Where to get a puppy?

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I didn't properly elaborate on my husky story: if you don't want a dog that will run away from you at first chance, will growl at you if you disturb their space regularly, will scold you with howls all the time, will kill anything smaller than it (though they can learn to coexist with cats), sheds ridiculously, has to be disciplined constantly, will definitely chew your couch up at least twice, holds grudges, hates toys and needs a different kind of food every few days........ don't get a husky. Siberian or otherwise.

I love my huskies, but never again. If you're not really - and I mean really - motivated and dog-experienced, just don't.

I'm at rabbit carcass #49 over the four years since I built a dog fence, which they somehow squeeze into and then can't get out of when there's two ridiculously fast huskies chasing them (they cooperate, one heads them off, the other flushes and chases). That's the rabbits I know of, these things can clean a carcass in minutes. I mean, they can take a porkchop and eat it like there's no bone in it.

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The picture doesn't do a good job of showing it, but one dog is about 80lbs and the other is about 110lbs. Sisters.
 
Shaman said:
I give my huskies scraps but not at the table, always in the same place and I always make them "stay" before praising them and giving them the scraps. However, my mother had dinner with us and I told her at least three times before and during dinner not to feed the dogs. She snuck them some food and I caught her doing it, she didn't understand why I was so angry... thinks she's a dog person, but huskies aren't just regular dogs, they're clever and highly food-motivated.

Since that ONE incident, my dogs now hang around the table and will even sometimes howl at us because we're not sharing. Yet, we don't and never have shared at the table. ONE incident. Grrrr.
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We baby sat our daughter's dog for a month or so and only gave it tiny treats. When she went back home our daughter was not happy with her pup's expectations.

If it's not your dog, don't train it. Also the stranger that wants to give it a piece of chocolate because it's cute, deserves a punch in the face.
 
Shaman said:
I give my huskies scraps but not at the table, always in the same place and I always make them "stay" before praising them and giving them the scraps. However, my mother had dinner with us and I told her at least three times before and during dinner not to feed the dogs. She snuck them some food and I caught her doing it, she didn't understand why I was so angry... thinks she's a dog person, but huskies aren't just regular dogs, they're clever and highly food-motivated.

Since that ONE incident, my dogs now hang around the table and will even sometimes howl at us because we're not sharing. Yet, we don't and never have shared at the table. ONE incident. Grrrr.
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My dad used to do the same thing with our Huskies. if you stick to your guns, your Huskies will quickly learn who feeds them and who doesn't - after mom leaves they'll try begging, if the find it frivolous they'll stop.

My camp husky is the same. He's all over the guys that feed him, can't be bothered with those who don't.
 
We don't feed our dog at the table, he hovers and his head is right at table level but will then just chill on the floor. A different story when we go to my parents house. They do feed from the table and he will walk right up beside my mom and stick his head under her arm lifting it for food, while still being gentle for 190lbs. He openly bugs them both, leaves me and my wife alone. He likes it, they do as well cause its smiles all around when they can spoil him and he still respects the boundaries later.
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