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Inuit or Eskimo?
"also shared by the Inuit tribes discovered by Europeans who made early expeditions into their lands."

Is this actually referring to the inuit tribes, or is it referring other eskimo tribes in addition to the inuit tribes such as the Yupik or Aluet tribes? I find people have the annoying habit of generalising all eskimo tribes as inuit. Hanii (talk) 03:02, 18 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I would assume that they mean most northern Native Americans, including Athabaskans, who are not eskimo. Aleuts, though, I don't think had many huskies. I know that they didn't use them as sled dogs like many others. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aelyanariah (talk • contribs) 02:46, 15 August 2011 (UTC)


 * See the Wikipedia article Eskimo for a detailed discussion on usage of 'Eskimo' and/or 'Inuit'. Not a discussion that belongs in a dog article. --Hafwyn (talk) 22:55, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Which fact?
The most common husky[clarification needed] is the Siberian Husky, which is often considered to be the fastest husky, although the Alaskan Husky is in fact faster.

This is not fact, Alaskan Husky refer to relatively any northern dog spitz-type. As such, its the same as if you say Husky are fast, but dogs in general are faster. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Unixcharles (talk • contribs) 23:54, 13 November 2009 (UTC)


 * The Siberian Husky is a kennel-club registered purebred, kept today mainly as a pet and showdog. The Alaskan Husky refers to a type of dog usually used for racing but of a very variable appearance, Since they are bred only for work and are not bred to have a standard appearance, Alaskan Huskies (and subtypes) are not eligible for conformation dog shows and kennel club registration. One would think that a dog bred to run would be faster than a dog bred to win dog show ribbons, but I don't know of any documented speed tests. However, they can all be described as "Huskies".--Hafwyn (talk) 23:04, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

You got it backwards
Huskies are not larger than Alaskan Malamutes. Malamutes are the larger stronger breed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.65.38.114 (talk) 07:33, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * True, someone kept reversing this, vandalism?--Hafwyn (talk) 22:47, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Very true. I had a Malamute, and I studied the breed in general, long before I ever had one. The average weight of a Malamute can range from 80 lbs to over 200 lbs. There are Giant Malamutes that are just massive. As my breeder told me though 'bigger isn't better' and Giant Mals have much shorter lifespans & more health problems than the smaller size Mals. Still, Huskies are much smaller. Also, Malamutes are NOT huskies. There are a lot of pages on FB & Wiki, that are about huskies, and then they have a Malamute as their profile pic.

I removed a portion of this page that said Huskies were portrayed in White Fang. The dog in White Fang was a high-content wolfdog. The dog, Jed, was around 75-80% wolf, and the rest was Malamute. Mals are used most often for interbreeding with wolves, because Mals are more closely related to the wolf. High-content wolfdogs are huge. It would take 2 huskies to make 1 HC wolfdog! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.25.162.49 (talk) 22:49, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

Husky facts
no mention of attacks on children or laws restricting free-roaming huskies

G. Robert Shiplett 15:28, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

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Husky Breeds
I've expanded the breeds section to contain any sled dog breed with husky in the name.

4.1	Alaskan husky 4.2	Labrador Husky 4.3	MacKenzie River Husky 4.4	Sakhalin Husky 4.5	Siberian Husky

Of note, the Alaskan husky and the Labrador husky currently do not have their own page. Personally I think that the Labrador may be better served under the Canadian Eskimo Dog page as there is some controversy as to whether it is a sub class of CED or it's own breed - and many sources struggle to differentiate the two.

The Alaskan husky just seriously needs a rewrite. Perhaps we could even combine the MacKenzie River husky and the Alaskan husky as both are performance mutts. --Annwfwn (talk) 13:24, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

Husky type dog breeds vs sled dogs
I removed the Alaskan malamute as I found no sources that supported that it was a type of husky. There is an excellent list of breeds on the page Sled dog that includes the malamute as well as several additional breeds that are considered to be sled dogs but not huskies. If we insist that the malamute must be on the husky page, we'd basically be duplicating that list. My suggestion would be limit this list to strictly dog breeds that contain the word husky in their name. Annwfwn (talk) 12:32, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Grooming
I added a section for grooming because not many people know how often to groom a husky, or how to groom them at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kl1017 (talk • contribs) 23:15, 13 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Social media posts, blogs, and other self published sites aren't usable sources on Wikipedia. See WP:RS for details. - MrOllie (talk) 13:21, 14 July 2023 (UTC)