Help finding a forever home for an 8 mo old Alaskan Malamute
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2018 1:05 pm
This is sort of a long shot but here goes nothing:
We've got an 8 month old Alaskan Malamute that we recently adopted from a family that was getting ready to turn him into the local high kill shelter. At first he was indifferent to the wife's cats, but it seems like a switch has tripped and when they scurry about it's triggered his prey drive in the last week. We're keeping them separate but from talking to some very knowledgeable Malamute owners it's not a matter of if but when things will go pear shaped and he ends up hurting or killing one of them. My wife rescued them as tiny kittens and bottle fed them after the feral mom had abandoned them. That being said we sadly need to re-home him
Smart dog, lots of energy. He gets along well with our 9 year old lab/dane mix, other than when he's just being an annoying puppy. He's become my running buddy and does great on a lead and is taking to training very well. I was working with him so he could be my cool weather hiking buddy He would need to go to a home with no small animals. The high prey drive is just part of the breed apparently. He's about 80 lbs currently and unaltered. From everyone in the know with Malamutes we've spoken to they recommend holding off until he's two years old to have him neutered so that he has a chance to fully grow. Waiting until the two year mark apparently helps a lot with mitigating factors that contribute to hip displasya and other things that affect the breed.
If anyone is looking or know of someone that could provide Koda with a good forever home please let me know. Located in Socal, but willing to make the drive and help bring him to the right family.
We've got an 8 month old Alaskan Malamute that we recently adopted from a family that was getting ready to turn him into the local high kill shelter. At first he was indifferent to the wife's cats, but it seems like a switch has tripped and when they scurry about it's triggered his prey drive in the last week. We're keeping them separate but from talking to some very knowledgeable Malamute owners it's not a matter of if but when things will go pear shaped and he ends up hurting or killing one of them. My wife rescued them as tiny kittens and bottle fed them after the feral mom had abandoned them. That being said we sadly need to re-home him
Smart dog, lots of energy. He gets along well with our 9 year old lab/dane mix, other than when he's just being an annoying puppy. He's become my running buddy and does great on a lead and is taking to training very well. I was working with him so he could be my cool weather hiking buddy He would need to go to a home with no small animals. The high prey drive is just part of the breed apparently. He's about 80 lbs currently and unaltered. From everyone in the know with Malamutes we've spoken to they recommend holding off until he's two years old to have him neutered so that he has a chance to fully grow. Waiting until the two year mark apparently helps a lot with mitigating factors that contribute to hip displasya and other things that affect the breed.
If anyone is looking or know of someone that could provide Koda with a good forever home please let me know. Located in Socal, but willing to make the drive and help bring him to the right family.