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darkwood-sleddog · 2 years ago

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it truly baffles me that some people still think that, despite our standard stating otherwise, malamutes should be aggressive towards people. Yeah my dogs are more aloof than a golden retriever, but even Rowdy of Nome, the dog that inspired the creation of the breed was known for his kind, gentle nature with people (in fact this was an asset that set the dog apart from other inuit sled dogs for the Seeley's). Even if one was to go to the other strains M'Loots were known more for their good companionship and ability to be a good house pet despite their ancestry. So in reality we have always selected the breed, since its inception, to be a bit "softer" than its Greenlandic and Canadian cousins.

And if one sets aside old dog man tales of orneryness = working drive and realizes that these dogs can be both good companions and good sled dogs they would realize the purpose of the dog is BOTH.

#dogblr #alaskan malamute #seriously if dogs that didn't like people #dogs that weren't human friendly #didn't equate to good working dogs than please #try and justify why my breeder and many others produce a litany of dogs that can DO BOTH #dogs that are confident enough to weather change and strangers handling them #like. sorry. the breed has always been colonized and softened since the start #and like less greenland dogs and CED are worked in harness these days than in that past no different than malamutes #climate change + modern tech = less necessity for arctic dogs by casual people #just my two cents #old men telling me my dogs will never be good work dogs because they spend time inside getting spoiled #only fuels me to spoil my hard working badass little team more #then CAN work hard and then they get to come home and be so fucking spoiled #bc they did a good job by working for me

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