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I need advice on training a Husky puppy!!!?

I just got a husky puppy for Valentine’s day and he is almost 6 weeks old. He was doing great at first and letting me know when he needed to go outside. Now, after a week, he’s starting to pee and poo inside. I’ve house trained Puppies before but it’s been a while and they weren’t so stubborn. He doesn’t like the leach either…Any ideas???

I hope the age you gave was a typo … a REPUTABLE breeder will NOT release a puppy before 8 to 10 weeks of age.

Housebreaking a Husky is no different than with other breeds with the exception that they are highly intelligent and will pick up on things quicker than many other breeds. Usually. Sometimes though if they see no point in doing what you want, they just won’t do it. Don’t punish him for doing something after the fact … only if you catch him at it red handed err, pawed.

Pads may help, a crate might too however I can’t really recommend them after an experience I had with one several years ago. It was one of those plastic ones with the metal mesh doors. One night one of my girls (had 2 at the time) managed to get her teeth into the mesh and worked it back and forth until split it crossways about 3/4 of the way across. She crawled through the hole until she got trapped at her hind legs. The mesh had broken off right below a horizontal wire leaving numerous 3/4 inch pieces of wire sticking up. They stabbed her in her belly. When I found her the next morning she was so exhausted that I thought she was dead at first. I finally freed her with bolt cutters and got her to the vet. It took numerous stitches to close all the wounds. She was fortunate in that she had no internal injuries but it took a week for her to regain her strength. Needless to say I don’t use crates with doors anymore.

He doesn’t like the leash because it limits his ability to run. Don’t use a harness on a Husky except for one thing ….. pulling a sled. A harness and a leash means he will be pulling YOU! Everywhere!

I have found that regular medium to heavy duty choker collars work the best with a Husky on the leash. It gives you control without hurting them.

It doesn’t sound as if you have done enough homework on the breed. They are NOT “starter” dogs by any stretch of the imagination. They REQUIRE a very experienced owner! Your puppy will be more than willing to teach you this!

Huskies are a special breed that most definitely is not for everyone. Yes, they are beautiful. Everybody loves them. And they have many good points as well as bad.

Some of the good points:

1. They love all people of all ages.

2. They love company.

3. They are extremely intelligent.

4. They are easygoing and forgiving.

5. They are clean with little or no “doggy” smell. Some people who are allergic to other breeds can live with Huskies.

6. They are generally quiet. They rarely bark except in playing, but will “talk”
or howl like their wolf ancestors for no reason.

7. They don’t require a lot of food. (get good fuel mileage)

8. They are honest. Their body language and voice can be taken at face value

9. They are not fussy eaters and will eat pretty much anything that doesn’t eat them first. But they do require a proper diet. (see # 6 below)

10. They usually get along with other well adjusted canines but they will take up a challenge if offered.

Some of the bad points:

1. They love people …. any people. This is sometimes seen as a lack of loyalty.

2. I do not believe that there is a type of dog that could be friendlier than a Husky. A Husky may alert you by his actions (running to a door or window etc) but he is not a watchdog by any stretch if the imagination. On the contrary, he will invite the bad guy in and show him where the good stuff is. And then help carry it out! It’s in the breeding and I doubt that you can train them otherwise. Even if you abuse them (we have several that were very abused) they do not become mean … they will just shy away from you. It’s possible that they may (or may not) defend you against an attacker (more likely with an animal attacker). He very well may be a deterrent to someone looking to do bad stuff …. a “hungry wolf looking” dog looking back at them through the window ….

3. They have a STRONG desire to run. This was bred into them over many hundreds of generations. It cannot be trained out of them in a few months of obedience classes. They MUST be kept in a secure area. And taken out in open areas on a leash. They are escape artists like a hairy Houdini. They have been known to jump or climb over 6 foot fences. If they can’t go over it they will go under it.

4. They are extremely intelligent and mischievous. You have to be smarter than they are to stay ahead of them. Don’t laugh. It’s true, they are smarter than
most people.

5. They are too independent and strong willed to make it through Obedience Training. (see # 4 above). They will know and understand the command but if they don’t see the point in carrying it out they won’t.

6. They are very keen and efficient hunter / killers.

7. They must be kept occupied. A BORED HUSKY IS A DESTRUCTIVE HUSKY! (see # 10 on below)

8. They shed. A LOT! Year round. Then twice a year or more they will “blow” their coats. This takes shedding to a whole new level.

9. They dig …. A LOT! You could rent your yard to NASA to train astronauts on.

10. They play ROUGH! Very rough. And they sometimes can draw blood. But it is still play.

11. They need company, either human or canine and will be miserable without it. Though they can survive outdoors they really need to be inside with their “pack”……. YOU!

12. They can live 12 to 14 years. Maybe longer. This is not a bad thing. But can YOU live with a 2 year old that long? That’s what it’s like with a Husky in your life.

Again DO YOUR HOMEWORK! Know what you are getting yourself into. If you can’t handle the challenge unfortunately it will be the Husky that pays the price.

25 years of being owned by Siberian Huskies. I currently have 14 Huskies most of whom were rescued by us from people who didn’t know what they were getting into

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