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Free Spirited Dog!!! Siberian Husky VS Alaskan Malamute VS The Husky/ woofy
Siberian Husky VS Alaskan Malamute VS Husky...
If you were to talk about how free spirited they are....!!! I know they are a working dog and need a lot off time from owner to put their energy to a good work out and all that...And as much as I love the look, I know a lot of these dog are still very much a freedom thinker... they are smart and they think for them self....
But in Training + their nature... are they really train able ?
Really can be obedience trained?
Do they stick with there owner? Such a wonderer too...???
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They are absolutely trainable, but you'll have to put a lot more work into it than someone with, say, a Lab.
Their training is never very spot-on, though. 9 times out of 10 you'll give a command and they'll stop and think about it first. This combined with a high prey drive makes most of them very unreliable off leash. I have had the most success training to life: You want to go out the door, you sit first. You want to sniff that spot, you have to walk 10 feet in a heel first. And so on.
These are breeds that will do something only because they stand to benefit from it, and for good reason. If you're sledding down a river middle of Alaska and the snow is blowing so hard you can't see past the end of your nose, but your lead dog feels the ice cracking beneath his feet, the life of the entire team depends on his choice to ignore your 'forward' command and go back.
My Siberians were excellent in obedience class. Mia's 'leave it' was so good that she just stood when we came upon a bear while out walking. I said leave it so she had no choice. She marched in parades & was welcome anywhere.
Mia's recall was not good. That was the only time her training wasn't dependable. Off lead, she came when she wanted, not when I wanted. Jo's was much better. She came when called. Mia never left our area, just ran like the wind and came home in 20 minutes.
Both of them loved me to pieces.
High energy, fun loving, high exercise needs, high grooming needs, loving, talkative - all yeses. Protective - no for Mia, yes for Little Jo. Born to run. Both of them ran miles beside a bicycle. Born to play. Do not expect one to sit in the corner. Both got along with cats and children.
My only Mal was much more independent and not so much a people pleaser.
I would have nothing but Siberians if I were younger, but my Lily is perfect for me now.
My friends mal is very family oriented. She has two small kids. As far as obedience training, I suppose he has been a bit of a tough nut to crack. He has very nice mannersthough, and knows his basics commands, but things like not going through the garbage and the like, well, that has been a bit of a different issue. She has to barracade the pantry and empty the garbage everytime she leaves the house. So yeah, they are trainable,but I wouldn't consider them easy dogs. My friends husky was the same way. They could never trust him off leash though. But they weren't exactly the kind of people that put a whole lot of training into their dogs, but he settled into the family life just fine. I think over all the Mal is the better of the two in the cases I know... he seemed a little more willing to learn, than my other friends husky, but I think that had a lot to do with the owners. The Mal owner I know put a little mre time into her dog... not much more, but a little more ;)
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