Wednesday, March 9, 2011

The Akaskan Malamute






The Alaskan malamute can weight up to 700 pounds and can even get 7 feet tall on it's hind legs, malamutes are strong, loving, and usually calm dogs; they are great for active families and make great working dogs.
They do well in cold, but can also thrive in warmer areas. Malamutes and wolves commonly breed with each other because of their resemblences.
                                                             
                                                               Wolf malamute mixes






Malamutes have been pulling sleds for many years, it used to be a mean of transportation, now it is mostly for sport.


Malamutes are no loner the only type of racing dog, racers have begun bringing malamute muts into the shows.


Mutts have the charactoristics of a malamute and those of the other breed they were bred with, making them better at many things and less liable for hereditary diseases.


Malamutes and huskies are very different in both size and apearence.


                                                                        Huskies


Malamute

Malamutes come in grey, white, red, "Blues", cream, black and white, and they can have many different pattern arangements.

White

Red
"Blue" lol

                                                                        Cream
                                                                        Black

                                                  Malamutes have on average 6 puppies per litter.



On average a malamute is $800 along with $200 to ship it here. It also depends on fur color red malamutes are the most expensive.


Malamutes feel like any meal could be it's last and will wait for you to feed it at the same time every day, stressing out if you are late.

Malamutes are very tempermental dogs, and almost never show agression to humans.
Some people even buy them saddles and let children ride them X3 but it  doesn't hurt the malamute, malamutes love to work ^ ^

This malamute is about 4 - 6 weeks old.

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