00:08when you and your family set out to adopt a dog you might have a certain breed in mind maybe
00:14your
00:14kids love 101 Dalmatians and you can't imagine your house without a spotted friend all your own
00:20however as much as you might love that particular movie you owe it to yourself and your family and
00:27the pooch you adopt to do your research there's more to a dog than how it may appear on the
00:32big
00:32screen if you don't properly prepare you run the risk of facing certain consequences and maybe even
00:39having to do something awful to correct your mistake sadly that's exactly what's happening
00:45with one particular breed of dog right now and it's all because of the popular HBO show Game of
00:51Thrones if you love HBO series Game of Thrones then you're familiar with dire wolves the giant wolf
01:00species that's featured prominently in the show most however are not aware of a certain side
01:06effect that these canines have had in the real world while one of the dire wolves on the series
01:11was indeed played by an arctic wolf the others are played by northern Inuit dogs a close relative of
01:18the Siberian Husky sadly since the show began in 2011 shelters have reported an increase in the
01:25number of Huskies and similar breeds surrendered into their care there's been an increase over the
01:33last several years and the last three in particular said Angelique Miller president of the northern
01:38California sled dog rescue last year and this year we've really seen an increase that's about twice
01:45what we would normally see unfortunately it's all because of the Game of Thrones but how do they
01:51know and why is this even happening the reason shelters like Angelique's believe Game of Thrones
01:58is behind this phenomenon is simple most of the time the dogs are named after dire wolves and even other
02:05non-wolf characters from the show that evidence seems convincing enough at our adoption fair on Saturday
02:13this young couple were just walking by and they stopped said Angelique they looked at our Huskies and
02:20the first words out of the guy's mouth was dire wolves it's pretty obvious too because people come by the
02:26fairs and they want to know if the dogs have any wolf in them because they can't really tell the
02:31difference between a Husky a Malamute and a wolf the problem isn't with the Huskies either the issue
02:39is the people adopting the breed didn't do the necessary research they're so cute in the shows so a
02:46lot of people go and buy these dogs as puppies but they don't do any research on the breed said
02:51Angelique
02:52this is not a breed for everybody the breed is very active they have a lot of energy so they
02:58need a
02:58lot of exercise they have an extremely high prey drive so we will not adopt these dogs out to anyone
03:05who has any type of small animal they're escape artists too so if they get bored they'll get under
03:13your fence said Angelique and they're pack animals they do like to be with other dogs and they do like
03:19to be with humans and they like to be inside when you're at home Angelique's organization currently has
03:27more than 40 Huskies and Husky mixes that are in need of homes they want to find them all places
03:33to
03:33live but it's tough work each year we seem to be getting more and it's a challenge because we need
03:39to try and find homes she said Angelique's isn't the only organization that's seen as surgeon Huskies
03:46being surrendered either the Bay Area Siberian Husky Club has also seen a rise we've gotten three dogs
03:53named ice in the last three months said Randy McQueen a representative of the group most of
03:59them are coming to us between 18 months and two years old Huskies can make for amazing pets but
04:06potential dog owners must do their homework before bringing one home people really need to research
04:12the breed before getting it and if they get it they need to sign up for a certified training course
04:17and
04:18get training for the dogs said Angelique it's heartbreaking that people are giving up these
04:24beautiful dogs just because they didn't think to do a little bit of research on the breed they deserve
04:30to live in homes with people who adore them
