Keep the puppies nails trimmed... That way you are less likely to leak when she playfully paws you.

It's a good idea to have her use to you messing with her paws so she will trust you when she hurts one. It took me a long time to get my rescues to trust me with their front paws.

She's not fond of us touching her feet. She tolerates it but she has to crane her head back and sniff and nose at us while we hold her feets. It makes it difficult to get things done like claw trimming but I did it. Momma helped me by distracting her head with the plush dog toy while I snipped her claws. It worked.

My malamutes were like that with their front paws, with their back paws it was not a big deal.

Their reactions are an instinctual action. I don't know this trick... if she is misbehaving and not listening to you put your hand over her muzzle and hold it while you growl at her. When she submits you let go. With sled dogs they are not far removed from their wild cousins and this is how a higher ranking pack mate would handle them.

In years past I talked with dog trainers, they said sled dogs react to training differently then other breeds do. A good example is you bump into sled dog and move on their playfulness kicks in with other more domesticated breeds they act submissive.

With sled dogs people their stubbornness to do something is them being dumb, no they just don't see the reason to do what you want them to, it's part of their independent nature. Give them a reason say a treat they like not a problem. Because of their intelligence they bore easily when training them, so it's up to you to make it interesting for them.

Sky my male malamute was a sharp kid... he would open doors, bottles and the like it was a good thing he didn't have thumbs.

I'm well aware about training snow/sled dog types. This is our 3'rd sled dog doggo we've owned. In the past we've had so far 2 huskies and once we had a big 88 lb malamute male. Luna here is really nice (most of the time). Sometimes though she acts like holy terror and running all over the place. Fortunately we have a big back yard and lots of room for her to run in. We'll get her trained with the basics soon. Also: This stupid website won't let me edit messages so I just deleted the old one and re-wrote it.

Hmmm sounds like puppy energy and attitude showing through. Sled dogs and folds have one thing in common you work with them young so they trust you and follow your lead when they get older.