Good morning:

first off, i must say, i am completely new to a online forum. so all apologizes for silly little questions.

As my name states, our bear, is Neva, white husky, and the terriers, well they are boston terriers. they all get along for the most part, however, Neva sure likes to play more roughly with our bostons, Lilly and Raven.

Overall Neva is wonderful, however, i assume there are some typical husky things that she does, that i could use some help in understanding that its her breed and not poor training.

Since she is our first husky, we are still learning the breed personality standards.

so, for my first questions, when walking, should we continue to keep her in heel, or allow her to be ahead of us? We do want to start having her pull and expend her energy that way, but are not ready to begin that yet.

Thanks, i look forward to meeting new friends and learning more about typical husky personalities.

Cheers
Bearterriers

Welcome, I am new to the husky world as well, but with Thunder, our 5 1/2 month old I let him walk in front of me as long as he is not pulling(there is slack on the leash) as soon as he starts to pull I stop and so does he. They have the urge to pull/run and you can not fault something that has been breed into them for many many years, but you can teach them proper manners =-).

Thank you! Good to keep in mind. :-)

I don't require heels from my dogs on our walks, and only encourage/allow pulling when they have their harnesses on and we're running or brisk walking. If it's cooler out i'll usually put the harnesses on them just because I KNOW they're going to be more spunky and want to pull.

oh my! 5! how do you do it?! We would love to meet other husky's because Neva needs play rough with her long lost cousins!

I believe Sandy Paws meetup is in the Tampa area... http://www.meetup.com/Sandy-Paws-Sled-Dog-Club-Of-Tampa-Bay/