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Probally not, they like to run ..and run ..and run.

If they fins somehting they want to chase they will be off and gone. Its best to keep them fenced or on a leash at all times, for the safety of your dog. Also make sure that your recall is solid in case they do get loose.

My boy can't even be let off leash to walk into the front door- he is ALWAYS looking for an opportunity to pay a game of chase, whenever he has got loose he looks back at me like "mom, isn't this fun!?" NO KODA! About 3 weeks ago, I was taking him down to pee, and the prong on his collar broke and there he went! I spent 2 hours chasing him 6 miles on foot the majority of the time, watching him switch sides of the street on one of the busiest main streets in the city.. I thought for sure he was going to be killed. Thankfully a lady just had me jump in her car (I didn't care if it was a psycho after 4 miles of running after him), and we cornered him in an apartment complex. I was a mess!

Well, it sounds like Malamutes > Huskies.

Out of my dogs, I would rate Tambi the best at off leash (like 99.99%). Then there's Bubba. If I take his leash off, I can expect him to still be within 15 feet of the spot I unhooked him. Even if I take off out of sight for several minutes, he's still there. That danged nose is anchored to the ground when there's no leash involved. Sioux does great unless there's another dog around, even mine. By himself I can walk him off leash ad infinitum. Coco is meh, she's such a dominant assertive dog that she must investigate everything that moves. In a field or park she'll hang around a 20 foot radious of me. Ridik is a Husky. But in the mountains they don't have that outward confidence and defer to me often for direction. I'm adjusting my hiking schedule to maximize off leash time on not so busy mountains.

I am so impression that they do well offleash on your hikes! If I were to let Koda off leash on our hikes, I'm pretty sure I'd witness him falling off the mountain

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When we hike he always goes towards the ledges and I'm like ARE YOU SUICIDAL and yank him back! He wants to die I tell you!

Yeah, I don't know what it is with the edges. It worried me at first, then after about the 30th time I quit thinking about it. Mine just take a quick glance and move on.

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Wait-- he fell 50'? or 10'?! Big difference I feel!

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That would really suck! Maybe the 800' plus drops keep them in line. That and squirrels seem to disappear about 9,500' elevation. Otherwise these guys would never know a world without a leash.

I'm so glad I joined this forum.. My husky Blitz I thought it was just me not being able to train him properly since I know quite a few people whose huskies - at the moment - seem to be ok off leash, but Blitz takes off. I tried e-collar training off leash since that's how I've done it with all my dogs before him, and he just would keep going unless we really pumped it up on high, but I hated doing that the first time so I never did it again. I take him to a tennis court with a 10 foot fence and let him run around in there... there's no grass but since he isn't good with other male dogs I can't really take him to a dog park... I'm hoping since he just got fixed yesterday maybe he will calm down and we can slowly start to introduce him to dogs and hopefully get that fixed.