Neutered males are less likely to roam, run away, get hit
by cars, get into fights, or
chase livestock.
A Siberian will climb fences, leap fences, dig under fences, wriggle under gates, even eat through fences, slip through doors and windows, slip out of collars and harnesses... all in the name of an opportunity to explore the world — and get into whatever trouble he or she can find: hit
by moving traffic as the Siberian Husky has no street sense or homing instinct whatsoever, free to
chase and kill cats and other small pets, get into dogfights,
chase horses and cattle (thus being at risk for injury
by kicking or being shot
by livestock owners), find poisoned or spoiled meat, pick up ticks and other parasites.
The hazards of the
chase are obvious: the dog can be hit
by a vehicle, get lost, be shot
by an irate
livestock owner, arrested
by a dog warden, or found and adopted
by another family.
Dropped off at promising locations, the teams fanned out, walking, often running, several miles every day — dodging occasional charging bulls — to
chase down dogs on flooded narrow lanes where hundreds of people and
livestock live side
by side.