emmy-lou Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 While out on a walk today i heard yet another stupid remark about a husky...... I took daisy for a walk and we met up with a husky owner who has a white husky. Well as we were walking along the track towards the welsh border we over took a couple with their boxer dog.... as we got past them we over heard the woman say to her partner "Thats not a real husky. Real ones are grey". To which i just turn round looked at them and said "Thats not a real boxer it has a long tail" (i know they arent allowed to be docked any more unless its a working dog and the tail would be seen as a hazard). I just wanted her to be on the receiving end of a dumb comment. Now i must admit before i found this site i was drawn more towards the stereotypical husky markings but since joining i am in no way colourist and really dont mind what colourings the furball has...... So when you were looking for your first husky were you colourist??? xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kells xx Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 when i got to go and get my first husky... my mum had just lost her white german shepherd bear so i went to look at puppies and my only stipulation was that my pup couldnt be white,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Actually yes we were. Why? Because prior to getting our first - Daughtry. We had recently had a white german shepherd - 'Bear' who passed away just a couple of months before. So while there were several extremely cute white Husky puppies at the breeders, we deliberately stayed away from white. So as not to have the accusation thrown at us that we were simply "replacing" Bear (RIP). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 when i got to go and get my first husky... my mum had just lost her white german shepherd bear so i went to look at puppies and my only stipulation was that my pup couldnt be white,, Actually yes we were. Why? Because prior to getting our first - Daughtry. We had recently had a white german shepherd - 'Bear' who passed away just a couple of months before. So while there were several extremely cute white Husky puppies at the breeders, we deliberately stayed away from white. So as not to have the accusation thrown at us that we were simply "replacing" Bear (RIP). LOL double post. . . Father and daughter replying at the same time. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MollynDiesel Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 I always wanted grey and white, mum wanted black and white. Now i've got a bit of both So yh i guess i was a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollys Dad Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 I'm not colourist, but glad that our three are all different colours. If we get another, I want a red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osinn11 Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Nope. Color honestly didn't matter. The second my wife and I saw Cj we knew she was coming home with us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerry_lapworth Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 My first husky wasn't my choice - nor was getting a husky my choice !! My ex chose a pup based on the fact that he wanted a husky, he wanted a male and the ones he went to see there was only one male left... <sigh> Saaba is a grey and white with brown/hazel eyes. We got Raya as a friend for Saaba and I wanted an older female (not bothered about colour!) Raya is grey and white with bright blue eyes.. The ex has Saaba and I have Raya. Eventually I would like to get a male friend for her. I do have a passion for the reds, but if the right fit came along and he was black/grey, or even purple I would be more happy that they got along rather than colour (also , despite my 'I dont want a husky - look at me now! I made 10,000% effort and ex made 10%) WHOOP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracey8 Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 I did not have a colour preference when i got my first husky although i did want a girl i ended up coming home with a boy (kato) a week later we went and picked his brother nanook up don't know what happened there lol just goes to show when you see the one or two lol colour or sex does not come in to it,not for us anyway:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simhauu Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Well... I didn't even know there were white huskies before I saw Ghost's ad. Anyway, I was just sending bf pictures of male husky pups for sale, and I eventually ended up repeating Ghost's photo over and over. Since I like the books of 'A Song of Ice and Fire' there was this white direwolf in it (though with red eyes) named Ghost, we (I mainly) decided for Ghost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Blaze was supposed to be my brothers dog so he got to pick what colour we had his breeder had a grey and white sibe there called blade that nay absolutely loved so he wanted a grey and white one too So that's what we got (tho blaze is a wolf grey and blade wasn't) skyla was kind ov a colourist choice mum wanted a white n didn't want a different colour then she got ill n we decided once she was better we would just get any colour we just wanted a 2nd husky ,, but dad wouldn't let us , till we were told skyla needed a new home n he said we could have her so kind ov colourist lol Sent from my ST18i using Forum Runner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian brown Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 I actually wanted a silver/grey Husky, had to be female as I have 2 male Border Collies & thought another male 'might' introduce trouble. I had this idea that I wanted a nice mask, I prefer facial markings to a completely white face but that doesn't mean I don't like white faced dogs or wouldn't have one When we went to see the breeder, he had a pure silver bitch who had small silver blobs under her eyes & Mishka. When I saw Mishka's beautiful mask, it didn't matter about the colour any more I still don't know what colour you'd say she is. She's down as black. Pic as a pup & how she is now, look at her mask . She has a cream undercoat which makes her appear brown in summer but other times she appears grey? Whatever colour she is, she's my baby girl & knows it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 (edited) I still don't know what colour you'd say she is. She's down as black. Pic as a pup & how she is now, look at her mask . She has a cream undercoat which makes her appear brown in summer but other times she appears grey? Whatever colour she is, she's my baby girl & knows it /> She looks similar in colour to blaze who's a wolf grey Sent from my ST18i using Forum Runner Edited September 1, 2012 by BingBlaze'n'Skyla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian brown Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 She looks similar in colour to blaze who's a wolf grey Sent from my ST18i using Forum Runner They change so much, she does appear grey there but last summer she looked like this, much more brown in her, strange how much their coat changes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 They change so much, she does appear grey there but last summer she looked like this, much more brown in her, strange how much their coat changes <img src="http://www.husky-owners.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=57970"/> I know what u mean blaze has some red/brown tints to his fur too other times he looks grey n others black lol strange dogs Sent from my ST18i using Forum Runner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elyse Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 I adopted Suka from the shelter, so I didn't really have a choice of colour (lol) but if I would ever get a husky puppy it would probably be a red/white or just a white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidjk Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 lol i get this with micha (our white husky) people tell me she isnt a real husky because she is white. i just turn round and say her papers say she is, and also she is faster and smarter has amazing eyesight fantastic hearing and amazing sense of smell. if i have been lied to and she isn't a real Siberian husky, then i am glad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidjk Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 if i was to get another husky i would get a rescue, color does not matter to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyMom09 Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 I really wanted a silver-gray, but my first one ended up being black/white. When it came time to find our second I still really wanted my silver-gray and anything BUT a red....I hadn't seen many reds that I really liked and that's when we met Juneau. She was a dark copper red and in love we fell. 4 years later I got my gray boy and this year added a gray girl and another red. But I no longer choose my Siberians based on color or eye color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insane Pat Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 While out on a walk today i heard yet another stupid remark about a husky...... I took daisy for a walk and we met up with a husky owner who has a white husky. Well as we were walking along the track towards the welsh border we over took a couple with their boxer dog.... as we got past them we over heard the woman say to her partner "Thats not a real husky. Real ones are grey". To which i just turn round looked at them and said "Thats not a real boxer it has a long tail" (i know they arent allowed to be docked any more unless its a working dog and the tail would be seen as a hazard). I just wanted her to be on the receiving end of a dumb comment. Now i must admit before i found this site i was drawn more towards the stereotypical husky markings but since joining i am in no way colourist and really dont mind what colourings the furball has...... So when you were looking for your first husky were you colourist??? xxx Get this all the time as Deus is Red/White and my favourite is "he's not a Husky he's not got blue eyes" but as for colourist I dont think it maters as all Huskys look lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lebe03 Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 I hear comments like this all the time as Polee is white with hazel eyes most people mistake her for an Akita or white GSD. This included our vet who had seen Polee from a distance before we went to the surgery for the 1st time. Our vets has 2 white GSD's and had a heated discussion with her daughter about Polee being a GSD but her daughter was friends with my ex's daughter so knew Polee was a siberian. Needless to say the vet had to apologise to her daughter once she'd seen Polee close up. If I was to get another husky I would prefer him or her to be white but it wouldn't be essential if they weren't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian brown Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 When I took Mishka to RSPCA to be chipped, the woman asked if she was GSD x Husky because of her colouring. When I told her she was KC pure Sibe, she got shirty & said 'I don't think so!' Stupid woman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leanne7 Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Well could b worse I took Lexi out before her 12week jabs so I was carrying her and some one asked me is she was a badger..... Hahahaha could help but just laugh?.. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollys Dad Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Well could b worse I took Lexi out before her 12week jabs so I was carrying her and some one asked me is she was a badger..... Hahahaha could help but just laugh?.. Lol A badger? What planet was this 'person' from? Idiot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leanne7 Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 I kno does make you wonder doesn't it.... Another thing that bugs me is i went out and bought Lexi a beautiful girly pink dimontae collar and lead and still everyother person says awww isn't He lovely what's HIS name.. Grrrrrr!!! # Rant over badger remark has to b the best yet tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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