I have two Wonderful malamutes , I had two others they are wonderful empathetic animals with people. Some like my male are quite strong alphas and can pull 3000lbs. We are aware he will take another male down if they chin him, if you monitor their fiends closely you will have one of the most loyal, clowns, that love you !

Thank you for your information about Alaskan malamutes. Now I am ready to have this dog of my dreams.

I have a male Alaskan Malamute/Siberian Husky mix. Loves his play not aggressive at. All he has a little brother her who is all terrier and the fight and play like big dog. Although they are high maintenance and ornery

I had a beautiful Malamute. He was a wonderful dog. He never did any digging as I can recall. He was great with my kids and all the neighborhood kids. He hated to go to the vet…impossible. Other then going to the vet he was really easy to take care of and loved our family.
He was protective of the family too.

I have a Golden Lab and Malamute mix. Grandpa was a Husky. This is a great constellation. I just love that dog. And it is right, this kind of dog is very strong and needs quiet a bit of care. The article above exactly describes the character of my dog. He can be very lovely and needs your attention but watch out when he is sleepy, no way to touch him then.

I have a husky/ malamute mix. He is around the size of the malamute with the huskys blue Hugh’s and of the black, grey, white markings. He loves to excape but rather than run like the husky stays closer to home. He is not as energetic as the husky which is great. He is very territorial towards other make dogs tho.

I work at a doggie daycare and we have a few Alaskan Malamutes there I love each other and everyday I spend with them makes me want one more and more

One other thing about Malamutes. When they fight with other dogs, they don’t fight face to face but rather take out the legs, knocking the other dog to the ground so the can get on top. They do NOT do well with large aggressive breeds because they won’t back down and can do a great deal of harm, more than most breeds, if provoked.

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Hi, I think ether would be fine that far north, depending on your property. (I prob wouldn’t recommend for apartment, town home living. I grew up with both in Georgia. (One was malamute with Akita timbershepard in him, & the other was husky with supposedly a little wolf also.. We rescued both.) They were mostly inside dogs for us, who enjoyed the central air conditioning just as much as playing outside & escaping to run. We tried an actual run, but the malamute was attacked by two pit bulls while on it, & was unable to defend himself because of it. Both dogs were very fast, I’d recommend letting them exercise so they don’t take off on you. I would say the malamute was faster & it would take a car to catch up to him miles away. Everything in this article is spot on! Both shed quite a bit, but the malamute was more. I’m talking several grocery bags full!!! we joke, 20yrs later we still find hair. As soon as it begins to shed, brush & brush & brush, summers will be more tolerable the sooner you get it off of them. They didn’t stink as much as other hot dogs, but they consume a lot of water & food! On vacation in Florida once the malamute ran broke the fence burrowed under trees in the a neighbors yard to cool off. They were both were able to predict the snow, but the malamute might have been a little better at it. They stick their noses in the air & start to sniff looking at the clouds. Our biggest health issues were prob with the malamute. Both got cancer in the end, but the malamute took separation harder. Undergarments eaten, socks had to be surgically removed once, doors & carpets clawed at if large amounts of company came & we needed them away from the crowd. Had we had him from a puppy, & he was use to it, this may have been different ‍♀️. They each liked to curl up in dark corners behind furniture in our living room. I wonder if we couldnt have also created that atmosphere as a puppy for them somewhere else in the house more removed for when lots of company came. The malamute also had heart worms from before we got him, overall he healed really well & very fast, perhaps bc of the Wolf. He lived to be 17, but his hips went first. His weight is 130-180lbs at times, & taller than I was on his back legs. (Neuder, if young/small/petite females around.) The Husky’s lifespan is longer than most, but not as long as the malamute, his hips were also bad, but he was no where near as big so because of the difference in the weight they didn’t seem as bad as the malamutes. The malamute was Super protective! A firm low commanding voice is a must. If we told him it was ok, he was fine. However, if we were away, the neighbor who he loved in our company couldn’t come over or near him to even feed him for us! At a kennel he was fine, although that’s where he learned to bark instead of just howl. We loved both, but I think the malamute was all of our favorite, but arguably more work. maybe it was just that we learned on him, so we had the voice down pat by the time we introduced the husky. Our husky looked scarier, but neither were aggressive dogs, unless someone unknown approached us/ the house & then they both took ques from our behavior. (That being said, don’t leave them on the front porch for the poor ups guy…. Our packages were always left in the middle of the yard.)

We are a retired couple who have had a dog in our home most of our 38 years of married life. Most of our dogs have been mixed breed and 65-70 lbs. Our last dog died a little over a year ago and we are ready to welcome a new addition into our home. As retirees we are home a lot and can give lots of attention to our pet. We have always gotten our dogs from shelters. We have a yard enclosed by a 6 foot privacy fence so this malamute we are considering would have room to roam about. We are not big on this breeds digging tendency, but other that this breed group seems to be a good fit with us. Are there other major concerns we need to be mindful of before getting serious about this dog?