help with a siberian husky/alaskan husky/alaskan malamute

[Guest Anonymous]

alright my and a friend were walking down my street and i happend to see a dog (He looked VERY skinny and was limping) so i called it a few times and it came over to me and started licking me so i took it home feed it and cleaned it up im thinking of keeping it (its up to my parents im 15) but i have no clue what kind of dog it is i know its one of the 3 listed at the top maybe even 1 or 2 unknown breeds i was serching all over the net and just couldent for the life of me find out kind of dog he is he has a GREAT temper and is uber friendly he looks to be about a year to a year and a half old his coat colors are white legs and white/grey under coat and a yellowish/black/brown top coat. his eyes are frost white with a sorta light blue around the out side i also have over other dog who is about 2 years and she is a nuterd lab mix who is VERY shy balto (the alaskan/siberian mix who know) met her and was very friendly even though she chased him lol she about no more than a foot high and hes about 1 foot and 8 inches i was just wondering if anyone could help me with this dog
p.s. some one said he may be a husky/shepherd mix

[kendalyn]

[quote] i was just wondering if anyone could help me with this dog [/quote]

Do you have any specific questions to ask? I'm sure we would be more than willing to answer them.

You probably won't be able to find out for sure what breeds this dog may have mixed in, but if you say it looks like a malamute/husky/shephard than it probably is. :-)

Good luck with him. Is his foot doing any better? You'll probably want to take him to the vet straight away if he's still limping. Is he neutered? If you're going to keep him you'll want to have him neutered also.

[AllAmericanPUP]

siberian husky
[url]http://dogbreedinfo.com/siberianhusky.htm[/url]

alaskan malamute
[url]http://dogbreedinfo.com/alaskanmalamute.htm[/url]

Alaskan husky isn't an actual breed per say. It's usually a mix of siberian husky and some other dog or mix. They are mainly dogs bred for sled racing and such.
[url]http://www.alaskan-husky-dogs.com/[/url]

[ESSlover]

can you put a pic up? it would help us distinguish the breed, and drool over the cuteness :lol:

[Pumpkin the musher]

Sorry, but most Alaskans don't have much of any Siberian in them, at least not in the last 20 years. Siberians are just to heavy and slow, especially for sprint racing. Alaskans are beginning to be an identifiable breed, with about 50 years of breeding behind them. True, there are allot of different breeds mixed in, but since they are bred to perform a specific task, they are are starting to be more predictable as far as conformation goes. There are always the odd ones out however that are good sled dogs because of what's in their hearts and minds and not how they are built.
Most people who believe they have an Alaskan are usually mistaken- the pups that sold as pets by mushers are usually under a spay neuter agreement, at least as far as myself an the mushers I know. Usually they are Siberian mixes, sometimes Malamute- size usually is the determining factor. Here is some Alaskan info from Joe Runyan, an Iditarod winner and excellent dog man:
[url]http://www.cabelasiditarod.com/dogs.html[/url]