{"id":52077,"date":"2017-03-01T15:29:39","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T21:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=52077"},"modified":"2017-03-01T15:33:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T21:33:48","slug":"what-to-consider-before-adopting-a-siberian-husky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/what-to-consider-before-adopting-a-siberian-husky\/","title":{"rendered":"What to consider before adopting a Siberian husky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Siyan (Jen) Huang<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Huskies are cute, but they can also be\u00a0big trouble-makers. The dogs have\u00a0been bred to run, so they need plenty of space and frequent outdoor exercise. They are independent thinkers, so they are relatively hard to train. Those furry coats\u00a0shed a lot, so keeping the fur out off clothing and the floor can\u00a0be a never-ending battle.<\/p>\n<p>But do the pros and joys of owning a husky outweigh these cons? Noel Dagley, an experienced husky owner, says yes. But she\u00a0suggests those who want to adopt huskies do their research before bringing a husky puppy home.<br \/>\n<iframe title=\"What to consider before adopting a Siberian husky\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/204988970?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Gunner at the Husky Heroes event. (Siyan (Jen) Huang\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Siyan (Jen) Huang Huskies are cute, but they can also be\u00a0big trouble-makers. The dogs have\u00a0been bred to run, so they need plenty of space and frequent outdoor exercise. They are independent thinkers, so they are relatively hard to train. Those furry coats\u00a0shed a lot, so keeping the fur out off clothing and the floor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":329,"featured_media":52078,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3516],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-winter-2017"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What to consider before adopting a Siberian husky - Medill Reports Chicago<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/what-to-consider-before-adopting-a-siberian-husky\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What to consider before adopting a Siberian husky - Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Siyan (Jen) Huang Huskies are cute, but they can also be\u00a0big trouble-makers. 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