Also, they have seem to have no loyalty to home. The community I live in has a lost & found pet page on the internet and I constantly see "husky got out again". Dug under or climbed over, but non-stop escaping. They were made to set out on a trail and never look back!
I'm just catching up on this thread so this is from a few pages back LOL Our first large dog was the Doberman. Before that we had Pomeranians, which I loved! But when our Pomeranian was 7 years old we were looking for a larger dog. My sister had a hand in our choice because of her experience with several other breeds. When we mentioned husky, this (above quote) is exactly what she had said! They run! Every Husky she's ever known did not have any loyalty to its family. And they always were an escape artist. That was a NO for us.
They are similar in that they bond to their handler, velcro dogs, protection focused, and loving and goofy with their family.
And then she mentioned this one. The Doberman. Loyal, loving and protective. Loyal to its family won me over.
And I loved the look of the Doberman. Horses have always been my first love and at the time I didn't have a horse. The Doberman really kind of filled that need! LOL Sleek, and Powerful just like a horse!
I think a person's experience with a particular breed will sometimes set the tone for a love/hate relationship. I had three experiences with a Rottweiler. One was back when our children were young. Going to a party at our daughter's friend's house, they had a rottweiler. A huge one! The party was out on there Big Deck and the Rottweiler was crated out there too. Anytime anyone went over to see the dog, it acted like it was going to burst out of that crate!
Barking and acting aggressive! I was very intimidated by that dog! He was not friendly at all. And I'm sure in my mind Rottweiler was mentally crossed off my list!
And then more recently, we used to have a neighbor a few doors down with a Rottweiler. One day I rode my horse down there to pick something up. As I approached and saw the dog, I started talking to the dog saying it's name. Someone told me once that if you say the name, it helps them to think of you as not a threat. Don't know if that's true but that's what I was trying. But I can tell by the demeanor and body language that he wasn't having it. He was circling my horse and I knew this wasn't going to go well. I jumped off to try and calm the situation. Well he was eyeing my horse and started to go for her back end! We went round and round in a circle with me pulling my horse ahead with one arm and trying to grab the dog behind her with the other. The dog had an electric collar on and the woman was trying to stop him but either it wasn't working or he didn't care! He was going to bite my horse! And I wasn't going to let that happen! My horses don't kick and at that moment I wished she did!
At one point I finally grabbed the dog by the collar and the woman attached a leash. But as they were walking away she couldn't control him and he knocked her down and he came back at me and we went round and round again. At this point I literally felt like I wanted to kill that dog! No way was he going to hurt my horse! We went round in a circle again till I grabbed him and twisted that collar as hard as I could to subdue him. At that point I didn't even care if I choked him. I was hot! She finally got him in the house but I hated that dog from that point on. And the Rottweiler breed!
Then years later, a friend and I spotted two young Rottweilers roaming the neighborhood. That doesn't happen too often down here. I mean almost everybody's got a dog but you don't see loose dogs very often. This was a male and a female and fairly young. Possibly a year old. Maybe even less. I think I posted that story on the board before. It's kind of a long story but we tried to catch these dogs to either find the owner or find someone to take them. Actually had a cop come out and he would have taken them in his car but they wouldn't get in. They didn't trust us. We were feeding them treats and even got in the cop car to try and entice them inside.
We lost sight of them after a while and the next day Animal Control was called. I did not have a good feeling about them at all.
So I was going to find them before Animal Control. I finally spotted the male dog and had raw meat with me. He was very friendly! Just scared. I finally had the him eating out of my hand and I called someone who actually had Rottweilers and was very interested in taking him. He was a great guy! He really tried to find them when we lost them the day before. I can tell his intentions were good. Not like animal control. I told him I have the male and he is eating out of my hand. Very friendly and finally coming up to me. He was lovely! This was after I lost Buddy so I didn't have a big dog and he was tempting. But I really knew nothing about Rottweilers except for my experience. He was the 'good' experience though!
Very sweet! Young enough I guess to be a sweetheart. But this guy knew Rottweilers and I knew he would be a better fit. He came and he took him and I'm sure he's got a great home with him.
Couple of days later we got notified that the female got hit on the road and killed. This was the two Lane Highway about a mile from our house and road where we first spotted them. I cried like a baby when I heard that! I wanted to save them both! The guy who took the male actually went to the site of the accident and scanned it for a chip. But there was none on either dog . And he took the dog to bury it . I'll never forget his kindness. But that was my 'good' Rottweiler experience!
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(maybe they used them to make the giant Malamute, idk)
