As a new Mal owner, I'd like to submit the following for your page (which 
I think is a great one, btw):

We recently adopted our 100 lb. Mal, Kodiak (or "Kodi") from the Animal 
Orphanage in nearby Voorhees, NJ. We were told he was found as a stray, 
and were puzzled that he wasn't missed by his owner. Of course, since 
Malamutes can easily travel huge distances, he could have come from several 
hundred miles away. We were second in line for him, but the other person 
never showed (he suffered a seizure in the shelter and all the other 
"interesteds" dropped out).

Since having him home, he has displayed two strong Mal traits: On Day Two, 
just as I was leaving for work, he bee-lined out the door and through the 
neighborhood. He apparently thought I was playing a game with him because 
he waited for me to get fairly close before bolting away, tail wagging. 
After nearly getting hit by a car (he has no "road
sense") and traveling almost a mile, he finally spotted a man loading up 
the backseat of his car and simply jumped in. After many apologies (the man 
was laughing, fortunately), I walked him back to the main street and was 
met by my wife for the ride home. Since then, we're very careful about 
open doors and leashing him, and we take him for lots of rides in the truck, 
which he loves.

The other thing is, of course, fun with foods from the counter, tables, 
etc. Came home yesterday to find half a small bag of jellybeans gone, 
plus a couple of peanut-butter cakes. He's helped himself to milk, juice, 
pizza, cake, ice cream and other items which happened to be within range. 
We've learned what places he can't reach, and everything tasty not in 
cupboard or fridge goes there. And he's very "polite" when we're eating, 
not a beggar.

Lastly, he's had not a lot of housebreaking. We think he's either been 
kenneled or outdoors, and he's picked one spot in our family room that 
he will use if we allow him into that room. But he's learning.

He's good with our cats (although they don't like him), excellent with 
kids, handles very well on a leash, doesn't pig out on dry food, has a 
wonderful personality and is extremely intelligent.