The mouse versus The Malamute!!!! When we got our mal we had no idea what we were in for. We went to a local pet store and purchased a book on all breeds of dogs and thought mal's were beautiful. I think my husband really thought he would be a guard dog. Well not only is he not a guard dog but on day after I had surgery. I was laying on the couch recovering and out of the hall closet comes a mouse. Austin (our mal) goes over to stiff it of course and you can guess what I want him to do kill it or scare it away. The mouse turns and runs at Austin and he jumps on the couch with me. The mouse turns and runs so Austin goes to see what it is again, it runs at him again this time he jumps on the loveseat. Realizing that I will have to something before Austin has a heart attack. I get up and the only thing I can find is a fly swatter. I ended up killing it with the fly swatter. After this happened it really cracks me up when people see him in public and go the other way, or ask if he won't bite. It is all I can do not to fall on the ground laughing. Our big joke is if a burglar came to the door and said "want to go to Mc Donalds" he would find a way to open the door.