Questions (What are Northern Inuits like as pets) Questions

Northern inuits are lovely family dogs. I have a N.IXGSD who is the most loving dog I have met. She is intelligent and will work for ages without getting bored or fustrated. You can have fun with them but really what I see is they are just like any other dog they have there plus points and there negatives.

What I don't understand is why things have to be debated. We all love our dogs dearly and we all have a common interest that we love dogs and want to give the best homes to the right puppy so why do we have to bring in our breed and preference. Wouldnt be easy to say I love northern inuits because this and then not comment on another breed and then visa versa. Maybe change the thread name if you have now decided a malamute is the choice for you.

All I advice is you reasearch as much as possible meet a range of dogs from the breed you want. Join the assosiations and talk to owners etc... I talk from past experience as my family didnt do this and we were lucky with Kia but it could have gone wrong.

Hope you find a perfect puppy.

Talking of quote "answers when none are forthcoming" end quote I have noticed that one of my questions i.e. "Do they have health problems?" has not been answered. But that is by the by now.

Two things I am curious about

no 1) had there been any conflict or confronation on this thread before you posted this reply? I am asking because I cannot see any such thing

no 2) If I were interested in a breed of dog, cat or any other type of animal and I believed there was conflict within the breed I would not allow other people opinions to put me off, I simply wouldn't get involved in such things

To the best of my knowledge northern inuits do not have any major health problems with the exception of some males having undescended testicles. Some also do not do well on a complete diet which can cause upset stomachs.

My own dogs are extremly healthy and do not have any health problems.

Hope this has answered your question.

No dog is free of major health problems sweetie. Conditions can come up even in the best of bred dogs, let alone a newly established breed which has not long been started to be health tested...

NI are a result of mixing 3 breeds which can have numerous health complaints. HD, Cataracts, Congenital heart disease, arthritis - just to name a few!

To make a statement like this is very misleading and nieve!

I said to the best of my knowledge. i.e. what I know of these dogs and am quoting my own dogs.

We all know that some dog breeds are more prone to certain conditions more than others and that certain breeds have far more health problems than others. What 'Sweetie' I mean Abbie is saying is that NIDs are generally very healthy dogs and no major health issues have been attributed to the breed.

Wouldnt it stand to reason that by using 3 breeds with these known issues, the the NI would have inherited them??!

Obviously not.

So are you saying that NIs are not hip scored or eye tested ?

Myself and werewolf are speaking from our own knowledge and have not known of these issues.

I have heard of dogs with high hipscores being used for breeding but these pups were not registered with the NIS.

So if the dogs are being hipscored, and have a result, wouldn't it be safe to say that HD is in the breed ?

The Northern Inuit Society have a policy on hip scoring, many of the NIDs that are registered with them that are used for breeding are hip scored and all of the ones (that are to be bred from) born after a certain date are being hip scored as it is now compulsory, if the score is high the dog wont be approved for breeding from.

So you do have a mean score to evaluate the dogs agains

I didn't say there was conflict or confrontaion on this thread, I will quote my own post to answer both no 1) and no 2)

quote "Thats fine, but I would like to be a part of a forum/society/association/club and have nice chats about my chosen breed, but from what I have read most threads on here about NI's turn nasty. I don't wish to offend anybody, as I have said these dogs look and sound lovely but I want to be able to chat about my chosen breed without worrying if/when it will turn. Thats all I ment." end quote

Neither myself or werewolf breed our dogs. Obviously there is a hip score that is evaluated against but I don't know what it is.

I have heard of about 4 NIDs in total over the past three years that have been scored and have had a high score. The reason the dogs are being scored is because as has been highlighted with the dogs that have been used to create the NID the posibility of HD is there, but as we have indicated before it doesn't seem to be a problem in the breed as a vast majority of the dogs have great scores. What obviously would be a problem is the fact that like Abbie says I know of at least one breeder who had their dog scored, got a high score and continued to use this dog as a stud dog. I can assure everyone that these NIDs have not been registered by the Northern Inuit Society, so that really is the best place to look for a NID puppy in my opinion.

I can assure you the NIS Forum is a very friendly forum and also very informative about the breed.