** Siberian Husky Welfare Association (UK) Rescue Facts**  -  203 Unwanted Siberian Huskies rehomed since March 2007, 5 dogs waiting to come in - check out the SHWA(UK) Website - www.huskywelfare.org.uk

All our welfare/rescue/rehome work is now carried out through The Siberian Husky Welfare Association (UK) 

The Siberian Husky Welfare Association has just published the second issue of its Magazine - "Siberian Eye". To download a copy, Click HERE . If you haven't seen Issue 1 yet, download it HERE

To access the Siberian Husky Welfare Association (UK) website, click on any of the addresses below:

  www.shwa.org.uk

www.huskywelfare.org.uk

www.huskywelfare.com

www.huskyrescue.org.uk

To get the most up to date information on available dogs etc.,  join the SHWA(UK) Welfare Forum, by clicking on:

http://forums.shwa.org.uk

Unfortunately, the UK is increasingly seeing large numbers of "breeders" who are breeding for money alone, without any consideration for the health and welfare of the breed. In the last 6 months or so, we have rehomed 20+ rescue Siberian Huskies (all neutered) bred by such people - most of them from unregistered litters.  In most cases the dogs have been in good health and with reasonable temperaments  (we keep them with us for at least a fortnight to see how well or badly they are  socialised, whether they are good with children etc), but this has been luck rather than judgement. In some cases the dogs have been rescued from "kill-shelters" (ie dog charities where dogs are put to sleep if they are not rehomed within a certain time.)

The vast majority of the dogs which have come into rescue are unregistered dogs bred without health checks by "breeders" concerned more about money than the breed. 

So - CAVEAT EMPTOR (Buyer Beware!!!) - if you are interested in buying a Siberian Husky, please be aware that there are some very unscrupulous people out there quite happy to sell you an ill-bred, unsocialised, poor quality puppy from un-health-tested parents.
They may promise you registrations which never arrive, they may lie about the identity of the parents, they may lie about everything except the fact that they want your money!.
Your only protection is to do your homework as thoroughly as you can before even beginning to contact a breeder.

Don't see a flash website and assume that they must therefore be good breeders; assume that, because they are members of a breed club that they are good breeders; and whatever else you do, assume that because they are members of the Kennel Club Accredited Breeder Scheme that they are good breeders. There are many good breeders amongst these organisations and schemes, but we have also recently come across some appalling puppy farmers who have been members. Membership alone is no guarantee that they are an ethical breeder.

It is extremely unusual for good breeders to need to advertise puppies for sale. They will usually have a waiting list. If a breeder advertises on one of the online puppy sales services, or in the free papers, as a simple rule of thumb, AVOID THEM LIKE THE PLAGUE!!!!