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Originally Posted by kirkX5m
hey gresch i just saw your post, you have two mals! awesome!!!!!
we just rescued ours from the rescue group, he's a bit of a hard head but he just learned to "shake" yesterday (with and without treats!!!).
we went up to wrightwood also a few days ago to rescue one more little pup, she should be home in 4 weeks.
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Hey, that's great! Nice pup! As a breed, they're always stubborn, wait until you want him to come inside and he doesn't want to, be prepared to see a lot of teeth (all bark no bite hopefully). The males seem to be more stubborn than the females, but the females are more hyper.
One more thing, I don't know if you've had malamutes before, but, we were warned by the breeder (we got both from the same breeder) to NEVER hit a Malamute, they don't take kindly to it all and will tend to shut you out and it will have the opposite effect of what you intended, they also have a very good memory and tend to hold a grudge. A stern, low, consistent voice when you're trying to discipline them works best.... One other thing (and I hope i'm not preaching to the choir here, but they will kill small animals (even cats) when given the chance. Thunder got a hold of a possum when he was about a year old and he tore it to shreds, he also got a hold of a few neighborhood cats who are now no longer with us.... once they get a taste of blood, that's it, the wolf in their breeding takes over (most malamutes are about 30% wolf, and boy does it show when they're angry).
Other than that they're great even tempered dogs! LOL!
What did you name him?