New dog to be around DD

Lifeisbutadream

gettingready wrote: »

It is a HUSKY - 3 walks per day are not going to be enough.

It is a working bread of a dog... needs much more than just walks to tire him/her.

??? how do you know 3 walks a day is not enough?? do you personally know the dog?

I have a springer - also a working dog - who csometimes only gets 2 walks a day *shock horror* - even someone who didnt work would find it difficult to walk a dog for more than 3 hours a day!

Lifeisbutadream

Fang wrote: »

A husky needs to run on lead for miles a day to tire it out. There's no way it should be cooped up in a flat all day and night with just a walk or two.

How do you take a dog for miles of on lead running? do you think they should get a sled or something?

viktory

I am working on my two at the moment; they have got the idea they are pack leaders (entirely my own fault). Thingas I have found that have made a difference are:

Not permitting them to get on the furniture or bed
Putting them on their beds (and making them stay there) when we are eating
No touch, no talk and no eye contact when we get home. They are very excitable and so we ignore them until they have calmed down. This is also the case with visitors
We walk through doors and up the stairs first
They are not allowed to 'guard' the open window.
Toys are locked away and we decide when they can play. They get about an hour a day play time, decided by us. If they are unruly then we cut their playtime short.
We insist on good heelwork when we are out until we get to the field or whatever, then we let them have a longer lead in the form of a flexi lead (we can't let them off, they are part bassett and once they get a scent they are off!)

All of that has made a real difference to their behaviour.

The only thing we don't do is feed them last; they eat at half six we usually eat an hour of so later. We do not permit begging.

Fang_3

Buttonmoons wrote: »

It's not heading any way so quit with your scaremongering. It's an excitable dog that mouths a bit when playing, nowhere have I suggested it's vicious or aggressive or anything of the sort, and it's never shown any aggression, never even growled (I've asked)

You do this on every thread you are on, right grumpy chops.


and its in your opinion it's not being taken care of, since you've not seen the dog or it's environment it's all just bad guesswork on your part. I've seen the dog after it's been on it's walk and it's knackered when it gets back, as it DOES get let off in the enclosed park where it plays with other dogs.

I didn't come here to give everyone a blow by blow analysis of the dogs day to day schedule, it's not my dog, I'd just like to know ways and means of stopping it from mouthing. Cheers.

A dog of that size doesn't have to be aggressive to injure a child, and at no point did I say it did. There is not a chance in hell that such an amount of exercise is insufficient for a husky. They are bred to run, and run and run for miles a day. A bit of running in the local park is not going to cut it. And so when that dog starts pacing about the house, it might knock over your daughter. The way to stop the dog from being how it is is to exercise it properly and give it consistent training. Perhaps if you gave people the facts to start with rather than making it look like your changing your story then you might receive the reaction that you'd prefer?;)

Fang_3

Lifeisbutadream wrote: »

How do you take a dog for miles of on lead running? do you think they should get a sled or something?

You run with it. Or take it on a hack.

Lifeisbutadream

Fang wrote: »

You run with it. Or take it on a hack.

Sorry but I dont see how anyone could possible run with a dog for more than 3 hours a day unless they were a trained athlete - I am pretty physically fit but I would struggle to run with my dog for more than an hour.

I know plenty of people with Huskies that dont do that - fine if someone wants to, but I dont see how it is cruel not to!

Fang_3

Lifeisbutadream wrote: »

??? how do you know 3 walks a day is not enough?? do you personally know the dog?

I have a springer - also a working dog - who csometimes only gets 2 walks a day *shock horror* - even someone who didnt work would find it difficult to walk a dog for more than 3 hours a day!

'Working dogs' are not all the same. As that poster said you need to look at the breed specifics.

Fang_3

Lifeisbutadream wrote: »

Sorry but I dont see how anyone could possible run with a dog for more than 3 hours a day unless they were a trained athlete - I am pretty physically fit but I would struggle to run with my dog for more than an hour.

I know plenty of people with Huskies that dont do that - fine if someone wants to, but I dont see how it is cruel not to!

Why does it have to be one person? There were at least two people 'walking' the dog in the case of the OP.

Just because other people don't do it, doesn't mean it's not the right thing for the dog.

Lifeisbutadream

Fang wrote: »

Why does it have to be one person? There were at least two people 'walking' the dog in the case of the OP.

Just because other people don't do it, doesn't mean it's not the right thing for the dog.

I think we will have to agree to disagree - you said

A husky needs to run on lead for miles a day to tire it out. There's no way it should be cooped up in a flat all day and night with just a walk or two.

I say that you cant possibly know that as you do not know the dog. [IMO] I dont see how it is not being excercised enough with 3 x 45minute walks

Fang_3

Lifeisbutadream wrote: »

I think we will have to agree to disagree - you said



I say that you cant possibly know that as you do not know the dog. [IMO] I dont see how it is not being excercised enough with 3 x 45minute walks

You don't need to know the individual dog to know the needs of the breed as a whole.

ETA: When we were researching Malamutes we looked at doing this - http://www.newforesthuskies.co.uk/huskamutespullingbikes.htm so it's perfectly possible to give such breeds the exercise they need.