I need some emergency advise. - Page 1

Last night I had some trouble getting my siberian husky, Hachiman, to come inside.  He did not want to leave a certain spot in the garden.  I ended up having to grab his harness and dragging him inside.  This morning when I let him outside he ran right back to that same spot.  I went to investigate and found my boyfriends sister's chihuahua laying there dead and half skinned.  The other small dogs were running around like normal, and I am not sure if Hachiman killed the chihuahua or not.  There was only one small puncture wound at the back base of the chihuahua's skull.  I'm waiting to find fur in Hachiman's poop to see if it was him or not.  I love my dog and he has never shown aggression towards another dog before, other than pushing the chihuahua out of his face when he was being bitten.  I don't know what to do, but my boyfriend told me that if Hachiman did kill the chihuahua then I have to get rid of him to protect the other dogs.  I don't want to get rid of my dog even if it was him.  Can anyone give me any insight as to what might have happened, or what might be the best sollution?

All it takes with certain Huskies or highly driven hunters is for one small dog to take off running, triggering "real" prey drive.  Mine have killed cats, racoons, possums,  mice, birds, and many other things that have gotten in our yard.   Personally.....I would never have small dogs.....ever, that's my choice as I don't care for yappy spoiled tiny dogs like most people allow them to be.......But with that said, "if" I was someone else I would not leave small dogs alone with a breed like that. Huskies aren't for everyone, they're often times hard to train if you haven't had them before and aren't use to them.  How big are your other dogs?   How old is your Husky? Was your Husky trying to eat the other dog that was dead? 

You may never know what dog killed this dog.  Due size difference, the Husky is the one to be blamed.  Even if the husky did do this, the fault lies with the people who are not supervising dogs outside together loose.  

The solution is not to get rid of the Husky, but to supervise the dogs when they are outside.  Never "just let the dogs out."  IOW's go out with the dogs, bring the dogs in when the people go in.  

Not enough information here to know why the dog died.  You could get an autopsy done by a vet to see if they can tell.  
Any large dog could kill a tiny dog super easily, just one wayward bite is all it takes, even if that was not the large dog's intention.  
Because huskies do have naturally high prey drives they should never be left unattended with any small animals, as should almost all other large breed dogs.   I personally have 3 little dogs who I don't leave alone for a second with my GSDs.  Two of my GSDs I just simply don't allow any contact with my small dogs because I don't trust the way they look at them.  

First off, sorry you had to find that. Horrible thing to see. 

Secondly, absolutely never should dogs like that be let out together. The fact that he was there doesn't mean he did it; if the dog was outside unsupervised, it could've been almost anything and your dog may simply have been looking at it after the fact, or messing with it after it was already dead. I have Chihuahuas; they can be very very obnoxious to large dogs and a large dog simply defending itself can be very dangerous or fatal to a Chihuahua. 

I agree with not getting rid of your dog- it's not his fault, regardless. 

" I love my dog and he has never shown aggression towards another dog before, other than pushing the chihuahua out of his face when he was being bitten."

First, I want you to know I'm very sorry to hear this and it is surely very disturbing. Regarding your statement quoted above, if I understand you correctly, the Chihuahua had a habit of biting the Husky. Why was the Chihuahua's behavior permitted? This was the first mistake that was made and it certainly sets the dogs up for failure. Your Husky should not have been left alone in the yard with a dog that bit and harrassed him. It's an invitation to trouble. I agree with everyone else, just supervise your dogs and definitely don't get rid of the Husky.  

I normally have him on a lead in the backyard, because I know he can jump the fence even though he doesn't.  He somehow manages to get off the lead from time to time though.  From what I saw he was laying next to the body like he wanted to protect it.  I never saw him touch it, just lay next to it.  I do know that we have a oposum problem, because a few days ago we found two dead baby oposums in the backyard that the other smaller dogs killed.  Our second largest dog is a Dachshund.  The smallest is a short minpin.  the others are two minpin/pug mixes, and one that is a mix about the size of the Dachshund.  He is fine with all the other dogs.  I forgot to mention that Hachi is about 1 and a half years old.

I'ts simple get rid of the husky & buy a german shepherd....case closed

Lead or not he can still get to other dogs and they can get to him. I don't think it's fair to get rid of a dog for being a dog. Why not get rid of the little dogs for being smaller? I'd get rid of the boyfriend. Supervise your dogs.