German Shepard or Siberian Husky???

Question

Which breed is better with childern,strangers,and older people?

Answer 1

Is there a reason you want one or the other?

Personally, my answer is "neither".

German shephards are easier to train, but are still high energy gaurd dogs. Would you want a high energy dog near you kids? Labs are known to take the abuse of little children in stride and still be friendly. You won't find this to be the case with shephards. Shephards are also slow to mature, which makes training them a long term process. They will end up easier to train in the long run, but we are talking a much longer run due to how their breed's emotions develop (in other words, they are still considered puppies, mentally, until the age of 2).

Huskies are also high energy dogs, on top of the fact that they are one step closer to being wolves. Would you have your grandma pet sit your pet wolf? Of course not. Huskies are known to be very protective dogs, which makes them good around children *that they like*. If there is a personality conflict between your dog and your children, due to the size of children, a husky will be more likely to begin playing dominance games with them when you aren't around to play referee.

I own a shephard/husky mix and I love her to pieces, but I also don't have children or grandparents hanging around. Both breeds are fun, energetic, easy to train dogs, but in the setting your are considering, they should be one of the last dogs on your wish list.

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Just so you don't get the wrong idea about shephards, they do make great service dogs, but due to the fact they are slow to mature, shephards are not allowed into service training (as seeing eye dogs, rescue dogs, protection dogs, etc) until they are 5 years old. There is a reason for this (which is stated above). If your childen are less than 10 years old, don't put them at risk for the next 2-5 years because someone told you shephards are easy to train. Those people, for whatever reason, are only giving you 1/2 the story.

Answer 2

Well I have nine German Shepherds six are american line and the other three are working line. If you are looking to get a German Shepherd you better do your research about this breed because it just isn't for anybody. They are smart to smart and sometimes they can take the alpha roll. With the right amount of socialization and training they are all around great dog with children and older people but they can still be wary of strangers. They are tremendous loyal to their family. The american lines are some what calmer then the working lines.

Answer 3

Other than in size they are 2 very different breeds. The Husky is a Spitz breed & so harder to train, liable to go running off (you need a very high fence to keep a Husky in). They are usually hopeless as guard dogs because they love everyone & are not good with livestock, including cats. They can also be very destructive if left alone & needs loads of exercise & work if they are to be kept as pets. The GSD is far more trainable and tend to be more stand-offish with strangers. They are also a working breed & need a firm hand in training. A mature GSD is probably better with children & older people because it will be calmer than a mature Husky, but as puppies they are pretty exuberant & can knock you flying! Both are great breeds but you need to decide which will fit in with your lifestyle

Answer 4

both are excellent with children if raised properly. huskies love everyone, while german shepherds are naturally suspicious of strangers, but if socialized from being a puppy can be good with new people. shepherds are probably better with older people. they calm down a little more than huskies as they grow up and in most cases would be easier to train not to jump on people.

Answer 5

A german Shepard protects a lot more suitable its an exceedingly sensible and a good take care of dogs. yet i appreciate a siberian husky and which will be my determination. see you later because the dogs is presented up with your different dogs they must be positive. wish it is sensible.

Answer 6

I'd say the German. Huskies, from what I know, are a one person dog and because of their breed, they tend to take off.

Answer 7

Well, huskies are known to be VERY good with strangers. They love everyone... But be warned... Huskies are STUBBORN and HARD HEADED and aren't the easiest to train... I've got a husky /mix/ who looks and acts exactly like a pure bred husky. They're also escape artists.... You've been warned... =)

Answer 8

Either/or depending upon the dog, BUT in general I think German Shepherd Dogs are because they are easier to train and that is why they are often used as service dogs/ rescue, etc.

Answer 9

from my experience germen Shepard's seem to be much more aggressive. If you wanted it for a guard dog i would think that would be the better way to go. I'd say huskies are better with children though.

Answer 10

Depends how they are raised. Any dog can be good with people. When its a pup let it be around alot of people so it gets used to it.