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by GSCat on 02 September 2017 - 03:09
Assess the temperament of the huskies and find one with the same traits you'd look for in a working line GSD. Hopefully you get a puppy no older than 8-9 weeks old. Follow the same stimulation and training you would for a working line GSD puppy with the same temperament as the SH puppy has.
Finding a Sibe with the correct temperament is hard because they are not bred for this, but it does occasionally happen (very seldom). For an idea, see how many BH and IPO Siberian Huskies there are. There are some agility Siberian Huskies, but they don't have to earn CGC or BH before competing, and the arenas are (supposed to be) closed to prevent escapes. Sometimes IPO arenas/fields aren't escape-proof, but this isn't ordinarily a problem, since earning BH and redemonstrating the same or higher level of obedience at every event is a prerequisite to participation in that event.
If you do find a Sibe with the correct temperment, the two biggest problems are their propensity to run away and their style of biting, which is bite/release/repeat, instead of bite/hold. The first will likely be the eliminating factor... training a Sibe to obey off leash, instantly and without fail... 100 percent of the time... is critical. If that is ever achieved, then and only then, would it be responsible to try bite work. It is not hard to train the correct bite style and the rest. However, obedience, both on and off leash, must be enforced and constantly trained/refreshed, because they will revert to disobedience, hard-headedness, class clown, etc. (i.e., simply being a Siberian Husky).
I used to have a Sibe that was extremely protective, possibly from growing up with GSD. She was also naturally good at air scent. She would chase anything that rolled or ran and without being told, and one day, without being told, got between me and someone that intended to do me harm, growling, hackles... got the person to back down. Sheand the other dogs also cornered a burglar in the house one day After getting her to the point where she would obey me off-leash all the time, she was introduced to protection work. Just because she got to run, she adored the suit. She could tire out multiple helpers simply by being a Siberian Husky :-) We never did earn any titles, but we had a lot of fun. We always reinforced/worked on/reviewed obedience every day (and usually multiple times a day) because she was a Siberian, with a high likelihood of reverting to disobedience.
Have fun :-)
Finding a Sibe with the correct temperament is hard because they are not bred for this, but it does occasionally happen (very seldom). For an idea, see how many BH and IPO Siberian Huskies there are. There are some agility Siberian Huskies, but they don't have to earn CGC or BH before competing, and the arenas are (supposed to be) closed to prevent escapes. Sometimes IPO arenas/fields aren't escape-proof, but this isn't ordinarily a problem, since earning BH and redemonstrating the same or higher level of obedience at every event is a prerequisite to participation in that event.
If you do find a Sibe with the correct temperment, the two biggest problems are their propensity to run away and their style of biting, which is bite/release/repeat, instead of bite/hold. The first will likely be the eliminating factor... training a Sibe to obey off leash, instantly and without fail... 100 percent of the time... is critical. If that is ever achieved, then and only then, would it be responsible to try bite work. It is not hard to train the correct bite style and the rest. However, obedience, both on and off leash, must be enforced and constantly trained/refreshed, because they will revert to disobedience, hard-headedness, class clown, etc. (i.e., simply being a Siberian Husky).
I used to have a Sibe that was extremely protective, possibly from growing up with GSD. She was also naturally good at air scent. She would chase anything that rolled or ran and without being told, and one day, without being told, got between me and someone that intended to do me harm, growling, hackles... got the person to back down. Sheand the other dogs also cornered a burglar in the house one day After getting her to the point where she would obey me off-leash all the time, she was introduced to protection work. Just because she got to run, she adored the suit. She could tire out multiple helpers simply by being a Siberian Husky :-) We never did earn any titles, but we had a lot of fun. We always reinforced/worked on/reviewed obedience every day (and usually multiple times a day) because she was a Siberian, with a high likelihood of reverting to disobedience.
Have fun :-)
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