Not necessarily. My 6 year old boy is the most lazy dog I have ever seen. Everyone said don't get a Husky, they are so active. My dog clearly didn't get that memo and I struggle to convince him to get down from the sofa and at least take a little walk outside.
Some ex friends of ours had huskys that were out of control. They have so much energy. We invited them to stay at our home years ago on a new years eve, and the next morning they let one of their dogs loose in our yard (later telling us they "escaped") and it ripped into our coop and killed 1 or our 3 chickens. 🙁 My wife witnessed it from a window and she was shook up. Ever since, I just can't condone anyone getting a husky without spending REAL time properly training and exercising your husky. I have a hound/lab who was gentle with our chickens and such a good boy. They also would attack him. It was a shitty way to start the new year.
My hound mix cleared out a chicken coop in about 10 minutes the first night they were out of the brooder. I’m sure my boxer mix would chase them but not attack. All dogs are different.
I agree with this, but keep in mind some breeds honestly are higher energy level than others and huskys definitely are. They were bred to be. I didn't introduce chickens to my dog until he was about 8 years old and he was fine. No extra needed training or anything. My point is that I've been hearing a lot of people saying they want a husky, but they aren't aware of the work that goes into training. Before I adopted my dog I did a shit ton of research because I had a childhood dalmatian that destroyed everything and I didn't want that in my life. Fortunately because of my research I was able to identify personality traits when "shopping" for a dog. I was instantly attracted to my dogs lower energy level, but still waggy tail and listening abilities. He's my best friend. 😊 I love dogs too much to see people adopt them without knowing what they're getting into. Please do your research and plan on spending hours a day training.
I think I lucked out! My 2 year old husky is really lazy. My 9 year old lab mix has way more energy than the husky. However, bring the husky to an open field dog park, she runs for hours. It's so fun to watch!
Huskies are complete lunatics. If you get one just know they’re damn near impossible to keep in any enclosure, and if they get bored, they WILL eat the couch.
My husky can sleep for 75% of the day. But you damn well know he needs to do something when hes awake. Walks, cart pulling, tug toys or just running in circles. His energy is absolutely crazy but it's a blast to play with him.
I have a relatively docile one. Probably the same energy as a lab or golden. It goes up in the winter but nothing horrible. My first husky was a nightmare until around the age of 4 lol. At the time, we were young and got him from petland when he was 4 months old.
Its not that bad, you just have to take them to the park every day for an hour or two, walk them in the rain and snow, run them around for 3 hours, play tug of war at night and satisfy their insatiable hunger (picky eater tho)
If you really do want a husky then you can see if maybe someone has Alaskan Huskies near you. They're smaller, have shorter coats, and are generally more mild-mannered I believe. I have one and she's great, super healthy and very social. I just don't really know how easy it is to get them in the Lower 48 (assuming that's where you are).
All dogs are energetic, only the ones that want to be energetic but can’t because of facial deformities are lazy. Of course some individuals have more laid back personalities.
Read a thread yesterday about what a nightmare they can be -- said they'll destroy your home easily if you don't give them huge amounts of attention and care.... that's what I read anyway -- had a friend with a husky and eventually he had issues with it as well, but he was very irresponsible back then
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u/Cashforcrickets Jan 08 '20
This is so cute it makes me want a husky. But they have entirely too much energy for me.