Husky Rescue, Crate Help And Any Advice Welcome :)

[fluff1234]

Hi all

I am posting this in the husky and in rescue as unsure which is the right one?

We are opening our home to a 3 yr old female husky.

I am planning to give her lots of walks and play with the kids and our pup. She is overweight by feeling her belly, but could have worms?

She is escaping from her current home due to being left alone all day whilst they work and is also undesexed. We will be paying for her desexing and then we will collect her after recovery as we have an intact 7mth old samoyed.

She is also not vaccinated, deflead or wormed, so will be sorting all that out at the vets, prior to bringing her home.

She has been today for a play for 3 hrs, we collected her and dropped her home and all went well. Our boy is a little eager and was showing a few bad manners pushing her down which she submitted after a little trying not too and trying to knock her over a little and just play but she eventually told him of and it did go pretty well overall.

I will want to crate her though, we do have a spare crate and it will be for bed and when we go out only.

She has never been in a crate, so getting info urgently now in advance.

She was pretty mellow here, she didnt try to escape out the open gate when we went to her house too meet her, she only escapes when left alone, which she is a lot. She wont be left alone here unsupervised and will be in the playpen once we know they are OK together, in the garage with our male.

We have no reason to leave them alone yet until kids are back to school and then only mon-wed for a few hrs at a time.

Any ideas about crating her at this age? our male goes sound asleep and runs into his crate at night next to our bed and doesnt make a peep all night, she will be in another crate next to him.

She has been raised with cats, horses, young kids etc.. so is pretty calm and I think she may not have a high prey drive? they can take bones out of her hand and the kids at her home seem to fuss her, hug her and stand on her paw with not even a reaction which as we have a 5 yr old is very important.

She hasnt been on a lead much but walked pretty calmly with me when I tried her and came back to me in the yard when called, sat to have her lead on and was really very well behaved.

She seemed to love our children.

We will be her 4th home, her first was ayoung couple who passed her on to neighbours, who passed her too family as they didnt have a large enough yard and she has been with her current owners for 2 yrs.

They do love her and only rehoming due to the escaping as they are out a lot.

She only got annoyed when our male kept pestering, but when we told him no and made him lie down, they both went to sleep, he only bothered her is she got up, but it was his yard and first visit and he does need to learn manners as he is pretty full on and she is undesexed :) No growls, showing teeth etc, very calm. This was within the first few hours of her being here :)

When she left, they were both lay down and he cried after she had gone at the back door

[Her Majesty Dogmad]

Sounds like you have rescued her for a less than suitable situation with less than diligent owners.

The things you mention (worming, desexing, vaccination, flea treating etc) are all standard when rescue take a dog from the pound or as a surrender from an owner. All those things are done. I hope she's not pregnant, it could be worms - your vet will soon tell you I'm sure.

You may find that having her desexed does not make a difference with your Samoyed's level of interest so it may be that you will never be able to leave them alone together and she shouldn't have to put up with being bothered either. Perhaps you are planning on desexing your Samoyed when he's a bit older?

As a rescuer, I will not rehome my dogs to homes with entire dogs (many rescues have this policy) because there can be a problem. There may not be but I don't take the risk that my dog will end up being harassed by an undesexed male or having other issues with a bitch on heat. If you are able to manage the situation then that's great, crating for too long isn't ideal for a busy breed like a husky, perhaps a dog run might be preferable. She will need plenty of exercise as a Husky.

You'll need a strong crate and you could start by feeding her in there and see how that goes.

Wishing you good luck - I'd also contact a Husky breed rescue if you don't get any breed specific advice here.

Edited January 12, 2014 by dogmad

[fluff1234]

Hi, thanks. Yes my boy will be desexed before he turns one :)

I will check with the vet her health needs. Crating will only be at night and next to our bed as well as school runs which is a max of 3 hrs 3 x a week.

Otherwise I will be home and planning on walking 3 x a day.

[tdierikx]

You could contact k9angel (Rachel) here on this forum - she runs Rover Rescue, and knows Huskies really well. She will be able to give you the best breed specific advice IMHO...

Phone number on this page... http://www.roverrescue.com.au/

T.