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So, ever since I was little, I was drawn to wolves. I learned I couldn’t keep one in the city as a pet, so turned to wanting a Siberian Husky. I’ve pined away for one for something like 12 years. About a month ago I decided I really wanted to get one now. I’ve been trying to read up on them, and keep my eye out for one for sale (checking the classifieds) and there one night, 2 days ago, I saw an ad for a female, black and white AKC 6 year old doggie for $200 (which, considering the other ads want $350-$400 for a puppy and the pet store wants $700 for a young dog, $200 is a bargain!).
I called the owner and she was very nice, and I SO have my heart set on bringing her doggie home with me. I asked her a handful of questions and 99% of the answers were good! I wanted a black and white female, and I didn’t want to get a puppy because I know realistically I don’t have the time to train a puppy and give it the time it deserves; I work, and soon I will be enrolled again in school. My reading has said that huskies are very independent dogs and don’t usually cling to their humans. Anybody with a roof and a food dish will do. Although I would prefer a clingy/loyal dog, I could easily put that aside, as its not a huge priority.
The only thing is though the owner doesn’t know if she will be good around cats, and I have two.I’ll be going out to visit the owner and dog on Monday or Tuesday next week, and see how well both of us get along. I thought about bringing one of my cats in a carrier and just setting the carrier down for the dog to sniff to see how she reacts to my Tabby. If she attacks the cat in the cage…well I might have to check the local Humane Society for another Husky. But either way, the dog I get will be isolated from the cats when no one is home. We have a HUGE back yard and a garage in the case of rain.
I’m so excited! I hope I get to bring home a new dog next week. I’ve wanted one for soo long, and I actually need something to have a responsibilty to now that my boyfriend is gone to the Army. I’m actaully looking FORWARD to bathing her and grooming her and taking her on walks and everything else to be a good mommy 🙂
That sounds great! I hope everything works out. Bringing your cat along is a really good idea.
Just in case there is a problem and it doesn’t surface right there, you might want to make sure that the current owner is OK with taking the dog back in case she does have a problem with the cats (or some other problem that you can’t live with) once you get her home. And you might also want to make the sale contingent on passing your vet’s inspection.
How exciting!!!! 😀 😀 I wish you the best of luck with your possible new doggie! I also love the Siberian Husky’s wolf like appearance, but all I have is a Humane Society mutt. Gotta love him though, he is nuts like me. 😀
Please let us know how it turns out for you, I hope you get her!
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Good luck!
I’m getting a new kitty this week. She’s a stray, that somebody’s been feeding but can’t take in, they have too many cats already.
It’s going to cost SO much more than getting a shelter cat, but oh well.
I would hesitate to leave a husky, weather it is a Siberian, malamute, alaskan or chinook, in a backyard alone for long peroids. They were bred to run, and when bored they will do just that, and escape to do so. They were also bred to kill their own food so be very cautious with the cats. Does the current owner know the dogs history? I mean is this dog from show or racing lines? If it is from racing lines I would suggest not getting her as they tend to not make good pets, when bored they can be very distructive. Either way if you do take her I would kennel train her so she is safe when alone, she can not hurt the cats, or escape the yard.
I hope that you do get this dog, rescuing a dog is always a good thing, but Please do not buy one from a puppy mill, pet shop or back yard breeder. If you want to know why google puppy mill images.
ruffian wrote:I would hesitate to leave a husky, weather it is a Siberian, malamute, alaskan or chinook, in a backyard alone for long peroids. They were bred to run, and when bored they will do just that, and escape to do so. They were also bred to kill their own food so be very cautious with the cats. Does the current owner know the dogs history? I mean is this dog from show or racing lines? If it is from racing lines I would suggest not getting her as they tend to not make good pets, when bored they can be very distructive. Either way if you do take her I would kennel train her so she is safe when alone, she can not hurt the cats, or escape the yard.
I hope that you do get this dog, rescuing a dog is always a good thing, but Please do not buy one from a puppy mill, pet shop or back yard breeder. If you want to know why google puppy mill images.
Ya, I read that about the dogs escaping and some needing high fences. The owner says that she lives outside, but comes inside and “stays and stays” and she said the dog would love to be an indoor dog. I think the owners are Husky people because they have 4 now and had 6 recently and one of their 4 dogs is pregnant and due this week or next(the sale-dog’s daughter actually; and the daughter is 5 years old). I’m pretty sure the current owner has had the dog its’ whole life; and living in Texas, I doubt she has had ANY racing experience. I will ask about that next time I speak with her, but from what I understood, she has been just a pet.
The owner, Lydia says they needed to get rid of her because she is the dominate female, and has been fighting with her daughter for control of ‘the pack’. They have a 13 year old male husky and the 6 year old female obviously doesn’t challange him, she picks on someone her own size, but that made me sad that she would pick on her own daughter.The lady did say she’s not destructive, doesn’t chew or dig, is a good companion. I need to ask her how she is around small children too, because occasionally those things show up at my house…the children things….
But thanks, Ruff, you brought up some points that had slipped my mind
Well dominance is a huge problem with most spitz breeds, truth be told, I had to re-home my Chow Chow, Pippin, because either her or Ruffian were gonna end up dead if they had their way. And the fact that she has been bred would add to the dominance as well. It is sad that she had pups at such a young age. Well I would adopt an older dog from those people, to get it out of there but I would never buy a pup from them, they seem to be breeding for all the wrong reasons.
Good luck on your new dog (hopefully). My boys, father and son get along okay- Lady is the alpha and matron and Tanner doesn’t challenge Beron unless it’s to get a pat on the head from me. They’re great pets!!
WolfenMachine wrote:Ya, I read that about the dogs escaping and some needing high fences. The owner says that she lives outside, but comes inside and “stays and stays” and she said the dog would love to be an indoor dog. I think the owners are Husky people because they have 4 now and had 6 recently and one of their 4 dogs is pregnant and due this week or next(the sale-dog’s daughter actually; and the daughter is 5 years old). I’m pretty sure the current owner has had the dog its’ whole life; and living in Texas, I doubt she has had ANY racing experience. I will ask about that next time I speak with her, but from what I understood, she has been just a pet.
The owner, Lydia says they needed to get rid of her because she is the dominate female, and has been fighting with her daughter for control of ‘the pack’. They have a 13 year old male husky and the 6 year old female obviously doesn’t challange him, she picks on someone her own size, but that made me sad that she would pick on her own daughter.The lady did say she’s not destructive, doesn’t chew or dig, is a good companion. I need to ask her how she is around small children too, because occasionally those things show up at my house…the children things….
But thanks, Ruff, you brought up some points that had slipped my mind
Yeah! I was a bit alarmed when I read ‘all they need is someome with a roof and a food bowl’ which is not a very true statement!
We have had two huskies and my aunt had one as well. I’ll tell you about our two first. They have both jumped over a 6′ tall stockade fence at different points in time, and they can go for miles and miles and miles. Some dogs come back home but many do not- they’re wanderers! We couldn’t chase them because then it’s a keep-away game, but we followed them until we had a chance to re-catpure them. They are VERY LOYAL and loving and they still don’t blink an eye at not coming back when we call, regardless of all the training. Unfortunately they are also both hunters, and killed a number of rabbits and woodchucks in only the hour or two they were loose. Again, they are the sweetest dogs, but to them hunting was a natural thing and anything small and furry was fair game.
They are also high energy! They need walks nearly every day and a large yard to romp in(with adequate fencing… ideally at least 6′ high and if you can manage it a foor or two into the ground. Chainlink is bad, they can climb it!). Even if your particular dog is far removed from a racing line, never forget what the breed was ‘made’ for- that was to go, go, go for long distances.
Our dogs are not destructive when they get bored, thank goodness, but my aunt’s purebred husky was a terror. He literally ATE her sofa and many pieces of furniture. I’m not making this up. She paid several hundreds of dollars to take him to professional trainers and she was told at the end of the sessions that they were beat and couldn’t help her. She had to rehome him eventually after she tried everything and spent thousands. 🙁I’m not saying all huskies are like anything I mentioned above… as we all know, animals are all individuals and even though I’ve seen some of the worst case senarios of the breed I too want to adopt a husky someday myself. 🙂 I just wanted to make sure you knew the potential! Good luck, the dog you’re looking at sounds sweet! 🙂
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My art: featherdust.comShe may howl for the first few nights- be prepared for that. You are taking her out of her pack and she’ll be alone, it might upset her so be really understanding for awhile. Also, if you put her in a crate at night she probably isn’t used to a small confined space for night sleep. She’d hate it for the entire day!
We just left the crate sitting open all the time for a while, just to get Ness used to the idea of it… Throw a toy in there for her to get out, etc… We don’t use it as much now, but she loved her crate, and at bedtime would go curl up in it, rather than on the sofa. It just takes time for them to get used to it.
I hope you get your dog! Just one thing – is she spayed? You mentioned that the people have another dog expecting pups so I wouldn’t be surprised if she is not spayed. If she isn’t you should have her spayed as soon as possible. She is in the age range where females can get a pyometra – which is an infection in the uterus which could kill her. Treatment is to spay her but the difference in cost between a normal spay and a pyometra spay is hundreds of dollars (or more than a thousand depending on where you live). Also, is she has never been spayed she is at much higher risk for mammary gland cancer.
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