Sam, I forgot there were reds in those movies! My sister-in-law told me mine don't look like the huskies you see on tv cause Willow and Aspen weren't as fluffy, therefor she said they were too skinny.

An interesting tidbit of mine....Dakota's mom was a tiny black & white and his dad was a huge red & white. Dakota ended up at the large end as a black & white. Much to my surprise when I picked Willow up, her mom was a tiny black & white and her dad was again, a large red & white. She is on the large size of a female red & white. The only red of the litter. I know there is nothing rare about this, it just pleased me to know Willow and Dakota had this in common.

We used to get the wolf comment almost daily with our big male b & w husky. Our neighborhood has some rough edges so we just let them think that we was a wolf. Except children - then we would explain that he's just a dog. Lola gets a few wolf comments. We get more of the what kind of dog is that. I find it interesting when people say I've never seen a brown husky before. Lo is pretty red - not as deep red as Chili but obviously red.

I like when people tell me Cato isn't a real husky because he has brown eyes. LOL

hollywoodhuskies wrote:

Ok first of all - holy crap, Jason - Loki got BIG! What a pretty boy!

And yes, we get stupid comments all the time...mainly asking if Chili's an akita, or wolf (cuz of the mask), or sometimes malamute (due to his size). <sigh> The kids who have seen Snowdogs, etc all recognize he's a husky because there are reds in the movie, same with Eight Below.


We get quite a few reds into rescue here in LA - Mufasa was the exact same intense copper color as Chili! He's my big red dog! I also call him "pumpkin". LOL

Those reds sure do get a lot of attention when we go out!

Here an article on the genes, if ya'll haven't been over to Husky Colors:
http://www.huskycolors.com/genetic.html

Thank you! When he was at the vet last week he weighed in just under 62lbs.

Karlie's mom was a red with blue eyes and her dad was a b/w with blue eyes (she's a parti-eye). From what I saw, a little less than half her litter was red. When we were looking, my hubby didn't want a "brown" husky and I had to correct him and point out that they're actually red. Now from what I was told a red husky with blue eyes is rare? I don't think that's true but I don't know?

I've gotten asked many man times what Tika is mixed with because she is small, her coloring, and has Amber eyes.

The real funny thing however is the people who tend to assume Tika is mixed are the same people who are SURE Ripley is purebred. I've had far more questions on Tika's breeding then Ripley's for some reason I don't think I'll ever understand.

~Chris~

cinnamonbits wrote:

Now from what I was told a red husky with blue eyes is rare? I don't think that's true but I don't know?

I have always wanted a red with amber eyes. I think even among the reds on the forum the most prevalent eye color is blue... The amber is just so striking, IMO!!

I've never seen in person a husky with eyes like Lola's. they look more green than amber.

Good lord I hear this all the time!

I get it quite often too. Since Rebel is a dirty face, a lot of people make the "wolf" comment or ask what breed he is. Everyone is always surprised when I say he's a husky.

I wish he had brown/amber eyes! He has beautiful almond-shaped blue eyes, though

Loki is stunning! He's so big!!

shaina&amp;indy wrote:

I get it quite often too. Since Rebel is a dirty face, a lot of people make the "wolf" comment or ask what breed he is. Everyone is always surprised when I say he's a husky.

I wish he had brown/amber eyes! He has beautiful almond-shaped blue eyes, though

Loki is stunning! He's so big!!

Thank you my wife and I joke that he is part moose.

I get the wolf comment a lot when walking Amy around.

I usually get the tenative..is that...a...husky?

Followed by...I've never seen one that color

Followed by...she looks like a wolf

Followed by...she's beautiful

I think it's funny that people think reds are wolves. I think reds look least like wolves as I can't recall any picture of a wolf with red markings like a husky, and I've seem a lot of pictures of wolves. I used to be obsessed when I was younger. Haha.

shaina&amp;indy wrote:

I get it quite often too. Since Rebel is a dirty face, a lot of people make the "wolf" comment or ask what breed he is. Everyone is always surprised when I say he's a husky.

I wish he had brown/amber eyes! He has beautiful almond-shaped blue eyes, though

Loki is stunning! He's so big!!

Thank you! It's hard to believe when we brought him home he was less than 10lbs.

mheath0429 wrote:

I like when people tell me Cato isn't a real husky because he has brown eyes. LOL

I get this all the time. I try to laughingly tell them huskies can have brown eyes too, but you can tell they don't believe me!