Siberian Husky owners..

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Originally posted by Glacier
Thanks, but Muskwa is a he! He's actually the pack's alpha male.

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I'm terribly sorry, I didn't know.. (oops, I watching too much Pirated of the Carribean)...Can you forgive me? Muskwa? :rolleyes:

I don't have a husky, and never have, although I think they are absolutely gorgeous and I just love looking at them, I think they are too high energy for my lifestyle.

I did want to pipe in here about the shaving discussion though. I think it depends whether it's more a haircut, or a down-to-the-skin shave. The latter, I absolutely hate. I used to see a sheltie that lived down the road from me, that was an "outdoor" dog and shaved every summer to the SKIN. I thought that was just awful. Doggie skin can sunburn, and being exposed like that to every mosquito in the animal Kingdom is awful IMO. It is HOT in southern MO in the summer, and those coats help keep them cool too! I know because I used to feel my collies' skin after they had laid in the summer sun. Their coats would feel hot, their skin cool.

I really personally feel the only time a dog should be shaved right down to the skin is for medical reasons, like some types of mange I know it is necessary.

As for just a haircut, I guess it's more personal taste. I prefer natural, but I know I used a shaver to help me make Cody's hair shorter a few times when he got older. His skin was so sensitive, and his hair was too silky (more than it should have been for a rough collie), it matted and tangled horribly easy. Rather than put him through trying to constantly get tangles out with his ultra sensitive skin, I trimmed up his coat. This picture shows his coat trimmed. As you can see it doesn't even have a shaved look :)

http://www.doordolt.com/~jfrank/Will...y/codysnow.jpg

I know a lot of people used to ask me if I shaved them in the summer to keep them cool. People who don't know about dogs well think they sweat like people do as a coolant system. They compair a long-coated or double-coated dog to be the equivalent of wearing a heavy coat during hot weather. I always just tried to nicely explain the difference to them.

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Originally posted by tikeyas_mom
here is Tikeya...
my siberian husky, she is 5 in May.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...3/fa5392d2.jpg

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She is so gorgeous!!! I wish I had room for another one!! I would get one in a heartbeat!!

Are you always having to steer people away from going out and getting a husky when they see her? I always have people come up to me, when I'm out with Gypsy, and tell me they are thinking of getting one, usually because they saw Snow Dogs, and I have to explain to them that they better do a lot of research before they make the committment. It's just so easy to fall in love with their happy, affectionate nature and their stunning beauty.

One of the funniest comments we've gotten was when I was walking Gypsy around the neighborhood. A guy across the street from us hollered, "A husky, huh? You gotta be crazy to own one of those dogs!" He was not far off the mark either...every Husky owner I've met (myself included) has been a little off-center!:D
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Yep I have a husky! Although she can be a handful, I wouldn't trade her for the world:D

Knock on wood, but she's never tried to escape. She likes to stay at home with her pack buddies:p

Now for the pictures!

Here's one the first day we brought her home:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...4/fcbd93c6.jpg
And this is one of my favorites of when she was around 6 months
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...e/fcbd9372.jpg
And here she is at about a year
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...2/fcbd8e74.jpg
And this is her now
http://photothru.com/photo_filedb1/A...A12124A5_7.jpg

I'm so glad you started this thread Rachel! Such beautiful huskys we have here!
We also need some pictures from Sandra:)