We acquired our first Alaskan Malamute, whom we named "Babe" in 1992. She was a gift for Christmas for me from my
husband. Not a good thing to do and we actually bought her
from the wrong place as well: a pet store! But I had always
loved the northern breeds. We had a Husky/ Wolf mix and we
just were not able to keep her. She would go through windows
to get out. So we placed her somewhere else. When I saw the
Malamute at the pet store I had no clue about what they were
like. I had never seen one before but, my husband told me that
they were so much better than a Husky and he was right about
that but failed to tell me how similar they are in other ways too.
The dog walks were okay for the first few months and then it
ended up being MY being drug more than walking the dog. The
yard was dug up, even some birds that I had became a meal to
her. But I still loved her with all of that. I loved her so much
that I was one of those people that said: "let's get another one
and have pups!" and that's were Dakota came in. It was great
other than I had no where to put my male when she was in heat
so I had a litter of pups and then another. So off we went to get
him fixed. Problem was I found myself keeping one out of the
first litter, which was Missy and then when litter two came
along we wanting to keep a male so we kept Nantia. Well the
kids were grown and I didn't have them so I soon found that my
800 sq foot city home that I had managed to raise 3 children is
was just not big enough anymore. So we moved…..it will be 9
yrs the first of July to this farm home. Now we are so much in
debt, have more dogs that we ever wanted and have so much
work that we have to hire people to help sometimes. The 27
acre's is just a lot to care for. But we love the breed and have
made them our children. All the kennels have inside and
outside access at all time. The puppies all have dog doors as
well. The puppies start wondering out about 4 weeks old. My
vet bills are in the thousand and my dog food bills as well. So
now I spend long hour days just caring for my dogs.
I love it that I can place puppies in good homes, some have not
been so good over the years though. My heart has always
been more into rescue but I have become overwhelmed with
older dogs and homeless dogs that I just am not able to do the
rescue like I want to. I retire my dogs at 6 years old, sometimes
earlier. And they stay here till they are either adopted out or
die. I would never think to take a dog to a pound or have it put
down just because it is no more use to me. It is good to sell a
pup but I have always been happier in placing an adult. So if
you can find it in your heart to take a retired mom home with
one of the pups that would be great. But please know the
breed before purchasing a Malamute. There a beautiful dog
but can really be a hand full if they are not worked with. And
please spay or neuter. It is not the money that people think it is
in raising them. Unless you are one of those cold hearted
people that think nothing of losing a pup or an adult.
I bottle feed some of my pups and that is just to keep them
more into human contact. I don't like to mass produce dogs. I
think that two litters at once is more than I can handle. So that
leaves me having about 6 t0 7 litters a year. Some puppies
come into rescue some time and others I end up helping
others sell as well. Please be sure to check out care
requirements, socialization and exercise.
