[Maximo]

Originally Posted by DBlain

that was the situation with the husky that killed my Reggie, the wife grew up with Huskies but they lived in Northern MI on a big piece of property. Now she lived in a neighborhood with small yards. Her kids kept her to busy to properly interact with the Husky, as an adult she found out how much they shed and did not like all that hair in the house, plus the Husky was not happy in the house. So they built a dog run in the backyard, some dog run, it was not very big yet they expected the dog to spend the majority of her time in it. Well the dog's main mission in life became about digging out of the pen, over and over again. They spent more time trying to secure the pen then time exercising the dog.

So having a false sense of security about living on a dead end cul de sac, I used take Reggie out on the front lawn to potty. (no leash) Well unfortunately for me, we walked out shortly after Simba got out of her pen and wound up in our cul de sac. Reggie was a feisty yorkie ready to take on dogs twice his size so he ran toward the Husky as she ran toward him and after just a few shakes on Reggie's neck I was rushing my first dog, the one that shared my bed and I loved with all my heart dripping in blood to the vet. I will never forgot those blue eyes looking up at me as I was kicking her to get her to drop Reggie. It was almost like she was confused on what she did wrong. Unlike a Pit that might turn on me, this dog had no desire to even a growl at me. Having walked the neighborhood on a regular basis I was surprised to find out this dog belonged to people so close by, I knew the owners and their kids yet never even knew they had this dog, because she was never walked. I also found out that they often found small dead animals in the husky's pen so I am assuming that she thought Reggie was something along the lines of a squirrel.

I am glad that you seem to have come to the conclusion that the Husky for many reasons would not be the right dog to add to your family.

Donna, I missed your first post. I am sorry you suffered losing Reggie in such a tragic way.