Ana bukatar Alaskan Malamute a latitudes na arewa a matsayin kare mai daukar kaya masu nauyi. Wannan tsohuwar nau'in an bambanta ta wurin girman girmansa, ƙarfin aiki, da tsayayyen yanayi, haɗe da abota da zamantakewa. Lokacin tafiya, malamutes suna jan hankalin wasu mutane, amma mutane sukan rikita su da huski na Siberian. Babban halayen Alaskan Malamute sune ƙarfin gaɓoɓin hannu da kuma babban ƙarfin ja, amma dole ne a yarda cewa kowa yana ƙaunarsa sosai saboda kyawun sa!
Malamute haifaffe ne. Idan kun daidaita wannan ɗan ƙasar Alaska a cikin yadi, ku kasance cikin shiri don gaskiyar cewa bishiyoyi, shrubs, da lambun kayan lambu na iya sha wahala daga ayyukansa na "tono". Yana iya yin rami cikin sauƙi a ƙarƙashin shingen kuma ya tsere zuwa titi.