Alaskan Malamutes are a powerful, headstrong, loving and very stubborn breed. It takes a person who can work through all this to find the most loving, wonderful pet.  I have had the pleasure of owning malamutes for over 30 years now.  Besides growing up with them,  I do not think after owning a Malamute, I would own another breed of dog.  The breed is not for anyone easy intimated because you must have the stamina to overcome them,  they will test you all the time. Anyone  who owns a malamute knows exactly what I am talking about.  After having a female and then a male for a total of 23 years, then came Harley.  

    I knew the moment I set eyes on him at 8 weeks old, that he was going to be one special dog!  It was only after I got him home and I saw how people reacted to him. That I knew what kind of affect he had on all people.  I live on a corner street and all the neighbors and passerbys would ask what kind of dog he was. I have never owned a show stopper like Harley: he stops cars driving to get out and pet him, he was even on a local radio station!  Not only does he have the looks, but his personality is much greater.  He is gentle, he looks out for you, he talks and lets you know what he wants and mostly he just loves people.  After having so many people ask me about him, I decided to search for a mate for him after not find a suitable bitch to stud him out.

Isn't he cute!

   I am a first time breeder, ( last year), but not a first time owner.  I have researched the process through books and the internet.   I will most likely only have this one litter.  I want to take people on a step by step  learning process of breeding 2 dogs that are bonded so closely as Harley and Ayla.  I have found no books on breeding of a bitch and stud that are in a close enviroment such as Harley and Ayla. Most of them are studded out and the bitch only stays a few days, or a breeder has many and the dogs that are in pens away from each other, so they do not have the chance to form a relationship.   It will be informative to others pet owners that plan to  breed their dogs to see how a relationship goes day by day and changes that a pregnancy may bring to it.  Updates on the website will be very regular and your feedback and questions are most welcome.  Please feel free to email me with your comments on the contact page or guestbook. 

New updates below:

Since the puppies have come and gone to their new homes, I've been observing the behavior of the family unit of the Alaskan Malamutes.  I had started out seeing if owning both female and the male and having them as close and in "love" like their are was a truly wonderful experience.   Now I know by watching how the puppies reacted to see their siblings to leave.  I found out about the 3rd one to go that I had a routine and the puppies were quite aware of something going on and it really was quite sad.  The time I felt so horrible was when the puppies were taken to the vet to have their dew claws removed.  I could hardly bear the crying and I mean SOBBING  of the puppies on the way home from the vet.

Now since I have kept a female and Ayla is such an alpha dog and really was rough with the puppies when they went outside about 5 weeks till Meisha has gotten to be almost the same size of Ayla now and Ayla would just bite, pull and just terrorize the little ones.  Now Meisha and her are playing and it will be up in the air if she takes the alpha position, but with her personality I feel that will not happen.  I truly believe that since I have the hands on approach and having the puppies with me instead of a kennel that it really has made a difference in the way that the puppy acclimated so well in their new homes.  I really do think by observing them everyday interact with the family structure is a better way to learn about the breed than if you keep kennels and do not have such an interaction with mom, puppies and dad.  How many breeders would let the male father sleep in the same room as the mom and puppies?  How many of the studs would have even wanted to or even try and hurt the puppies?  I am now getting to the stage of when Meisha goes into heat .... will Ayla get upset?..... will Harley try and get to her?...  I will keep Harley away, but I am not sure how Ayla will be so I might have to keep both of them away from her during her heat cycle.          

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