SIPERIANHUSKY.NET

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Siperianhusky.net is a Finnish website consisting of information about sleddogs, and more closely about the Siberian Husky. I started making this site in 2001 and siperianhusky.net is now expanded to be a very essential source of information for all those interested in the breed.

Over the years I have collected a lot of historic pictures and wrote many articles for the website and so far everything is in Finnish. I use Windows XP and Mac OS X when making the website and test it for IE, Firefox and Safari.

ABOUT ME AND MY DOGS

I got my first Siberian Husky in 2001 when I was 13 years old. The Siberian Husky has been a dog of my dreams as long I can remember and my family “accepted” the breed in 1999 when I also visited a sled dog race for the first time in my life.

In 2000 I was already attending various events getting to know the breed in racing and in the show ring. The racing dogs that I saw did not match a picture of an arctic Siberian Husky in my mind so we decided that our Siberian Husky will come from more “traditional lines” of Siberians. Finally we decided to choose an old line Siberian Husky because they have an outstanding temperament and they are bred to standard. Now it's fun to see that much earlier before I knew anything about Siberians I had especially admired the old line Siberian Huskies like Norstarr's Baanchi and dogs from the Kuuhaukun kennel. So I can say that I never had to find an ideal type of dog for me – it's always been the same.

My first Siberian Husky Sero was destined to be mine. He was the only puppy left from that litter and we wanted a male. He really was a dream come true! And because I wanted to start sledding we got our second Siberian Husky in 2003. Again I wanted a male and for this time I carefully choose the litter and I wanted a son from Kuuhaukun Luminan Uni. And so it happened again – there was only one male puppy in the litter and of course Valo was for us and he's everything I could ever hope for.

For a while I drove with my 2-dog team (about 20km long trails with just 2 dogs) and thought that I really need a third Siberian Husky for our team. We were planning puppies for my first Siberian Sero and I wanted a female from him. Was it destiny again when Sero had litter of 5 puppies in 2007 with only one female! She was my first Husky-girl Odessa, Kuuhaukun Suden Saaga.

I have had Siberian Huskies for about a decade and now I have the best 3 Siberian Huskies in the world!

WHAT IS AN OLD LINE SIBERIAN HUSKY

As many other breeds also the Siberian Husky is divided in to three different breeding lines: The modern show line, the racing line and the old line = old foundation line.

The aim of old line breeders is to keep the Siberian Husky original, arctic, with good characteristics and capable to work in arctic conditions. It is important to preserve the correct structure. The main goals are combined in breeding: the old line and type structure and right working capability. Working qualities in hiking are more important than in speed racing.

The change between the classic Siberian Husky and racing line Huskies began in the early 1970s when some breeders wanted faster and faster Siberian Huskies. Racing dogs became more longerlegged, lighter in bone and they had less coat than before. Some breeders didn't want this to happen to their Siberian Huskies and they didn't race their dogs anymore and maintained the true Siberian Husky.

Another change in the breed happened in 1980s when "the classic Siberian Husky type" divided to a modern show line and an old foundation line. Now there are only a few old line kennels like Troika kennels in the USA (since 1962) and Kuuhaukun kennel in Finland.

More about old line Siberian Huskies from The Genuine Arctic Siberian Husky Association.

Are You interested in old line Siberians or do you have one in your kennel? We old line Siberian Husky enthusiasts are interested in finding more old line Siberians around the world, feel free to contact us!

My e-mail address: laurakinnunen88@hotmail.com