Serious questions about Inuits Questions

ok just been looking at some ads + before i start i am not looking for another dog but sometimes i just like to look at all the different breeds sorry i am very nosy .

right now i am wondering this is part of an ad i saw + well i wanted to know if any of it is true ?

We are part of a new club which is striving to improve this great dog.
Inuits are friendly family dogs,good with children and animals.
Our dogs are bred to look like wolves,not bred from wolves.
They can be let off the lead and will come back,they are intelligent and easy to train and in no way aggressive.
And contrary to belief do not need a vast amount of exercise.

theres a few things i wonder about such as the let off the lead part

and in no way aggressive i thought that depends on training

+ the exercise i thought they would need alot

but i dont know anything about this breed so i was wondering if someone could answer my questions thanks

Depends on the sort of Inuits.

There are Inuit Sled dogs but in this country it would usually refer to Northern Inuits.(There are British Inuits but I won't include those as they are basically NI's or their crosses, correct me if I am wrong)

I don't think any dog can be called 'in no way aggressive'. After all wasn't there a thread on here about lab attacks recently, which is a dog typically thought to be non-aggeressive?
Northern Inuits are very submissive to humans in my experience. They are easy to train and love to please. They are boisterous though and can be dog agressive, as much as any breed can.

They are great family dogs, yes, but not for the first time dog owner. They do have seperation anxiety as love the company of other dogs or people.

Yes, they are able to be let off of the lead. I am assuming this person is saying this for the people who say huskies can't be let off, and might get them confused with inuits as they look similar. Though my NI's recall has taken a lot of work as they love to chase and sometimes go selectively deaf!

They do only need moderate exercise, though would cope with loads if you wanted.

To be honest, I think anyone trying to 'sell' a dog on only its positives is a bad thing. You need to be honest about any breed. NI's need company, they also moult twice a year, in Inca's case from Jan to June then from July to Dec! They look like they'd make a great scary guard dog, but Inca would hold the door open for any burglar, yet she scaredy barks at footballs that land in our garden!

Yes a great dog, I love them,but anyone buying a dog needs to be realistic and to have all the breeds pro & cons pointed out, of any breed, or people who are not aware will have problems.

thanks for that i never knew about most of that info i was just a little taken back because they were making them sound like the perfect dogs but as we all know theres not allways a perfect owner
oh yea also you said about british ones this did say they were a british line huskey crossed german shepard but again i dont even know what the differences are in the lines but all there was alot of was they look like wolves but there not see now i thought most people didnt go on about it like that i dunno sorry i will shut up now i am so nosy

British Inuits were formed when there was a disagreement between breeders at the NI society. From what I know they are trying to get back with the NI society. Don't quote me on the politics, but they are basically the same dog.

Northern Inuits are not crosses, as in you can't get a husky and a GSD, cross them and get a NI.

They do look like wolves, (see my Inca below looking wolfy)but have no wolf in them at all. As my OH says, they are as soft as rice pudding.

ive read that they are not aggressive dogs and love everyone...but im sure if a dog is pushed and abusived enough...it would do something back? .......

i read that they need 2 hours + off the lead exercise to...... well like most dogs ive read about, why do people always say they dont need exercise!?

i would have thought they would need alot of exercise as they have derived from high energy working breeds?!

thats what i was thinking when it came to the not aggressive part

+ if your right about the 2 hours off lead exercise how on earth can they say they dont need alot to most people over a hour off lead is alot i think the ad is alot misleading

thanks for that i think i have a little more of an idea sort off what they are.
+ R what a cutie you have there bet your proud

I don't think anyone would say they don't need any excersise

The ad said they don't need vast amounts I think. I do think the ad is verging on making them sound an easy breed. All the points they highlight are in most cases very true but no one should only put forward one side.

Most NI are very people friendly and the general concensus is that dog aggression is apparently quite low in the breed although of course it can happen. My girl is very very sound and has been pinned down on her back by another dog before and just retaliated by licking the aggresors face. She is a huge peace maker and tries to diffuse any potentially aggresive situation (mostly by clowning around!) My boy has slight fear aggression which shows it's self onlead, off lead he would rather run from trouble.

I don't think it's a good idea to get any large breed and think of only giving it minimal excersise but for instance while my boy Takoda has been poorly for the last 5 days and I have been caring for him round the clock my girl hasn't even got out for 1 walk bless her and she is being very patient just waiting. If you happen to miss the odd day out for whatever reason they are happy to just chill. They will take as much excersize as you can throw at them but don't start climbing the walls with a day off. Although after a day or two off you have to be prepared for some very energetic running and clowning around once you do get out.

I don't think anyone should look at any breed as potentially perfect and should always find out what the worst case scenario could be with any dog if you look at the best and worst then you know what you could possibly get either way.

our ni ,cassie, doesnt like bing left on her own ,which is why we had roger, she loves every one she comes into contact with given time to get to know them . exersise shes happy with a 200 yard walk to do her toilet or shes happy to come on my 8 mile hike to pick my car up on a sunday morning. every dog is hard work, you only get out what you put in

Books and articles on specific breeds all will give a list of the characteristics one is to expect from those breeds. Of course this is never going to be 100% in every case but it should give a good idea on what to expect. I guess when people advertise puppies they want to give people a general idea on what is to be expected.

i think this ad is very misleading too, we can take our dogs up to the woods as a pack and they will run for hours, they also have quite a few traits that potential puppy owners must be made aware of, or the breeder will find themselves having to take back said pups as some people just wont be prepared , the N.I is not some little lap dog, they need company m they need mental stimulation and they most definitly need a very firm hand. new clubs pop up all the time, and if they want to be taken seriously, they should get their members to refrain from midleading the general public in this way

I think what the last four posts say is spot on.

I especially agree with what sutty said about breeders needing to be honest or there will be pups returned.

Hi I can certainly say our pup is the most non aggressive dog ever. He was nipped by a small dog and set upon by a collie and just yelped and didn't know what to do.

He is better behaved around the house if he has two decent walks a day, but any large breed needs exercise.

They can be quite challenging so do need a firm hand I have found, but are very friendly with everyone they meet.

I think as with any breed each pup with have its own personality so there will be some variation.

Long message, but only just discovered Inuits. I get confused about the walking as my dog is 6months old and you need to be careful about bone growth.

The only thing I was unprepared for was the rate of growth - until you've seen it, it doesn't sound too bad.

My pup, Lupi, is 6 months old and 28inches tall and 30+kg.

It does make a difference in 'normal' puppy behaviour as it seems to be puppy x 10. You find some people can be less tolerent as they assume he is older. Particularly with jumping up (training him out of it), he could quite easily knock me over or drag me down the street, but he doesn't!. The chewing can be far more destructive than smaller puppies. But he's not been that bad! Apart from eating my laptop, phone charger and duvet, magazines and anything made of cardboard, hehe. I try to make sure he has bones and toys and he's fine. Just seems to be that he eats all the things that take my attention away from him, lol.

He's fairly independent though - I put him out in the hall a couple of hours ago as he was eating my husband, who is sleeping and isn't well. I totally forgot about him and didn't hear a murmer from him, went to the loo about 45 minutes later and found him lying quietly by our door! He often takes himself off to the garden step to sleep!

At the end of the day, dogs are not identical and have different characters. I suspect he'd have been more upset if we weren't in the house and he was on his own. If I shut him in our room with phoebe whilst doing other stuff around the house, he's always right there sleeping or lying down watching the door.

I suspect I'd have more separation anxiety problems from him if we didn't have 3 other dogs and I didn't work from home.

I would give a couple of warnings when really deciding:

don't expect to keep the house clean - they have big feet and dig a lot. So muddy prints are common (although, I usually put 2 old towels at the door way and it gets the worst off). Not too bad in summer, but much worse in winter.

Digging: if you are proud of your garden do not get an NI, lol. We got round most of it by providing huge flower pots and regularly filling them with dirt - yet we still have a 2 foot by 1 foot huge hole by the wall. Most of the plants have been destroyed.

Make sure the NI has access to watch the world go by - he likes nothing more than being nosy (i don't mind keeps him out of trouble). He used to sit on the window sill (yeah, 'how much is that doggy in the window' went through my mind). Now he is too big, he stands on the edge of the couch with his front legs on the window sill.

Aggression/submissive - in most cases he is submissive and he recently ran away from a group of NIs, ha. However, with the staffy cross we have, he is anything but aggressive. Probably because the staffy has not wanted anything to do with him and usually starts the aggression - staffy is the only dog I've seen Lupi not back down to. Lupi has tried many times to be friends though.

All this aside, he is so lovely in looks and nature, my heart melts when I look at him, I just can't be cross with him for long. Although he's still 'play' biting other people, I get him to sit and have a 'kiss, kiss' and 'no bites' while stroking the front of his chest (calming).

These dogs are brilliant, but not perfect and my biggest problem is my husband not the dog - as my hubbie doesn't use the same commands as me, so Lupi ignores everything he says!

So here I am happily typing away with 14 keys missing thanks to Lupi

I agree with Myschievious, the ad sounds like they are trying to make the breed sound like an 'easy option' to anyone.

NI's dont need excessive amounts of exercise like a Malamute or Husky would, being working breeds, but they do need IMO at least 4 miles a day when they are an adult, so they are not for the feint hearted 'stroll in the park' type of person!
When she is an adult Jess will have more miles than that most days, my hubby is a climber and often does 6+ mile hikes there and back to a crag... yet I know Jess will LOVE that, she is always miffed when we go back to the car or turn around to go back home on a walk... yet she is only a baby so we must be careful whilst she is growing.

As for aggression, I would say NI generally have fantastic personalitys, yet there is always a bad apple in whatever breed that, sometimes for no reason what so ever, becomes aggressive.
Dogs are just as individual as people, and you can get good and bad in both, regaurdless of race or breed.



Kye xxx

hi, well said evryone, evreything that has been said is true, we have 2 utonagans, and they do the same, but i have noticed that nobody has said anything about feeding them raw meat and bones, some people might not like it.

I don't think there's anything else that I can add, that's others haven't already posted

I agree with this (although my dog is a Utonagan). We were told by the breeder that moderate exercise was the way to go. Well Loki is not satisfied by the odd stroll - he will go as far as you like and do it again and again. I've even had to get some wellies for those cold and wet winter hikes over the fields.

Thanks everyone loads of information + they really do sound like lovely dogs + i know there gorgeous been looking at everyones pics i have learnt + i hope that anyone else who reads this takes every ad with a pinch of salt + does there research first