Echo and McFly

granite said:
Yes, yes, yes.
But still....a fence is a wonderful thing (we love ours) but shelties have been known to dig out, tree limbs fall and take fences down, neighboring kids leave the gate open...even a fence isn't a guarantee. A loving and nurturing home is more important than a fence.
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my point exactly. When people do not have fence, as we do we are forced to have 100% leash all the time outside and 100% supervision outside. Also knowing that majority of flights happens in first month of placing it is easy enough to work out plan of constant supervision unless crated and developing strong bonding plan.
But rescues do care about safety of the dog first and there is lot of all kinds of people there...
 
SheltieChe said:
my point exactly. When people do not have fence, as we do we are forced to have 100% leash all the time outside and 100% supervision outside. Also knowing that majority of flights happens in first month of placing it is easy enough to work out plan of constant supervision unless crated and developing strong bonding plan.
But rescues do care about safety of the dog first and there is lot of all kinds of people there...
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We've only had one flight issue and that was on the day we brought Kasey home. When we picked him up we took Shadow with us to make sure they got along. I planned to bring an extra leash, but forgot it. We asked the breeder for one, you'd think every dog would come with a leash anyway, but they complained, so I said screw it and carried him to the car. When I got home I opened the car door and reached for him to put the leash on. He jumped right over my arm and ran off. A fenced yard would have made no difference. Otherwise, I always put new dogs on a retractable leash at it's maximum length. That let's me know if they will stay by my side. Usually after about three days it becomes safe enough to take them off leash in the yard. My yard is surrounded by thick woods so that also helps to create a barrier.
 
SunChaser said:
Both boys were taken from a cruelty case in Orange County. They are in my care and very happy little guys.

Echo (two years old) is very thin so he's on a good helping of mama's home cooking along with a full ration of kibble. He only weighed 12 pounds when he came in and now I'm glad to say he's gained 2 pounds since last Wednesday!

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McFly (,Mac for short) is a sweet little guy too. I think he's the reason that Echo is so thin because every time they are out side together he puts Echo on the ground and growls at him. So I no longer allow them to be out together. Mac now weighs 24 pounds up from 19 so he's now on just kibble.
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Hugs Judy
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Hello Judy, so I ended up adopting Mac from mid Florida sheltie rescue in 2010. Was that you I picked him up from?
 
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