hi, have just spoke to someone who said that huskys and malamutes have problems with their endocrine glands and this could be causing them to be nervous has anyone heard of this? and if so what can be done to ease it, preferably a route that doesn't involve ongoing medication, natural remidies preferred. ta

I don't know anything about endocrine problems specifically in huskies and malamutes, but in humans endocrine problems result in specific conditions such as diabetes, hyperthyroidism, or hypothyroidism. (There are more, but these are the well-known ones) These kinds of conditions either require a relpacement of the substance that the endocrine gland insn't producing (such as insulin for diabetes, or levothyroxine for hypothyroidism) or surgery to remove part or whole of an overactive gland -eg to remove the thyroid gland for hyperthyroidism. Like I said, I dopn't know anything specifically about huskies or malamutes, but I can't see it being that much different - ie if you do have problems there is unlikely to be a cure that doesn't involve medication or surgery.

I'm sure that someone on here will be able to be more specific about how endocrine problems affect the two breeds you mention; but hope this helps in the meantime.

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Sorry, forgot to add that the only way I can see endocrine problems causing nervousness is if the adrenal gland is over-producing adrenaline - this is the hormone that prepares our body for fight or flight.

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thanks Spellweaver, as far as i know they don't have any probs, the woman was associating the nervousness of the pups with the possibility of their endocrine glands. they appear fit ,healthy and as playful as ever, no thinning of the coat or loss of weight.