would anyone now if there is a long haired alaskin malamute ,,i seen one on the net
and not sure if it was a crossbreed.also im looking for to buy a pup,and was
wondering where try.and would i be better with a male or female..ive no other dogs..thanks

Long haired Alaskan Malamutes are known as Woolies and are not desireable in the breed :) If you can Register with us there are quite a few Malamute owners , myself included who can can give you some help in your search for a Mal

Melody :)

We have the most wonderful Malamute pup that comes to my training club he is 22 weeks old and very big but so soft i am having to ask the owner to be the boss as she is so soft with him that he just takes over, but oh he is so scrummy.

If she is having problems at 22 weeks I dread to think what will happen at 12 months unless she gets the better of him now

I have to agree Mel, a 22 week old male Mal taking over is extremely scary :(

You know Mel, I dread the day I come on here to read someone wants a longhaired Elkhound, not the fault of the poster if they have seen one. We can only hope that the dogs born with incorrect coats are not used for breeding.

Errrr! guest they all have, well reasonable lengh guard hair, if you mean a loose coat them that is wrong for the breed it would let the snow in and the under coat would soak up the snow and rain and the dog would die from being wet.

If you have seen one with a true long coat it is either a very badly bred one or it is a cross, either way I would not touch it.

There are woolly Mals in the UK but breeders don't breed for them, so you'd have real trouble trying to find one. As already said, the long coat is considered a fault and Mal breeder would be happy if there weren't any at all. The dogs are all beautiful enough without having long coats :)

Its just like the long coated Akita. They are gnerally less dominant and easier to train and this makes them more appealing. I had a call when my last litter was expected from someone wanting a long coat and i told them that i would be keeping and dressing any dog that was so obviously against breed specification. The long coat is becomeing so desirable it won't be long before people are trying to poduce more.
Why the obsession with the genetic deformities?

If someone wants a dog that is less dominant and eaiser to train then why are they looking for an Akita or a Mal in the first place?

Exactly!

Because they want the look of the dog without any of the "less desirable" (in their eyes) temperment traits - same old story

I may be asking a silly question here but how can coat length have any bearing on the temperament of a dog? I know a woolly Mal and he's no different to any other - I think someone's looking for an excuse to breed them :(

and make money??? Surely not!!

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Hi, just a question about the long haired akita, because this confused me. I was watching crufts on tv last year and the presenter was looking around at different breeds and she was stood there with what she said was a long haired akita, up until then i did'nt even know you could get them. Just recently at ringcraft there was a lady there with a short haired akita, so i asked her about long haired one's and she said you get them mixed in with the short haired,and that they were not accepted in the show ring which i was also suprised at i just assumed they were bred seperately, so i would just like to know if i misunderstood what this presenter had said because i thought that dogs that were'nt been shown could not be at the show. Thanks Lisa.

Hi Lisa,
You're probably thinking of the presenter going round the 'Discover Dogs' section of Crufts. The dogs there aren't entered for showing- at least not that day.
:)

I think I'm right in saying long coated Akitas are the result of a recessive gene, so they can turn up in any litter. Strictly speaking, there is nothing to stop you showing a long coat - but you might as well throw your entry money down a grid as show a dog with such an obvious fault! it's extremely unlikely that one would qualify for Crufts, so it was probably taking part in DD. They are extremely attractive - but a short coated one has more hair than I want anyway!

Longcoats are recessive & can just turn up....but often people know the 'lines' more likely to have one.

You are correct that they could be shown, it is a coat fault...but a good judge would penalise very strongly...sadly this does not always appear to be the case in Mals...and the odd one undertakes a show career.

I haven't noticed the same temperament difference in Mals as in Akita's, but the Akita long coats I have met have all been very gentle dogs...perhaps coz everyone goes 'ahhhh' at them never 'ARGHHH' if you see what I mean :D The one at Crufts was either in DD or working for one of the stands...it's behaviour was exemplorary

I am very against today's sttitude where people always want the forbidden colour/coat/ etc....it is imo very often natures way of alerting us to other more dangerous genetic problems