[JadeD]

Husky's can be very destructive if they are bored. They are also really bad about running out the door and running away. I had a husky for nearly 11 years. She was a challenge for sure. She was the most stubborn thing I have ever had to deal with and I am a Taurus, I know stubborn! LOL

If you are good at dog training and you don't mind the shedding hair, they shed a lot, then go for it. You have to be the alpha dog though! This is how I learned how to be alpha as she got older.

She was my biggest disaster of a dog I ever owned, however I learned a lot from her. I am now a natural leader and most dogs will naturally see me as a leader because of it, but I was not then. My husband bought her for me when we were dating and I was 19 years old. Huge mistake and I ended up giving her to him, although she was both our dog within a year because we got married. She was very sweet and great with other dogs and loved our kids and didn't care if they climbed on her or pulled her ears, she felt they were loving her.

Huskies are a lot more work than my 3 Yorkies are though! So as long as you know what you are getting into and can handle it then go for it. Remember this... when your husky runs off reward it for coming back and not punish it for running. Unless you get the exception to the rule, it will run at every opportunity. It is what they do. I would never own another husky, I loved that dog and when she was old I was right there holding up her head so she could drink chicken broth, but never again would I own one. They are so much work, high energy, destructive chewing, running away, shedding everywhere, etc. Just so much easier to have my laid back English Setter and my 3 Yorkies than to have 1 husky.