1st Sheltie, *mostly* All White & Deaf

[mrsjjet]

Welcome! You came to the right place for support. There are some great people here & great advice.

I love your dogs names also. Our last name is Watson & our son is in the Air Force. He said they call him Sherlock.

 

[mbfrench]

We recently adopted a sheltie puppy that is mostly white except for a racing stripe next to his left eye and a couple of grey areas on the right side of his body. He is completely deaf, but learns very quickly.... We have a beagle named Sherlock and named our new little guy Watson. Watson learns everything (good and bad) from Sherlock, but it has honestly been a fairly easy transition.

I know there are some pretty harsh things being said about all white guys, but we didn't get him to show or breed, we took him as a pet and because the breeder who has only had 2 deaf puppies born in 40 years wanted him to have a good home and we have had a deaf/blind dog in the recent past.

This is my first post to the forum, but I look forward to learning more about the Sheltie breed. We are smitten!!

I would like to extend the invitation to you,I am putting a calender together of double merles. Many folks across the US and some others have sent pictures & bios of thier dogs,to be included in on the calender.

If you would like,you can email me privately here,and I can share my email address with you.

If you are a facebook person,please do friend me (Michele French) and you will be able to see the most amazing photos that have been submitted already. They are in "Double Merle calender project" album.

 

[wagon8r]

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Thanks everyone, and Lunabear, your fella is so adorable. I will get a pic up of Watson soon. I am having technology issues and need to get the pics off of my iphone first.

 

[wagon8r]

Mia

Oh my golly, my daughter and I just flipped through the pics of Mia on FB and we are smitten! I have quite a few pics on my FB, my last name is Bass-Gibbons, Nicole... should be the only one out there.

Pictures are a must here. You can follow Mia on FaceBook under her profile Cinco De Maya Mia.

 

[wagon8r]

Michelle

I tried to find you on FB but there are several Michelle French's.

If you could find me (Nicole Bass-Gibbons).. I would so appreciate it. There's only one me out there, I think. Thanks so much!

 

[danisgoat]

I tried to find you on FB but there are several Michelle French's.

If you could find me (Nicole Bass-Gibbons).. I would so appreciate it. There's only one me out there, I think. Thanks so much!

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[LunaBear87]

Thanks everyone, and Lunabear, your fella is so adorable. I will get a pic up of Watson soon. I am having technology issues and need to get the pics off of my iphone first.

Aww, thank you! He definitely is really adorable. I'm sure Watson is quite adorable too! I can't wait to see pics of him soon!

Welcome to the group! Thank you for giving Watson a loving, forever home. I also have a double merle. His name is Cooper and he has one deformed eye and is partially blind in the other. He is also partially deaf. But my sweet boy has no idea he is disabled in any way! He's super smart as well. I know you will have such a great time training and loving little Watson.

This is a picture of my one eyed wonder dog, Cooper! The second is my three; two special needs rescues and my little purebred bundle. L-R Lottie, Cooper & Meggie

Aww, Cooper is also really adorable too! They really don't have any idea that they're disabled in any way. They act like any other sheltie I've ever had.

Here's another picture of my boy at my Grandmother's house having so much fun with all the other 6 shelties on Thanksgiving! =)

http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums...0964940999_203803754_33598448_325700541_n.jpg