new husky puppy advice

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On fri (29th) i bought home my gorgeous 14wk old husky cross. he's dad is wolf mum a husky. he is 14wks old.

he was fed on tripe, which i have to put in the microwave ( from frozen) for 14mins mixed with mixer biscuits. Im weaning him over to barf / raw adding in a few natures menu nuggets and taking away some tripe. now he is eating the nuggets then tripe but leaving the mixer?

is it ok to change him over to nuggets or should it be mince, chicken wings / portions? also am i going right way about it? was thinking of the free flow tripe from natures menu too??
aswell, how much and often should he be eating? he weighs 13.6kg quite petite in size (was told he was runt)

when reading up on the breed i was bracing myself for a challenge as i read they need their energy burned off, but this little one is so laid back he sleeps so much? and after a short 10mins toy session he needs another rest?

he cant go out yet he hasnt had his jabs which the breeder told me he doesnt need until his 5mths due to his breed? although im calling vets on tues to check.

all help is appreciated thanks

its no difference to me - if he becomes ill i will have the money saved in the bank. which is the same as the dog having been so many yrs old before needing a insurance claim.

yes czech wolfdog. he does look german shepard. will have to get a pic uploaded.

sorry that was worded really bad, i meant - i have freinds and family members who have paid for insurance and have never had to claim it. i was told its just the same as having a saving account.

Be prepared to possibly lose your house or go to jail. A few pounds a week in a bank account will not cut it and if you have read anything you should know it can be thousands for vet bills. The fact you did not walk away, 'because it was a long drive', when the breeder broke the 1st law of buying a puppy shows you do not have even the basic knowledge or judgement it takes to home this kind > of dog.
I would call you stupid if you had posted this on AIBU ;)

Please think about third party insurance at the very least. What if the pup causes an accident or damages property?

As lots of others have said, vet bills can be incredible - our vet charges £20 per minute for a general anaesthetic, for example.

You still need the third party cover ,if someone sues you for something unless you have thousands sitting in the bank you could lose your house! It could be something as simple as the dog getting out of the house and causing a car crash and with the best will in the world we can all have that kind of accident especially if there are children in the house .

It is like a savings account, except if you need it before you've paid enough into it... I'd be stuffed if my boy wasn't insured, long term things that show up later in life are one thing, but there are lots of things that start as puppies - especially joint problems in large breeds. Also, young dogs are more accident prone and more likely to ingest things they shouldn't.

I used to live in Canada and my friend had a husky/Alsatian mix. It was beautiful but extremely hard work and she ended up getting it re-homed when it was 4 years old. It was terrible and she quite rightly felt awful for the dog. You literally couldn't tire it out and, despite, professional training it was never suitable as a pet. It was obedient up to a point but was always hyper and twitchy. I just don't think huskys are suitable as pets, they are work animals and need to be in a pack pulling sledges.

Anyway, I hope you like 100 mile walks

Husky puppies are the most georgeous puppies ever. I love the ones with really, really light blue or odd eyes.

Good luck. Any chance of putting a picture of the dog on your profile ?

Its not the same, one of my friends thankfully insured her dog and now has to claim about 6 grand every year because he has 4 conditions that are permenant now, if she didn't have insurance he would have had to be put down.

Even an xray costs hundreds of pounds.

So your logic is that just because friends haven't claimed on their insurance, it's an optional extra you don't really need? Do you feel that way about your house and car insurance?

Dogs aren't necessarily old before you claim on their insurance! We had had my dog for only a few months when he had a freak accident - scratched his eye on a gorse bush, got a tiny nick on his cornea that our vet thought was nothing when we took him that day, but which turned out to have caused severe damage and ended up with a referral to a specialist eye vet and two lots of surgery. The total bill was £3000. If I didn't have insurance I would never have been able to pay - and as I said I'd had him for a few months at that time, so unless you're going to put £1000 a month into a savings account, how will you afford bills like that? What if your dog escapes from the garden and causes an accident (huskies are great at escaping by the way) or damages someone else's property?

You have a puppy that will grow into a big dog. That alone puts him at higher risk for big vets' bills. Add in that you really don't know anything about his parents and their health, and the odds get bigger. That's before you've considered the possibility that he will cause damage to other people's property. You need insurance.

every one has an opinion thats fine.

if i ever felt i couldnt afford to keep him or cope he will need to be homed with some one of better experience. but i wont know until ive tried. everyone has to start somewhere.

yea stupid i didnt ask more questions, i guess excitement clouded over my brain at the time.

I wouldnt post any thing in AIBU.

A colleague from work has two huskies. So far they've killed 2 gunea pigs and a rabbit that were in hutches behind a six foot fence, cat and a muntjac deer which came onto the garden I really do wonder about their suitability as a family pet if their prey drive is so strong. I thank my lucky stars I don't live nearhim

You'd struggle to rehome an uninsured dog with an expensive medical condition though.

Please consider insurance if you don't have a few thousand pounds already to hand.

I will check out the insurance, as it sounds to be more important than i thought re vet charges etc.. as i said i thought it would of been ok to have saved.

Op how is it the same as a savings account? With insurance you pay a monthly fee and the insurance pays a certain max per condition to a max of say £4000 or better policies more. So you may pay in more than you get out if you don't claim
But unless you are putting in enough to save say £10000 a year it isn't the same.
Example: he has a bout of vomiting this year (not unlikely) but needs hospitalisation for fluids: £400.
Later he falls and breaks his tibia : pin in it for £1000 (cheap, £3000 for referral surgery).
Then a cut pad or skin infection -£200
You paid £40 per month insurance so £480 that year. Take out the broken leg and you still saved money.
So not really the same as saving IYSWIM.
I have no issue with people not insuring their animals IF they accept that they will need to find several thousand pounds at a moments notice or several hundred a month for chronic problems OR they are honest and accept they will have to choose Euthanasia on cost grounds.
Not having a go OP but you need to understand the difference here.
You may not claim for several years if lucky but then have a severe illness and be very grateful when I send my bill direct to the company and not to your house for the £5000.

Seriously. Get him insured. My teensy weensy dog has got bronchitis, nothing to do with breed or lifestyle, fairly mild, just one of those things. Initially it cost £4500, now it's just (!) £400 a year in medication. We pay £12 a month for top level cover. Clearly it's worth it

Plus the level of aggression we see in your chosen breed means using something more anaesthesia and sedation which adds cost. You have chosen the only breed I have refused to treat on personnel safety grounds! ( we worked round it by treatment was not ideal as we could not risk out staff)

she... who has 2 cats.. ??

maryz believe what you think, im on here for advice not an april fool!

as for my cats, one passed away 3wks ago. and i will upload the pic of my dog and cat laying on the bed if your worried i have a cat eater!

samvet thanks for this info, will get one sorted. i have been stupid, i looked into the breed but not really thought of insurance as i thought i could use savings. but will deffinately insure now i know that.

Okay, well a czech wolfdog is not a wolf however 14 weeks old is getting to the end of the socalisation window even for a dog. You really need to start getting this dog outside now, not when his vax have been done.

Could you carry him out places or is he too heavy? I used to take Whippy out on dd2's lap in her buggy. Could you borrow a buggy to take him out in? I know it might make you feel silly but it really is important to expose young puppies to as much as possible before the socialisation window closes to prevent fear and aggression issues in later life. He'll need to have good experiences of people, other dogs, cyclists, runners, scooters, young children and so on. Basically everything and anything you can think of.

And yes, insurance is imperative. I've paid out for medical treatment for both of my dogs and two of my Dad's, so out of our 6 dogs, only two have gotten away with needing no emergency vet care. Each time it has cost me over £100. Accidents can happen so easily.

Please don't think that because they get on now he's not a cat eater ,I know people who made that mistake with a terrier pup and when he was 6 months old he mauled the cat whilst they were out . Actually when you're sorting the dog insurance perhaps you should get some for the cat at the same time just in case .