What is the difference...

[jackie]

...between a Husky and a Malamute? I asked my mother today, and neither of us has any idea.

[Suki Wingy]

A Malamute is MUCH bigger, heavyer set, with longer hair and doesn't come in near as many colors as sibes. Their eyes are also almost always both brown, no blue

[Suki Wingy]

I just searched and found this
http://www.minnesotamalamuteclub.com/malvsibe.h
MAL:

SIBE:
http://www.minnesotamalamuteclub.com/brdinfo/body.htm

The liks aren't working but I this is where I found them http://www.minnesotamalamuteclub.com/

[jackie]

aha! Thanks for the info.

[cyber-sibes]

Mals were bred for heavy pulling, sibes were bred for speedy pulling. Sibes were also bred to be with the human family, and are said to have a more people-friendly personality than the mals, but I don't know, I've met some pretty friendly mals. I've heard mals tend to be more of a one-person dog. As mentioned, mals are much larger, and have brown eyes. There's a great site called Everything Husky that carries tons of info on all the nordic breeds.

www.everythinghusky.com

[Glacier]

Malamutes are substantially larger. Mals were bred to pull an extremely heavy load long way at a slow place. You want to move your whole village, you take a malamute team. Siberians were bred to pull a moderate load at a faster pace.

Malamutes tend to be dog aggressive, particularly to the same sex. Their temperment is in general more stand-offish than the typically outgoing husky.

A purebred malamute can not have blue eyes. They can come in any color as can a purebred Siberian. They are both double coated.

I have both in my yard.

Heyoka, my purebred mal, weighs 130 odd pounds. My biggest siberian weighs 65.

Muskwa is a purebred siberian.

[RobiLee]

Well, I knew the difference but I sure am glad you asked because we got to see Heyoka and Muskwa. Gosh, they are gorgeous! I love Muskwa's coloring.

I just wanted to add that I get alot of comments about Tori being small and how they always thought huskies were much bigger than that. I think people often think that a Malamute is a husky.

[pitc9]

I know other people have posted pictures also, but I wanted to also!
This is my sister's Husky Yukon:

She weights about 60 lbs, she's on the tall side for being a husky.

These are my friend's Mals, Loki and Chinook. Loki is 130lbs and Chinook about 110lbs.
This is Loki and Sierra along with a kitty friend

And Chinook whispering sweet nothings into Sierra's ear:

[Suki Wingy]

What cute pics everyone!

[dab_20]

There is acctually quite a big difference. Huskies are much lighter built and smaller. Malamutes have a heavy build, and they are more hairy. Huskies come in alot of varities of fur and eye colors.

Huskies were bred to be fast, and mals to be strong.

[buttercup132]

wat thye said lol

[lizbud]

Thanks for the info and pictures of some beautiful dogs. I sort
of had a vague idea of the differences, but understand it better now.