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I'm back at home for a semester to work at my parents house. Now I ask them if it's okay to keep a Siberian Husky puppy in the house. The current situation is that they don't want it in the house because it will be shitting everywhere and tear up the house. We also have a family cat and dog in the house. My dad thinks the puppy will somehow kill the 10 year old golden retriever. Yet I still insist that the puppys damage to the house and family will be minimal if taken proper care of. How do I persuade them to join the dark side and agree?
>> Anonymous
Who is going to take care of the Siberian when you go back to school?

As for housetraining, my husky got trained very fast. The key is crate him when you are not watching him, and keep him in the same room as you supervised when he is out of the crate. He will have accidents in the crate but it won't be in the house at least.

It took about 1 month for him to be fully housetrained and crate trained. He needs a LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT of exercise. Your parents will not want to exercise him if you are the one supposed to take care of it.

Siberians, as puppies, while hyper are very friendly to people and dogs. They are extreme pack animals. You will have issues with your cat at first but odds are he will eventually get along with the cat. But there's always a chance he will kill the cat while trying to play with it.

I've heard of many cat friendly siberians who accidently kill a cat because of misjuding strength differences.

tl;dr get a siberian after you can devote all your time to it. leave your parents alone.
>> Anonymous
>>192691
Do you ever regret getting a husky?
>> Anonymous
The OP totally has no idea what he's doing with a Siberian husky.
>> Anonymous
>>192709
OP here, I don't see when I will have more time. As soon as I get out of college I will have to be working a full time job. When I start my own family I will have even less time. I live on an island at the beach so I can run the husky down the beach daily. Probably going to rent a house out near the college when I go back to or stay at home. BTW I don't have social life and will be devoting large amounts of time to this dog. It's their house and it's their decision but deep down they want one too I know it!
>> Anonymous
>>192711
The responsible thing to do (i.e what you should do if you are indeed serious about being a good husky owner) is to wait until you're out of school and have been working for a while. When you've established a routine and budget for yourself then you can figure out if a high energy breed such as the siberian husky will fit into your life.
>> Anonymous
>>192703

No, but at least 50% of the people who buy Huskies do. There's at least 60 Huskies in our local rescue alone. They REALLY are not for everyone. It's not like the mass amounts of Pit Bulls that are at shelters because of recent media hysteria. There have always been a ton of Huskies for adoption because owners just totally underestimate a Husky.

>>192711
If you don't see how you will have more time, then get a less attention-demanding one. I know Siberians are cute and awesome and all, but it's at a HEAVY price. Everyone loves huskies, but if they were a great breed, everyone would have them.

Otherwise>>192713is right on the ball. Finish school, begin working, figure out your routine then. I know it sucks having to wait, and you want the dog, but that's life. You can be a jackass and get it now against all good advice and common sense, but you'll be doing the dog an injustice.
>> Anonymous
>>192716

Also: in before 1 or 2 people who have huskies that are not like the breed standard thinking their husky represents the breed. Always one or two of you in those threads disagreeing with every website ever written on Huskies because your husky is not like it.
>> Anonymous
OP here. I know this isn't a light decision, I got a load of books on huskies and puppy raising this afternoon. I will read them and make the right decision. Thanks