But you guys....they're cute and fluffy. ..and free!

Ugh, that site is revolting. Good lip service though. All the sketchy sites seem to be heavy on the "we care so much" rhetoric.

Ha, and free!

Wow - look what I found on their "About Me" page:

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NOTE:We are not a "business" or "Commercial" Breeders. We do not make a profit , all of our money just goes into the dogs. We have a small amount of puppies for sale a year. A lot of people make the mistake thinking that we run a business and are commercial breeders and we want to clear that up. All of our dogs are our personal pets, not just for breeding. We only have 1 - 2 litters per year!

I love how it says all the dogs are family pets, but the males are listed as 'male 1,' 'male 2,' and 'male 3.' Very creative names for your treasured family pets. Lol.

Merle is a rare color.

Working dogs are not traditionally marked show dogs.....

UndarthAngipoo wrote:

wpskier222 wrote:

http://www.snowangelshuskies.com/availablepuppies.htm

No comment necessary.

I would like to shoot this person in the head. This is enough to make me want to do it, let alone her damn "puppy packs" /barf

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A lot of people do not realize all the time and money a GOOD Breeder has to put into their dogs and puppies. We are talking the extremely high  cost of Medications ( Flea , De - Worming, Antibiotics, Shampoos, Heartworm Preventive) And then there are Food and water bowls (Adults and Puppies all get their own ), Cleaning supplies ( Paper Towels , Towels, Mops, Brooms, Spray Bottles, Cleaning Chemicals) , Crates, Fencing, Grooming Supplies to keep the dogs in good condition coat wise, And of coarse the ever growing price of Dog and puppy Food. Not to mention how much TIME everything takes!!! Cleaning, cleaning, cleaning cleaning!!!!! CONSTANTLY!! lol

I love how she refers to herself as a "good" breeder...

I just can't get past her misspelling of the word "course". I'm kind of a grammar and spelling freak. Quickest way to turn me away from a "professional" website is to misspell something.

Plus all the other red flags...

MGoBlue wrote:

I just can't get past her misspelling of the word "course". I'm kind of a grammar and spelling freak. Quickest way to turn me away from a "professional" website is to misspell something.

Plus all the other red flags...

Gets on my last nerve too - they are rampant throughout her site!

What got me right off the bat was that woolly's are considered rare. Try out of breed standard. O and her "mini huskies" are 25-35lbs. Karli borders right around 35-36lbs...do I have a mini husky and didn't know it???

cinnamonbits wrote:

What got me right off the bat was that woolly's are considered rare. Try out of breed standard. O and her "mini huskies" are 25-35lbs. Karli borders right around 35-36lbs...do I have a mini husky and didn't know it???

LOL! Your husky is perfect - She's within breed standard (35), plus they typically tend to fill out around 18 - 24 months, so there'll be more weight put on then.

I thought I read somewhere that purebred huskies weren't allowed to have merle colouring... does anybody know if that's a fact or not?

holy just no! no i feel bad for the husky pups, free with a "puppy pack" >.<. And yeah Huskies shouldn't be merel, it didn't exsist in the breed as far as i understand until some cross breeding.

This is lengthy but answers the merle question:

SHCA’s Policy Statement on Merle Siberian Huskies

Merle patterning occurs in many breeds naturally, such as in Collies, Australian Shepherds, Australian Cattles Dogs, Shetland Sheepdogs, etc., and in others it has been introduced, such as in the Chihuahua so why the concern now over merle Siberians? With the advent of the internet, widespread dissemination of information, both correct and incorrect is now possible. It has come to the SHCA’s attention that there are several websites that are advertising merle Siberian Huskies. Some of these dogs may be listed as merles while others are incorrectly listed as piebalds, but their photos show them clearly as merles. To help protect our breed from a serious health concern associated with the merle gene and to protect the unknowing public who may want to purchase a “rare colored” Siberian the SHCA has adopted a policy statement about merle Siberian Huskies.
What exactly is merle? Merle refers to the pattern in the coat not the color – it is a pattern gene, as is the piebald gene, NOT a color gene. The effect of the merle gene is to alter the base coat color causing lighter patches resulting in a speckled or mottled appearance (or pattern) to the base coat color. It may also affect the dark pigment of the eyes, paw pads and nose and it may occur with any color. The merle gene is NOT a dilution gene (which dilutes the entire base coat color as is the case of fawn or blue Dobermans).
How is the merle gene inherited? Merle is dominant to non-merle (i.e. solid base coat). Dominant genes, signified by a capital letters, mask the effect of recessive genes, signified by lowercase letters. Merle is signified by a capital M and non-merle by a lowercase m. A merle dog only needs one merle gene (because it is dominant) to exhibit the merle pattern. “Genetically” it would be written as Mm. A non-merle dog would carry no merle genes and thus would “genetically” be mm. The major problems occur when two merle, Mm, dogs are bred together.
The merle gene can produce some very striking patterns so why does the Siberian Husky Club of America not want the merle gene introduced into our breed? First, from the vast photographic history of the breed there is no evidence that merle purebred Siberian Huskies existed or exist. Since the merle gene is dominant it could not have been “hidden” for all these years. By understanding these facts it is obvious that merle Siberians could only be produced by impure breeding, whether intentional or not. Second the genes that are involved in determining pigmentation and coloring also have significant effects on the development of eyesight and hearing. Dogs with just one merle gene do not seem to have major problems in this regard - but there is some evidence that even these dogs may be affected but just to a lesser degree that may be difficult to determine without specialized testing - but when two merle dogs are bred together there is a 25% chance that they will produce a double merle dog (“lethal white” or “double dilutes” are misnomers) – a dog that has two copies of the merle gene. The health consequences of double merle puppies vary from mild to severe and will not be apparent until the puppies are two weeks of age or older. Some puppies may be born deaf, some born blind and some born deaf and blind. Vision problems cover a wide variety of problems up to and including total blindness, small eyes or missing eyes altogether. Other eye conditions seen include eccentric pupils (also known as “dropped” pupil), underdevelopment (hypoplasia) of the iris so it is not able to function properly (often these dogs will squint in bright sunlight), and irregularly shaped (“starburst”) pupils. Other eye disorders are also possible. These health concerns may necessitate the need to euthanize a 2 week old or older, puppy. The severity of these health issues CANNOT be predicted ahead of time!
So why not make merle a disqualification? Making changes to the breed standard is a lengthy and complicated process and making changes to the standard to make merle a disqualification would only prevent these dogs from being shown in the breed ring - they could still be registered and still compete in companion and performance events and most importantly they would still be able to be used for breeding (the white German Shepherd is an example of this – but please note there are no health issues associated with the white Shepherds).

It continues at this link: http://www.shca.org/shcahp5a.htm but I think that pretty much answers the question.

Side note: Male 3 looks like lucifer, same broken marking and all what in the? XD

Thanks for the information - I'll definitely check out the link to finish the read.