All domestic dogs are descended from wolves. Alaskan Malamutes even look like wolves.
Turn up your speakers and refresh this page to hear the howl of a wolf in the wild.
I'm
Chrissy the purebred
female Alaskan Malamute (Mal for short). My mother
called Kodie came from
Pipers River in Tasmania and my father came from Melbourne. One of my grandparents
came from
the USA. I was born in Tasmania just after Christmas 1994 - hence my name
is Chrissy. Click on Wolf
Howl if
you cant hear it now.
I am a typical intelligent and friendly Malamute, who loves playing with people and other dogs in the snow and on the beach. I once dug a hole under the back fence and let the next door neighbour's dog in to play with me - boy was that fun!!! I have a cheeky little feathery friend called Wilbur the Galah who pulls my tail hairs when I am not looking, so I nip her tail feathers to get even. I don't like swimming, but this photo shows me having a bath, which I really enjoy.
Australian Dog Sites Winterpaws - Help Rescue Northern Breeds
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Hi Mal Lovers
We love Alaskan Malamutes so much that if you would like to see yours on our This is Your Alaskan Malamute web page, just write a short story like the one above and send an email and attached photo (prefer jpg format) to the following email address and we will publish them here for free. Let us know whether you want your email address published here too, so that other dog lovers can email you about your Mal.
Send your email and attached photo to stott@netspace.net.au
Mush ........... Dallas and Beth Stott
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More of our pets ...
Click
Here to Hop to our Frog Pond
... 
Wilbur (Galah) Pip (Eastern Rosella)
Click here for more about Wilbur and Pip
These are our Himalayan guinea pigs - all boys
More about Chrissy ...
The photos below were taken by Dallas on Mt Wellington near our home. Parts of the ABC-TV series The Human Journey were filmed on Mount Wellington and at Kingston Beach (photo below).
I love it in the snow ... and I just can't resist a fresh bone from the butcher
I won 12 cans of PAL for Dog of the Week These are some of my mates at Kingston Beach
Dog Rules
The dog is not allowed in the house.
Okay, the dog is allowed in the house, but only in certain rooms.
The dog is allowed in all rooms, but has to stay off the furniture.
The dog can get on the old furniture only.
Fine, the dog is allowed on all the furniture, but is not allowed to sleep on the bed.
Okay, the dog is allowed on the bed, but only by invitation.
The dog can sleep on the bed whenever he wants, but not under the covers.
The dog can sleep under the covers by invitation only.
The dog can sleep under the covers every night.
Humans must ask permission to sleep under the covers with the dog.
If you are getting
worried there aren't any more rules.
In Praise of Dogs
Dogs love it when your friends come over
Dogs don't care if you use their shampoo
Dogs think you sing great
Dogs don't expect you to call when you are running late
The later you are the more excited dogs are to see you
Dogs will forgive you for playing with other dogs
Dogs don't notice if you call them by another dogs name
Dogs are excited by rough play
Dogs understand that farts are funny
Dogs love red meat
Dogs can appreciate excessive body hair
Anyone can get a good looking dog
If a dog is gorgeous, other dogs don't hate it
Dogs don't shop
Dogs like it when you leave lots of things on the floor
A dog's disposition stays the same, all month long
Dogs never need to examine the relationship
Dog's parents never visit
Dogs understand that instincts are better than asking for directions
When a dog gets old and starts to bark incessantly, you can shoot it
Dogs like beer
Dogs don't hate their bodies
Dogs don't put on 25 kilos after reaching adulthood
Dogs agree that you need to raise your voice to get your point across
Dogs never expect gifts
Dogs don't want to know about every other dog you've had
Dogs don't follow astrology
Dogs would rather you buy them a hamburger than have a crayfish lunch
You never have to wait for a dog. They're ready to go 24 hours a day
Dogs have no use for flowers, cards or jewellery
Dogs enjoy heavy petting in public
Dogs find you amusing when you are drunk
Dogs can't talk
My Recommendations on Dog Food
Check out these web sites: The Dog Food Book Iams Company - Eukanuba Pellets
For information about dog food quality click on: What's The Best Dog Food For Your Money?
For a cheap Aussie meal, try a mixture of Bonnie dried dog food and Easymeat from the Animal Tuckerbox. They make up the Easymeat, which has chicken, beef and lamb off-cuts, with cereals, rice, vegetables, garlic, calcium, and other stuff.
I love raw eggs and scraps from the table too, especially cooked vegetables like potatoes, peas, carrots, cauliflower and pumpkin. I expect a place at the table with the humans, so I sit by the table and put on the hungry look. In fact I eat almost anything, and relish bones that have been buried for a while, with some rotting meat on them.
When I was a pup, I was fed on meat bought in
bulk from the butcher and cut up and cooked with vegetables into a stew, as well as bones
to chew on. Tinned dog food gave me wind and diarrhoea (sorry PAL), so I changed to Eukanuba Natural Chicken
pellets which have chicken, chicken meal, ground corn, rice flower, chicken fat, dried
beet pulp, chicken digest, dried whole egg, fish oil, brewer's dried yeast, monosodium
phosphate and linseed. These were recommended by my vet.
I also tried Eukanuba
Natural Lamb and Rice pellets with lamb, rice flower, ground corn,
fishmeal, grain sorghum, dried egg product, dried beet pulp, animal fat, brewer's dried
yeast, dicalcium phosphate, potassium chloride, chicken digest, choline chloride, salt,
dl-methionine, ferrous sulphate, zinc oxide, vitamin E supplement, ascorbic acid, copper
sulphate, manganese sulphate, manganous oxide, biotin, lecithin, rosemary extract, vitamin
A acetate, calcium pantothenate, vitamin B12 supplement, thiamine mononitrate, niacin,
riboflavin supplement, inositol, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), potassium iodide,
vitamin D3 supplement, sodium selenite, folic acid and cobalt carbonate. Pardon the
pun, but thats a mouthful.
My favourite now is premium quality Eukanuba Adult Maintenance for adult dogs, which
contains chicken by-product meal, ground corn, rice flour, chicken, chicken fat, dried
beet pulp, chicken digest, dried egg product, fish oil, brewers dried yeast, monosodium
phosphate, flax, potassium chloride, choline chloride, sodium chloride, dl-methionine,
vitamin E supplement, ascorbic acid, copper sulphate, antioxidant, zinc oxide, ferrous
sulphate, manganese sulphate, manganese oxide, biotin, vitamin A acetate, calcium
pantothenate, vitamin B12 supplement, niacin, thiamine mononitrate, ribiflavin supplement,
inositil, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin D3 supplement, potassium iodide,
folic acid and cobalt carbonate.
I only need two 120g scoops (large cup) of premium quality pellets daily. Being a girl I have to watch my figure, so I like to keep my weight down to about 40 kg. A 15 kg pack of pellets costs about $80 Australian and lasts me about two months. Because the pellets are almost totally absorbed in my gut, my poos are small and firm, which makes them easy to clean up.
Premium quality pellets are more nutritious than economy quality pellets, but super-premium pellets are the best. Independent tests have shown that you need five times the weight of economy pellets as super-premium pellets, for the same nutritional value, thus super-premium pellets are cheaper by the calorie and cheaper to buy - in other words you don't need as much.
Bloat
Be careful about bloat with dry food. Bloat is a condition that affects all large, deep chested breeds. It is a potentially life-threatening condition which usually affects dogs in the prime of life. Basically, the dog's stomach will swell from gas, fluid, or both (this is acute gastric dilation). Once distended, the stomach may twist abruptly on its long axis. If it does twist, but the twist is less than 180 degrees, it is called a torsion. If greater than 180 degrees, it is called a volvulus. Therefore, the term bloat can refer to any of these three conditions (acute gastric distortion, torsion, or volvulus). Acute gastric dilation is not serious, and may clear up itself in a few minutes. Torsion or volvulus are life threatening and immediate veterinary attention is required. The chance for recurrence is around fifteen percent. The cause of bloat is unknown.
Also, refer to the Bloat article posted to MALAMUTE-L Digest - 9 May 1997 to 10 May 1997 by Mick & Karyn Colman.
A friend told me the last Australian Husky to die in Antarctica was called Brendan after Saint Brendan the adventurous Irish Monk Brendan was fine when he ate his evening meal, but was dead the next morning with a twisted gut, which is what happens with dog bloat. They used to feed the dogs in Antarctica on frozen Pemmican blocks, which had a strong fishy/vegemite/dogfood smell, and they lived on it for generations, so it must have been pretty nutritious. Dogs are now banned from Antarctica because they are not an indigenous species there - but then neither are humans!!!