Well hello there! It's lovely to meet you all! I'm Jenna and I'm owned by an 8 month old Siberian Husky named Ziggy. He's quite a handful sometimes, but I wouldn't trade him for the world! I also have two kitties, Smokey and Monty (who Ziggy loves to torment unfortunately).

This site seems to be very informative and I hope maybe I can contribute some good information as I learn from my experiences with Ziggy! Plus I think my time will be much better spent on here than scrolling down Facebook all day long, looking for something interesting haha!

A few weeks ago I found an article on this site that had information about flea and tick preventatives. It stated that using essential oils worked a lot better on one of the moderator's huskies, so I ordered some and I haven't seen a tick since I've started using them!

Anyway, its nice to meet you all; here are some pics of my babies!

Ziggy taking a break from attacking his pool.


Cooling off in the mud after some hard play at the dog park


The famous water bowl face-plant!


Ziggy decided if he was wet I needed to be too haha.


Did I mention he thinks he can lay on top of the couch because the cats do?


He also used to like to lay in his toy box (I don't think he can fit anymore).


This defines Ziggy:


This is what he looked like when we first got him


Okay, now for some kitty pics

Ziggy and the cats.


Smokey-bear:


Monty:


And last but not least, just for cuteness!

Welcome! Those pictures are all great, and Ziggy is very striking!

Hello and welcome. He is striking! Love the pic of him lying on the back of the couch

Thank you! He's my little goof-ball! A lot of people think he's a wolf-dog because of his darker face, but he most definitely is not!

Welcome to the forum community. Ziggy looks awesome, love the mask!

Ziggy is sooooo handsome! Agouti right? So pretty!

Welcome!!

Hayden_69 wrote:

Ziggy is sooooo handsome! Agouti right? So pretty!

Welcome!!

I'm not sure if he is or not! The breeder called him a diluted black/white; but he looks strikingly similar to the agouti coloring as well, so I'm not quite sure!

kevo wrote:

Welcome to the forum community. Ziggy looks awesome, love the mask!

Thanks! I do too! I saw his adorable face and HAD to have him. Then we went to go meet him and he just curled up in my arms; he's my baby!

Welcome! I've seens pics of Ziggy on Facebook; he's gorgeous!

Kale and I say HELLOOO from California

hypers987 wrote:

Welcome! I've seens pics of Ziggy on Facebook; he's gorgeous!

Kale and I say HELLOOO from California

Haha! I think I've joined almost every husky site on Facebook there is! Hello Kale! He's so dang adorable! I can't wait to get another husky baby

Welcome to the forum!!! He's so handsome! I LOVE dirty face Siberians!!!! Love love love!

He has traditional white legs so I doubt hes a true agouti (agoutis would have coloring all the way down the leg - they also have cream color not the bright white). True agoutis have very little bright white markings.

All the agoutis I have seen have white legs? I don't know much about the more rarer colors' standards, but just an observation along with things such as Husky Colors showing plenty with white. Though ZIggy could still have some more of his coloring show up on his legs later down the road with how their coats change.


He's very beautiful- the dark face always makes the eyes POP! He's definitely not diluted black and white though. Agouti would be the closest thing you could classify him as, even if he has some off parts.

If you even look at that site under agouti the traditional Irish markings are lacking in the agouti - the whites arent the bright white and on many of those dogs the color extends far down the leg.

The agouti color is marketed quite a bit as a selling point for most bybs. Almost any dog with a dirty face will be called an agouti because most people don't know what the true agouti is anymore. I know a breeder with a gray/white dirty faced that everyone thought was an agouti and they didnt understand why she registered him as a gray - but he didn't have the buff undercoat or the banding.

From a breeder I know with true agoutis:

"The guard hairs only are banded. The undercoat is buff/off white. There is VERY LITTLE bright WHITE on a true agouti. Usually just feet, tail tip and possibly on the chest. Face is usually black with no white."

(I've been planning for awhile to speak with a geneticist here soon to help get further clarification on what a true agouti is just have to get around to it)

Welcome what a beautiful pup..
From the pictures he is a true husky.. Mine are just as funny.

Got to love them Huskies. they are such fun.

Welcome! Sure looks like you have your hands full of fun with him! Love his colors!

I think most huskies like to lay on the back of the sofa!

Ziggy is adorable. I love the photo of him sitting on the couch back. It made me laugh!

Ziggy is adorable, I love his coloring! That picture of him as a puppy on the couch with the cats is adorable. Welcome!

Ziggy is so cute! Absolutely love dirty faced sibes! I just moved away from central WI about 10 months ago. Really miss it there! Thankfully my family still lives in that area so I have an excuse to come back!

I love the dirty face! He's stunning!

Looks a lot like Cheyenne when she was around that age. Mask is much more exaggerated and defined but otherwise colors are a lot like her

Welcome Jenna

Welcome! Ziggy is such a handsome boy!!! Love his name too!

I LOVE his face!

Thank you everyone for all the welcomes!

Niraya wrote:

Welcome to the forum!!! He's so handsome! I LOVE dirty face Siberians!!!! Love love love!

He has traditional white legs so I doubt hes a true agouti (agoutis would have coloring all the way down the leg - they also have cream color not the bright white). True agoutis have very little bright white markings.

Ziggy does indeed have a decent amount of the bright white on him, so he is probably not an agouti! Thank you for the good information. I love his dirty face too

Heather! wrote:

All the agoutis I have seen have white legs? I don't know much about the more rarer colors' standards, but just an observation along with things such as Husky Colors showing plenty with white. Though ZIggy could still have some more of his coloring show up on his legs later down the road with how their coats change.

He's very beautiful- the dark face always makes the eyes POP! He's definitely not diluted black and white though. Agouti would be the closest thing you could classify him as, even if he has some off parts.

When he was younger he had much more of a cream coloring and he had a lot of coloring on his legs, but as he's grown he has started turning more white. I suppose we'll just have to watch him grow up to be sure! Their coats change so dang much that its hard to really say for sure.

Niraya wrote:

The agouti color is marketed quite a bit as a selling point for most bybs. Almost any dog with a dirty face will be called an agouti because most people don't know what the true agouti is anymore. I know a breeder with a gray/white dirty faced that everyone thought was an agouti and they didnt understand why she registered him as a gray - but he didn't have the buff undercoat or the banding.

From a breeder I know with true agoutis:

"The guard hairs only are banded. The undercoat is buff/off white. There is VERY LITTLE bright WHITE on a true agouti. Usually just feet, tail tip and possibly on the chest. Face is usually black with no white."

(I've been planning for awhile to speak with a geneticist here soon to help get further clarification on what a true agouti is just have to get around to it)

You'll have to let me know what the geneticist says about it! Ziggy was sold to us as a diluted black and white. Is there a such thing as a mix between an agouti and a diluted black and white coloring? Maybe Ziggy just kind of falls in a gray area.

ljelgin wrote:

Welcome what a beautiful pup..
From the pictures he is a true husky.. Mine are just as funny.

Got to love them Huskies. they are such fun.

Oh my goodness do you ever have to love them! I want a zillion haha. They're such a fun breed of dog; I just love that he has his own agenda and will blow me off, just like a child would, if he doesn't feel like doing something. And don't even get me started on how silly they can be! I'm absolutely in love with Sibes.

jbealer wrote:

Welcome! Sure looks like you have your hands full of fun with him! Love his colors!

I think most huskies like to lay on the back of the sofa!

I definitely have my hands full! He's a spoiled little stinker. I wasn't aware that huskies in general liked laying on the back of the couch haha; I just assumed Ziggy did it because he saw the kitties there!

MGoBlue wrote:

Ziggy is adorable. I love the photo of him sitting on the couch back. It made me laugh!

Thanks! I laughed the first time I saw him there too. At first I tried kicking him off, but eventually found that he is just as stubborn as I am and he'll just do it when I'm not around.

NadirCs wrote:

Ziggy is adorable, I love his coloring! That picture of him as a puppy on the couch with the cats is adorable. Welcome!

Thank you! I love his coloring too

Lu&Katsmom wrote:

Ziggy is so cute! Absolutely love dirty faced sibes! I just moved away from central WI about 10 months ago. Really miss it there! Thankfully my family still lives in that area so I have an excuse to come back!

Thank you! I had never seen a dirty faced sibe before I saw Ziggy; I found it so interesting and just had to have the little stinker! I just recently moved to WI from AZ, so I love it here (besides the humidity of course). At least you have an excuse to visit!

capblossoms wrote:

I love the dirty face! He's stunning!

Why thank you!

arooroomom wrote:

Looks a lot like Cheyenne when she was around that age. Mask is much more exaggerated and defined but otherwise colors are a lot like her

Aw, cute! I love them all!

Jennet&Embry wrote:

Welcome Jenna

Thank you!

MelissaI wrote:

Welcome! Ziggy is such a handsome boy!!! Love his name too!

Haha, thank you! My boyfriend wanted to name him Cain (a name from one of his video-games), but he was so dang hyper that I refused to name him anything but Ziggy.

Tiff&Kya wrote:

I LOVE his face!

Thanks!

Most black and whites are dilute (the exception being the genes that restrict dilution) the grays are also a dilution of the blacks. Reds are also diluted (reds that go from dark to light).

I believe there are 4 known alleles of agouti (fawn/sable, wild sable, black and tan and recessive black) but they also carry genes that restrict agouti expression - such as the dominant black gene - Beta-Defensin 103

So...yeah it gets pretty complicated lol.