Hey everybody new to the forum! I have been asking myself this question for a while now and wanted some summunity input.

I have 2 registered huskies. Maya (red/brown female) and Balto (black and white male).

The question is reguardijg Balto. He weighs 95 lbs, is very  woolly has an overly affectionate personality, is extremely gentle and looks almost like a textbook malamute. Yet he has siblings from the same litter that are completely stereotypical husky. Has anyone else run into this before?

Thanks!
Ruston

There are a few around that are big and have a Mal look to them that come from backyard breeding situations. Even with papers there is the chance he could have Mal in him. Were there mals at the home where he was born? Or nearby? You can always verify with a DNA test. He is large, even for a standard Mal really. Looks to have the wider Mal ear set but his ears are sharper more like a husky.

I love this picture.

My brother used to have a Black Lab, a female that happened to be made pregnant by a Rottweiler. I think she had like 5 puppies. 2 looked exactly like purebred Rottweilers (even into adulthood) and the other 3 exactly like Black Labs, so it does happen that two different breed parents can have pups that look like only one of the breeds. My former neighbor has a Pitbull mix that you wouldn't know was mixed with anything, looks full on Pitbull.

Do you have other pics of Balto we can see? My first impression is just a bigger husky. I do see some Malamute type qualities but I could also be over analyzing I wanna stick with just a bigger sized husky but it'd be cool to see some other pics if you have them!