THE ANCESTRY OF SIBERIAN HUSKY

by: MisS VictoriA DaviD

I am very thankful to the beautiful owners of Lazer as they allowed me to feature him on my defunct blog. I don't know much about Siberian Husky's ancestry but the woman sent me an e-mail that explains their role to the Chuckchies. The e-mail also broadens my understanding why they were very important to man many years ago.

The brief history was sent by the woman and I made a few alterations.

The Siberian Husky was first bred by the Chuckchies, a nomadic people on the extreme North-East of Asia. They lived in a desolate region of Siberia, where they experienced a very tough conditions. This nomadic tribe survived by hunting livestock as a food source. The Siberian Huskies helped them in hunting and also in pulling sled for trading purposes.

Despite of the poor conditions, the tribe and their dogs developed a strong friendly companionship to one another . This camaraderie provided them the tolerance on how to survive life with less food sources and on how to handle a lot of extreme work.

During the dogs' breeding season, the Chuckchies applied a strict demeanour in them. This attitude of them for dogs was exercised to produce and develop tolerant, quiet, friendly and tough puppies.

In 1925, the Siberian Husky helped man in fighting a diphtheria epidemic. They were used to travel a 674 miles journey just to acquire the 'serum' (antitoxin). The journey that was usually travelled in 25 days was made fast by the Huskies in just a week.

The heroic action was delivered by Gunnar Kaasen and the dogs was led by Balto (A Siberian Husky Sled Dog). Their heroism is a description of Endurance, Fidelity and Intelligence. In memory of the Huskies, a statue of honour for Balto is displayed in New York's Central Park.

The robust behaviour of the Siberian Huskies had contributed to the wipe-out of diphtheria in 1925 and for this reason they are called 'sled dogs'.

*Photo courtesy of www.rcinet.ca