![]() Nicolosi stressed the importance of adopting from a shelter over a breeder. “If you only have 30 minutes a day to spend with your dog, OK, let’s just make it a really great 30 minutes.” How to adopt a Husky “When people think of Huskies, they think they need to go running six miles a day and that’s the only way you can successfully own a Husky, and that’s not necessarily true,” Muinzer said. She suggested taking a quality-over-quantity approach to spending time with your dog. She said one quick and easy tip to give them some mental work is to put some water in their food and freeze it, which will prolong meals while providing that mental stimulation. “Physical exercise is always great, but there’s a lot of things you can do for mental exercise and mental stimulation for them, which is just as important for them, with them being a working breed,” Muinzer said. Still, she said the breed has a lot of positives too and pointed to their loving and friendly nature along with their big personalities.Īlaina Muinzer, the Animal Behavior Administrator at MCACC told KTAR News 92.3FM that while every Husky is unique, if you want to own one, you should prepare to give them exercise for their brain as well as their body. They have a lot of energy, and people are not able to keep up with the exercise that they need,” Nicolosi said. “They’re crazy! They get really, really excitable. She explained one theory for the uptick is due to a large number of owners who adopted while they were working from home during the pandemic and underestimated the breed’s energy levels. “It used to be we’d see German Shepherds and German Shepherd mixes always would be number two after Pitbulls, and I think it might be at a point where Huskies have surpassed them this year,” Nicolosi said. Nicolosi said Huskies are now among the most common breeds that local shelters see. Why do so many huskies end up in shelters? On Tuesday, there were 112 Huskies in MCACC’s East and West shelters out of the nearly 900 total number of dogs. That number, however, is much higher this year, as the average has climbed to 80-90 dogs. “We’ve been pulling since 2020 with the shelter, and since that time, we’ve seen the number of Huskies in the shelters go from around 15 at the very low to about 30-40 on average the last few years,” Nicolosi said. Study ranks Scottsdale as the nation's most pet-friendly city
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