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[Shaman]

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What kind of dogs are in the pic? Ive only seen white Siberians in pure breeds other than Smoyeds.

Siberian huskies. The litter went from my pure white dogs to the usual black and white mix, with a middle dog actually grey with two different colour eyes.

Huskies in general are pack-oriented and may behave badly without strong persistent alpha presence. If you're a low-alpha owner, they can behave like you say -- canine terrorists.

My problem is at least partially that I had a wife and two stepdaughters that used to politely ask the dogs to do things and I had to fight them all the way to tears a few times telling them that they're NOT labradors and you have to be firm with them. They do pretty much anything for me, and the rest of the house is much better than they were at giving them direction. One dog is really heavily food-oriented (blue eyed one) and the other is not so much. But if the two of them are together, instinct kicks in and they will run. If they're out or slip a collar (it's happened) on their own they ignore my calls, I have had good luck NOT chasing them and instead sitting on the ground, which gets them to come to me... but together they just take off. Prey drive is crazy too, they don't even flinch when I am yelling at them if there's something they found that they can kill in the fenced-off area of my property.

Luckily, they only shed twice a year. The first six months, and the second six months.

 

[Mad Mike]

Siberian huskies. The litter went from my pure white dogs to the usual black and white mix, with a middle dog actually grey with two different colour eyes.

My problem is at least partially that I had a wife and two stepdaughters that used to politely ask the dogs to do things and I had to fight them all the way to tears a few times telling them that they're NOT labradors and you have to be firm with them. They do pretty much anything for me, and the rest of the house is much better than they were at giving them direction. One dog is really heavily food-oriented (blue eyed one) and the other is not so much. But if the two of them are together, instinct kicks in and they will run. If they're out or slip a collar (it's happened) on their own they ignore my calls, I have had good luck NOT chasing them and instead sitting on the ground, which gets them to come to me... but together they just take off. Prey drive is crazy too, they don't even flinch when I am yelling at them if there's something they found that they can kill in the fenced-off area of my property.

Luckily, they only shed twice a year. The first six months, and the second six months.

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Siberians can be white, but they can't be 90+ lbs that's way out of Siberian husky range -- fit Siberian males max out at 60lbs, females at 50lbs) and average 50/40lbs respectively. A 'white Siberian' over 65lbs is a crossbreed - usually with Malamutes. It's common for mixed breed Siberian/Malamutes to be sold as 'White Siberians", they are not true Siberians.

The dog in the pic has also has some facial features of Siberian/Malamute crosses -- her ears are slightly offset on the head and not pointing straight to the sky. True iberians have distinctive ears that are set close together high on the head and point straight up at the sky. Malamutes and crosses ears are slightly offset and point 10 & 2 o'clock.

None the less, they re beautiful looking dogs.

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