Husky Personality

What is a Huskies personality?

It's different from other dogs...it's independent, curious, wild, exciting, intense energy and very good escape artists.

Huskies can jump over very high walls, they are not called escape artist so that you should take it up lightly. They love to sing and make funny howling noises when excited or feeling alone. Huskies like to roam and hunt things like chickens, birds, cats, small dogs and other animals.

If you have a cat or parrot a Husky is difficult to keep away from your other pets. They have a very high prey drive. Drive means it's an instinctive behaviour to catch or chase prey; this can be a toy or a life animal.

Huskies have a very intense energy; yes you do get the one dog that is not like your typical Husky who prefers being a calm couch potato. But...most of the time they have a nervous energy that can only be satisfied with intense exercise.

This can be running on the beach with your Husky, biking with your Husky, mushing or anything that can physically and mentally stimulate your Husky as a pet dog. Huskies are not bred to be pet dogs, but through environmental factors this can also be apart of the make up of your Huskies personality. This is the part that you can sort of control. This is also the part that plays a role in you being able to handle a Husky as a pet dog.

They need positive reinforcement training along with the physical exercise. But a tired Husky train cues much easier then a Husky with build up energy that can't focus.

At first I always try to encourage people not to let their Husky off lead until they feel totally safe to do so. This can take anything from a week to a year. Like I said they are independent and do not always bond easily. They need to check things out before just trusting you.

I use this quote from my friend Kirsten R Frisch; "Having a Husky for your first dog is like having a truck for your first car".

This is so true, it's really a special dog to have and they have so much to offer. They really are much more then a think coat and beautiful eyes. But it takes much time and effort to discover the true meaning of sharing a life with a Husky...

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