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A week or so ago I noticed that Josie's upper canines were coming in sideways. She was boarded at the vet's last weekend, so had them look into it. They took xrays and just heard back today that she will need to have her upper canines extracted. :eek2: The vet is telling me this is common in...

Thanks so much for the suggestions everyone! She's going in for a bath tomorrow and I plan to pick up some baby powder and a fine tooth comb! She's still a bit tough to brush, or comb. She gets so excited! :lol:

I tried to do a search on this, but didn't have any luck. Josie is my 4th Sheltie and I've never learned how to deal with this, so am hoping you all can help! Are there any tips for controlling the matts that develop under the ears? I take Josie in for grooming and she comes home with bald...

Josie is 7 months old and has developed a case of separation stress or anxiety, not sure which. All I know is that either my husband or myself walks out the front door or the back door and she throws a FIT! Barks, runs, jumps, will not listen. I have noticed that she usually does this AS we...

When I got Josie she, of course, had beautiful floppy ears. A few weeks later one started standing up and did, as shown in my profile picture. She is 15 weeks old and in the couple of months she's been with us, both ears have stood straight up at one time, but in the past couple of weeks they...

I'd like to be able to use a clicker with Josie, but she is pretty scared of it. I've been clicking and giving her a treat to try to get her to understand it's a good thing, but she still keeps backing off. I just started this tonight, is this the correct thing to do? Are there any other tips...

Thanks Victoria and all others! Mother Nature isn't cooperating for trying many of these suggestions, but hopefully things will get better when the weather warms up. We had minus degree temps a couple of days ago and last night we got 6" of snow. The snow actually helped some though as she...

Got my decal yesterday, but can't do a thing with it 'til the weather warms up ! Ugh! Oh well, still love it! Thanks! Tammy

I have a few puppy questions, and am going to start with this one. We have a fully fenced in yard, but we take Josie out to potty on a leash, mainly because she quickly decided running away from us was a really fun game! That game has gotten way out of hand though and she simply will NOT come...

Hi Laurie & Tasia! Good to see yet another Hoosier! So, we know where the "T" came from, what about the "asia"--country or group? :smile2: My husband is a big fan of the group Asia. Tammy

You are so right Tesslynn! Having a puppy again is nothing like I remembered! I'm constantly thinking "I don't remember this with my other pups"! What's up with that? Lol! She's a sweetheart though and super intelligent. She's not what you'd call affectionate, yet, but she does like to be...

Got this picture of Josie yesterday...do you think she's trying to tell me something? :razz: https://www.flickr.com/photos/129475428@N02/16171167200/

Hi! I actually joined this forum in mid-December, but Josie wasn't home with us yet, so am just now introducing myself. Josie is a 9 week old Sable female and is our baby girl! She's my 4th Sheltie puppy--my first was in '87, a beautiful sable named Lady. She passed away in '98, and she was...

Thanks everyone! I did give her a knotted sock while ago, which she loved! I am also working on the frozen sock--can't wait to hear my husband's reaction when he sees a sock in the freezer! Lol!

I've googled this and asked her vet, but am still looking for the right thing for Josie to chew on. Her vet suggested a Kong or things with that texture (soft and bendable). She has a Kong and loves it, but doesn't chew it, to her it's only good for getting treats out of. I did get a Kong...