I’m about to teach you how to stop your husky barking. Unlike other dog behavior problems there is only a limited amount of solutions for husky barking. Keep in mind that just as humans are born to speak, dogs are born to bark. Although huskies are known for howling rather than barking, they still have an inbuilt urge to express themselves through barking.

Prior to getting your husky’s barking under control, it is essential to have knowledge about the different types of barking and which types you can manage.

Why Does Your Husky Bark?

There are many reasons why huskies bark. Aggression, enjoyment and being frightened are all reason why husky barking may occur. The following is an overview of reasons your husky may bark.

• Territorial Husky Barking
• Guard Husky Barking
• Attention Husky Barking
• Happy To See You Husky Barking
• Dissatisfaction  Husky Barking
• Habitual Husky Barking
• Hurt or Sick Husky Barking

Barking is natural husky behavior. Trying to eliminate barking totally is not a realistic outcome for you as a husky owner.  Barking is a way that your husky uses to express their feelings and needs to you. This behavior can’t be stopped completely.

How to Stop Husky Barking?

If your husky is barking, you need to try to figure out whether it is appropriate barking or not. Ninety nine times out of one hundred, unwarranted barking can be managed. When taking steps to reform ‘Over the Top’ barking, you need to come to some conclusions about the following:

• What situation is happening to make your the husky bark?
• Who or what is your husky barking at?
• Can you identify a certain cause of the husky barking?

Should you conclude that your husky barks for territorial and protective reasons, it is a mistake to discipline or raise your voice at your husky. Your husky is likely to think you are mimicking their behavior and endorsing the barking. If your husky thinks you are happy with this type of behavior, it can lead to further aggression such as biting. Remember your husky may be confused about what you are trying to tell them.

What you need to do is create an environment where your husky feels calm about its territory. This will reduce to desire to protect its area from other animals and strangers. If you stick to your role in the alpha position, any animal or person you are happy to bring into the territory will also sit comfortably with your husky. Removing your husky’s line of sight from potential invasions to its territory is also a good idea. For example a non see through fence can help, and closed curtains.

Husky Barking and Anxiety

Where your husky is known to suffer from anxiety there is a good chance that barking will become a problem. Your husky is seeking out assurance that you will come to them when they feel anxious. More times than not, huskies have been allowed to carry on with this behavior so it becomes difficult to stop. It’s important to wait until your husky has calmed down before you approach them, this is especially important when returning home or if you husky is seeking attention.

In conclusion, as part of your overall husky training regime, you need to teach you husky a command to stop unnecessary barking. This command should only be used when husky barking is inappropriate. There may be times that your husky needs to communicate an emergency to you, for example if you have an intruder your husky needs to know that it is ok to bark. As long as you teach your husky good barking habits early, your husky will not be the neighborhood nightmare.

The roll over trick is a great addition to your husky’s tricks collection. After applying the tips on this page, when given the command, your husky should successfully roll over completely.

What You Need

• A husky dog
• A bag of treats
• 15 minutes a day
• Some patience

Take your husky out to a quiet place and begin training sessions. Approximately 15 minutes a day is the most you should do, or until your puppy gets bored. This trick may take your puppy up to a month or two to fully establish but it’s well worth it.

Treats are absolutely necessary for this to work, but as soon as you notice your puppy has lack of interest then stop immediately and resume later. Follow the steps outlined below to train your husky puppy to roll over on command.

It is recommended that your puppy already knows how to come and lie down as we will be using that as our initial position.

• Call your puppy to come to you and place him in a laying position (you can give the command if your puppy already mastered it).
• Using a yummy treat as an attention grabber, give the command “Roll Over” and start motioning your treat in a circular direction while giving your puppy a gentle push to the side.
• Proceed slowly motioning your puppy to roll over until he or she has successfully done a 360 degree roll.
• As soon as it’s complete provide the tasty treat and give plenty of praise for good work done.
• Repeat this process over and over until your puppy gets better at it.
• Keep offering treats and when it looks like your puppy mastered it try some without.

That’s all you need to get started; the most important thing is to enjoy the time you spend with your husky and have lots of enjoyable fun!

After your puppy masters this trick you will be surprised how good it feels to have such a great and obedient companion.

To master more tricks don’t forget to check out the husky obedience guide.

About 80% of all dog owners at some point starting having issues with their husky jumping on the owner or their friends/family. The reason behind this is simply because the dog is excited to see a new face. Let’s face it, huskies are very social dogs and as soon as that doorbell rings you may notice your husky’s excitement level rockets.

The reason your puppy is jumping up on you is because of one simple fact: at some point, when your puppy jumped up on someone, he got rewarded.

Now, what you need to do to change your puppy’s behavior is to stop praising his jumping behavior and start praising the behavior you want him to exhibit.

For example, you come up to your puppy and immediately he puts his paws up on you from excitement. What you do right then is turn your back at him and ignore! You can look over your shoulder to see if your husky sits, and as soon as he does, reward with a treat.

Many people will try to force their puppy in the sitting position, but I don’t recommend doing so. Simply wait until your puppy sits down and instantly provide a treat and words of praise.

You can also train your husky dog to stop jumping on you by grabbing his or her paws and holding them for a while. Dogs tend to be very sensitive about their paws so make sure you don’t instantly release as soon as they pull – wait for a while, then give the command “Off” and release. As soon as your dog is down, praise and reward nicely and repeat the exercise.

These methods should help you keep your husky puppy from jumping up. Always remember to treat your companion nicely and reward good behavior.

Good luck!

Many new husky owners are wondering whether or not you should punish your little pup for doing stuff wrong. Although the method of punishing does have some effect (primarily because you are making your pup afraid of you), a real relationship with your companion should not involve any type of punishment. Instead, make your puppy obey you using the positive reinforcement way.

Your husky wants you to be the leader and set the rules. Moreover, you should not show your puppy sign of weakness, and you should also learn praise your puppy’s dominant behavior (such as jumping up on you). And I don’t mean not showing signs of weakness by punishing and harming your dog – that would be cruel. I simply mean be strong-willed. Huskies are crazy strong-willed and you need to be MORE strong willed if you want to keep control of it.

For example, when your puppy barks – don’t give him attention. If you do, he will know.. Bark = attention. Good or bad.

Don’t step over your dog or move around him when you walk. He will think he’s in charge. In the wild, pack leader doesn’t move to let pack members through.

Don’t feed your puppy before you and your family eats – in the wild, pack leader eats first.

Don’t let your puppy pull on the leash and lead – he will think he’s the leader and he should never think that.

Don’t give in to whining and begging. This will only create a bad habit that will be hard to break.

Don’t let him jump up on you – often times dogs jump up on each other to assert dominance. Eventually, one will ‘surrender’ to the other.

Don’t go to your puppy during play time. Call him to YOU.

Don’t yell at your puppy – that will not help train him.

Don’t play with your puppy if he bites too hard – or you will only encourage it.

Don’t let your puppy have all the toys – he will become too dominant.

These are some of the things you should prevent doing when training your husky. Keeping these things out of your training sessions should increase your puppy’s learning and ability to behave better. Your job is to make your puppy understand.

All husky owners at some point have to deal with dominance issues. Whether their puppy is exerting dominance over their owner, property, food, or toys – it’s all the same. But the question still stands: How do you stop your husky dog from being so dominant? Are there some kind of dominance tips husky owners should know about to make their puppies less dominant? Glad you asked.

Often times husky owners encourage their dogs to be dominant. You might be thinking, “How the heck am I encouraging my puppy to be dominant?”

Answer the following questions to yourself. Does your puppy:

• lead during walks?
• eat before your family?
• get all the toys at once?
• jump up on you and you don’t give negative feedback for it?
• yelp and you come running?
• get attention anytime it wants?

Many owners simply fail to establish their role as the alpha dog so your puppy assumes it’s his responsibility because that’s how dogs understand survivability. If you do any of the things listed above then those small things could be making your husky puppy dominant.

Sometimes owners don’t reward their huskies for sharing and returning their toys. If you’re guilty of it then you should probably begin this simple exercise.

Take, Reward, Give Back

Very simple exercise you can do to reduce your puppy’s dominance. Simply take away his toys while he’s playing or food bowl while he’s eating. Then reward and praise him after he releases them willingly. Do this occasionally and you will notice your puppy won’t be as dominant over his toys and food bowl.

Husky dog training is important as in the wild a husky dog is part of a pack and someone is the alpha dog of that pack. Your household is the pack, and if nobody is the alpha dog your husky assumes that’s his role. There are 3 levels of ranks that your husky knows: The alpha dog, which is the trusted “dog” of the pack that takes care of all the needs; there’s the husky that obeys and respects the alpha dog, and there’s everyone else below the husky who the husky doesn’t have to listen to.

So if you are the alpha dog and you earned respect from your husky then you will be respected and your husky will obey your commands. I’m sure you know many cases where a dog listens to only 1 person but ignores everyone else’s commands. That’s because the husky sees that one person as the leader. And since everyone else isn’t the alpha dog the husky doesn’t have to listen to them.

So what do you do to become the alpha dog? Provide everything that you need, food, shelter, protection, make the rules and enforce them, don’t abuse or wrongly punish your husky. Spend time together and treat him with respect. Those are some of the things required to become the alpha dog.

The rule of the wild is this: The pack leader eats first, then the rest. So when it’s feeding time for your husky, eat first, and then feed your husky. When you’re walking and your husky is in the way, don’t go around or step over him. He will think that he’s in charge. Instead, move him out of the way. In the wild the pack leader doesn’t go around the others, instead, they all make way.

Don’t let your husky sleep on the bed with you, as you’re putting him equal to the alpha dog. At least not until a firm understanding has been established that you’re the alpha dog.

Restrict your husky from entering certain rooms and give him a space of his own. If you let the husky go anywhere he wants and do anything he wants to he will think he’s the alpha dog!

When you want to pet your husky don’t come to him! Call him to you and then you can pet him. You have to think like a dog and think what the alpha dog would do in the wild.

Your husky puppy doesn’t think like humans do. If you don’t catch your husky puppy in the act, yelling or hitting (which you should never do) will only confuse your dog and complicate further training.

Punishments should almost never be given out; instead, use the most proper method of dog training – the positive reinforcement method. Just like you could catch your puppy in the act (which you rarely can) and try to teach him what is wrong, you should teach your puppy what is right and reward him greatly for it.

Imagine a scenario where your puppy is crying and barking because it wants attention (and not to go to the bathroom, because that’s different). You, as a smart puppy trainer, should know that you shouldn’t give your puppy attention when it barks and cries because it will ultimately associate barking with getting attention. So next time your puppy wants attention, it will start barking knowing you will come running. Instead, ignore your husky puppy until he stops barking completely – only then you can give your husky puppy attention, treats, and praise.

You can eliminate the barking problem altogether by training your puppy to bark on command. When you reward your husky puppy as he barks on command, your puppy will understand that it’s only good to bark when you say so – ultimately preventing your puppy from barking altogether unless you tell him to. I have written a complete training guide for owners just like you. Click below to find out more.

Many misconceptions about the beautiful Siberian husky dogs are being spread all over the internet. This page will separate the facts from opinions and myths.

Here are some excellent husky facts:

• Huskies can have a variety of coat coloration ranging from gray, white, red, or black to name just a couple. They also have random patterns. Just like we humans come in different shapes and sizes, it’s no different for a husky dog.
• The Siberian breed is somewhat cleaner than other breeds of dogs. They tend to bath themselves often.
• Siberians are medium sized working dogs that are very friendly, loving, loyal, and make great family pets. These dogs have an almost a clownish personality yet they can be persuasive, stubborn, and extremely independent, making them among some of the most intelligent dogs out there.
• Although many breeds are born predators/attack dogs, Siberians are not! Everyone has the natural “bigger vs smaller” instinct, however Siberians like to chase for fun – not to kill
• Huskies are extremely energetic and love to run. Be careful – your husky could easily run for a mile… and he’s just getting started.
• Siberians need a great deal of exercise. They love some space to play and have fun.
• These dogs are affectionate and will not give strangers attention if it doesn’t think they deserve it.
• Siberians can become destructive if not provided sufficient exercise. They will start chewing stuff, biting, howling, and so on.
• Huskies “blow” their undercoat twice a year. A week’s combing is sufficient to get it clean.
• These dogs are extremely trainable with exceeding understanding.
• Puppies will bite and chew as they’re teething. Keep this behavior under control.

All favorite husky pictures and photos ranging from white huskies to blue eyed Siberian husky dogs. Enjoy!

Nothing like relaxing on the deck of a beautiful lake.

This husky’s cool just went up 2 points.

C’mere lil bugz.

Brand new litter.

Relaxing in the snow.

Someone got caught by surprise!

What are YOU lookin’ at?!

Time for play?

Where’s the mountain of chew toys you promised?!

Blond hair, blue eyes – I’m better than everyone.

A Siberian husky is one of the best companions and owning one is a great experience. A Siberian husky is beautiful, intelligent and friendly. Owning a dog is great responsibility, and most of the work is actually in the training. Before one can embark on training a Siberian husky, it is vital to first understand the characteristic of the dog. Being a pack animal, the Siberian husky needs a strong leader. The dog is also very stubborn and strong willed, and will generally not do something unless it makes sense to him. It is important to invest a lot of time and energy to ensure that you effectively train your dog.

You should start teaching your husky early enough. This is one of the best ways to ensure that you effectively train your dog. Start training a Siberian husky early to make sure that your efforts pay off. Secondly, when issuing commands to your dog, it is vital you look at your dog straight in the eyes. This conveys to the husky the seriousness of the command and that it needs to be followed. Also, call your Siberian husky by its name every time. This dog is so that the dog knows their name.

When the dog displays undesirable behavior, it is important to reprimand him immediately. This is so that he knows what he is doing is not good. For training a Siberian husky as a sled dog, it is important that the owner of dog be confident, strong willed and firm in training. Siberian huskies needed to see a strong leader, and my refuse to obey command if the owner does not possess these characteristics.

Siberian huskies are some of the most loyal and friendly dogs that can be found. They are good with children and are friendly even with strangers. This good relationship can be maintained by being kind to the dog and taking good care of him, and providing good and regular meals. Siberian huskies love to run free and if given total freedom may run away for good. It is important to maintain boundaries by fencing the compound making sure it are strong and high (at least 6ft). When taking the dog on walks, make sure that the dog is on a leash so that it does not run away.

When training your Siberian husky, make everything that you do is before the dog. For example, when feeding, do it before the dog, when leaving the house, do it before the dog and so on. This will emphasize to the dog that you are the leader. Also make sure that you show your dog that you are a strong and reliable leader to ensure that the dog respects you. Training a Siberian husky is best done when it is a puppy, as adult dogs have a will of their own. It is important to establish the house rules very early when the husky is a puppy. This is because from very early on, the husky will see you as the leader and will look to you for guidance and training. If your dog sees that you as a strong leader, then the dog will grow up to respect and obey you. It is important to remember that training a Siberian husky is a difficult task that take patience and determination.

Siberian Huskies are known as beautiful, energetic and free spirited dogs. They make very good companions as well as excellent sled dogs. They are intelligent, good natured and also good around children. It is therefore paramount that they are well taken care of as they can live to be twelve to fifteen and sometimes even older. The first thing to remember about the Siberian huskies is although they are big dogs – they do not necessarily eat much. Great care should be taken not to over feed them as it may cause them to be overweight, which may lead to other heath complications. The dogs are also very picky about the food they eat and are easily bored with the same meal. Their diet should also be regularly changed.

The Siberian husky is an adventurous dog and so a fence around the compound is mandatory. The fence should be deeply and firmly dug in to the ground as Siberian huskies love to dig and may escape. They are also very good jumpers and so the fence should be at least six feet high. Siberian huskies need constant mental stimulation and may be distractive if bored and alone. It is advisable to have other pets with which the dog can play with. Siberian husky is also very hyper active and free spirited. It is therefore very important that the owner take the dog for regular walks to ensure that the dog is calmed down. The dog should however never be let out of its leash as Siberian huskies love to run.

When it comes to grooming, Siberian huskies shed their coat twice a year. It is important to groom the dog with a metal comb and this should be done regularly. During other times, the dog is easy to groom. Siberian huskies need constant attention as they thrive on the attention of the owner. Being pack animals, the Siberian huskies require companionship. It is therefore important to own at least two dogs of the same species to ensure that they are occupied.

Like many other dogs, the Siberian huskies will come into contact with flies. Flies are small brown insects that live off animal blood. In case the dog is infested with fleas, it should be treated immediately one can use flea powder, a flea collar or a spray that can be sprayed on the dog’s coat. It is important to check with the vet which is the best option for your dog. One can also take preventive measures such as treating the area around the dog as well as making sure that the dog sleeps in a clean and dry place. If the dog sleep in a kernel, it is advisable to raise it from the ground.

Most importantly one should have the emergency number of a clinic near the residence. It is also necessary to take your dog for regular check ups. Vets provide information on vaccinations, worming, diet and any other questions that the owner might have. All dogs should be treated well and taken good care of. Cases of cruelty against dogs or any other animals should be reported to the authorities.