Huskies

[whipbed 42]

maybe a bit off topic on the lurcher section but here goes,

huskies and husky type dogs are getting very popular near me at the moment ,but for some strange reason my lurcher and terrier seem to have a severe dislike for them.

terrier i can sort of understand a bit of hostility from but lurcher is just not like that with any dog or person and is very submissive and loves other dogs ,sometimes to the degree that he,s a bit over the top.

neither of them have ever been attacked or anything negative from huskies and i don,t dislike them so its not going down the lead to my dogs.

the huskies i,ve met aren,t even showing any hostile behaviour[that i can read] and are usualy on the lead.

just wondering if anybody has experienced this because i can,t explain it.

ta

[Ratreeper 441]

Huskies are becoming the next status dog apparently, so you just need to combine your knowledge of the husky which was bred to run all day, with the knowledge that status dog owners are assholes and won't let a husky run all day. The end result is dog with too much energy and no stimulation, most likely badly trained and socialised being trotted about in public. If a human can noticed the tension in these dogs then it would be obvious to your own dogs, they could be reacting to the tension with a bit of apprehension because they are not quite right.

[bird 9,927]

maybe a bit off topic on the lurcher section but here goes,

huskies and husky type dogs are getting very popular near me at the moment ,but for some strange reason my lurcher and terrier seem to have a severe dislike for them.

terrier i can sort of understand a bit of hostility from but lurcher is just not like that with any dog or person and is very submissive and loves other dogs ,sometimes to the degree that he,s a bit over the top.

neither of them have ever been attacked or anything negative from huskies and i don,t dislike them so its not going down the lead to my dogs.

the huskies i,ve met aren,t even showing any hostile behaviour[that i can read] and are usualy on the lead.

just wondering if anybody has experienced this because i can,t explain it.

ta

 

maybe its because they got all that hair on them, and your dog not seen dogs like this before ?.Most cases when dogs act like yours its a fear thing, there frightend of the these type of dog, as your dont see many of them. I was talking to woman who had a bIg i/w/h one day, this dog must have been nearly 3ft high 11st feckin massive lol, she told me the amount of other dogs that tried to attack her dog was bloody pain, she kept him on the lead and he was ok with other dogs, but she felt the dog was getting fed up withe attacks and, didnt want him to start fighting, because he could kill or hurt another dog very easy. Its a fear thing i think with your dogs

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your probably right about the huskies being hyped up and my dogs sensing that .

also fear is almost definatly the case and its a good point about my dogs not having seen these types much,

they are going to have to get used to it because they are so popular now.

i was wondering really if these type of dogs give off a different vibe that mine don,t understand or recognise but your post go a long way to explaining this

thanks.

[forest of dean redneck 11,611]

Maybe the dogs sense their not normal and that's why they kickoff? Lol

[Westy76 546]

We've had a few in the pound now,I thought I could bike the energy out of them.......wrong!!!!!

I was knackered and the dog was just getting in its stride,there excersise requirements are through the roof.

[B.P.R 2,798]

Stevie... funny you should mention huskies... seem to be a status dog... guy down from me reckons they HAVE to wear a harness... and cant wear collars....

 

"Your dog pulling sleds like" ....

 

And wait for it...

 

Says they cant eat anything apart from dried biscuits.....no meat whatsoever...

 

My oh my.... i wonder what the huskies in alaska eat.... certainly not complete....

 

 

See a few people with huskies... in a harness... with the lead tied round their waist... with the dog dragging fook out of them....

 

Then they get bored of being dragged about like a cnut.... and the dog doesnt get walked.

[forest of dean redneck 11,611]

Yeah they don't eat frozen fish or seal in Greenland or Alaska ,lol

[BlackBuck 655]

Girlfriends daughter has two . Useless hyper pot licking shiting machines .

[Tyla 3,179]

There are loads round me, as above under exercised mental things with one exception. The owner of the exception gets towed about by his on roller boots, its great to watch, he's got it totally under control looking fit as a flea and the dog obviously loves it. He does some miles with it too. I think its the only dog of that type I've seen that looks happy.

[Hot Meat 3,109]

They could be white fangs.... all the dogs hated white fang, he scared them....

Edited October 11, 2013 by Hot Meat

[whipbed 42]

thanks for the replies

seems like lack of exercise and stimulation comes across to my dogs

terrier certainly can,t be doing with hyped up dogs in general but the huskies must be showing it to a greater degree and i,m just not seeing it

it,s starting to make sense now

worst incident was a few months ago up local park where an adolecent husky off the lead came over to me , my mate and our dogs.

it didn,t appear to show any unfriendly signs but my terrier just flew at it and i wasn,t expecting it.

he normaly tolerates all dogs and just minds his own business unless he gets hassle then reacts like a lot of terriers do.

husky owner wasn,t the least bit bothered and almost gave the impression that i,d done him a favour by keeping his dog in check until he could catch it and put it on the lead.

as i,ve said it was a youngster and he didn,t have any control ,but its never been seen off lead again . in fact not seen it much at all.[ so you are probably right lee]

shame people don,t do homework on dogs before buying

scary that they can,t be satisfied by biking them .

what chance have you got,

[BIGLURKS 874]

It is one dog I would never have is a husky there is a lad just up the road from me breeding at least 3 litters a year of these huskys and he never has a pup spare so he tells me 600 a pup and folk bring them back when there 8 month old and he sells them on again for 300 but I had a friend that had 4 of these dogs he died just not that long ago he would run he's dogs a minnium of 15/20 miles or something pulling a sled thing with wheels and he had too do that every day or they were nuts I don't mean just jumping up bouncing about genreally off there rockers I mean nuts bouncing off walls why any one would buy one is beyond me

[whipbed 42]

that just about sums it up then mate

[Polkey 70]

Thing is if you look at what they are originally bred for then it not surprising they need so much exercise. They are a hard core working dog that should be kept by people that have time and passion to work them on a rig. The desire to run is so engrained in them that they cant be let off the lead which means most of them will only ever be going at the owners pace. Sad really, such amazing animals suffering in pet homes because they look nice!