Get behaviour and training advice from experts with huskies and malamutes.
Whether you’re looking for tips on toilet training your husky or prevent your malamute from pulling on their leash, you’ll find the answers here.
You’ll also find answers to more complicated problems such as how to train an aggressive husky or how to prevent them from escaping.
My Siberian Husky Dakota is almost 6 months old and already extremely powerful, more so than any other dog I’ve owned. She has inspired my Dogmatic Headcollar Review. Huskies are powerful pulling dogs. I’ve worked hard with Dakota’s leash training since the day she bounded into our lives. On the whole, she’s great on a leash. …
In part 1 of this article I talked about how to identify the behaviours that demonstrate that your Husky may be displaying Jealous, Over-Protective, Possessive behaviours. In today’s article I will talk about how this behaviour was created, what you can do about it, and how to prevent it from ever becoming an issue with …
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I frequently get asked for help by owners of Huskies, because their dogs have turned their households into a war zone. They lunge, snap, and snarl at their owners when they don’t want to comply with a given cue, they have become a menace in their community because they try to attack other dogs and …
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Our dogs communicate with us all the time, so it’s essential to understand your husky’s body language. They constantly give feedback to let us know how they feel at any moment. But since they do not have spoken language capabilities as human beings do, dogs resort to communicating using a complex combination of non-verbal communications, …
Once you have chosen the correct crate for your Husky, you are ready to start preparing for the actual crate training process. Crate training should be done gradually so it gives your dog time to get used to the idea of the crate. If you just place the dog into the crate and shut the …
Is there a more divisive topic than the idea of crating a dog? Owners seem to be very much split on whether or not a crate is a good tool for managing and training dogs or is it a device of torture and confinement. The problem is that crates are very often misused by uninformed …
We are all familiar with the phrase, “ Don’t work harder. Work smarter.” Far too often people unwittingly undermine their own training efforts without ever realizing that they are doing it. Are you one of those people?
A Tale of Leash Aggression (AKA Leash Reactivity) Many people will recognize themselves and their dogs in this tale. You are walking your Husky down the street. You are hoping and praying that you do not meet another dog on your walk. But unfortunately, before long, you can see another dog and its owner are walking …
There is not a day that goes by that I do not find myself using the terms Desensitization and Counterconditioning when responding to people’s questions about what they can do about their reactive Husky’s behaviours. Even though I covered the steps for using these processes in the article, Rehabilitating Your Husky, I feel that this …
I frequently get asked questions about how to potty train a husky. It may sound surprising, but this problem isn’t exclusive to puppies. There are many reasons why house soiling may occur. Barring any medical reasons for this to be happening.
