Weell, I dont have a whole lot of experience....our dog is only half husky, but he displays alot of these traits that you've been saying (prey drive, energy, talking, digging (he dug a hole in my mother's boyfriends rug during christmas....that went well.... )

When we got him he was only about 8 weeks old and pretty emaciated and didnt move around for a whole week or so....but after he started eating he starting chasing our kittens (who were the same age as him).

I was worried about the cats for a while but I found out that claws beat paws any day of the week, and now I find that Jay is unhappy when he is away from the cats...and the cats mope too. The female is tends to stay away when he is awake but snuggles with him at night and our male cat and Jay like to play together (I often times run to where they are cause the cat is yowling, and I find Jay on top of him...and they both give me this innocent 'we were doing nothing wrong' look.) So I dont know if thats a normal thing with huskies...but I think if they know cats and get used to them as puppies you are fine. When outside I have to wrap the leash over my shoulder cause when he sees something small and fast he wants to chase it...and he can pull.

And another thing that I think is prolly more husky like is that he hates to be left alone....haaaaaaates it. He loves other dogs (I worked very hard to make sure he was socialized), and he loves his people. when he wants attention he usually does this roooooooo thing and occasionally barks.

So from my experience with cats it may not be so bad. but I dont breed them...you might want to look online and see if you can find a mix on petfinder.com. I originally adopted Jay for my own, but when I left for school he became my Dad's companion (dad lives alone) and he has bonded very closely with my dad and has sort relieved some of the worry I had about my father. He has also helped to relieve my brothers fear of dogs....and size wise Jay is about 60ibs....he is small...but very muscular.

So, I dont really know about the purebreds really, but I know that my mix was great for our family. Those are kinda my goods and bads about our mix. I hope that helps.

-Cate