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Miniature Husky?

  • 26-07-2013 11:10pm
    #1
    ShaShaBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭


    Just saw an ad (while looking for a rat cage, don't worry!) for a purebred miniature husky. Does such a thing even exist? From what I can see on the picture, it doesn't actually look like any form of husky, small or otherwise. Is this just another invented name for a cross-bred husky with one small-breed parent?


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  • #2
    boomerang
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,189 ✭✭✭boomerang


    It actually does - dwarfism in that breed. Not that anyone should be breeding deliberately for it.


  • #3
    Gran Hermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,330 ✭✭✭Gran Hermano


    I'm holding out for a teacup husky.


  • #4
    Rommie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭Rommie


    No such thing. Just a name tagged onto it to make it more appealing. Saw an ad for a 'miniature' bernese mountain dog not too long ago as well:rolleyes:


  • #5
    ShaShaBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    Was horrified to see it! Obviously I get that genetic mutations do happen, and they do lead to new breeds eventually. But a dog like that which was bred to be big, has received most of the genetic information to be big, and has somehow accidentally ended up small... Well I can imagine there are health risks in spades there!


  • #6
    anniehoo
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    ShaShaBear wrote: »
    Was horrified to see it!
    Can you PM me the link. Thanks.


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  • #7
    ShaShaBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    anniehoo wrote: »
    Can you PM me the link. Thanks.

    Sent!


  • #8
    mosi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 620 ✭✭✭mosi


    Managed to find the ad...the person advertising the dog comes across as a complete moron :(
    Anyway, while that dog is clearly a crossbreed, the closest that would exist to a miniature husky would be the Alaskan Klee Kai. The AKK is a relatively newfangled breed (created in the 70s) and is not recognised by any European Kennel club. I don't think any exist in this country.


  • #9
    Ziegfeldgirl27
    Registered Users Posts: 792 ✭✭✭Ziegfeldgirl27


    Miley Cyrus has one of those. I think they look really nice!
    http://www.crittr.com/miley-cyrus-and-floyd-whats-the-breed


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