Hm I thought they were still called Huskies? Wow sorry
I thought there was the Malamute Husky...and then the Siberian Husky
) you will never hear it introduced at the Westminster dog show as a malamute husky tho. Malamutes are the heavy lifters in the dog world meant to go short distances with heavy loads whereas the husky are like the long runner, meant to go at moderate speeds over loooong distances. There are actually SEVERAL different types of husky. The alaskan husky, the siberian husky, the canadian husky (or canadian eskimo dogs), the Greenland Husky, Mackenzie River Husky, and Sakhalin Husky. Malamutes are entirely different altho often referred to as husky because that was a generally borad term applied to many different breeds of sled dogs. "The word "husky" is a corruption of the derogative term "Eskie", also given to the Esquimaux tribes that came into contact with Europeans who made early expeditions into their lands." (can ya tell I wrote an article on the Iditarod for our paper
Their origines aren't very far off tho. Malamutes were founded in north western alaska, alaskan husky all parts of alaska, siberian husky eastern Siberian peninsula.
All very beautiful dogs and a lot of fun to.
