How to care for a husky?

If you become a happy owner of a husky, be prepared to devote three to four hours a day to your pet. Huskies love outdoor games, long walks, jogs. If you run in the morning, take your dog with you – you simply cannot find a more active and cheerful companion for jogging. Did it snow overnight? Your four-legged friend will run with delight on snow-white snowdrifts.

In winter, the paw pads of the pet should be covered with protective wax, but the husky should not be wrapped in jackets, raincoats, sweaters. Rain and sleet roll off the fluffy coat on their own. The Siberian Husky can live outside up to ten degrees below zero. This northern dog is able to sleep and rest in the snow. How long to walk a husky? As much as possible. However, in the summer it is advisable to stay in the shade and choose morning and evening hours for the promenade, not too hot.

If you live in a private home, your dog will be quite comfortable in an aviary or even just in the yard. Make sure that the fence, gate, gate are reliable. Huskies are inquisitive and can go on adventures and get lost. Your task is to prevent this. On a walk in the city, it is better to keep a pet on a leash, because of the same curiosity, a husky can get carried away chasing another pet or a squirrel in the park.

Most experts agree that the Husky is not suitable for keeping in a city apartment. But if it turns out that the husky ended up in the urban jungle, provide him with daily physical activity. In winter, the room is too hot due to heating. Arrange a place for your husky to rest in a loggia or on a glazed balcony, it is cooler there.

Discuss with the veterinarian or breeder from whom you purchased the puppy what diet plan is best for your puppy. For huskies, it is recommended to choose a complete superpremium food. This is important because active huskies need an energy-rich diet. A high-quality balanced diet, in which fresh and dehydrated meat is in the first place in the description of the ingredient composition, will favorably affect the appearance, mood of the pet and the work of his body. For adult pets, choose food for active dogs. On the packaging of such feeds is the designation Active.

If you decide to feed your pet natural, homemade food, in the case of a husky, this type of diet will require a lot of effort from you. Since more than half of the diet should be high-quality muscle meat in order to provide the body with the necessary protein of animal origin. Food must certainly be enriched with vitamin supplements, but which ones, the veterinarian should say after a biochemical blood test. Giving vitamins just like that on a whim is impossible because of the risk of metabolic disorders and a high load on the excretory system and the pet’s liver.

Husky babies up to the age of three months eat a little five times a day, then the number of feedings should be gradually reduced. For puppies older than six months, it is enough to eat three times a day. From the age of ten months, it is enough to feed the pet in the morning and evening. An adult dog can be fed once or twice a day, depending on the level of exercise.

Teach your ward to grooming as early as possible. Let these procedures become something familiar for him and do not cause unpleasant emotions. Check your dog’s teeth regularly and brush them with a dog toothbrush and toothpaste a couple of times a week. If you notice that plaque is accumulating in hard-to-reach places, take your dog to a veterinary dentist. The specialist will save your four-legged friend from plaque, tartar. It is better to visit a veterinary dentist regularly.

• Ear care should not be difficult. It is absolutely normal to have some earwax in the sink. But as it gets dirty, the ears should be cleaned with a special lotion, which must be removed with a piece of cotton wool. The eyes may also be slightly moist. But if the discharge from the eyes has formed dry crusts, apply a cleansing lotion and dab the area around the eyes with a cotton pad.
• Do Husky’s nails need to be trimmed? If they have grown so much that they can cause discomfort to the dog, then yes. Get a nail cutter for these purposes. It happens that such large and active dogs grind their claws in a natural way. Before you trim your dog’s nails, make sure it’s really necessary.
• The coat should be brushed twice a week with a moisturizing spray, slicker brush and comb. During the shedding period, the dog should be combed more often, it is better to use the original FURminator, as it removes deep dead undercoat and reduces the amount of shed hair by 90%. If the dog sheds twice a year, in the off-season, this is normal. If molting becomes permanent, the diet and conditions of the pet should be reviewed. Huskies cannot be cut or shaved. Nature has made sure that the pet’s fur coat creates a favorable microclimate, such interference will disrupt this heat transfer balance.
• After walking, it is necessary to wash the dog’s paws, hair on the abdomen and in the genital area. How often to bathe a whole husky is the question. Much rarer than most other dogs. Huskies don’t smell bad. But if the pet sheds, gets very dirty, is preparing for the exhibition, washing it will be very helpful. It is after washing the husky that sheds off the unnecessary part of the undercoat.

Washing a Husky is a time-consuming task that is best left to an experienced groomer. As we remember, moisture rolls off the husky coat. Therefore, it is difficult to wet, difficult to lather, difficult to rinse properly and difficult to dry. Even if the dog behaves calmly and does not try to sneak away from you in a soapy state.

Best of all – in a high bath in a grooming salon using special cosmetics for pets. A rubber mat should be laid on the bottom of the bath. First, the husky coat must be wetted with plenty of water, diluted with shampoo in a basin of water to make foam. It is the foam that has every chance to get to the surface of the skin through the husky coat. The soaped dog is combed out in the direction of hair growth. The shampoo is washed off. Then comes the second wash. Be sure to use a light moisturizing conditioner that will restore and moisturize the outer hair.

Professional concentrated products (for example, Iv San Bernard shampoo and conditioner for medium length hair) will do, they need to be diluted with water. Otherwise, the consumption of shampoo can be very large. It’s a good idea to use a quick dry shampoo when you lather again. Texturizing shampoo will separate the hairs from one another, improve air exchange inside the pet’s coat.

After washing the husky, it is recommended to wipe it with a microfiber towel, it effectively absorbs moisture. In grooming salons, huskies are dried with a compressor or even two compressors at once. At home, you can dry your dog with a hairdryer for about half a day. During drying, the dog is combed out with a slicker. This is where the real clouds of wool fly. Husky grooming is indeed the case when it is worth entrusting the matter to a professional. Even an experienced groomer will take about three to four hours to turn a husky into a stunning beauty.

Proper care, balanced nutrition, high physical activity and caring attitude of the owners will help the husky live a long happy life in harmony with the owner.