Any Siberian husky owners?

[black_cat]

Spot really wants a spitz

if she? he? wasn't determined to have a dog that is stubborn and tricky to train and also a spitz, I long ago would have suggested this absolutely fabulous plan:

not for mushing, tho, just joring like this.

berners have admittedly less stamina, though, and are probably better for pulling heavier loads shorter distances


luckily, this is all irrelevant, because they are fabulous
thank you for coming to my TED talk

 

[chickentrains]

German short haired pointers are so common in the mushing/joring world.

but not your cup of tea

 

[black_cat]

German short haired pointers are so common in the mushing/joring world.

but not your cup of tea

Definitely not what you're looking for

 

[chickentrains]

Definitely not what you're looking for

who me?

or them

def not what they are looking for

I love them, but i prefer wire.

 

[black_cat]

who me?

or them

them

def not what they are looking for

I love them, but i prefer wire.

oh yeah you'd do great with one

 

[SpotTheCat]

If there are any mushing teams around you it would be awesome to see if you can observe. It would be a great resource for information on how to get started, pick the right dog and train them.

I want to go to one! But they are all cancelled at the moment

Just about any breed can do bike joring, ski joring, etc. as long as they’re over about 30-40 ish lbs and love pulling. Labs, Terriers, GSDs, even Border Collies can do this. I would also recommend perhaps a Eurohound (purpose bred cross specifically bred for speed for sprint racing and, quite often, dry land racing) or an Alaskan Husky or even just a regular purebred German Shorthaired Pointer or just Pointer (different breed. Think the latter is English).

Just try to find a breed and temperament you want for your family and worry about mushing later cause essentially any dog can do it if they’re big enough and raised right. If you want to race with it or something, then maybe get one for that but even then, I would just practice and gain experience first before racing.

They can but some of them don’t want to pull and run, I want to lower the chance of them not wanting to pull. Alaskan huskies I can’t fing here and I as far as I can tell they have more energy then Siberian huskies (I don’t think I will be able to find eurohounds either).

I also really like malamutes for there personality the only problem is their size

Mushing or joring? Because just about any dog can do joring. You do not need a mushing breed for that. If you’re talking actual mushing with like a whole team of dogs then it might be a little different but even then, I’ve seen border collie teams and poodle teams succeed soooo... and look into the breeds I mentioned as I think they may be better fits for you.

Joring is mushing, I have found lots of definitions for mushing so I a, not sure what is correct but to me joring is mushing. I want to do dryland mushing

Just what I was going to say!

Your best bet would be to talk to actual mushers about what kinds of dogs are suitable, if mushing is what you want.

In Alaska where I grew up, real sled dogs (the racing kind) are usually NOT purebreds recognized by any kennel club or registry.

The ones pictured here look to me like a typical assortment:
https://www.researchgate.net/figure...ly-for-their-racing-performance_fig1_45281024

I will try to talk to some mushers, most people here use siberian huskies as far as I have seen and most malamutes breeders do mushing

 

[SpotTheCat]

if she? he? wasn't determined to have a dog that is stubborn and tricky to train and also a spitz, I long ago would have suggested this absolutely fabulous plan:
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not for mushing, tho, just joring like this.

berners have admittedly less stamina, though, and are probably better for pulling heavier loads shorter distances


luckily, this is all irrelevant, because they are fabulous
thank you for coming to my TED talk

They/them. prefer leonbergers, they are healthier

 

[SpotTheCat]

Okay if I don’t go by mushing then what breeds is about 20kg, stubborn, good with cats, high energy and preferably a spitz

 

[black_cat]

They/them.

prefer leonbergers, they are healthier

I support leonbergers as well but berners are still the best

 

[black_cat]

Okay if I don’t go by mushing then what breeds is about 20kg, stubborn, good with cats, high energy and preferably a spitz

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