Huskamute? Why? Controversial

your rescue is a lovely looking dog, landed lucky this one eh?

It shouldnt take you long to make enough posts, you will find dogsey a bit addictive, just look at the amount of posts I have managed to clock up lol

So sorry, that should be 2006 - been a long day!

Seoniad.

Yeah, non Mal owner here but I am 99% certain I have found the website for the kennels.

Spot on ;-) They are all over the web :-(

Seoniad

Thanks, thought it was them.

What I meant is that most Mal owners, if you stopped them in the street, would know exactly who you were talking about given only that limited amount of information - I didn't mean people doing an internet search on them

having had a peek at the web site, it would look like they are making a fair living out of there dogs, the least they can do is rescue there own breeding and re home where needed.:twisted:

Exactly, sled dog welfare is packed out and these guys have no safety net. I have spoken to a few rescue centre managers who are worried by the amount of husky x mals in their care. There are no breed clubs to support these guys and most seem to originate from the same breeder :-(

Thank you so much for your comment about my boy, he's the cuddliest bear ever. Hence, JaCUB

Seoniad.

Not a criticism xxxx I meant, even I, not being in the know with Mals, found the breeders in question with ease, that is all xxxxxxxxx

Hmmm yes this particular breeder is very well known by the mal community

Mo

This is a genuine question. I am wondering what your opinion is ref these dogs. Do you think the majority of Huskamutes that are in rescues would be in rescue if they were a pure bred Mal or Husky?

They would stand a better chance, obviously the rescues cant rescue EVERY Mal or Sibe, so tend to rescue the ones that are KC registered, BUT many unregistered dogs dont get through club rescue, so what chances have the x ones? they will go through general rescues and pounds wont they?.

Mo

Many would noyt because breed rescues could help them - also they would at least stand some chance of coming from decent breeders who would take them back - PLUS such a bizarre mix ... I would not reccomend one to someone looking fr a rescue ..

Thanks for your responses, ref reputable breeders/KC reg dogs.... obviously these people own both breeds and choose to put them together, if they didn't, I guess they would breed their dogs and not cross and the dogs would be KC Reg, however, if they use bad practices, I guess they still would. However, as has been pointed out, if the breeder doesn't take such dogs back at least they could've ended up at the relevant breed rescues.

Ref the mix, I met one, once, he was a rescue and had 'issues' , I do not know if his issues were a result of the two breeds he was from, or if it was because of environmental factors.

Yes...I think I know who they are referring to!!!!!

Something to do with EBT'S???

I haven't read throught this thread fully but there are things I would like to say.

Firstly - Crossbreeds can and are hip scored by the BVA, all you need to do is put down the dogs micro chip number in place of the KC reg number in order to identify the dog and send it off, with the xray plates of caurse - this is what you need to do for NI's as the KC do not recognies them as a breed. The vets often say it "looks good" or it "looks bad" but that can not be taken as a result in anyway!

Secondly - I remember seeing a website of a breeder, breeding 3/4 Mal 1/4 Huskys and they called them Huskamutes. The reason the breeder gave for this is that there were many people wanting blue eyed Mals, and as you can not get blue eyed Mals the breeder added Husky. Personally I do not think it is right to cross breeds or even breed purly for the eye colour :?

I would just like to add, I am NOT having a dig at NI's, I was just making a point ref BVA hip scoring.

One of my puppy buyers in South Wales took on a five month old bitch when Friends of Friends couldn't cope with her. I was a bit concerned as their pup was only just about a year old at the time (so far from trained and adult yet) and initially it did cause issues of food jealousy when she was getting extra meals.

Fortunately these owners were totally committed to both dogs.

This has always been my view on the matter.

When I was a teenager I used to show and breed Rabbits.

The breed I had (English) has very interesting genetics regarding the coat pattern inheritance, and I played around and crossed them with other breeds etc, but the thing was I could eat my experiments.

It is totally different with purely companion animals like Dogs and Cats.

rabbits in the way i see things ARE companion animals, I have had them as pets and wout NEVER concider eating a rabbit! There are many contries that eat dogs and cats and see them the way you see rabbits.

I find you post on eat your experiments a bit desterbing, but that is my veiw, we all have our own veiws ect.

I am sure there are many people who view their chickens as Pets, but they are still considered by most people as an animal bred for food,a and Rabbits have always been the same.

They were introduced to this country by the Romans for this purpose.

It would seem that Rabbit has become less common on the table due to many having a distaste for it following the Myxamitosis (sp) used to control the wild population, as this disease left the poor mites in a pitiful state.

Unfortunately outbreaks of this disease among commercial Rabbits virtually killed the industry in the UK, making it unprofitable.

Except in country areas where some butchers have wild Rabbit for sale domestic bred ones tend to be imported and are a silly price.

I did consider some of my show Rabbits pets, and had others bred for the table (these I looked after well, but did not name or make into pets).