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ants13 · Post by **ants13** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:11 pm

I know there are some dog lovers on here so I thought I'd post this up.

After losing my last dog, Cassie, six months ago, We've finally decided to get another.

She's a 3 year old bitch, we were told she wouldnt be that big, but shes quite a size.

her names Sky

Shes an Alaskan Malamute, from rescue, and shes absolutly stunning.

Razza has been over this evening and she is as tall as him when she stands on her back legs.

Gonna be fun training her

Tk · Post by Tk » Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:20 pm

she looks lovely , we got a pup last weekend a 11 week old lakeland terrier called barney , the training has started :lol:

ants13 · Post by **ants13** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:24 pm

She certainly is lovely, very very strong though.
On her hind legs she is as tall as me and a fair bit stronger!!

ndwall · Post by **ndwall** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:46 pm

Are they relatives to huskies then ? As a chap round my way has one and he uses a big skateboard which the dog pulls him along with, he can go crazy fast as well.

ants13 · Post by **ants13** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:34 am

Huskies, Malamutes, Akita's and a few other breeds are all in the Spitz family of dogs.

There pretty much the closest domestic relative to wolves.

You can get big 3 wheel rigs etc and race teams of dogs for a bit of a laugh.

Nik · Post by **Nik** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:54 pm

ants13 wrote:She certainly is lovely, very very strong though.
On her hind legs she is as tall as me and a fair bit stronger!!

Not that difficult really

:D:D

Lovely looking pooch mate.

323ian · Post by **323ian** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:23 pm

I love these dogs and would like one myself at some point.
Are they hard to train being close relatives to wolves then?

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:14 pm

Lovely looking dog :thumb:

Dog Borstal, last night, had a Siberian Husky tat had an ASBO for howling all night

As with all dogs, the owner is usually the problem.

ants13 · Post by **ants13** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:45 pm

323ian wrote:I love these dogs and would like one myself at some point.
Are they hard to train being close relatives to wolves then?

Luckily she is trained to a degree already, but as long as you start training them young then there is no reason for them to be hard to train.

There closeness to wolves shows in other aspects, like if they see small animals, (cats, rabbits, jack russels!!!!), they just try to hunt them and eat them!
Also if theya re off the lead they dont always come back, instead prefering to listen to there wild side and just run!

Nik, I'll introduce you tommorow and I bet she trys to knock you on your arse!!!

DunkRA · Post by **DunkRA** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:16 pm

my sister is getting one of these in two week, only 4 weeks old just now, cant wait till she gets it