I'm going to keep my judgements to myself but I wanted to agree with everyone that if you can see the dogs flesh then you should really take her to the vet. You should be doing this anyways considering the fact that she is adopted and you probably don't know all of her past medical history so you may just want to have your vet do a once over. They will also (I should hope) be able to help you decipher if your pup is a AKK or a husky.

The dog being named Husky shouldn't affect the dog itself so unless it bothers you, you could leave it. Otherwise you can train it to come to a different name.

Unless you plan on going to some sort of trainer and learning how to properly use a choke or pinch collar (assuming this is the chain you are talking about) then I would avoid using it as you can see personally in front of you the damage that can be done by inexperienced users.

If you are unsure about the food you can also contact a vet, there could be a medical condition or illness that is behind her not eating. Otherwise you can either feed raw (raw meat etc.) there are several threads about feeding raw on here but it can be costly and you have to be committed or you can go to www.dogfoodadvisor.com and look into the 4/5 star foods and try feeding the pup that, Grain-free is usually the best way to go with huskies so foods such as Taste of the Wild, Blue Buffalo Wilderness etc...

Huskies need a lot of exercise and they should not be left off the leash unless it is a secured area.

Please consider bringing this dog into your home and not chaining her outside and teaching her to use a crate if you are going to be keeping her. In your original post you say that you want to learn to train a dog and have a companion so the first step towards doing that is bringing that pup in with you so that you can bond. If you are away 3 days at a time though I would consider rehoming her so that she can get the love and attention she needs.

I am unsure of what you mean by "release" but please do not do so for the safety of her. Once again, siberians are not meant to be off lead.

Sorry about the lenghty post, just wanted to help out as best I could! Thanks for rescuing and we would love to see a picture

Aaroniccc06 wrote:

The previous owners use metal leash , which will be tighten if u pull it , is it a good idea? Beacause i can see her flesh now... :/

In my opinion, seeing her "flesh" is not the same as an open wound. Seeing flesh means that the fur is rubbed off, which would be happening if the dog is tied out while wearing a choke chain. Someone who has never had a dog before would likely do this without knowing the dangers. As a matter of fact, I have a friend who posted pics of his new family dog on Facebook. The poor dog was tied out wearing a prong collar. So when I told him how dangerous that was, he told me that he had been trying to find someone who could remove that collar because the dog came with it on and he didn't know how to get it off!

To the OP, you really should search the forum for topics on exercise, training, feeding, crating, etc. There is SO much info here for a first time dog owner!

Thank you for those who believed in me. This is not a troll. Firstly , i need to clarify myself , i am from Malaysia , you can try to google search about the weather and stuffs that might affect my husky. I think SabakaMom made a point there , read my post guys , im new to dogs , not just husky but dogs , so please put yourself in my shoes and i think it's just the fur is rubbed off. And chris i don't think i need any translating website , or whatever u guys call it. I just adopted her , like less than a month , so i am not really ready to put her inside the house , so i chain her at the car porch , which is sheltered , i am not like those heartless pet owner. i think she needs some training before i put her in my house. To clarify about me not being at home for three days , i was out and my family is taking care of her , i was only worried about the amount of exercise she doesn't get. So... what are the steps to let her stay in the house?

I would personally say the first steps to bringing her in the house are to bring her in the house... someone else may chime in as well. But maybe if you bring her inside and keep her attached to a leash (normal collar and normal leash) which can be attached to you then she will slowly start bonding with her. Make her sit and give her treats and take her outside on a leash to potty. Let her get used to being around you and in the house. When you are not there, I wouldn't tie her up because if she accidentally slipped her collar or anything and ran off I can just imagine how much you would miss her. I would invest in a crate and read about crate training ect. here on the forum. This is all just my personal opinion but I am sure that others will chime in

I still think your first course of action is to also see a vet, she will need heartworm meds every month and flea preventive, a vet should be able to fill you in on what shots she needs if you have no medical history on the dog.

is a mixture of vege , raw meat , and kibble good? i do add some yogurt for her too. do correct me if im wrong , and i get it already arooroom , i wont let her off leash.

Erm heather i think you need to read the Topic , it is clearly stated that i am new to dogs , it doesn't mean i have no compassion or common sense.

Regarding the "flesh wound" , i consulted the vet about it , it is just the fur got rubbed of by the choke collar.

And yeah arooroom , i adopted her from my friend.

Sorry guys for the late reply! Thanks for trusting me and helping me!

Welcome back,

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And chris i don't think i need any translating website , or whatever u guys call it.

I wasn't implying you needed one . I was addressing the others in the thread.

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So... what are the steps to let her stay in the house?

I'll assume the worst, as in she is not trained in the slightest.

The very first thing your going to want to do is take her to a veterinarian to have her examined if you can. Regardless of the skin showing on the neck, that could be only the beginning of possible health issues. Having a vet take a look at her is a great way to start things off to know if everything is ok with the pup, and to check the exposed skin on the neck to make sure there is no infection or other cuts.


In terms of flat out training a stray into joining a household. I would read the following :


Potty Training

Exercise

Crate Training

And read up anything we have about Nothing in Life is Free.


Like others have said your first step is to bond with your dog. Take your time and really connect.

~Chris~

So a crate it is , a big one huh? Cool cool , i will try to get one. Yeah i think i will start putting her in. Crap... I consulted a vet regarding the flesh , but not about her other medical injections and stuffs... thanks mobezilla , will do that soon...

Okay thank you chris , will go read about it soon! And yeah she grew up in a terrible condition , thanks to her previous owner , but since i adopted her , i will make a change for her.

Yup if she's going to be outside a lot, she needs a heartworm test done, and then if it comes back negative she needs monthly heartworm preventative, along with flea and tick preventative.

She will need her Distemper/Parvo combo along with her rabies vaccination.

You may also want to get her microchipped and spayed if she isn't already. If she's outside a lot you don't want at male intact dog coming to your house and getting her pregnant.

Getting a crate will be the best place to start, it'll help with housebreaking her.

You don't necessarily want a huge crate, just a crate that is a decent enough size for her to be able to stand up and turn around in but not do much more. Especially as you don't know whether she was originally crate trained or not- you will want to start fresh as Chris said. All the threads mentioned above in Chris's post were very useful and I think can help you with the basics of training your pup, Husky? Are you keeping that name?

okay i will go read about it. Yeah , keeping it perhaps? or should i change it? would it be a hassle to change it?

Does she respond to it? If she isn't trained at all or very much she probably doesn't know it.

Changing a name isn't hard to do and most of us do it when adopting a rescue.


When you start teaching command just use the name after every command and they start to pick up on it. Or say it to them a lot when making eye contact.

If however you like Husky as a name there is nothing wrong with that and your welcome to keep it ... You choice She is you friend now; it is totally up to both of you

~Chris~

I got my third Husky when he was 5 months. His name was Shylo and responded to it but I hated it, we changed it to Ares immediately. He was responding to it in less than a week. I'd call him by that name and when he looked at me, he got a treat. It didn't take long until he caught on.

Welcome again to the forum. Sorry the initial response was so devastating... It does show a lot about you and having rescued her and, I'm not sure if anybody's mentioned it, but thank you for rescuing a husky - you have a world of fun (and work) ahead of you!

If you go to the training forum, there are a LOT of good topics, many of which Chris has posted above. I know it's not common to crate dogs in Malaysia, but we are here to help you if you have any questions or problems. The crate training will get harder, but every time you stick to it, the dog will learn that it is a safe place for her. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask - there is a LOT of information on here and I know it's helped me a lot with my husky!

Again - sorry you had to go through what you went through with the forum, but trust me, we all care about our dogs, and don't let anything negative on here stop you from posting in the future.

Welcome again! And please post pics - we would love to see them!!

Yeah i think i will stick with the name
I visited the vet again , this time only me alone , the vet was so shocked by the fact that she is around 1 years old 5 months(actually i don't know the exact age) , and hasn't inject any vaccines yet , so she says there's three injection needed in the first time , follow by once a year. I also asked about the heart worm prevention , she says blood test is needed before any actions.

So guys... any comments on feeding vege , raw meat , kibbles and some yogurt?

As u know that M'sia is a tropical country , the temperature here is rather hot , so do you guys have any suggestion on that? Always fan her?

No worries man UndarthAngipoo , and yeah i guess u are correct , i love her very much , that's why i am giving the best to her(even i am not earning any income). And yeap , thanks in advance!

You could keep her under a fan or air conditioning. Otherwise a lot of us set up kid pools for the dogs in the summer

Well, we would love to see pictures of Husky.

Since you are an inexperienced dog owner, I would stick to just feeding kibble. Not mixing it with the other stuff. If you would like to do a raw diet then I would suggest really researching it first because they need all sorts of different nutrients and raw diets have to be done correctly for the health of your pup. I don't personally feed raw but alot of people on here do, and there are many threads about it. If you go to the left hand side of the page and scroll down, there is a search bar and you can search up on raw diets. Otherwise, I would stick to just kibble for now. As mentioned above, you can go to www.dogfoodadvisor.com and search for 4-5 star foods for your pup which are higher quality brands and will (usually) cause less stomach and digestive problems with your pup and they are better for them!

Also, a fan or air conditioning as suggested is best.

Yup - definitely do the fan (at the least), or if you have it, AC works wonders.

I would try reading up on the raw food diet, since I'm not sure how readily available the kibbles would be there. If the kibbles that have a really good rating (4 or 5 stars) on dogfoodadvisor are available, then, like Robin said, then stick with that. I feed my dog raw, and he is doing very well with it! Also, with the amount of produce / meats you can get over there, it should be easy to get what you need, but just do as much research as you can before hand.

I don't know what kind of dog food is available for your country, but try to get the best kind you can. The first 5 ingredients should have some sort of meat in them (with meat being the first 2, atleast), and if not, its poor quality.

Getting raw meat may be easier and less expensive in your country, and if that's the case then feed her that...just please make sure to do your research on it before hand! It can be complicated.

And thank you for adopting her, you have a big heart to try to fix her - a lot of people wouldn't even try!


( I KNEW he wasn't a troll! See you guys? Don't be so quick to judge! )

Aaroniccc06 wrote:

So guys... any comments on feeding vege , raw meat , kibbles and some yogurt?

Dogs are carnivors and don't need vegetables really. Saphire likes some and will eat them because we are. But nutritionally speaking dogs don't really need them.

Raw meat is good . . . but, like everyone else has said, look at the raw feeding posts.

As for kibble and yogurt . . . Saphire eats kibble with the occasional raw meat treat. I use the yogurt to help ease her stomach when she gets loose stools.

Just my thoughts. Hope it helps.

Oh and welcome and thanks for adopting

I am judgemental and fine with that, don't worry about my actions.

Regardless, OP, I hope you obtain all the knowledge and tools you need to properly care for this dog and there be a huge turn around from the conditions you described in your first posts. There is a lot of good advice being given to you.

I'm glad to see that you have a genuine desire to learn how to care for your dog as best as possible. As you can tell, we are all avid dog (and other animal) lovers and would never want any harm to come to a pet, whether intentionally or accidentally. Thank you so much for saving your puppy and I hope that she gives you lots of love, as well as you to her.

Guys , is there like Bacteria on the raw food we feed them? What are the side effects of feeding raw? I tried give her a mixture of lamb , chicken and beef , she loves it!

If you check out the 'raw feeding forum' there should be plenty of information available to you. Raw is not harmful to dogs like it is to us, but you need to make sure she gets a balanced diet of different kinds of raw otherwise you could do more harm than good.