My aunt used to raise Samoyed Huskies a long time ago. Beautiful dogs, and friendly, super-cuddly pups.

All I remember is that the male decided to tear his way out of the kennel and ended up killing a sheep and chickens before he was hunted down, and - the same night her mate ran away - the bitch killed all of her cubs. This might have more to do with my uncle being a dick than the breed itself, though.

One of the cubs I named "Teddy", as he was going to be mine when he hit eight weeks old. He never made it.

I don't know if Samoyeds are "special" (beyond being insanely beautiful), but I hear all Huskies can be a handful.

But they are, perhaps, the most beautiful - and primal - of dogs. Gorgeous creatures.

I had a Husky till 2 years ago. Great awesome dogs that I totally recommend

1. super smart. they learn tricks really fast. But they are also very stubborn and independent. So even though they know exactly what you're asking them to do they may just not want to do it and ignore you, lol.

2. loyal companion dogs. They do not make good watch dogs at all. They'll watch the thief take the stuff from your house and show them where more goodies are, lol.

3. cute good looking dogs. you'll get lots of attention. babe magnet.

4. full of energy and need LOTS of attention.

They basically are one of the highest maintenance dogs out there but if you can put up with it they are awesome dogs.

Mine lived to be 15 1/2 and died Dec 2009. I still miss her and so want to get another one BUT I know I don't have the time it takes to train one properly like I did before. I was with mine almost 24/7 for years when I first got her and super trained her to know 20+ tricks and commands.

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You can't even get any pup, husky included, from the humane society here that isn't snipped by 6-8 mths, which is quite a bit sooner than what I suggested in fact. They obviously disagree with you about the risk. Do you know for a fact that her dog wouldn't have gotten cancer were it not snipped early? No vet I've ever spoken to has reported this.

Btw, my dog lived to be 18 yrs old. No cancer of any kind.

I have 2 MALINOIS and would not trade them for anything. They are both short hair but they can take the cold temps.

Great dogs extremely smart and easily trained.

I got my spade right at 6 months old. It actually stunt her growth, she didn't grow much bigger and looked like a puppy well into her years. Was actually pretty cool to have a full grown dog that knew tons of tricks and commands that still looked like a pup.

Mine got a liver tumor and died at 15 1/2 yr old about 2 months after learning of the tumor. So on the 1 hand she did get cancer, but on the other hand 15 1/2 is longer than most live anyways. So my guess the cancer had more to do with age than getting her spade too young.

I know plenty of vets who don't know shit as well... It was a vet that recommended the early snip in the first place, he was wrong too. They study all animals, they aren't experts on all of them.

Vets, for the most part, do know this. These are the same people that kill a tonne of dogs every year even after 24 hours so lets not let that cloud our judgement here ;) Not that I don't understand, there are simply far too many dogs for them to save all of them, but their well being has always been at the convenience of the shelter, so they have them snipped to avoid any more breeding, it is as simple as that.

8 months is pretty close to sexual maturity so you may sneak through without issue.. but I wouldn't risk it personally. I was referring to people who do it sooner than this for the most part.

i cunt afford a husky... :(

Ah, okay. You didn't make that last point clear in your earlier post. And I said I had my last dog fixed at 1 year. Actually it was a bit closer to when he was a year and a half old. Several local "experts" in the field suggested I get him done earlier than that but I wanted to at least give him a chance to get it on with a bitch or two before ending his sex life. :D

Sorry for the confusion anway, your ealier post read like you were disagreeing with me. I don't think 1-1.5 years is too early for getting a dog fixed.

But I've still never heard nor read anything about that procedure being the cause of bone cancer in dogs. Any links to actual scientific documentation or credible sources you can point me to?

Yeah i think i assumed you meant earlier as well.

My gf is the expert on the subject. I just listen.. hehe


Here is what she dug up on it,:


http://www.naiaonline.org/pdfs/longt...uterindogs.pdf


On the negative side, neutering male dogs
? if done before 1 year of age, significantly increases the risk of osteosarcoma (bone cancer); this is a
common cancer in medium/large and larger breeds with a poor prognosis.
? increases the risk of cardiac hemangiosarcoma by a factor of 1.6
? triples the risk of hypothyroidism
? increases the risk of progressive geriatric cognitive impairment
? triples the risk of obesity, a common health problem in dogs with many associated health problems
? quadruples the small risk (<0.6%) of prostate cancer
? doubles the small risk (<1%) of urinary tract cancers
? increases the risk of orthopedic disorders
? increases the risk of adverse reactions to vaccinations


http://www.citizencanine.org/gendocs...rly-neuter.pdf


http://www.caninecancer.com/Osteosarcoma.html


http://www.neutering.org/banes.html


http://www.royalair.org/spayingearly.htm


http://www.natural-dog-health-remedi...r-in-dogs.html

if you want a dog that you can kick the shit out of daily, what's the best one to get?

super high energy, mine can go for a 5km bike ride and still not be tired

Dont pick a breed just because you think its great looking. If its your first dog better pick something not that hard and challenging.