does anyone else get........

[brian brown]

While I'm out walking my dogs, people always stop and ask if Mishka is a Husky.

When I say yes, a Siberian Husky, they always say "oh, she's going to be a big dog then!!"

I think people see Malamutes and assume Siberians will grow as big as they do.

Does anyone else get this reaction off people other than me?

[Marc]

Yeah we've had this reaction a few times ..... Not as many as "Is that a wolf?" though LOL .....

[Val (Zebedee)]

yes, we get that too & when we explain Myshka won't grow that big, they think I don't have a real sibe! :mstickle: Though my rescue husky has been mistaken for a red polar bear & a lion :giggle:

[Tan J P]

Before i did all my research into the breed i wrongly assumed the same thing,i didnt even know then that mals were any different :giggle:

i just assumed they'd grow into a huge hairy ar**d dog that would eat me out of house and home,they only bit i got right was......hairy!!

[husky princess]

I do, but I'm very vague about it cos I don't want them stolen from my garden. I never say about being pure bred & I make it clear they're neutered & I always say they're expensive to keep cos they have health problems!!

[brian brown]

It makes me laugh because I went online & found the measurements/weight of a fully grown Sibe bitch. Mishka's already that big (22inches high/40lbs) & is as big as my smaller Border Collie.

To be honest I thought she'd be bigger originally. I have wondered how a dog this size could pull a full grown man.

I've since found out quite how strong she is for her size :giggle:

My girlfriend decided to walk her one day while I walked to meet her from the other end of a 7 mile walk. She said she'd seen 2 old men who'd commented about her being a wolfy dog & "can you control her?!" (they were sat with their Jack Russells)

[BlueWolf]

I always get asked if Glala and Dana are still pups I know they aren't big. They are JUST above the minimum height they are allowed to be, but pups? They are 8 and 9 years old!

[Andy]

I think out there in the land of the great unwashed (non-husky owning public).

There is a general misconception that huskies are larger than they are.

I know, when we first started researching into owning a husky and met one for the first time we were shocked at how small they were.

Didn't change our minds. We kept learning and looking until we got our Daughtry

(originally called Koda, but then about a million other people joined the forum and called theirs koda or Kodah)

[Stormy]

I find children tend to know what they are more than adults! lol

[PnkFlyd204]

Yes- I've actually been told that Viggo is small for a Husky (he's 77.6 lbs and over the height standard). I reply, "um actually he is a bit large for a Husky." I think people just assume Huskies are supposed to be HUGE dogs. LOL

[natalie]

Yeah i get the same, i tell people kira's a husky and they tell me she can't be because she so small! but what do i know

[Calin]

It makes me laugh because I went online & found the measurements/weight of a fully grown Sibe bitch. Mishka's already that big (22inches high/40kg) & is as big as my smaller Border Collie.

To be honest I thought she'd be bigger originally. I have wondered how a dog this size could pull a full grown man.

I've since found out quite how strong she is for her size :giggle:

My girlfriend decided to walk her one day while I walked to meet her from the other end of a 7 mile walk. She said she'd seen 2 old men who'd commented about her being a wolfy dog & "can you control her?!" (they were sat with their Jack Russells)

40kg?? wow.

[ArmyWif3]

Yes i get this reaction ALL the time! It gets very annoying. To me certain questions just annoy me when im out with my pup. Ive had numerous people ask me if he is full bred husky. How does my pup NOT look full bred??

[BingBlaze n Skyla]

wow is she really 40kgs!? my girl was 32.8kgs and still needs to loose a FEW lbs

we got it alot too

[Elyse]

I've seen other Sibes at the park, and Suka is pretty huge for a (purebred?) Sibe.

He's around 66cm (25.98 inches) from the ground to his withers. (Height)

and

60ish cm [Length]

(I used the same measuring methods as the AKC)

and, last time he was weighed in, Suka was 35kg

[davidjk]

yes i get that, they assume that they must be puppies. i tell them that malamutes are the big ones.

[brian brown]

40kg?? wow.

Oops, 40lbs :redface2::giggle:

When I took Mishka to the RSPCA to get her microchipped, the woman said what is she, some kind of Husky cross, maybe German Shepherd?

Cheeky b*tch, I said no! She's a pedigree Siberian. I think it's her nose markings, I like them & that's why I picked her :mstickle:

[Kirbysowner]

yeah I get that all the time, specially because mine is 8 months, so people always think that he will double in size

[achelow]

My girl isn't purebred so I'm never that bothered about people that tell me she can't be a sibe - it just gets me that a lot of the time they tell me she's too small even though she hasn't fit "husky standards" since she was 6 months old. Even at the height of her 32kg of winter blubber I had someone ask how many months old she is. Just smile and nod, it usually makes them go away. I actually had someone come up to me the other day and say "Oooh what a nice husky cross" - I thought for a split second that they knew what they were talking about until they said "Both her eyes are blue, Sibes are odd-eyed".. What does he bl***y think Nadia is, a Sibe or a Van Cat??

[SarahNukka&Shadow]

Yep and miy claime of this is even worse than just the great unwashed... A VET told me my boy (who is si big I think he may have mally in him) was small for a husky! I Said no love hes BIG for a husky he'd be small for a mally! and he just said "well we wont argue"!! I was like yeeeah to right coz you dont know ANYTHING about it clearly! :giggle: