"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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It needs also to be checked over by a vet, as I've also known dogs that
are ill exhibit this kind of behaviour due one supposes to pain or
insecurity.

Its just a husky being a husky.

I'm not sure that "it's just a husky being a husky" is an excuse, if the
behaviour is *interpreted* as being threatening by other people. Other
people aren't to know that a dog that is barking and straining at its lead
only wants to "lick you to death" and not to bite you. Even if the dog
didn't bite, it could knock over a child in its sheer exuberance to make
friends.

It sounds as if the owners of the dog have got a real handful and aren't
able to keep it in control. Yes, the owners should train it to calm down,
but many of the largest, most threatening dogs are owned by the people who
are least likely to take kindly to being recommended to train their dog. I
hesitate to use the c--v word :-)