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Miss Brandwyn will graduate from her Canine Interaction class on Tuesday. She has learned target training, spot training, recall, lure to heel, and a lot of attention training in a very busy and noisy environment. Her self confidence has increased expotentially since we started this session six...

It's wainin guys. I don wike wain. Mama makes me go out and go pee pee an I do it but don wike it mush. But now I ges to pawlay inside wid my mama an see gibs me wots ob tweets fo sittin on my spot an pawlayin wid me toys. I wather be outside pawlayin in da grass but fo now I wikes inside too so...

My mama said I could hab cookies when she called me. Well I am comin in for some of those yummy tweets now! I am off leash in my doggie yard for the first time this year and mama is so proud of me. I come every time she calls me. Of course I know I'm gonna get cookies when I do so who...

Hey it's Brandi I'm pwacticin to be one of Santa Paws elfs this year. Mama gots me dis hat an taked my pitcher. I been a berry good girl dis year. So what do you think do I make a good Elf? Hey dont' tell Santa Paws that I ate all the cookies out of the box that Bailey-Jane knocked on...

Hi all The director from sheltie rescue called me. She wanted to know if I was available for another foster dog. I told her sure as long as it doesn't inhibit my training of Brandi. She has a little nine month old girl that is some what sight impared but also is totally out of control (no...

A raw potato is a good chew for a dog. Just be sure to cut all eyes out and any green potato flesh. I give sweet potato chunks for them to use as chewies.

I used to be uneducated big time about dog food. I'd buy what ever was cheapest. A store brand name like Ol' Roy or what ever I could get. The dogs didn't seem to mind either. But then once I started looking at other foods and reading articles on nutrition for dogs wow now I don't buy any...

he sounds like he's blowing his puppy fur. No worries other than a clogged vaccuum. You can take him to a salon and spend the $$$$ if you want. But I just bath mine and take him out in the yard and blow dry the hair outside. Using a steel comb and a medium (in your case a short) steel pinned...

Any BYB is not breeding to improve the breed. They are breeding as a business to make money. I will not purchase anything from a BYB no matter what kind of testing is done.....

Oh yes, she needs to learn the difference. She has never had obed training and I use the same equipment for both now. But I use verbal commands rather than a physical change in equipment (what if I lose the correct collar or leash or have to replace it with something else) Lots of people want...

Hello I gave Brandi a little over three weeks to settle in and took her outside for her first obed. lesson. She is doing well but I am training opposite of her previous training (conformation) She wants to walk in front of me and she doesn't understand why I want her to stop and sit at the...

Ear setting has to be done in their formative months between 2 and 8 months when their muscles are still growing.

Shelties can have prick ears or tip ears. It all depends on the genetics of the parents. It is not a fault for them to have the prick ears, however a sheltie is known for their curled ears. Breeders have been known to "set" the ears with a strip of lambs wool glued to the ears to shorten the...

Unfortunately Brandi's show career was cut short at the age of two. She did not pass her hip exam to qualify for breeding by OFA. She tested only fair and the breeders in our area will only breed dogs testing good or excellent. She has been spayed and is now a pampered house pet.

Here is a link with all the sheltie colors and examples of all of them http://www.laureate.ca/sheltiecolours.html