SQUEEE! I like picture #1, with those blue eyes looking up at you.
No Lab - apparently the owners of mom and dad were not such good owners and the entire littler was taken by the ASPCA. But Dad is full Siberian, mom is full Border.
And let me tell you this little guy is smart! I am happy he has a lot of room to run, and I am going to start Frisbee training once he fully learns his name, and fully understands basic commands. He’s already sitting for us and slept through the night with zero whining. I think he was probably sleeping on the other dog…but that’s ok right?
He’s a handsome boy!
I’ve never had a husky-collie mix, but I’ve had or been around both. Keep him busy. Constantly challenge him to new things. If he’s anything like the sum of his breeds, he’ll be a loyal, intelligent companion for you.
If you take it to a political rally it will herd all the candidates you dislike into a corner.
The new dog will be smart and energetic enough to get under, over and through the fence. That type of dog will climb a leaning tree and use it to get over the fence. They are scary smart escape artists, and have boundless energy. Expect everything short of wirecutters and lockpicks. I am not kidding. My husky mix hit one section of the chain link over and over and over until it bent/bowed, then walked/climbed up the links and out!:eek: She had no problem opening the standard gate 'lock". Think like this- what could a dog do with the escape skills of Steve McQueen from “The Great Escape” but without opposable thumbs?
Huskies need to know you are the Alpha. This is critical.
I have found huskys can be somewhat willful, but once trained, are very obedient. Both a husky and border collie need a lot of exercise and if you have any runners in the family, let him run with them.
I expect him to be very smart and can learn anything he wants to.
OMFG he’s GORGEOUS.
From the breeds alone I would expect a brilliant but independent and free-thinking dog that needs as much directed exercise as you can possibly give, consistent training and communication, ‘jobs’ to keep his brain busy, and will likely have a tendency be destructive or find a way to escape your property to get to more interesting places if it doesn’t get all of the above.
Also, the shedding. Good god, the shedding. Although his coat looks mercifully short at this point in time (but does look very dense). Some Huskies have a short coat and some BCs have fairly short ones as well.
I am far too lazy to keep dogs that require that much activity but I know many good owners with BCs, Huskies and other high-drive, high-energy breeds and they have a blast with them.
Expect poop. Piles of poop.
I just ran up the side of the mountain [still recovering, cough cough] and about a tenth of the way up I decided to see if he was going to be a good trail dog and stay with me off leash or bolt. Mind you he’s a pup and never been leash trained or anything…To my surprise he stayed right with me, came when called and even stayed with me at the top when I sat to rest without bolting. So, I kept him off leash and he walked right down with me and all the way back to the house as if I’d had him for years. I don’t know if that is intelligence, or he just likes me, or what - but I know the other dog, the beagle mix would have bolted and we’d still be out there with treats yelling his name.
I’ll try it out a few more times close to home, but we’re close to bringing him to a national park which will be a good test. One not so good thing is that our other dog freaks out when he’s on a leash when he sees another dog…so not sure how to rectify that, his leash aggression is very bad at times.
Does anyone know if our new dog could help train the other one not to be leash aggressive? And how to do that. I want a good trail dog, and so far this new guy is passing all the tests with flying colors.
There’s a good book on leash aggression on Amazon.
I think that is best, to get the book I mean. He’s ridiculous when it comes to trying to hike with him. We can’t go past any other dogs or he chokes himself needlessly until the other dog it out of site. We even bought the gentle lead because he was pulling so hard, not he just continues to pull but can’t get very far. It stinks because sometimes we want to chat with the folks walking by and it doesn’t happen. I’ll get the book, but for the time being we may be doing separate hikes.
My girl is good with every thing, even horses and bikes and well, everything, except other dogs. Alas, I have not yet had the opportunity to use the book, because we only seem to run across another dog when we are running and I don’t have time to stop then.
Be very careful with the leash aggression. I’ve found that it’s catching.
And will build a sled itself, then pull it.
Some years ago, my hubby had a job training guard dogs. One of the dogs that was given to him to train was a full Husky. Beautiful, simply gorgeous, dog. Problem: she would not bite. She would growl, bark, posture when ‘baited’, but would not bite. No one’s going to buy a guard dog that won’t bite!
I really, really, really wanted to keep her. She was so smart, loyal, obedient, loving and gentle. Unfortunately, we were living with my folks at the time, and my father already had a ‘yard dog’ and my mother had a ‘house dog’, so mom said no, we’ve got enough dogs already.
I’ll say I was really pleased, though, when we were able to place her with an older couple whose Afghan Hound had died recently!
I’ve always thought the ideal family dog would be a Husky/Akita mix. Protective, loyal, smart, hard-working and beautiful, too.
Your Grady is a charmer! Good luck!
Expect a good comrade.
Pictures of Adorablenessness? Check
Name? What the fook is this dog’s name?
I need closure, dammit!
( I was expecting Lots and Lots of FUR, like This fur coat goes to 11 kinda fur.)
Wishing you many years of happy times!
I was talking to a guy at work who breeds German Shepherds. I told him that I had worked out the perfect dog breed, the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Rottweiler cross.
“The looks of a Rottweiler with the temperament of a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel,” I said.
“Or the opposite,” he replied.
His name is Grady. A nice, New England name, now that we live in Colorado fulltime 
As a kid, we had both border collies and huskies. I love both breeds, but they are definitely energetic. Our huskies loved to escape, as had been said. You also need to be sure your border collie is trained enough not to try and herd kids on bikes, or motorcyclists. That can be the death of them. 
I hope you are high up in Colorado. Along the front range, it can get awfully hot for a husky. (If Grady has ready access to a creek, you might find the furball standing in it facing downstream, so the water will open up the fur.) Winter, obviously, is not going to be a problem.