"GB" wrote in message
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On 08/12/2016 09:27, NY wrote:
"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 :-)

The other day, I came across a woman being taken for a walk by her husky.
More of a run, really, with her heels leaving black lines of rubber on the
pavement. It was a lovely, friendly dog, but utterly beyond her ability to
control it.

Hardly surprising, they were bred to operate like that, for a reason.