On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 14:58:00 -0500, sighthounds & siberians wrote:

There are at least a couple of people who have one or more Siberian
Huskies and are quite familiar with them. If you post your
question(s), I'm sure someone will respond.

Thanks. People are saying you can't obedience train that dog. Is it true?
She is very hyper, has short attention span and pulls on the leash. I know
she's a pulling breed but can she be taught to heel for regular walking?
She doesn't even care that I put a choking collar on her. She still pulls
and chokes. She's proved already that she's very smart. She knows to leave
the birds alone already, but she has high prey drive and sometimes forgets
herself and runs toward their cage. She gets up on the couch for this
because they are on the table. I don't care if she's on my couch but I
want her to not pester the birds. She's a small husky weighing only about
40 pounds. I'm wondering what would be a safe weight for her to pull (will
ask the vet, but also would like to know from experienced husky owners).
Her exercise needs seem to be beyond my just walking her and I'm not
allowed to fence my yard here so I'm thinking of getting/building her a
cart for summer and skijoring in winter. If I weigh 155# is that too much
for her to pull? If so, how much weight could I put in the cart and then
walk beside her? How do I teach her commands so she doesn't drag me all
over on the skiis? Other things...I had to leave the house for a very
short time today and she went nuts. I put her in the crate, told her I'll
be right back then quietly left. She howled and cried and scratched her
bed. When I got back all I heard was panting and furious scratching. I
opened the door and looked at her and she was like another animal: eyes
wide, tongue hanging out and drooling, panting furiously. I tried not to
make a big deal of it and just took my coat and boots off and went and
opened the crate without much fuss. Once out of the crate she was fine,
but at night she sleeps in it just fine (I put it near my bed at night so
I can reassure her). She also paces back and forth for hours on end. I
live in a trailer so it's long rather than square. She runs from one end
of the trailer to the other crying and panting. Sometimes she stops by the
door and scratches at the bottom of it. Sometimes she stops and looks out
the window. Sometimes she jumps on the couch to look out all the living
room windows. Then she goes back to pacing and crying. She has toys but
unless I'm directly interacting with her and them she doesn't play with
them much. I ordered a bike thing (http://www.springerusa.com/) so
hopefully I can run her on the bike and not get pulled over by her. I'm
guessing all this pacing is because she needs more running? The pacing and
crying really doesn't bother me much, but I want to know if she's in
distress or just hyperactive or what? Anyone who can help me understand
her better I'd appreciate it.