Hello, everyone!
I have been looking for an active sheltie group to learn from and to cry and laugh with. We will be a family of 8 pretty soon... 4 human kids and 2 sheltie puppies. (My husband think I'm nuts, but to see him with Jasper.. well, he really can't say much! LOL)
Our 4 human kids are 11, 8, 4, and 2 yrs old. Two girls, Briley and Hayley and the two youngest, George and Alex. Our family decided it just wasn't big enough.. After long research, we settle on the sheltie breed. And, out I went branching out to the sheltie breeders in the 4 State Area that were close by.
We found our first puppy a month later. Jasper is our little blue merle sheltie. Or as the girls love to tease, Jasper Casper! He has that face I just love on shelties! Very light colored blue merle with a zigzag of white mark on his coat near his back leg and spine. Full white collar. He is so precious! So much so, I gave up on trying to keep the ears glue down. LOL
Not even two weeks later, we were contacted by another breeder who had a little girl who she needed to place in a special home. She wasn't going to charge anything for her, but insisted she have a forever loving home. A sable merle female who will be tiny and who is born deaf. After much talk with the family, we could not tear ourselves away from this little girl! My husband name her Annie. The girls thinking it just not quite enough decided she needed a middle name, Rose. We will be picking her up in 2 weeks, by then she will be ready to come home and away from her littermates and her mom.
As for me, as soon as I heard about her, I wanted her right there and then. But, family powwow to make decision was still necessary. Mostly, b/c I too was born with a severe hearing loss in both ears and I feel I can relate to her even so I am not totally deaf.
What an interesting twist we have! We have gone back to the basic since Jasper is still learning his obedience training and added a mixer of ASL and dog obeidence signs. Our hope and we think he catching on wonderfully, he will be able to teach Annie or Annie can look upon him as an example.
but..... we still could use some basic help! How much do you feed a growing 14 weeks male sheltie? LOL He seem to be the bottomless pit and I for one, refuse to feed him to his heart content! Is 1/2 cup twice a day good enough with a few milkbone thrown in here and there?
Looking ahead, for those of you with adult shelties who you keep them in crates in the home while sleeping or as their private den to escape to for sleep among other things... what was the last size crate that you purchase?
Knowing I have written what my husband would consider a book! I will close this here for now. I will add an album for the one picture of Jasper I do have and the pictures of Annie Rose that her breeder has sent so far. Until my husband get my 2nd computer fix, I won't be able to download any new pictures till then.
Thank you for letting me join your group!
Beth~
I have been looking for an active sheltie group to learn from and to cry and laugh with. We will be a family of 8 pretty soon... 4 human kids and 2 sheltie puppies. (My husband think I'm nuts, but to see him with Jasper.. well, he really can't say much! LOL)
Our 4 human kids are 11, 8, 4, and 2 yrs old. Two girls, Briley and Hayley and the two youngest, George and Alex. Our family decided it just wasn't big enough.. After long research, we settle on the sheltie breed. And, out I went branching out to the sheltie breeders in the 4 State Area that were close by.
We found our first puppy a month later. Jasper is our little blue merle sheltie. Or as the girls love to tease, Jasper Casper! He has that face I just love on shelties! Very light colored blue merle with a zigzag of white mark on his coat near his back leg and spine. Full white collar. He is so precious! So much so, I gave up on trying to keep the ears glue down. LOL
Not even two weeks later, we were contacted by another breeder who had a little girl who she needed to place in a special home. She wasn't going to charge anything for her, but insisted she have a forever loving home. A sable merle female who will be tiny and who is born deaf. After much talk with the family, we could not tear ourselves away from this little girl! My husband name her Annie. The girls thinking it just not quite enough decided she needed a middle name, Rose. We will be picking her up in 2 weeks, by then she will be ready to come home and away from her littermates and her mom.
As for me, as soon as I heard about her, I wanted her right there and then. But, family powwow to make decision was still necessary. Mostly, b/c I too was born with a severe hearing loss in both ears and I feel I can relate to her even so I am not totally deaf.
What an interesting twist we have! We have gone back to the basic since Jasper is still learning his obedience training and added a mixer of ASL and dog obeidence signs. Our hope and we think he catching on wonderfully, he will be able to teach Annie or Annie can look upon him as an example.
but..... we still could use some basic help! How much do you feed a growing 14 weeks male sheltie? LOL He seem to be the bottomless pit and I for one, refuse to feed him to his heart content! Is 1/2 cup twice a day good enough with a few milkbone thrown in here and there?
Looking ahead, for those of you with adult shelties who you keep them in crates in the home while sleeping or as their private den to escape to for sleep among other things... what was the last size crate that you purchase?
Knowing I have written what my husband would consider a book! I will close this here for now. I will add an album for the one picture of Jasper I do have and the pictures of Annie Rose that her breeder has sent so far. Until my husband get my 2nd computer fix, I won't be able to download any new pictures till then.
Thank you for letting me join your group!
Beth~
Welcome to the forum and looking forward to seeing pictures of you 2 Blue Merle furbabies.
lol:He's a master at barking though!) But I think with young kids in your family, the dog(s) will need a 
quiet place where they can go to rest/sleep with no distractions. So I'd either keep the crate(s) set up or have a room where they could go to relax.