Siberian Husky

One is between but the small and light dogs of sleigh, although for that reason he is not weakest, demonstrating to dowries of great resistance and speed for the shot, mainly with loads not excessively heavy. Of a good character, sociable and affectionate, one takes control to notice by its extreme cleaning, which allows to have to him in the house. The eyes also can be of different color, the one of the other, although the units must be preferred that present/display eyes of equal tonality.

Original from the region of the Straits of Bering, in Siberia, this dog takes the name from the old tribe of the Husky. In the course of several polar expeditions, it has been appreciated mainly, by his great speed and its extraordinary resistance. By these qualities, it is mattered in Alaska at the beginning of century XX, to be used in the races of sleighs.

Soon one prevailed by his speed and by the facility whereupon it was trained for the sleigh. Its diffusion in Canada and North America was very fast, being at the moment its participation in the competitions, more and more numerous. In 1914 the official standard of the race by work of the American Club of the Siberian Husky was written up. In the last postwar period, the dog spread in many European countries where a number every greater time of criadores takes care of him. For the Siberian Husky like for other races of sleigh, the training begins with the positioning of the arreos of sleigh to happen soon to enlistment, to the control of a shot guide. In order to create a good guide of shot, they are necessary years of patient work, choosing itself for this position to the dogs that from small have more personality and temperament. The shots or (as more commonly they call the enthusiastic ones) of sleigh, have an uneven number of dogs and can enlist in fan or an only cord, locating them to both sides of the same one.

Almost unbeatable in the races of speed on diverse distances, the Husky is, nevertheless, less adapted to throw of a sleigh with great loads, still in short routes.

The Siberian Husky is a dog of medium, robust, elegant, agile size with great soltura. Under the effort of the sleigh, it even throws with much force and to trote very regular, fast and elastic that allows to maintain a step him constant, during long distances. It is therefore a dog of strong construction, that must lack at the same time all slowness and not demonstrate stupidity. The dogs that surpass the 60 cm. of height, are disqualified not only by an aesthetic question but also and fundamentally, for functional reasons since a too great size makes him lose to the race, its prerogatives of speed and agility. The hair and the subhair are tightened and soft. All the colors are admitted, although most common they are the black, the gray, the silver and the dark (denominated color liver), with the snout adorned by a mask of beautiful drawings.

Height and weight. Raised to the cross: males of 53 to 60 cm., females of 51 to 56 cm. Weight: males of 20.5 to 27 kg, females of 16 to 22.5 kg.

Head. Black Trufa, sometimes had during the winter, by one borders pink. Adherent black lips good. Snout of medium length. Jaws with vigorous teeth. Skull of medium length. In front slightly cleared, that descends gradually until the eyes.

Eyes. Brown or blue; a brown eye and another blue one can exist exemplary with. Moderately oblique.

Ears. Straight lines and of high birth, with the a little wide base in the birth and the end slightly cleared. Dense hair in the interior.

Body. Strong and deep thorax but not too wide. Curved and deep ribs. Back of medium length. Ijares muscular, slightly convex, without superfluous fat. Vigorous Grupa and fall.

Extremities. Straight lines and muscular with good bones. Developed and vigorous shoulders affluent. The spurs if they exist, are amputated.

Feet. Of extended form, covered well with hair even between the fingers. Hard and strong plantar pads.

Tail. Dense, the dog takes it to way of a scimitar when it runs or she is alert and low, when it works or it is in rest.

Coat. Tight and soft of medium length or moderately long outer hair and soft, dense and woolly subhair. It can be of all the colors excluded the pure target being most common between the gray-wolf and gray-silverplated one, of the clear sand to the black with white spots. The spots can appear in layers of any color being more frequent on the head, forming the characteristic mask.

FEEDING. The nutritional necessities vary according to the size and sex: in the males, in ration of maintenance they go of 1,250 to l.500 Kcal. daily and in the females from 1,050 to 1.350. These values are considered sufficient for the units that live in a tempered climate and that is not put under work (sleigh shot) for which very are appreciated. The provision of mineral-vitaminic complexes in certain physiological states (puppies, state of gestation, lactancia), is of extreme importance for a normal physical development. It does not have to forget to either complement the diet with rich vegetal insaturados fatty acid oils. As much the vitamins as vegetal minerals, oils and all the nutritional components, do not have never to be provided in overdoses.

DAILY CARES. Particular attention must be put in the puppy during the first months of life. In this period, a lasting affective relation between dog and master settles down. With respect to other dogs, the Siberian Husky has necessity of a sufficiently ample space where to live, since it enjoys much the long strolls. The care of the coat must be made preferably every day, with a brush that have metallic prongs on the one hand and of bristle by the other. A good norm turns out periodically to submerge to the brush in a solution disinfectant.

WITH THE VETERINARIAN. He is preferable to make, immediately after the birth the amputation of spurs.

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