Where To Find Siberian Husky Breeders
By A Preston
Siberian Huskies have an ancestry that dates back five thousand years. Part of the Spitz family, these dogs descended from sledding dogs used by Eskimos in the Arctic regions. Eskimo Siberian Husky breeders selectively bred huskies and, due to each Siberian Husky breeder being geographically isolated huskies maintained their close resemblance to wolves. Siberian Huskies were mainly used as sledding dogs and hunting companions. They required very little food for their level of activity and their high endurance allowed them to run for hours through packed snow while pulling a moderately sized load.
The American Kennel Club recognized the Siberian Husky as a breed in 1930. Since that time, huskies have been used more for show than sledding. However, the breed retains wolf-like physical and behavioral traits. Typical Siberian Husky characteristics include high-set, pointed ears, thick, double coats of fur, a furry, sickle-shaped tail, and wolf-like personality traits such as stubbornness, independence and suspicion. Siberian Huskies have distinctive facial markings, medium sized compact bodies, and blue or brown eyes (or one of each color).
The American Kennel Club has many other breed standard characteristics required for Siberian Huskies to participate in competition. These include a height requirement of twenty-one to twenty-three and one half inches tall for males and twenty to twenty-two inches tall for females, a weight requirement of forty-five to sixty pounds for males and thirty-five to fifty pounds for females, mandatory physical characteristics such as a scissors-bite (upper teeth closely overlapping lower teeth), and performance characteristics such as a smooth, effortless gait and an outgoing personality. The AKC does not disqualify the Siberian Husky for certain pigmentation issues that would disqualify other breeds such as bi-colored or parti-colored eyes and "snow-nose" in which part is black and part is flesh-colored. The AKC states that coloring is not important in pulling a sled.
A good Siberian Husky breeder retains both the breed standard traits and good health and behavioral traits in their huskies. Like other larger dogs, huskies can be prone to hip dysplasia and a good breeder will not breed dogs with this issue. There are many other health and behavioral traits common to huskies that Siberian Husky breeders must watch for and educate potential buyers about.
Finding a good Siberian Husky breeder can be difficult. There are a number of questions buyers will need to ask of breeders once they locate them to make sure they are reputable. Buyers also want to make sure that breeders ask them adequate questions.
Buyers should ask the following questions of Siberian Husky breeders:
Can I visit your kennel to make sure it is clean and appropriate? Can I meet the parents of the puppy? (the mother should be on-site/the father may not be) Have puppies and parents been screened for genetic defects? Is there a pedigree? (there should be a lengthy pedigree for any purebred puppy) Can you tell me about the breed? (breeders should be experts) Are you affiliated with rescue centers? (breeders should refer buyers to rescue animals) What are common husky health/behavioral problems? (breeders should educate buyer) How do I train/care for/discipline my husky? Is there a warranty?
Good breeders will take the dog back if the buyer cannot keep the dog rather than see the dog go to a shelter. Professional breeders will also quiz potential owners to weed out unqualified, unrealistic or unprepared buyers.
Reputable Siberian Husky Breeders in VA?
I am planning to get a siberian husky in the spring (spring 2011), and am trying to find a good breeder to use. Any breeder in Virginia or Maryland, that is responsible, will do the proper medical procedures, and breeds quality dogs. I don’t plan o showing the dog, but I do want a quality bred for temperament. I have done a lot of research, but it’s hard to know who you can trust. So, who do you reccomend???
Thanks
I plan on visiting the breeder when I begin thinking that I may use the breeder. It would be a sort of final test.
@ Show breeder or NO breeder
Thanks!!! that was helpful, but the SHCA didnt have links to any websites, and before even considering a breeder, a website would be preferable.
If anyone has any knowledge on “Allegro Siberian Huskies”, that would be wonderful, from what I see it looks fine, but I don’t know if I can trust what the website says, and they are in PA, a long drive to visit to find that they are not a good breeder.
What I would really love is a reccomendation of a breeder someone has actually used, and liked. THANK YOU!
P.S.
I have a HUGE knowledge of the breed, I was watching the Eukanueba National Championship, and literally say a husky, started spouting info about the breed, then the hosts were talking about it, saying the same info. In fact, I had spouted more info then they did, and I hadn’t even said all I knew!
@ Amber
I considered a rescue, but it really just wouldn’t work out well. Even though alot of rescues aren’t traumatized, I don’t know, I just, would want a dog where I knew it’s pedigree, and the pup knew me from a very early age. Thanks! Plus, I already have a small breed, and Huskies are apparently mostly good with other dogs, but small dogs risk the run of being looked at as prey, unless they were there from an early age (SEE? I did my homework!).
Hey, update, I am happy with reccomendations like the SHCA (siberian husky club of america) too!
Just, first of all, none of the listings have a website adress, and second, all you have to do to be listed there is pay the ad fee, sooooo, it doesn’t really tell you much.
THANKS Y’ALL!
My siberian husky weighs only 20kg! should i be worried?
She turns 2 on 11th Feb 2011 she is quite thin and is commented on it all the time.
seen vets plenty of times for blood tests and so on but they cant find anything wrong with her.
shes very picky with food. She is from racing lines. Should i be worried?
any info would be much appreciated!
Can I have a siberian husky while in med school?
I’m currently a 4th year in college, and I have a 8 month old chihuahua mix. she’s the best dog ever, but shes REALLY clingy. I want to get her a friend, but I really want to get a husky. I would regret getting any other breed. However, I plan on being accepted into medical school by 2011. While in medical school, I figure both dogs will be able to keep each other company while I’m doing my residency, and when I get home is when I’ll take them out on walks, play a bit with them, etc. Currently, as an undergrad, I live with 5 roommates and we all do our part in taking care of the dog, its just med school im worried about.
Do you think getting a husky is realistic for a med student?
I don’t think so. It would be better for you to wait to add another dog of any breed.
Med school and residencies can be brutal, and I honestly don’t think you’ll have the time to care for a high energy breed especially. I think it would only be fair to all involved for you to wait.
Can anyone direct me to a Siberian Husky breeder in Perth WA-NO puppy mills NO restrictions unsterilised pups?
I have THE most gorgeous 2 year old pure bred, red/auburn husky lad that I wish to find a life long mate for. We are a happy little family re locating to acreage in Southern Tasmania from WA in early 2011, and would dearly love to find a pure bred female Sibe to purchase, making a breeding pair to take with us. Hence the requirement that she be unsterilized. She doesn’t necessarily need to be registered with papers, but a viewing of the parents is essential. We are NOT planning a puppy mill in Tasmania; one female, one male, one litter per year only is the plan; I find the whole practice detestable and would appreciate advice on breeders to steer clear of just as much. My lad is fully vaccinated, hip/eye scored and micro-chipped and I can guarantee any potential seller that any pup we chose would be as much a pride and joy as our beautiful boy is!
In the final analysis the OWNER was a fault for not keeping the two Huskies under their direct control if they were being walked or contained securely on their property.
What I cannot make sense of is the fact that the Huskies were apparently known to be on the farmer’s property for a few hours exhibiting nuisance behavior & “in the process of killing these cattle.”
Why did it take so long for the farmer or someone allowed to act on behalf on the farmer to stop the dogs the behavior of the dog which was instinctively satisfying to to them?
I support the right to shoot a dog in defense of livestock being killed, but with that comes a responsibility to use the right only when there is a real need to shoot. If the dog’s body language did not signal that they posed a real danger a warning shot may scare it away, & if that failed then shoot the dog.
Either the man was a very poor shot or was possibly enjoying using the dogs as targets because he had was he thought was a lawful excuse.