Hi there! Quick question, how much dog aggression would be normal for malamutes? At what point does it become something other than a breed trait? Is this comparable to other breeds with SSA?
Well I don't really know how to compare it with other breeds with SSA, just because I don't have experience with them.
Speaking generally, MOST adult dogs of any breed are dog selective to some degree, often preferring several compatible companions or friends over large groups of strange dogs.
A temperamentally sound malamute should generally be able to be walked on a leash past other dogs (no contact or greeting) and not be reactive. This is not a dog that should, in temperamentally sound cases, be straining to reach other dogs far off with single focus. Where the issue lies is in close contact, greeting, and interactions with strange dogs and/or dogs of the same sex.
Malamutes are very much oriented towards their pack and much like other sled dogs do very well when raised in a family structure. It is difficult to integrate a new adult dog into an existing pack of malamutes versus a puppy. Part of this is because malamutes do have their own form of communication, like many breeds do, and dogs raised outside of that communication can be deemed as "rude" or in need of telling off from the existing dogs, which creates conflict and an overall lack of harmony. Overall in this behavior an existing dog is much less tolerable of dogs of the same sex. And generally, Malamutes thrive and enjoy fighting when it occurs (see: trends towards running into conflicts not having to do with them in dog parks).
Same Sex Aggression behaviors can be on a sliding scale, much as other dog aggression, and I'd say all forms are present in the Malamute breed. For me personally I prefer if the dog can work in harness/team with other dogs as this is part of their purpose, however there are many in the breed that are both temperamentally stable, and absolutely cannot tolerate other dogs of the same sex in any regard. Now I personally wouldn't breed those individuals, but the dog would probably do well paired with an opposite sex dog as its only other non-human companion.
For me, indiscriminate dog aggression not related to "rude" behaviors or same sex interactions is not okay in the breed. Malamutes, although often same sex aggressive, should also never be human aggressive.
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"and then he drank the water from the river / sink in the abandoned house / rain water ..."
listen, i know it's just fanfics. but I keep reading this in fan works and worry that some might actually think it's safe to drink water from questionable sources.
Should you ever be in an outdoor situation where you don't have your usual water access - don't drink water from whatever-seems-fine-source. It can make you really sick. Please rely on locally approved sources of water or filter / test yourself before slurping down liquid cholera.
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USA please listen to me: the price of “teaching them a lesson” is too high. take it from New Zealand, who voted our Labour government out in the last election because they weren’t doing exactly what we wanted and got facism instead.
Trans rights are being attacked, public transport has been defunded, tax cuts issued for the wealthy, they've mass-defunded public services, cut and attacked the disability funding model, cut benefits, diverted transport funding to roads, cut all recent public transport subsidies, cancelled massive important infrastructure projects like damns and ferries (we are three ISLANDS), fast tracked mining, oil, and other massive environmentally detrimental projects and gave the power the to approve these projects singularly to three ministers who have been wined and dined by lobbyists of the companies that have put the bids in to approve them while one of the main minister infers he will not prioritise the protection of endangered species like the archeys frog over mining projects that do massive environmental harm. They have attacked indigenous rights in an attempt to negate the Treaty of Waitangi by “redefining it”; as a backup, they are also trying to remove all mentions of the treaty from legislation starting with our Child Protection laws no longer requiring social workers to consider the importance of Maori children’s culture when placing those children; when the Waitangi Tribunal who oversees indigenous matters sought to enquire about this, the Minister for Children blocked their enquiry in a breach of comity that was condemned in a ruling — too late to do anything — by our Supreme Court. They have repealed labour protections around pay and 90 day trials, reversed our smoking ban, cancelled our EV subsidy, cancelled our water infrastructure scheme that would have given Maori iwi a say in water asset management, cancelled our biggest city’s fuel tax, made our treasury and inland revenue departments less accountable, dispensed of our Productivity Commission, begun work on charter schools and military boot camps in an obvious push towards privatisation, cancelled grants for first home buyers, reduced access to emergency housing, allowed no cause evictions, cancelled our Maori health system that would have given Maori control over their own public medical care and funding, cut funding of services like budgeting advice and food banks, cancelled the consumer advocacy council, cancelled our medicine regulations, repealed free prescriptions, deferred multiple hospital builds, failed to deliver on pre-election medical promises, reversed a gun ban created in response to the mosque shootings, brought back three strikes = life sentence policy, increased minimum wage by half the recommended amount, cancelled fair pay for disabled workers, reduced wheelchair services, reversed our oil and gas exploration ban, cancelled our climate emergency fund, cut science research funding including climate research, removed limits on killing sea lions, cut funding for the climate change commission, weakened our methane targets, cancelled Significant National Areas protections, have begun reversing our ban on live exports. Much of this was passed under urgency.
It’s been six months.
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