Comments on: Husky Colors, Patterns and Coat Types

By: Melina

Melina — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 05:16:15 +0000

While I am actually more of a cat person, my partner has an Agouti Siberian Husky and he (the dog, Togo, not my partner…though he is to, for the most part) is so well behaved. More recently my partner got a Red Copper Siberian Husky because apparently the breeders only wanted the more typical Black and White, not that copper and white…his name is Misfit and I’m still not sure whether my partner or Togo is training the pup more. The good thing is, Misfit is fitting in…and hasn’t gone after my partners oldest foster songs birds, yet (hopefully ever).

My partners youngest foster son (I’m not on any papers for either of the boys, beyond that I went through the mandatory training) actually adopted a Merle Husky and my partner already started planning the potential disaster of a vet bill (the dog is documented already as being deaf and blind in one ear). Under any normal circumstance, he wouldn’t have went along with adopting the pup but – that’s one of the extremely few things that boy has apparently asked for in years (which is just sad considering the boy is only 8), so my partner didn’t have the heart to say no. The boy let his brother name the pup (the two boys are actually blood brothers, my partner wasn’t planning on two, but the older didn’t want to leave without his brother so my partner took’em both), so the pups name ended up being Taiji.

By: Diana Potter

Diana Potter — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 02:28:06 +0000

In reply to MJ. We had a black and white husky with the most beautiful brown eyes. To me I considered him a true husky as blue eyes were bred into them

By: Sharon Kirby

Sharon Kirby — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 18:38:36 +0000

I hope the SHCA continues to keep the merle gene out of the Siberian husky gene pool. I love that Siberians are one of the few breeds that allows all colors and markings but merle is not a historic color for the breed. Merle was not in the gene pool of the early siberians and it should not be introduced. Is merle a beautiful color? Yes it is, but it also comes with well documented health risks. Because siberians do have so many colors that are historic there is a very high risk if breeding merle to merle. A white siberian would hide merle. So could piebald. Light gray , black gray and whites…. merle in huskies is a recipe for disaster.
I am seeing merle crop up in many breeds that never had it before..pomeranians, cocker spaniels, pit bulls and American bully. Too much of a co incidence..its a beautiful color so people are deliberately introducing it by cross breeding then breeding back so they can pass the pups off as purebred with no thought to the health consequences.
Merle needs to stay in the breeds it is historic to,. Great Danes and herding breeds where they know how to manage it and the colors allowed in those breeds are such that merle is not hidden as often
Would you deliberately breed dogs with progressive retinal atrophy knowing you will produce pups that will go blind? I hope not. So why would you introduce merle into your breed if its not a color your breed ever had historically especially if you have a high risk of hidden merle making the production of blind and deaf pups likely?

By: MJ

MJ — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 16:51:21 +0000

We have a black/gray (mostly black) and white husky. He has beautiful brown eyes. My son originally wanted him to have sky blue eyes but now I can’t imagine him without his beautiful brown eyes!

By: James Chase

James Chase — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 17:15:40 +0000

In reply to Manu. Yes, when asked by friends or family about my husky, MooN-DoG, I always answer the same... That he is the most intelligent, stubborn, sweetheart, and back talkingest, dog I've ever had the joy of having in my life!!! Not to mention the 4+ miles a day we wander are certainly going to keep me healthy!!!

By: Manu

Manu — Sun, 16 Aug 2020 04:07:15 +0000

I have a fluffy white husky with pretty blue eyes. He’s goofy but so damn adamant at the same time! There’s no winning with him