Comparison:
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Alaskan Malamute
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Siberian Husky
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| Appearance: |
Heavy and powerful |
Medium sized |
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Height:
(at shoulder) |
Male: 25 inches
Female: 23 inches |
Male: 21-23.5 inches
Female: 20-22 inches |
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| Weight: |
Male: 85 pounds
Female: 75 pounds |
Male: 45-60 pounds
Female: 35-50 pounds |
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| Function: |
To carry heavy loads over long distance |
To carry light loads at moderate speed |
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| Build: |
Powerful, substantial, heavy boned |
Medium - shows balance, speed, endurance |
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| Expression: |
Soft and friendly |
Keen, friendly, interested, mischievous |
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| Eye color: |
Brown, darker preferred |
Blue, brown, parti-color (mixed), or one of each color type. |
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| Ears: |
Medium, triangular, tips rounded, set wide apart |
Medium, triangular, back arched, set high and close |
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| Head: |
Broad and deep with bulky muzzle |
Medium |
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| Tail: |
Waving plume, carried up and over the back. |
Fox brush, carried in a sickle curve or trailing. |
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| Feet: |
Large, compact, snowshoe shaped |
Medium, compact, oval shaped |
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| Coat: |
Thick coarse guard hair, shorter woolly undercoat |
Straight smooth-lying guard hair, soft dense undercoat |
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| Color: |
Light gray to black, sable, red, and all white. Broken color patterns or uneven splashings are undesirable. |
All colors from black to pure white. A variety of coat patterns, markings, and splashings are allowed |
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| Disqualifications: |
Blue eyes |
Males over 23.5 inches
Females over 22 inches |
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