My son says he was around a 1 yr old child and a cat in his former home, but as we all know, Huskies in general are notorious chicken-killers. I'm sure there are exceptions, of course, but I hope he doesn't ever bring him to my place. Naturally, he'd have to come up here to bring the dog and that's not likely anytime soon. I realize he was trying to save the poor dog from the pound, but he and his wife are gone so much, it seems not a good time to get a dog, though surely he would be protection for her, or at least a deterrent to burglary/assault. Seems to me that all the victims of home invasions are missing one element, a big dog in the house. That is one thing I miss since our last dog passed away, the visual deterrent, as well as the sound of a big dog. Kes was a marshmallow, but when she did bark on rare occasion, the ground shook. No one knows how sweet she was and if they heard that, they'd think twice about coming inside.