How to get a Husky to behave!?!?

Question

I have 3 huskys. They are 18month old 11month old and 5month old. There are the most ignorent animals ever lol! All 3 of them have been trained. Any1 got any tips

Answer 1

Your dogs are all puppies still! They may look like they are adults, but emotionally, they are still puppies until they're about 2 years old.
My advise would be, spend some one on one time training each of them, I know you said they have been trained, but you don't say that you were there with them. re enforce what they have already learned. The main thing is not for them to learn how to sit, stay, etc. It is to let them know you are in charge.
With three dogs in one household, you have a pack. And most likely, they consider the 18 month old dog the leader. You have to teach them that you are the leader.
Also, contrary to what a few people have told you, you won't be able to get them in line if you don't punish them once in a while. But you must learn the proper way to do so. When my 3 year old dog does something wrong, I can just tell him "no!" and he understands and immediately assumes a submissive position. I would assume that your dogs aren't like this. The best thing for you to do is, when you catch one of your dogs doing something wrong (make sure you catch them, punishing them for something they did an hour ago will only confuse them) grab them beneath their jaw, look them in the eye (which is like telling them you are in charge) and sternly tell them "no!" Then push their head down so they are looking at the ground for about 15 seconds. This is similar to how the pack leader would punish them in the wild. And obviously, it doesn't hurt them at all.
Good luck and feel free to email me if you have any questions!
Also, I used to have a Husky. They are incredible animals, I can understand why you love them so much!

Answer 2

You have 3 babies. The 18 month old is going through the independent 4 yr old stage of wanting to make his own rules. The 11 month old is trying to be the boss over the 18 month old and be more important to you than the others and the 5 month old is learning from the big guys.

I don't know how you ended up with 3 babies at once but anyone who knows anything about Huskies would not have advised you to get yourself or these animals in this situation.

One thing you should do is separate them for you to have individual play/training time.

You are probably running more ragged than a new mother with twins.

Contact patriot rescue.com and due some self teaching on this breed and appropriate puppy care for your 3 puppies.

Answer 3

Huskies are the most inteligent dog around. If you can't handle them it's because they have you figured out and know you are not in charge. Get a trainer to help. Another news flash about huskies is they are hard to keep confined. You will need to walk them daily, twice a day usually if weather permits. They are a traveling breed not suited to most people. If you can't handle them find someone who likes the breed. It is a big responsibility to have these animals.

Answer 4

If they are not behaving you have not trained them! If you wanted obedience dogs, you picked the wrong breed! Do you work them? Do you walk them enough? Hopefully, you are not letting them off the lead because it is very very rare that a Husky is ever obedient enough to be trusted off-lead. You need to train all 3 seperately so I hope you have plenty of spare time.

Answer 5

What are you wanting them to do? When are you asking them to do it? If you are asking them to sit still in the middle of play time (puppy's highlight of life), they are not going to listen to you. If, one-on-one you are asking them to sit during a quiet time, then they need more one-on-one training. Remember, that just because you went through an obedience class doesn't mean that you don't have to continually work with your dog. Think back to middle school when you learned how to disect a frog-could you do it now? Probably not-you haven't done it in years ! It's the same with dogs-if you don't continually practice and enforce the good behaviors they won't continue to perform!

Answer 6

You need to make sure that you spend as much time with them as possible, show them that you are the dominant animal otherwise they will never listen to you, when giving them orders, lower your voice to sound more masculine but dont shout at them and reward them when they do something good, worked for me with my husky, although he listens more to my hubby than me.

Answer 7

opinion is mixed on this but the roll on their side is very effective. I have owned the breed and now own an Alaskan.

The pack dogs will play with your mind and establish dominance over you with a series of tests for the rest of time until you show you are in charge (pack leader as C milan says - Dog Whisper man)

You roll the dog at the point they offend, using the voice command, no or down etc, you pin the body at the shoulder to the ground and keep the head in a flat plane with the rest of the body. I have see 5ft 6" female breeders do this to adult pack dogs. The breed will not instinctievly bite you when you do this.

Do it for a while & you will see the difference... in all of them also.

Answer 8

Huskys are working dogs - bigtime and they get super bored and have got atitude ! You just need to make things interesting for them for them to take the slightest bit of notice from you. Try makeing them work for their food etc. take them on long walks and keep them inquizzitive and always treat good behaviour and dont punish bad behaviour

Answer 9

Sounds like they've outsmarted you.

Husky's are motivated by strong pack leaders... and often by food. My advice for you is to get YOURSELF some training in how to train and lead a strong-willed dog.

Answer 10

apparently they have not been trained, nor have you. try changing your attitude toward the dogs and take some obedience classes with them. keep an open mind and remember, 98%+ of training problems are the owner's fault.