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That is a traumatic ordeal. However, (in my county) there is a restaurant law. So the puppy’s owner would be at fault. Huskies do those things. Please stay away from smaller animals now that you know. Yes, train your dog. There are great YouTube videos. I watch SolidK9training. Jeff is awesome and it works. I have gone through 4 trainers. Finally found one that knows Huskies and works with their personality. Getting a Husky to heal and walk nicely is possible! You have to put the work into it. Start doing mental stimulation training. Focus on the brain more then the physical. Mine would leap 4 feet in the air, scream at the top of there lungs, pull towards anything and everything. They now walk at a heal and we now enjoy our walks. They love their walks.

Welcome

Have her Zinc checked. Google Zinc deficiency and see if the systems match. It is common in Huskies from what I understand.

Way to go! Congrates

I think I need a second doggie door. 🥴

Neckline is an absolute a no go with my two. LOL They do better every day. But the boy wore down his back left to nothing. Blood everywhere. 🤦🏽‍♀️ Then has a couple of broken in the front. So no walks for awhile. I did let them in the back to play for a bit during their first snow storm 🌨

LOL The first 30 / 40 minutes is the craziest and then they seem to settle down. We will go for another hour after that. We are slowly learning how to run 😂😓. Once we start jogging they get worse then if I just walk them and all commands are out the window and they scream at each other. It’s actually quite funny but very frustrating at the same time. I would like to get them into a harness for running but was told by the vet not to let them pull at all until about 16 months old because of growth plates. Every time a harness is on them or we start jogging they immediately go to the end of the lead and start pulling and jumping. I am not worried about what people think seeing them do it, I am just worried about them hurting themselves. Is it really going to hurt them if they are just pulling against the lead with me? Not being hooked up to anything.

I ordered the x back from a different company located in Alaska. I need to dig up the email and tracking number and follow up again. They are 9 months. Last weight (at 8 months) the boy 46 pounds and the girl 44 pounds. Dad was a little over 60 and mom was just below 60. They just don’t look like they are that big but every time I measure and order everything comes in too small by the time I get it. I am looking at the custom harness and collar. I like the ones on the Pits on the home page.

I will look for that too. What a relief to see that there is a US site. LOL What does adjustments up and adjustments down mean? Not sure if which one I should do. Plus they are still growing, not sure if I should go a little bigger 🤔 I ordered an x back and had to return the boys. Never have received a refund or the corrected size.

I was just on that site. LOL I'll need to figure out how to walk him with two leash and still keep her on the other side... she may be ready for hands free. Thank you

Robke: Do you have any suggestions for when they flip and roll with a front lead? He ignores treats, commands, and it happens the second there is any tension what so ever on his front. I would really love to get him into something that is not around his throat. But everything I try, he just flips out.

I do believe that harnessing a Husky does make them pull more. At least with mine. Since I last posted I have even stopped with the choker collar. I was afraid it would hurt their throat. I went to a little pet shop where the owner helps dog owners with leash issues. (She doesn’t charge 😮😵) We actually put my boy in a prong and wow did that help. This was after trying every No Pull harness and everything else in her store. I haven’t once had to correct him. He does walk in front of me which I am totally fine with. When he starts being reactive to something I say turn and he turns around and goes the other way with some whining but doesn’t act out. My little girl is ready for a regular collar now and the boy is almost there. As far as a harness goes... I will once in awhile put them in their harness with a long line. Play fun day is what I call it. No matter how long the line is they hit the end of it and start working it. LOL Just found out I have a neighbor with two very large Husky highbreeds X that are 6 years old and they also said they use prongs. *made me feel better* I also do a lot of verbal training with lots of positive praise and treats on our walks. It keeps mine paying attention to me instead of everything else. O I have also tried the two in one lead. That did not go well with mine. They mouth played and get each other worked up when they are close to each other. They have to walk on opposite sides with me in the middle. My male also hated the gental head halty. Grinded his teeth the whole time. Tried the harness with a front lead and he flips and rolls like an alligator. Uggg

That’s awesome. Congrats

I have went from a regular collar ( which my male about broke his jaw when he got twisted up with his sister’s collar). Went to a choker ( had no control over my male and was very afraid of thyroid injuries). Now on a prong which works great on the boy but is destroy his hair on his neck. The girl is ready for a collar or harness (I am looking at the Vari fit for her). I am going to bit the bullet and get it for him too since his outer coat is getting destroyed.

At the risk of backlash on this one.....This is used just as a training tool and is never left on long. Plus they are loose and the pups know how to pull them off. My pups eat everything!!! This is a pic of shame for ALMOST eating a battery that was laying on the road during our walk.

My new daycare spoils my pups and I get a play by play when I pick them up. I also can barely hold on to the leash getting them to the door. Then there is the talking during the car ride three streets away. LOL I just can’t bring myself to doing an over night. Even though they have a (slumber party- none of the dogs are kenneled and a staff member sleeps in a room connected) LOL 😂

I have anxiety just having mine at daycare for 4 hours. 15 days would put me in the hospital. LOL Pups would love it. I think I am the one with separation anxiety. 🥺 Hehhee Just patiently waiting for me to get done with coffee so they can go one their walk. What good pups.

I wonder who won that? LOL 🤣

Welcome! She is very pretty. I don’t know anything about Zinc sorry.

Theia Afternoon nap time. LOL

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I have spent so much money trying everything to get my two to just walk. When separate the female is great. The male was a monster. Together they snap at each other, get up on their back legs screaming..... I have never liked chokers! However, I broke down and and started working them in chokers. I started inside the house (one at a time) with pressure training. (Not jerking Street back - sane as what was mentioned above by someone else) Using the natural award of loose lead and treats when they were close enough for the lead to be loose. Once they one at a time, were 100% inside the house, I put them together and practiced that until they were 100% together. Then I did the exact same thing in the backyard. (Until the boy started locking me out of the house when sissy was having her turn/ Sissy learned to open the door while brother was taking his turn 😭😂) After a few times of having to break back into the house,,,, I started taking them out front together. It was a hot mess at first. Did a lot of what others have already mentioned. Turning when they start having to much tension, setting during excitement, lots of positive reward. We haven’t been able to make it around the block because of all the turning and setting. But the pups have fun and it wears them out. I have the chokers for walks, they have a lite harness with a 20 foot lead for the park, and they have x back harness for run time (haven’t used this one yet, just now getting them used to it)

Amyf27... Yep, I did that. LOL The pups can't be loose in the yard. Unfortunately, that is where their dog run is. They have a ramp that they love sliding down to the run.

We have two cats and a tortoise Pups are learning to play nice. 🤣

It may be partially luck. But I believe that dogs will follow and not run from a true leader. (Pack dogs in the wild never run away from the pack leader and non of them are leashes to the leader. LOL) In other words, I know I have to keep working with my pups. Right now they run the house.