her toilet training as she gets so worked up she wees, i leave her plenty of toys, a comfy bed, its not to hot and if she is abit hot the floor is really cold. Im just abit stuck now not to sure where to go from here, its not just a little whine either its a VERY loud scream, like shes desperate to get out. Any help? Shes such a lovely dog, shes well behaved on and off the lead, i just cant get her out of this one.

Hello! (: Brand new to this forum, and I have an interesting question to ask. How do you socialize an adult dog if they were not properly socialized as a pup? The reason I ask this is I have recently adopted a 1 year old husky/malamute mix from a family that lived out on acreage for that entire year, and all I can say is when I asked if she was house broken, they told me she just "stays in the garage". Now, she is not dog aggressive, just very VERY motivated. She does not care for people (she grew up with a very large human family), she is sometimes food motivated, but if we walk down the road and she sees another dog, she is high alert, wants to go see that dog ASAP. Even when we go for a drive in the car she will turn around, fully in her seat, and stare out at the dog, even when we have turned the corner and the dog is long gone, she's still staring. I understand her longing to be with her fellow people, as she was restricted from seeing or meeting with other dogs her whole life so far, and to suddenly be brought out from that old environment and see things are much different then she thought before must be mind-blowing and very exciting. So I bring her to work with me to meet people and hear the sounds (I work at a gas station and she sits behind the counter with me), we go out to dog pools and have her swim with me and the other dogs or even dog parks and run around with other dogs, which are truly the only times I ever see her happy. For the 2 months I have had her, she has been very obedient for a husky/mal mix, at least in my opinion. She knows her sit, down, stay, high five, shake, knows her new name and will usually come when I call her name at the park or anywhere else, but if another dog comes running at her or distracts her, bam she's off like a lightning bolt until I can try and call her back to my side again. This might all be in my head because she's still very young and it's her rebellious stage, but I still feel like I need to socialize her more as she is just so obsessed with every other dog for lack of a better term, even if that dog won't even give her a glance, she will not break eye contact and she goes so stiff, almost like she's about to chase down a squirrel. I just moved cities, so I do not have any close friends with dogs I trust to teach her calm and collective manners, and when I let her run free at the dog park, I still feel like she isn't learning the proper way to socialize. I eventually want to get a second dog a couple years down the road, mainly so maybe having a buddy at home that grows up with her might make her feel better, but I fear he might gain some of her habits and even worse when that time comes, if that time should ever come. What are your guys opinions? And please don't hold back, I'm open to all suggestions as I want to help her as much as I can. We're going for training lessons, I'm just trying to figure out if she will benefit from a one on one session with a experienced trainer, instead of a group of dogs? This is her, with her cat friend Harley. I call her Kida. (:

I've been toying with the idea of doing some kind of sledding activity with Freya. She loves to run (like most huskies) and I feel like she'd love sledding, so I looked around online and came across Bike Joring and something called Husky Scootering (maybe the wrong name for it).. They both looked amazing and kinda like a modern version of dog sledding, but since the scooters are hella expensive, I decided on Bike Joring. Only problem is I've got no idea how you go about training a husky how to do it. Apparently you need commands like 'gee' and 'haw' and all this, does anyone do Bike Joring or sledding or anything? How do you go about teaching your dogs the commands and bike Joring with you? Just incase it matters, my girl is 1 year and 9 months old Thanks for any advice! ^_^

Hi everyone, I'm after some help. I have an eight month old husky boy called Tikaani. I take him to puppy classes every week to help with his obedience and train him a little everyday. Recently I've been finding that training is becoming, shall we say, a little over stimulating. We train for around 20mins and in that time he is good as gold (for the most part) however towards the end he starts to get incredibly bitey. He ignores toys and will charge and bite my arm. I'm not sure how to deal with this, I've been told to put him in a crate or quiet room with something to chew on to calm him, BUT (and this may be where my inexperience comes into practice) would this not be rewarding him for biting behaviour? Or is removing myself from the room enough to make him think that biting is not acceptable? This doesn't only happen during training but also when playing as well, after a time he'll ignore the toy and then think I'm the better option. I remain calm and don't flap my arms, push him away or make high pitched noises so to encourage him, unfortunately I can't say the same for others in the house that he will then pursue relentlessly. Most of the time he's a lovely lad but his biting is getting stronger. Please help! Thank you

I have three dogs, a Lab, Sibe, and Staffy. They are all extremely strong and two are puppies, so I can't take all of them out at once or my arms will come off. So, I take them separately, or sometimes I take Freya and Holly (Husky and Lab) as Freya is the more manageable one of the two pups, and then take the staffy afterwards on her own (where she is mostly good, but needs work, on the lead)... Even when Freya has already been out and well exercised, she still howls/cries bloody murder whenever I take another dog out without her. I've tried everything to distract her; giving her food when we go out, a kong filled with treats, toys, keeping her inside but none of it works. When she's inside, she's actually louder and she disturbs my family, who end up putting her outside, where she carries on... She doesn't stop until we get back, and I'm worried that the neighbours will hear her and jump to conclusions or something << this has happened before... I was giving a christmas card to one of our neighbours for my mum, and we got talking, and Freya was (of course) howling because I had taken along Lexi (staffy). The guy asked me about her howling, and I told him it's either because she's hungry (she knows her times... it's weird), I've just come home from somewhere (she doesn't shut up until I go out and say hi to her), or because I've gone out on a walk without her. He replied with he thought it was something serious, like she was hurt or something. Can't blame him, she does sound like she's lost a leg sometimes she's so dramatic. Has anyone else got/had this problem? Any ideas on how to get her to chill out? :/ Thank you for any advice <3

! Just waned to start off by saying how happy I Am that i found this page, I will be a new Siberian Husky owner in the beginning of next month just waiting for the full 8 weeks to bring my baby home. I am an experienced dog owner I've had 4 dogs in my 22 years of life and trained everyone of them, but from what I'm reading Siberians are absolutely so different from any dog out there from training techniques to their personalities so i know for a fact that i sure do have my work cut out for me. I posted here because i was hoping if you guys could possibly give me a list of supplies that i would need that you think specifically work for puppy huskies. which toys work best what brush to start them off with before moving on the defurminator also any tips for the first day what are all the right things i should be doing. also I will be putting my dog in a doggy daycare twice a week those days my boyfriend and i will not be home he works a 9-6 job but only works 4 days a week and I am a flight attendant i am usually home for four days and gone for 1-3 at most. do you have any advice on what i should look for when checking out daycares? and anything else you can throw in there for a first time husky owner would be absolutely wounderful & greatly appreciated

Here is a video that shows a technique for teaching food manners: http://www.dogstardaily.com/blogs/chirag-patel/teaching-food-manners What do you think of this approach? I've done something similar and its worked well for me. Thoughts?

Hi guys, I'm after some advice about training one of my girls on lead please!!! Basic Background: We currently have three huskies, all female and have mostly desirable behaviours solidified in the house. Outside is a different story all together (( I have to hold my hands up and say I am partly (wholly) to blame for this as I figured outside would be their time. They pull. I don't care. They jump. I don't care. They sniff, they charge, they yamp. They're on their time, I don't care ... Until recently. It was a normal walk, on a normal day but on our way back we bumped into a human. A strange human that we had never sniffed before! 2 of them are over their initial excitement once we tell them to 'let's go'. Great. Mishka however, is not. This is where you guys, hopefully, help! Mishka gets outside and goes deaf. I swear! Now, like I said, the pulling I can handle. Her excitement is what I can't. It's like she has never been outside before. We have several different walks we take, so it's never the same one day to the next but EVERYTHING stimulates her. Humans, animals, cars, leaves, puddles, hedges, sniffs etc etc ETC. At the moment we are at the point where she has snapped 2 harnesses because she was jumping and pulling so hard to get to people. Okay, so sensible mommy mode kicks in and I decide that some sort of training has to be put in outside. I still want it to be their time, but the excitement has to be taken down a notch. The last few weeks have been hopeless though. Like I said, she goes deaf. She isn't at all food motivated outside. If I manage to get her close enough to me to take the treat out of my hands, she spits it straight out and takes the lead again. I've tried walking her on a shoter lead, she pulled my arm out of my socket. Any way, what I would like is some advice on positive training methods to gain her attention outside. Thanks in advance!!!

Hello There!! Newbie here. My puppy doesn't respond to her name when I call for her. Is it too early (10 weeks) for her to know her name? Second question - is it still too early to start training Nova to do things... sit, shake, come, etc... THANKS! attached a pic because... everyone loves pics!

Hi, my husky is 7 months old and I've been trying to stop him from biting ever since i got him at 7 weeks old. He bites for attention and when he is playing. Also he bites if you sit on the ground with him and sometimes he starts humping the person on the ground, especially my girlfriend when she tries to get up. The biting isn't hard yet but I'm afraid it will get hard. I tell him "no bite" and either keep my hands still so he loses interest or move them away or grab his lower jaw and push his gums into his mouth so he bites them (this seems to work, he licks my hands after instead of biting). If it gets to bad i put him in timeout (his crate since i have no other time out place). I'm making progress with him for me but my girlfriend, my mom, my dad, and my parents dogs are having trouble with him biting. Any tips on trying to stop him from biting?

Hi, I am interested in training my dog to pull me on my skies, rollerblades, bicycle, and even a sled. I am wondering where to begin? I've done some research about joring and sledding. The biggest thing I've found is that it's better to have a trained dog to lead by example but I don't know anyone. So I'm left to do it on my own. I was wondering what is the best equipment, i.e. harness, for the dog. Also what is the best way to train him with commands. Also any other tips and advise will be greatly appreciated.

Good afternoon everyone. I have just joined and have taken on my first Siberian husky called Harley. She is 7 weeks old and a little nuts. I have a couple of questions however but I don't know where to post them. Like I know she will cry cause any child would if taken from their parents. We keep her in the kitchen at night while we house train her. But how long until she stops crying in the middle of the night? When she is allowed outside, she will be left on her own a couple of times a day for a couple of hours. I have a decent size garden and have bought her a 6x4 foot shed to go in if needed. He garden is surrounded by a 6-7 foot fence. Should I do anything else? Lastly. I have tried to put a lead on now so that she is used to one when I can take her walks but as soon as its on she tried to shake it off or just sits down. Any tips?

Hey there. I am the proud owner of a 5 month old, female, Siberian Husky and her name is Freya. My problems are that Freya is very bad when walking on a leash. She pulls, no matter how much I try and correct her and she tries to play fight with my other, almost 5 year old, dog. She's a Labrador and her name is Holly. I've had Holly since she was born (meaning I picked her out when she was tiny and took her home when she was old enough, just to be clear), and she walks beautifully on the lead. I let Freya off the leash once we get to the big field at my local park, along with Holly. Thing is, Holly comes back but Freya follows Holly. If you tell her to "come here" odds are she won't. She'll look at you and show she's heard you, but she won't come to you unless Holly does. Holly does, but occasionally she becomes lost in her own world and ignores me... I've taught Freya the "come" command and even whistle commands, but she still ignores me around the other dog. I've tried everything in terms of correction with Freya. I don't want to have to keep her on a leash when the other dog is free to run as she pleases, but it's coming to that. Freya doesn't have a lot of concentration when the other dog is around, and if I take Holly out without her she will scream until we come home. She's incredibly needy when it comes to being with people, she hates to be left alone and if she is she will cry the place down, irritating my parents and brother. Can anyone help me please?!?! I've attached a photo of Freya, sitting at the bathroom door when I'm about to put her in a bath... She hates those :') - Wolfee!

Hey guys, My wife and I have 3 Huskies - Darius (7 y/o male), Tela (4 y/o female) and Genghis (10 mo/o male). They are all great dog - very well trained and get along well with each other. No issues whatsoever there. However, whenever we take Tela or Darius out by themselves and leave Genghis behind he goes pretty nuts - whines the entire time till they come back. My wife usually rotates who she takes running with her and everytime Genghis is left at home he will sit and whine. I have tried to calm him down, but that doesnt work and trying to get him to self-sooth definitely doesnt work. Also, when we take all 3 of them out to dog parks or off-leash areas, I dont let them run off till they are calm and sit till I give them the command. Now obviously Darius and Tela know the drill so they get off first and that gets Genghis going. Then I tried to get all 3 of them to stay till Genghis was calm, but he doesnt calm down. Initially, I thought that it was because he was in the presence of other dogs that got him excited, so we started taking him out by himself to socialize with the other dogs. But he's fine when he's by himself. However, whenever we take him with our other two huskies to the same places he's been by himself, he just goes off the wall. This is the first time that I have had to deal with this kind of "jealousy" (for lack of a better word). When we got Tela, Tela would get jealous whenever we pet or dealt with Darius in general - but thru training we worked it out. However, with Genghis the things I did with Tela doesnt seem to work. If Tela acted out, I would take her back to the car and drive her home or turn around on walks. Also did a lot of positive reinforcement training where I'd have them both sit and pet Darius and give Tela treats when she was calm. Anyways, I'm running out of ideas and am hoping that it doesnt come to a point where I have to choose to either leave him behind or only take him. Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

I've been told that the funnest way of spending time with your husky as well as effectively exercising them is to do sledding/scootering with them! I would love to do this with Freya when she's big enough, and even my Lab if I can teach her. I know that Siberian Husky's are natural sled dogs and pulling is in their blood, so I really want to do this for her. I tried to read up on this as much as I can, and I found lots of different ways to 'sled' with her... Like, we could go rollerblading, biking, and there are these really cool, specialized scooters that I believe are called 'Husky Rigs' but I could be totally wrong about the name and then, of course, there is the old fashioned wooden sled like in Alaska :') I've seen video's on youtube of people who do this with their husky's, like the woman from the channel 'Gonetothesnowdogs' and she says that it's a good idea to teach your husky sled commands. I'm from England, and our country isn't known for sled dogs so I have no idea how to even begin with this. I don't know much about sled commands, other than hike, heel and trail. I've tried to teach Freya (my pup) trail, hike and heel. She get's the hike part, and I think she understands 'Trail' a little bit, and she's good with Heel. I've tried teaching her Left and Right but I have no idea how to help her understand that. I also don't know what age I should begin the actual sledding/scootering with her, Is she too young at 1 year? I have no idea. Also, how would I even go about training her on it or introducing her to it? Where should we go to practice without running into anyone? Will she get distracted by other dogs if I take her to the more secluded areas of the park? We have an area at my local park where it's a bunch of tree's in the middle and all around us but there's a cement path that goes all the way around in a big circle. I suppose this would be perfect, but other dog walkers come along that path sometimes and I don't want Freya to get distracted by them and try and engage them whilst we're training on the scooter. I'd love to try rollerblading with her too, as I've seen lots of people do it and also I watch The Dog Whisperer alot and Cesar Millan makes it look easy. But I know that it's far from that, But how would I go about that? I'm afraid of her going too fast and then causing me to trip on my wheeled feet, or her running somewhere other than the path, making me fall flat on my face, getting distracted by other dogs and also, how would I stop? I don't know. Freya is about 5 months old now, So I'd like to start the training asap. Please help me! I'd love to explore sledding with my dogs. Thank you very much for reading, please respond soon! - Chloe <3!

Hi All Since I live in TX, I can no longer leave my husky outside during the day while I am at work since it gets so hot so I am attempting to crate train a 5yr old dog. Why do I have to crate train her? Because if I dont, I come home to a new surprise each day, trash all over the place, pillows allover the floor, and the worst one, she gets in the pantry and eats raw food which makes her sick. I can not risk her eventually killing herself. We just started the trianing saturday and its not going so well. I dont like putting her in during the night because she will be in the crate from about 1pm - 6pm (we put her in the house during our lunch instead of the morning). Since we started crate training she is snobby around me.. I know this sounds silly, but really, I think she is extremely upset at me. I call her over and she just stares at me, which is super weird bc Maya is extremely attached to me and no one else. This morning I tried to let her out as our usual routine and she just threw herself on the floor and would not move. I dont know what to do.. Suggestions? Only way I can get her to move is if I get the leash since she loves walks... other than that.. she pretty much hates me right now. I dont know if buying the crate was such a good choice after all. I'll appreciate any advice or comments. Thank you all for taking the time to read this.

Hi, I recently got 2 husky puppies from the same litter, they are 8 weeks old and we started to crate train the first day we got them, the girl is fine and only cries when she needs the toilet but the boy will sit in his crate and cry and howl for around 30 to 45 minutes. he sounds like he is in distress, does anyone have any idea of what could be wrong?

Hello.. I'm having a hard time bonding with our new husky. She has been with us for 6 months now. I lost my 12 year old Boxer back in October and was not handling the situation very well so I impulsively ran out and brought home our Husky (Anaya). I had been researching Husky's for the past few years because I knew eventually our aging dog wasn't going to be with us much longer, I realize that the bond I lost cannot be replaced but Husky's are so different from Boxers. I'm not sure if it's just a puppy thing and she will grow to be more affectionate, or if there is something wrong with my husky. She doesn't really care to be around anyone.. she loves to play and go for walks but even then it's like were both there but were not there together, does that make sense? She never comes over just to lay next to me or follow me around. So I'm wondering if all Husky's are like this, independent and not very cuddly? I'm use to having a dog that follows me everywhere.. lays her head on my lap so I will pet her. Anaya never does any of this.. the only time she listens is when I have a treat. Is this typical behavior?

G'day all, Our 9 week old pup Zeuss, has made a habbit of putting his front legs in his water bowl whilst having a drink. We have established that he doesnt mind water which we think is very positive. It is not all the time that he does this but is around 3-4 times a day, then runs water through his area and the house after doing so. The humourous side of this is that he will attempt to take a corner too sharply at pace on the timber floor, having a bit of a crash as a result which gets us giggling. We started to think it was his way of cooling down, due to us being in a warmer climate. We have a rotation of frozen water bottles 24/7 that he can cuddle up to, in order to keep him cool. However this still isn't fixing it. Is this a common habbit with other huskies elsewhere? For us this isnt a favourable thing for him to be doing all the time, in turn is there any tips / ideas to stop him doing so? I have tried rewarding him when he doesnt stick his feet in and have been stern with him when i see him do it. I do not want to punish him when he does this, incase he gets mixed signals about actually having a drink of water... Suggestions are welcome Thanks

Hello! We are new Husky owners, and our cute Kiana is now 5 1/2 months old. The vet said she is entering adolescence, and it's obvious. She knows basic commands from puppy school and is in advanced training, but she only minds when we have treats. We practice training her every night, but when she is not in a "training session," she will ignore us. For example, she loves to grab shoes, blankets, couch pillows, etc and dash around the house. She no longer responds when we say "NO! Drop it!" and thinks it's a game. We will even give her short "time outs" in the bathroom after she misbehaves and make her do some commands before she returns, but she goes right back to it when she's done. Sometimes she nips at our feet and hands when she is frustrated and wants our attention or when she doesn't want to follow a command. She challenges us every day. Kiana gets two 30-60 min walks a day and some playtime in the evening. Any suggestions for curbing this bratty behavior?