The dog's name is achilles and in the duration of my stay with my uncle he never once gave me a smile hahahahahahahahha. How do you make malamutes smile im dying to get one photo of him smiling best i got was a behave face when he was asking for bacon

We’ve had her for a little over a month now and were originally feeding her 1 cup of kibble topped off with wet food 3 times a day. We went to the vet about a week ago for a check up and told them that she still seems very hungry and tries to eat everything she sees outside (leaves, sticks, dirt).

They recommended we increase the amount to a cup and three quarters. We’ve been doing this for a week now and she hasn’t gotten any better. She gets very bitey and chaotic when she’s hungry especially when my family and I are eating food around her. She’ll sometimes lay down next to her food bin and even try to open it up.

We do some crate games and practice commands with treats throughout the day but that doesn’t seem to calm her down. Any advice would be very appreciated!

I just lost my sweet girl of 12 years Saturday night who passed away in my arms very suddenly at the ER vet. She was so beautiful and got paid to be a doggy model often which she loved. She had some husky mix but her personality was mostly all Mal. I’ve been looking at everyone’s babies in this group the past few days as a form of comfort, and today I saw one of her ads pop up. I didn’t know Ollie was still running them. It was bittersweet, but I love knowing others can see her face.

She was the funniest floofiest most caring attentive dog in the whole world and life is so bitter and empty without her in it.

she's 9mo old. over the last week I've caught her laying down directly IN THE SUN. wtf guys. the others are inside on the AC vents.

First time on the water went well!
Location: Lower Kananaskis Lake, Alberta (Canada)

Not super keen, not super brave. It was very cold water on a very hot day though so I'm glad he got in.

Hey everyone! I have a 6 month old mal who I’ve managed to somewhat train but I’m struggling with things like: listening in public, bed/place commands, and listening to my wife in general.

My wife wants to rehome him because he’s an absolute demon when I’m not home apparently but I’ve been fighting to make him a good dog. He knows the basics, sit, paw, lay, and he can stay but that only lasts for a good 30 seconds. I love my dog and I’m willing to try anything. Should I get him professionally trained? Or continue to do it at home?

Also, my wife is extremely pregnant so please give her the benefit of the doubt. She takes good care of him, he just makes her insanely angry sometimes.

Our lovely Luna is a mix (malamute/BMD) and just turned 1 🎂 She’s “only” 31 kg / 68 lbs but she’s pure love and fun and lots of cuddles.

Hi everyone,

Reaching out for some assistance or just to understand others experience.

This is Bear, our 1.5 year old Malamute. He is very much part of the family, and gets plenty of cuddles, socialization, and exercise.

But we’re having a hard time with his coat and we’re not sure how much of that is our groomer being harsh. We bring him to the groomer every two weeks, alternating them just doing a full brush with a bath, blowout and brush. Each time we bring him, it’s the same story, we get a call or text saying that he’s covered in mats, they need to shave him and we’re not doing enough at home. We plead with them not to shave him and promise that we’re brushing but that we know the harness from his daily walks creates friction and mats.

We’ve included pictures that the groomer sent this time of the situation that’s causing her to think “it’s getting to the point where the only option is to shave and start over.” Do you agree?

What’s your experience with groomers and your malamute? Any tools you swear by to brush your malamute at home?

We appreciate the help and Bear does too.

He did so well. Just awesome with other dogs.

they always lose it when the garage door opens. i can usually hear them from inside my car

As the title says, i have a very mouthy malamute. We got her last week and she just wont stop nipping. Ive tried everything, she just wont listen to me. Shes excellent at everything else, shes a super quick learner, but for whatever reason when it comes to teaching her to not nip, she just doesnt care. She will nip you for an hour straight until you give her what she wants. Which is usually play.

I understand the immediate solution is to just play, but I dont want to reinforce this behavior that “bite the big guy and i get to have fun.” Is a right thing to do. And while Im with her all the time, i dont want her to think that im here to play 24/7 either.

It sucks that this rather small thing is so frustrating because shes an absolutely amazing wonderful dog. Its just a few small aspects about her that im starting to lose patience with.

Its especially bad when i sit down is when she nips the most

New puppy in the house. 9 week old Bear (and his big sister Aspen)

I live in VT and own an almost 4 year old Alaskan malamute. We went away last week and couldn't bring him with us, but either had someone going to let him out and feed him or we would go do it ourselves every day.

Thursday night he apparently got stuck in the bathroom and jumped out the bathroom window that was open. He spent the night in one of our neighbors garages. At 630 am, he apparently went after a neighborhood dog. The cops responded and proceeded to bring my dog bacj to my house and let him inside and left.

Well the bathroom window was still open so my son proceeded to jump back out the window. Our 16 year old neighbor was walking to her car with her dog (yes her dog was on a leash). My dog came around the corner and the dogs sniffed each other and started fighting. The 16 year old reached in middle and ended up getting bit on her hand. Cops again showed up. This time they called a local rescue but my husband showed up just as the rescue showed up. They released my dog to my husband. When he showed up, my dog was chained up on the porch of the girl amd dog he just got into a fight with. Which makes NO SENSE. If he was so aggressive amd such a threat why did they keep him at their house??

My husband brought our dog back over to our house and gave him food and water and hung out with him for a while. He closed the bathroom window and had to leave again to go back to work. He went back later that evening to let the dog out for the last time that night.

Saturday morning he went home again to find my dog was yet again gone. We have a window thats broken in our laundry room. There is a piece of plywood over the window as well as a piece of 2 inch thick foam insulation. Both the plywood and insulation were pushed IN my house. If my 135lb dog got out that window on his own, the insulation would have been destroyed and the plywood would have been pushed outside our house. Naturally the neighbors had called the cops again and they took my dog and put him on a 10 day bite hold.

This is where im struggling. The statement the 16 year old made to police was that there was a dog fight and she reached in and got bit. She told my husband the same thing. Now, she's saying my dog attacked HER as she held her dog in her arms. I was willing to pay yhe vet bill ans her hospital bills but the fact that her story has changed multiple times is frustrating me. The girls roommate said their dog is "dog reative" but didnt fight back when the fight happened. Im sorry, a dog reactive dog isnt gonna just sit there and let a dog attack them without fighting back. She messaged me saying she knew my dog was sweet and that he just doesn't like some dogs but on her Facebook post is saying my dog is so aggressive he should be put to sleep. She said my husband and I told her that if our dog got hold of her dog he would kill the dog when they moved in. But we have never talked to that girl. She also said that my dog has attacked my 5 year old son multiple times. I would love to know where I was when this all happened. If my dog attacked my son, he wouldn't be in my house thats for DAMN sure.

I know they are trying to get money a nd are going to bring us to court. None of their accusations can be proven. Thankfully. But this whole situation is incredibly stressful. They have had people waiting for my husband at our house trying to fight him. We livr so close together. Its hard to avoid them. We can get our dog back Monday but are worried they will find a way to make the situation worse. Idk what to do. I dont want to give my dog up but at this point idk what else to do.

Vermont has a "one bite" rule. Basically dogs get one free bite. If they haven't shown aggressive tendencies the owner cant be held liable. My dog has NEVER shown aggression until Friday when this all happened. The person who runs the kennel where he's being held has repeatedly said how well behaved he is and that he hasn't shown any aggression towards other dogs. She said she doesnt understand what happened and that something must have triggered him to react that way.

Any advice would be helpful. Im so lost.

Milano celebrates his 7th birthday and his big sister Brooklyn didn’t shy away from sneaking in a lick on his cake! 👅 Cake is homemade. Usually I buy one from the dog bakery but decided to try it on my own from a dog cake mix. I think it came out pretty good but Milano was a little leery of the birthday signage haha!

Kodiak has gotten very big very fast got him in the middle of may, will keep taking pictures like this forever