How to treat a Siberian Husky

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By cleosmom
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treat a Siberian Husky

If you decide to get a Siberian Husky, please read about them. These dogs are very loving and you can easily hurt their feelings.

Difficulty: Challenging

Instructions

Step 1

Once you've decided on this breed, you need to buy a book or visit your local library and borrow a book on the breed. Huskies are working dogs therefore they will require lots of exercise. They need to be walked or jogged twice a day, unless you have a large yard for them to run and play in, preferably fenced in. Once they start running, they don't like to stop.
Step 2

Water. They love water, to drink, to lay in, to stand in. For my 2 Huskies, I had a big metal bucket for their water. They love mud holes! They love to stay out in the rain. They will also dig a lot more than some other dog breeds.
Step 3

Grooming. Huskies shed twice a year. You must comb them and get that undercoat off of them. They will start looking nasty if you don't comb off that loose fur.

Tips & Warnings

Huskies are the most beautiful breed of dog there is! They are high maintenance animals and are highly intelligent. Their barks sound more like words. They are loving and need lots of attention.
Huskies are easy to train and are generally good with children.
If you take care of them, they can live to be upwards of 12 years.
They look like they will eat you alive and a lot of people are afraid of them, maybe because of their size and their odd looking eyes but they are not an aggressive breed of dog, they're just curious and alert, that makes them look scary to strangers.
Their breed is prone to hip dysplasia and epilepsy.
If you own one, especially male, and you want to get another one after a couple of years, you may want to consider getting a young female. Huskies are a pack breed and the males are very territorial. Males can live together but they really should grow up together. In my experience, no Husky should be a lone dog, if you have a Husky, I truly believe that dog should grow up with another dog, even if you have a houseful of people...you should have at least the two dogs.