A versatile and all featured work dog, Siberian Husky is a perfect guardian and companion. The breed is crazy for running, chasing and investigation. The Siberian Husky dogs need new challenges to satisfy their adventurous spirit. They are ever ready for any activity outdoors. Indoors, the Siberian Husky dogs are quite delightful, joyous and entertaining to family members, they behave gentle with children and care for them. They stay loyal to owner and protective toward his belongings. They need a strong relation with any human or other canine pet. They remain bonded with love and affection and need attentions of the owners. They are intelligent, independent and sharp in reactions, they tend to create fun and amuse the viewers. They chase moving objects, dig and chew a lot.

The dog bears Northern heritage of appearance and compete contemporary breeds in strength, speed and stamina. The structure is healthy, sturdy with high bone density, it appears longer in length than in height. Its gait is brisk, upright and light on feet with good grasp of terrain, able to maneuver quickly. The breed has a medium length double coat with dense inner and straight outer coat; enable the dog to survive in any harsh weather conditions. The dignified look of the dog is keen and intelligent sometimes changing to naughty expressions.

The Siberian Husky dogs are very old breed of Siberia, these dogs had been used for several hundred years by native of Chukchi tribe, off eastern Siberian peninsula. These dogs were used to herd reindeer, drive cattle, guard of flock and pulling sledded carts over snowy mountains. The Siberian Husky dogs were employed in the form of small groups and were able to work in such severe weather conditions for prolonged durations. The dogs were suitably build for such jobs and were light in weight, not letting the dog to penetrate deep inside the snow, further effective grasp of the toes enabled them to pull the sleds powerfully. Their speed brings them in race competitions in Malamute, a region of Alaska. Fur traders of the area were interested in such competitions, and these were the people who brought the dog to Alaska from Siberia. The Siberian Husky participated in All-Alaskan Sweepstakes, competitions in which the dogs were to pull sleds for 408 miles during the year 1908. Thereafter, the dog achieved its fame and became popular breed for this event. The dog has been used by Admiral Byrd during a mission in Antarctic region during early1900s. Siberian Husky dogs also served the human by distributing much-needed medicines in Nome, an area of Alaska during an epidemic of diphtheria in the year of 1925. The breed had also served the Arctic Search and Rescue Unit of Army during World War II. This versatile and useful breed was recognized in 1930 by American Kennel Club. This breed is effectively use by search and rescue organizations across the world.

Temperament

Siberian Husky is human loving breed, it not expected in any way that, this breed could be aggressive to humans.