I’ve never known a Husky to be mean. They’re usually sort of stupid, beautiful and friendly.
Ironically, it’s the Yorkies that terrify me. My Mom had one when I was a toddler, and he was kind of a jerk. They terrify me.
My dogs are the supposed mean ones: rotties, dobies, Sheps. It’s all about training. My rottie sent me to the hospital only once— when she brushed past me through a doorway and bent my knee inward and gave me a partial tear of my medial meniscus.
Think of the once scene in Galaxy Quest where they’re maneuvering in the docking bay and side swipes the side of the bay.
But I have never heard of Husky’s being vicious. Beautiful and stupid, yes. But mean? No. But... there are so many factors that go into a dog’s temperment.
And while I don’t like Yorkies, I hope the poor little pup is okay.
Agreed with your take on huskies.
They have killed 14 humans in USA 05-19
Mostly children and babies
They are beautiful but eccentric
Likely best suited to sleds
To each his own
“But I have never heard of Husky’s being vicious. Beautiful and stupid, yes. But mean? No. But... there are so many factors that go into a dog’s temperment.”
We owned two AKC registered Siberian Huskies. Both were the sweetest dogs in the world, both were deathly afraid of small children, and were the most untrainable dogs you ever met in your life.
That said, they would KILL anything that came in our back yard; birds, possums, ground hogs, skunks, cats, you name it. The red Husky would snatch birds out of the air, I saw her do it 3 separate times.
As long as the dogs were their size or larger, the were perfectly fine. However, and dog that was the size of a cat or smaller, I had to restrain the Alpha, he would go for them EVERY time!
My neighbor had 4 Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. More than a couple of uncomfortable encounters with them and my male Husky. I prayed that none of those dogs ever slipped under our backyard fence, because 1. I knew what they paid for those dogs, and 2. what the outcome would be.