thinking of getting an alaskan malmute

[Aurie]

For those of you who have Mals now, does yours talk? I remember our neighbor had one when I was a kid. He would do this growling/talking thing to people he liked. It used to freak out my friends. I would take them over to meet the dog and he would 'talk' to them. They swore it was a giant wolf about to devour them. Just wondering if that is a typical Mal trait or just some quirky dog that lived next door

[Glacier]

For those of you who have Mals now, does yours talk? I remember our neighbor had one when I was a kid.
Just wondering if that is a typical Mal trait or just some quirky dog that lived next door

It's a very typical malamute trait. They are talkers. Mine almost never bark, but they make all kinds of other sounds. Heyoka is often the leader of group howling sessions. He actually carries on converstations as he follows me around the yard. He talks to the other dogs, to the cats, to the neighbor's dogs, to himself, to people who visit, and God Forbid he is left alone--the mournful "i'm so loney" howl can be heard for miles!