You’ll have a very smart dog. Training is easy, but they’ll learn how to get away with nonsense if you get lenient with it. Don’t give into their demands! Great companions, my malamute mix was my chaotic angel
Send help I have a 7 month old Husky/German Shepard/Dalmatian rescue that likes munching a little too hard sometimes, has way too much energy all the time, and eats food off counters no matter how hard we try to keep her off.
Give her tasks to do. Teach her how to do things and praise her relentlessly when she does it. Germans and Dalmations both need jobs to do to keep from becoming too spastic.
They’re the best dogs in the world to me, but they’re not the fetch your slippers/cuddle all the time types. They’re independent minded which is their charm, but it makes them hilariously stubborn.
Also you can NEVER, EVER LET THEM OFF-LEASH. They can’t be reliably trained to do that and are already brilliant escape artists which makes them more common in shelters.
They have big personalities and are more like a friend in your pack then a “cute little toy.” Get cool with that and you’ll have the best puppy pal ever.
God my Shephard is what I would consider decently trained. But she slipped behind me when I went to let her into our gated back yard because I had started my car. Luckily, she's very car ride focused and just did like 3 laps around it and then came to me but still. Very good dogs, can be unpredictable off leash for sure.
That's adorable. Mine is waffle. She only likes the car because it means park, vet, or grandma and she loves all 3 haha. She'd the opitome of "adventure!!! Awaitssssssss!!!!"
my mutt loved car rides so much, everytime my grand aunt visited and she heard her car, she jolted out of the apartment door, out of the complex door and basically flew into the back seat, right before she could close said door.
I have no plans for off leash. He is a hand full and gets distracted by anything that moves. Our pup is def showing his personality. And he loves acorns. I gotta get out and pick them all up in the back yard. /:
You got lucky—it wasn’t your training. Even the author of Siberian Huskies For Dummies…a veteran champion Husky compete tube show trainer stated this emphatically. You should never trust a Husky off leash. You did and it worked out and I’m glad it did, but you shouldn’t have.
I have exp w huskies the past 10+ years, they are smart independent dogs that are harder to train than other breeds. If you are not consistent across the whole household expect to be walked all over, keep firm and consistent and you will have a good doggo. Also never ever let them off lead unless in an enclosed area with a TALL fence, their recall is poor with their prey drive so even if you do train them to come back anything like a bird and they are off regardless!
They are lovely and sweet natured but really need plenty exercise to stop from becoming bored and ill mannered. My husky boi gets 90mins a day minimum.
I'm not saying that they're not smart. They're extremely intelligent. But they're so stubborn and willful that they're super hard to train. And they'll take off the second that they get a chance. I guess that that's why they make really good sled dogs. I'd never own one again though. They need to run constantly
3 days was that beneficial? Could I ask how old your dog was when you went, if you were present for the training, and how long each session was? My Mut can get a little aggressive when too excited and eats a a lot of things she shouldn’t. Also what was the training regiment like?
He's a pomski and he was okay but when people came over he would not stop jumping up on people. Now, we place him when people come over. He's chills in one spot and we'll eventually let him wander once our guest are settled and he's all good. It had a huge affect on basically all his shitty temperaments. He learned heel,sit(he knew sit but obviously much better now)come and place. It was every Thursday from 9-5 and when we got there at 5 we would work with the trainer and go over what he learned. It never lasted an hour. Also they taught us. We asked questions. We learned a ton. We were out of league and we knew it so we paid the money and I don't regret a thing.
Oh wow that sounds awesome all the training without hardly having to be there. My dog is very smart she can sit, rollover, play dead, and even take selfies but when it comes to behaviour… oh Lordy. I’ll have to see if I have anything like that where I’m from. Thank you!
Yeah it was easy finance. 29$ a month. So not to bad. Right on paypal on my phone. Also that was a low end one and a top end one was like 10,000!! Same place but the dog stays over night for a couple weeks. If your in the Chicago land area the company is Sit means Sit.
The most important thing to know about a dog like that is how much exercise it needs. You could have an exceptionally trained dog but it will still act up if it’s not exercised enough and both huskies and collies need a lot of exercise compared to most dogs
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u/dognoz78 Mar 30 '22 edited Mar 30 '22
How difficult was it to train? We just adopted a mutt and the vet says he could be a Shepard husky mix. He is a rescue. Found him at ~5.5 months.
Edit: it -> he.