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Don't worry, as soon as he gets his shots he's going to doggy day care.

I have to agree with the gp, a husky is not an average dog... unless doggy day care runs them about 50 to 100 miles a day.

I think you may be overestimating just how much exercise your average husky requires.

Yes, I'm aware that huskies in the Iditarod do that much running. But frankly, those dogs are athletes, burn ~11,000 calories per day [1] and would break very quickly if you expected them to do that indefinitely.

[1] Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iditarod_Trail_Sled_Dog_Race

Joel, if you need to use a 'day care' to facilitate looking after a dog, you shouldn't have gotten him in the first place. Sorry, but that's not how it works.

Damn, Spolsky can't even get a puppy without people second-guessing him. Can't a guy catch a break?

The comment originally started wtih "Honestly, fuck you." And had a few ranting paragraphs, but instead, here you go:

I adopted a dog and i don't exercise him nearly enough. The other option? He'd be dead. Fucking dead at two months old because people like you think animals need the perfect life.

http://fora.tv/2008/12/12/Mike_Rowe_on_Discovery_Realization...

Pretty much every time there's a discussion of dogs on the internet there'll always be at least one guy who pipes up and tells you you're a monster because you haven't sold your house, moved to the country, bought a farm and spent all day carving statues of the dog out of marble.

It's quite annoying given that there's a lot worse that can happen to a dog than being owned by an attentive and intelligent owner in less than ideal circumstances.

I've been taking my dog to daycare since she was six months old. She gets far more attention and exercise throughout the day than anyone with a day job or kids to watch could provide. And - though I'm biased =) - I don't think you could find a better behaved or more pleasant dog. She's so eager to leave for daycare each morning, I think that at this point it would crush her not to go.

Great to hear that it's working out for your dog :)

That's a very interesting clip - editorializing to raise attention to it, in case other folks miss it.

This sort of feedback is the very definition of bikeshedding:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikeshedding

I'm sure Joel can work out how to raise a husky and keep it happy and healthy without all of us giving our 2c

My co-parent and I have a nanny to facilitate looking after our two kids. Pick the next sentence that appeals to you the most:

a) Fuck you for making me feel like I am neglecting them.

b) Thank you for making me think long and hard about the decisions in life that really matter.

Because daycare will ruin the animal or in some way constitutes abuse? Those are the only reasons I can think of why it wouldn't "work" that way.

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