I sure do admire Huskies - But I have always been partial to Malamutes myself... crossed with Wolf or G.Shepherd... Makes for a monster dog, and long in the leg, good for a pack or a pull... Smart as a whip, and don't take no guff from nobody. My last one was quite a scrapper, and liked nothing better than finding a bear to harass. Makes for a pretty easy and confident walk in the backwoods, that does...
I fell ill a while back, can't walk enough to stretch one of them out anymore, so my current pup is a mini Aussie Shepherd... makes for a decent cow dog. He's good on a whistle or a signal at range, and a good companion. And his poop goes right up the mower chute, which is a great feature.
But I am getting better, and the guy that I get my Malamutes from came down out of the sticks this spring to barter a pup to me for some work (I fix computers)... Beautiful blue eyed pup, with a black mouth and meat grabbers that cover half my palm @ 6 weeks. He's gonna be a big, big dude, sired from the (son of the) brother of my last one. Broke my heart to turn him down, but maybe next year.
and has never cared for other dogs on her turf, especially little ones, but I do like my neighbor, so I grabbed the little dog out of harm’s way and returned it-that Yorkie hasn’t come through the fence since.
That's just being neighborly... And that Husky probably would have used that Yorkie for a squeaky toy... It is a wonder to me that she can take the heat down there. Mine weren't really comfy till it gets below freezing, and they lay out on the snow like it's the beach at ten below.
My dog does love cats, though-she sleeps on the floor with “her” 3, and is friendly with neighbors’ cats...
Ain't that funny? mine have all put up with neighbor cats, and love their own too... But if there is an interloper, it is dead meat, just like that. And they discriminate against bobs and cougars too, without a thought.
I hope you make a speedy and full recovery so you can enjoy everything again...
My dog is a Siberian Husky, gray and white, blue eyes. They are bigger than those Alaskan Huskies that are more popular-she weighs a bit over 70 pounds, and I’ve been told they were also bred with wolves and German Shepherds in the last 100 or so years to keep inbreeding down and health up.
She was purchased from a kennel the AKC recommended in Wa state, up near the border with Canada, and has been my companion since she was 9 weeks old-the breed is apparently very hardy-she is 15 and still chases squirrels into trees.
My dog does not spend time in the heat-from May to September, except for going out with me for a walk several times a day, she hangs out indoors with the cats where it is cool. I take her out every morning before sunrise and comb about a pound of fur off of her, all summer...
Last winter was really cold, and when we would go out, she would head straight to the riverbank, where the wind was blowing the coldest, and romp in the dry grass until I was shivering and brought her back in. At night, she would sit outside howling back at the coyotes-as you said-like it was the beach when it was 16-20 degrees with wind blowing and snowflakes-until she got bored and I was frozen stiff.
There are no bears here, but that may change soon, according to the game warden-mountain lions here stay well away from humans, but I see their tracks sometimes when hiking in the woods after a rain, along with the ones of the wild hogs, deer and other wildlife-there is plenty of game for them to eat, and places to go-this county has always been very conscious of the dangers of overcrowding and the need to conserve all natural resources-there is a moratorium on development, and an acreage requirement on residential building. The only industry here is dude ranches and other tourist stuff...