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| peter |
We got a siberian husky eight week old female on saturady,she cries and
moans in the kitchen (she is free to roam with a basket to lie in and has a
box with newspaper in from the breeders she came from) in the night till
someone gives in and takes her upstairs with them.Then when she is put into
her carrier in the day she cries and moans too, at the moment she is in
there and she is slient and has had her slient times a few times.
Is this normal?What stories do anyone know of about other peoples sibe pups and
about learning them to be alone?
what advice could anyone give us about learning her to be alone,we have read
all different things in dog books/siberian husky book about learning them
but we like to know what methods other find best? |
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| Mia's_Mom |
| Hi there! Yes I can sympathize with you, I have a 9 year old Alaskian Malamute and just a 4 month old Wolf/Huskey Hybrid. We had the same problem with the pup when we first got her, the Malamute was past that because we had rescued him as an adult. Basically the breeder told us it was the pups way of calling to her 'pack'. Huskeys by nature are pack animals and as such will want to be with them at all times, I'd only assume she was with her litter until you picked her up? So basically she is calling to them. With our pup it took about a month, when she finally 'adopted' us as her pack and settled down. Don't keep giving in to her, because she will begin to realize that each time she does this, she gets what she wants. But if your taking her to your bedroom anyways you might want to consider crate training as well, we have a crate set up in the bedroom for her to sleep in while shes in her puppy stage, and that way, she cant roam, but she can still be with her pack. That might help a little bit as well, because they will always be a pack type animal. Also I do hope the breeder explained dominance training to you as well, because as with any dog, expecially pack types will try to develope an 'Alpha' role, and you do not want a dog who thinks they are the Alpha. I'd also suggest this book, as our breeder did to us, 'The Art of Raising a Puppy' by the Monks of New Skete. It was a blessing, it covers all the basis of puppy training and it has helped big time! If you have any more questions please feel free, I get email notifications when a reply is posted and I'll be more then happy to try to shed some light on anything. Hope this helps a little, and good luck, Huskeys are so so beautiful, and such loving animals if trained right. |
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