He grew VERY-large for a Sibe, 30″ at the shoulder, 120 lb. & not fat. He’s always been fed raw meat & chicken organs (no intestines), Dr. Marty’s, & Blue Buffalo, etc. quality food.

He’s very well-behaved, loving all people & all other dogs who’ll let him, but HE KNOWS HOW TO KILL, in a heartbeat ! He killed a Chi who was stupid enough to attack him, unprovoked. Gunner simply crushed it in his jaws in an instant. One day, an orange dog that looked like a Lab charged & attacked Gunner in our own yard while we were outside, with him on a 50-frro chain. We NEVER have Gunner out unchained or unleashed !) Gunner instantly grabbed the other dog by the neck, pinned it with his paws & ripped its neck open, killing it instantly. During both these bouts, Gunner naver made a sound. (He also killed a possum one dark AM the same way, almost tearing it in two in a split second.)

However, Gunner has never been the aggressor with other dogs. He gets along very well with my son’s two Chis & Dalmatian. He has buddies in our ‘hood, three Great Danes & a Newfie. One day, an escaped Jack Russell came into the yard, & he & Gunner played together til the JR’s human drove by looking for him, & was very happy to get him back. (She offered me $$, but I declined, saying her friendship was reward enough.)

Gunner is VERY quiet; he seldom vocalizes at all, & we’ve never heard him snarl or growl. if another dog barks or acts aggressive toward him, we must watch his body language. If he stands very rigid, staring, with ears perked fully, tail down, & mouth shut tight, I know he’s ready to attack, & I’ll try to get him away from the other dog.

I had a friend tell me that feeding Gunner raw meat would make him into more of a killer, but I know better. But our vet, who’s also a trainer, said there’s no use spending $$ trying to train Gunner not to retaliate fatally toward an aggressive dog, as that was likely in his genetics, & all dogs will try to defend themselves. Also, all Sibes have a strong prey drive no matter how well-fed they are, & we must act accordingly.

Any idea why he grew so big? He IS a purebred from a very good blood line that includes several champion show dogs.

Brittany, it’s been 5 years since your comment but I just had to reply. I’ve owned huskys for many years and currently have 2 that were both rescued. As the article clearly stated, huskys should not be off-leash, which hunting requires. Since they also have a high prey drive, which the article stated, whatever is being hunted probably wouldn’t be in the best of shape after being killed. I hope you found a dog that’s appropriate for what you have in mind and if not, search at your local shelters or rescues. Please, adopt don’t shop. Many, many huskys are killed every day at shelters because people didn’t educated themselves about the breed or did, but then hought they could change the things that makes them huskys. Backyard breeders and pet stores (puppy mill dogs) only want to make money and don’t care about the dog’s current or future lives. Spay, neuter, adopt, don’t shop.

Your husky is 13 uears old now?

If you want your dog to intimidate others you are the wrong kind of person to have a dog.

I am a ____ year old kid (I am not telling you) doing a reasherch project any amazing fact that will wow my class reply soon please.