Just happened across this thread but could not pass up the opportunity to mention my pit bull/ husky mix that is the coolest looking dog ever. The mother was a grey black and white husky and the dad we are not sure of the color. He was the cutest little bugger with tan over a white belly and paws. We named him Diego after the Saber tooth in Ice Age. His ears are currently pointed and stand up like a husky but have changed over the past year and a half as he grew from laid back to pointed up with the tips flopped over until now. Diego has the stance and size (at 55 lbs full grown) with the curled over tail that points to the center of his back like a husky. His hair is short and soft and he has the snout of the husky. His mouth is all business with long canine teeth and a very long tongue. He has a red nose like a pit and the squared head excluding the snout. Diego has one green eye and one blue eye. His ears perk up when he is alert and when he is calm with his head back, the ears are laid back and he really looks like a pit with those big teeth. Barking is rare, it is more of a "woof". When neighborhood dogs howl he goes right along with them like a wolf. He loves playing in the rain and will fall asleep when you give him a bath. Personality wise he is good with people and other dogs and will jump fences to escape and be with them. Diego has a personal vendetta with fences, he digs under them, chew through them, and breaks fence boards. One day, he broke through our fence into the neighbors yard and then through the neighbor's fence on the far side which had a tall privacy fence and so he decided to chew through the gate to get out. He digs holes all over, around trees and along the house and around the storage shed. Diego will dig up rocks and unearth 10 lb landscaping stones. He has chewed small trees to a foot off the ground and dug up cactus. Stuffed animals last about 15 minutes until he tears the head off and pulls all the stuffing out a bite at a time. We have given him real bones from the butcher and large rawhide rolls and he goes through them in minutes. Diego loves corn cobs and rice. Diego will chew wood and completely chewed a wall off his dog house in one day and the floor on another day. It took longer, about 2 months, but he chewed through a small braided steel cable to tie him outside. He has energy to spare and takes off on his walks like he is pulling a sled. I can control him. I have trained him to stop when I stop, cross the street on my command, and to sit and stay. My kids and wife will not "walk" him. They have nicknamed him "The Destroyer" but to me he is a big baby. The vet suggested neutering him which helped some but everyone says he is just being a teenager. Time will tell...
