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...
If you find that her hair is drying out in the summer (a pretty common problem for Husky/Malamute/Samoyed dogs, don't forget that she requires fish in her diet - that is what they have eaten for the thousands of years they've been with Man... Trout or Salmon work good hereabouts (dunno if that is available down there), normally fed to them frozen, and I always gave it to them at least a couple times a month, though it has been their primary diet when possible - They won't even look at dog food if there is fish around.
But you will be astonished what it will do for her coat... and it aids them when they are shedding too.