how to make him understand that it is no big deal if such creatures are around?My husky dog gets angry if he sees a squirrel or bird outside. how to change this behavior?
It is not anger. It is prey drive. This is part of the breed and there is absolutely nothing that you can do about it. It has been bred into them for countless generations and cannot be trained out of them in a life time let alone a few weeks of obedience training.
It sounds as if you have not done enough research on the breed.
Huskies are a special breed that most definitely is not for everyone. Yes, they are beautiful. Everybody loves them. And they have many good points as well as bad.
Some of the good points:
1. They love all people of all ages.
2. They love company.
3. They are extremely intelligent.
4. They are easygoing and forgiving.
5. They are clean with little or no “doggy” smell. Some people who are allergic to other breeds can live with Huskies.
6. They are generally quiet. They rarely bark except in playing, but will “talk”
or howl like their wolf ancestors for no reason.
7. They don’t require a lot of food. (get good fuel mileage)
8. They are honest. Their body language and voice can be taken at face value
9. They are not fussy eaters and will eat pretty much anything that doesn’t eat them first. But they do require a proper diet. (see 6 below)
10. They usually get along with other well adjusted canines but they will take up a challenge if offered.
Some of the bad points:
1. They love people …. any people. This is sometimes seen as a lack of loyalty.
2. I do not believe that there is a type of dog that could be friendlier than a Husky. A Husky may alert you by his actions (running to a door or window etc) but he is not a watchdog by any stretch if the imagination. On the contrary, he will invite the bad guy in and show him where the good stuff is. And then help carry it out! It's in the breeding and I doubt that you can train them otherwise. Even if you abuse them (we have several that were very abused) they do not become mean ... they will just shy away from you. It's possible that they may (or may not) defend you against an attacker (more likely with an animal attacker). He very well may be a deterrent to someone looking to do bad stuff .... a “hungry wolf looking” dog looking back at them through the window ....
3. They have a STRONG desire to run. This was bred into them over many hundreds of generations. It cannot be trained out of them in a few months of obedience classes. They MUST be kept in a secure area. And taken out in open areas on a leash. They are escape artists like a hairy Houdini. They have been known to jump or climb over 6 foot fences. If they can’t go over it they will go under it.
4. They are extremely intelligent and mischievous. You have to be smarter than they are to stay ahead of them. Don’t laugh. It’s true, they are smarter than
most people.
5. They are too independent and strong willed to make it through obedience training. (see 4 above). They will know and understand the command but if they don’t see the point in carrying it out they won’t.
6. They are very keen and efficient hunter / killers.
7. They must be kept occupied. A BORED HUSKY IS A DESTRUCTIVE HUSKY! (see 10 on below)
8. They shed. A LOT! Year round. Then twice a year or more they will “blow” their coats. This takes shedding to a whole new level.
9. They dig …. A LOT! You could rent your yard to NASA to train astronauts on.
10. They play ROUGH! Very rough. And they sometimes can draw blood. But it is still play.
11. They need company, either human or canine and will be miserable without it. Though they can survive outdoors they really need to be inside with their “pack”……. YOU!
12. They can live 12 to 14 years. Maybe longer. This is not a bad thing. But can YOU live with a 2 year old that long? That’s what it’s like with a Husky in your life.
Again DO YOUR HOMEWORK! Know what you are getting yourself into. If you can't handle the challenge unfortunately it will be the Husky that pays the price.
25 years of being owned by Siberian Huskies. I currently have 14 Huskies most of whom were rescued by us from people who didn’t know what they were getting intoMy husky dog gets angry if he sees a squirrel or bird outside. how to change this behavior?
You can't really %26quot;make him understand%26quot;. It is an instinct which like it or not he will probably retain for the rest of his life.
Work on training him to ignore them, rewarding him when he does not react so aggressively, etc.
Good luck.My husky dog gets angry if he sees a squirrel or bird outside. how to change this behavior?
That's what dogs do. It's natural for them to react, but I'm sure if you say his name in a really deep tone he might realise you don't like it.My husky dog gets angry if he sees a squirrel or bird outside. how to change this behavior?
that's funny, if it's no big deal then you wouldn't pull his leash at all. You'd ignore it and walk away. Right? Well, if it's interesting enough for you to pull him away from then it's all the more exciting to go after and chase. Dog's have hunting instincts, to chase and kill small animals. This is normal but it's also normal to have a pack leader directing their instincts and telling them what to do. If you ignore the creatures and block the behavior by walking the other way, calmly assertively then the dog will change the behavior. If you become excited, or anxious, or angry then your dog will follow suit. By the way, dog's don't feel anger, they get excited, they have instincts but don't have our emotions. Your dog is reacting with an instinct to chase prey. So if you don't want it to chase then walk away. Don't pull walk forward, correct with the leash. If you pull the dog will pull too and think you are keeping it from something exciting. So keep a loose leash and when the dog behaves badly give a quick correction and move on. Ignore the squirrel and the behavior with calm energy.My husky dog gets angry if he sees a squirrel or bird outside. how to change this behavior?
Your Husky is not getting %26quot;angry%26quot;. He has a strong prey drive, all huskies do. His instincts are telling him to chase the %26quot;prey%26quot;.
When out walking, if you see a bird or squirrel, about the only thing you can do is do some obedience work, right then and there. If he has to concentrate on you he will be less likely to notice the %26quot;prey%26quot;.
This is something that is almost impossible to train out of a dog. It would be as hard to train him not to eat! Prey drive is as strong an instinct as a survival instinct, in fact it is a survival instinct, dogs are, after all, originally predaters.
(Woe to the cat that gets in his yard!)My husky dog gets angry if he sees a squirrel or bird outside. how to change this behavior?
Ok, think of it this way... what if your husky was thinking %26quot;every time we're out for a walk, and the guy walking me saw a girl, he wanted to pay attention to her, how can I stop it?%26quot;
Basically, you can't. They're exciting to your dog. You can teach him to leave it though.My husky dog gets angry if he sees a squirrel or bird outside. how to change this behavior?
It is not really anything that you can change. It is a natural reation with most dogs. All of my dogs do it. I have even had one of my dogs study a squirel for weeks til firgured away to catch it.
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