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Purple_Hiccup — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:44:43 GMT

although huskies have recently become more popular, they are a really healthy breed too (in comparison to some others) which may be one of the reasons they are not seen much in practice. love the husky-type breeds! and shepherds! Im a sucker for hard work aint i lol

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Fleabee99 — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:28:31 GMT

il bare that in mind thanks =) he will be insured in a couple of weeks after his op so that will be reassuring, altho due to his bad start in life i would imagine he may not be as healthy in his old age as he should have been =(

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Maisy — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:08:36 GMT

Huskies can develop HD like any other larger breed so this can often be a contributing factor to euthanasia. I've not seen a great deal of elderly Huskies in practice though the breed is definitely more common that it was say 10 years ago and there are a lot of pups/young adults seen. Have seen more old Malamutes though and again their health problems tend to be bone/joint related and obesity.

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Fleabee99 — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:04:21 GMT

i must say 11/12 years is becoming a common answer, poor huskies being put down coz their nutty =( i love my furry nutcase =P

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Thorn — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:43:54 GMT

Havent seen an old husky but did see an old al. mal. which I guess is similar? Im pretty sure a healthy husky has a good 12 years in it but cant say Ive ever personally treated one. It might be something to do with huskies being huskies though; a lot of the huskies Ive met havent been properly socialised and trained and are consequently nutty and the solution for lazy folk with nutty dogs is often the pts/rehome route...

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Nicola Smith — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:22:02 GMT

I think its just because they have only just got popular. When I started nursing never saw one!