Posted on 02/24/2014 4:17:57 PM PST by Morgana
Soaring numbers of ‘wolf breed’ dogs are being abandoned by owners unable to cope with the pets - which have become popular after featuring in cult films and television shows such as Twilight and Game of Thrones.
Charities including The Dogs Trust say hundreds of dogs such as Malamutes, Huskies and Sarloos were given up last year because their demands for attention and exercise are proving too much.
And last week, six day-old Eliza-Mae Mullane was mauled to death by her parents’ pet Alaskan Malamute at their home in Pontyberem, Carmarthenshire.
Police are currently still investigating the circumstances of the tot’s death and have not destroyed the dog.
The Dogs Trust, Britain’s largest dog rescue charity, has experienced a three-fold rise in wolf breed dogs brought to its rehoming centres.
The charity says it is ‘gravely concerned’ about the situation, saying unscrupulous breeders are also to blame, for selling the dogs to people in town-centre flats who were out at work all day and left them unattended.
Last year the trust took in 261 abandoned wolf-type dogs — up from 78 in 2010.
Although known for being friendly, affectionate and loyal, wolf breed dogs are also prone to separation anxiety and extreme boisterousness.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
....so they can have the ice cream to themselves.
I knew it.
He had two huskys and no fenced yard and he let them run at will. They ended up killing a neighbor's cow and were ultimately put down........so stupid in letting them run like that.
Mine act like this when I go to the post office for 5 minutes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JePANP_HCU
We do not have a fenced yard. We were going to put a fence up but found that our girl did not want to be outside alone for even a minute. When we take her outside she loves being there but only when one of us is with her. The Husky separation anxiety is strong with her.
The only game she has ever liked is Chase. She wants us to chase her but we can NEVER let her off a leash because the wanderlust gene from her Husky side makes her take off into the hinterlands and we have to spend an hour or more trying to get her back (her game of Chase). We chase her on a long lead in the yard and that satisfies her.
Now that she is approaching 15 years old she does not like to walk so much and is showing signs of stiffness. I get a bit down about this as I still see her in my eyes as that big fury 7 month old pup we rescued who would walk that one mile any time of the day (unless it was raining).
Last October we rescued a half Sheppard, half Hound mix and the young one has really perked up our old girl but I still see she is getting old. I have seen death up close and gruesome when I was much younger but I do not like it and now have a much harder time with it even if it is our pets. I am dreading the day that must eventually come.
I have told you before and will now tell you again that I really enjoy your photography. Thank you for the great photos.
A coyote yes! Plus coyotes are think in Kentucky and West Virginia. Things are a bloody nuisance. Killing livestock all around here. I say that couple should have pumped the stomach of the Huskies before putting them down, I sure has heck would have.
Had one. Fairly pricy to get, but very smart. high energy and needs some room to run. Also, a pain to catch if they get outside of the fence due to brains, speed, and agility.
Even though I have had GSDs for most of my life, after currently owning a Malamute, I’m not sure I could go back to any other breed.
Our AkitaX passed at 12+. He was deaf, his hind end had failed, he was barely continent and I am pretty sure he had a stroke the last day. He looked ok, but couldn’t get up and just had this glassy smile all the time.
Knowing it was coming didn’t prepare us. We had both mourned in advance and kept him too long out of selfishness.
15 is a long time and it is too short. It is so hard.
We are old, so the present pup (really a teenager) is our last big dog.
:)"
LOL, yeah, point taken.
I had a Shepard Huskie mix....that was maybe the best dog I ever owned.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.