Sheltie Forum Pups Spring/Summer 2014

[Justicemom]

Does it have to do with right paw or left? I notice he is distinctly right pawed.

It can. Dogs like people have definite "pawness". It can effect them in the natural way they run or jump and turn.

Justice is very very left pawed. He had trouble turning right doing the board jump turning right in agility etc. Ember is right pawed. Since I noticed this tendency I started teaching my puppies right away to turn both directions and to work on both sides of my body. Since I have done this, I have not had as much issues teaching them turns etc. There is still always one direction that is not as natural as the other.

Here are my dogs:
Justice left
Ember right
Diva both, she was naturally ambidextrous sigh
Birch left
Celtic left

 

[Jess041]

I think Missy is ambidextrous. She turns left on the box. At first I thought she was going to turn right, but then she started going left and we just went with that. She has a beautiful box turn so I'm not going to worry about changing it. When she spins, she tends to go right. She shakes paws with her right. But I wonder if that was learned because I am right handed. She rolls over to her left, because that's the first direction I taught her. It's easier for me as a righty to have her go left when she's facing me. In agility she's usually better on her right side, but again, I'm right handed so I might be better at handling her when she's on my right. I've heard a long time ago children who were forced to use their right hand when they were left handed caused some coordination and development issues. I don't have any evidence to support that, it's just something I heard. But I wonder if I broke my dog when I made her turn left on the box lol. She doesn't seem to have any coordination issues so far.

 

[Justicemom]

Celtic is now 19.5 weeks. He was 12 3/8 and 9lb 14oz on ties. He has lost most of his incisiors teeth and is losing his puppy fuzz and has all this crazy spikey black hair sprouting up all over. To tell the truth he looks ridiculous.

We graduated from puppy obedience 2 weeks ago and start puppy agility on tues which should be allot of fun. He is a ball of energy and never quits. I am actually jealous of all these pictures of puppies laying down and sleeping. Luckiy Birch is a big help entertaining him. He loves to play ball and frisbee so we play a, bit everyday. The upside of never sleeping during the day is he sleeps forever at night, goes to sleep immediately when he is put is his kennel and wakes up only when I do, so that means I can sleep in no problem on my days off.

Really the only problem I am having is him jumping all over people. This boy loves people so much. Never had a sheltie this into strange people. My progress to this point is I have gotten him to stop flinging himself at strangers and sit for 2 seconds before he launches himself into their laps. I guess that is a good problem to have a dog who loves people.

Here are some pictures I took during this weeks play session. Enjoy.

 

[Jess041]

Celtic is now 19.5 weeks. He was 12 3/8 and 9lb 14oz on ties. He has lost most of his incisiors teeth and is losing his puppy fuzz and has all this crazy spikey black hair sprouting up all over. To tell the truth he looks ridiculous.

We graduated from puppy obedience 2 weeks ago and start puppy agility on tues which should be allot of fun. He is a ball of energy and never quits. I am actually jealous of all these pictures of puppies laying down and sleeping. Luckiy Birch is a big help entertaining him. He loves to play ball and frisbee so we play a, bit everyday. The upside of never sleeping during the day is he sleeps forever at night, goes to sleep immediately when he is put is his kennel and wakes up only when I do, so that means I can sleep in no problem on my days off.

Really the only problem I am having is him jumping all over people. This boy loves people so much. Never had a sheltie this into strange people. My progress to this point is I have gotten him to stop flinging himself at strangers and sit for 2 seconds before he launches himself into their laps. I guess that is a good problem to have a dog who loves people.

Here are some pictures I took during this weeks play session. Enjoy.

He sounds A LOT like Missy!

 

[Justicemom]

I think Missy is ambidextrous. She turns left on the box. At first I thought she was going to turn right, but then she started going left and we just went with that. She has a beautiful box turn so I'm not going to worry about changing it. When she spins, she tends to go right. She shakes paws with her right. But I wonder if that was learned because I am right handed. She rolls over to her left, because that's the first direction I taught her. It's easier for me as a righty to have her go left when she's facing me. In agility she's usually better on her right side, but again, I'm right handed so I might be better at handling her when she's on my right. I've heard a long time ago children who were forced to use their right hand when they were left handed caused some coordination and development issues. I don't have any evidence to support that, it's just something I heard. But I wonder if I broke my dog when I made her turn left on the box lol. She doesn't seem to have any coordination issues so far.

I am left handed and my grandpa was one of those people who was made to be right handed they tied his arm down so he couldn't use it. Only thing He did right handed was write and you could not read his writing at all. Everything else he did left handed. It is not that easy to change nature.

 

[Mom2Melli]

Shay is a righty, Melli is a lefty, Cubby is a righty.

How funny. Cubby is just the most obvious.

I will be sure to work him on both sides of me.

 

[BarbV]

Callan seems to swing both ways, but I would say more right than left. I can tell his preference because when he circles his bed , he always he curled clockwise.

That being said he can zoom in every direction, including Up! Today I caught him 4 successive "boings" off the floor....4 feet off the ground, straight up, like Tigger! I wish I could video it. It was priceless!

 

[BarbV]

Celtic is now 19.5 weeks. He was 12 3/8 and 9lb 14oz on ties. He has lost most of his incisiors teeth and is losing his puppy fuzz and has all this crazy spikey black hair sprouting up all over. To tell the truth he looks ridiculous.

We graduated from puppy obedience 2 weeks ago and start puppy agility on tues which should be allot of fun. He is a ball of energy and never quits. I am actually jealous of all these pictures of puppies laying down and sleeping. Luckiy Birch is a big help entertaining him. He loves to play ball and frisbee so we play a, bit everyday. The upside of never sleeping during the day is he sleeps forever at night, goes to sleep immediately when he is put is his kennel and wakes up only when I do, so that means I can sleep in no problem on my days off.

Really the only problem I am having is him jumping all over people. This boy loves people so much. Never had a sheltie this into strange people. My progress to this point is I have gotten him to stop flinging himself at strangers and sit for 2 seconds before he launches himself into their laps. I guess that is a good problem to have a dog who loves people.

Here are some pictures I took during this weeks play session. Enjoy.

He is one handsome pup! Makes me think that Callan could be a little on the chubby side.

Callan's schedule for sleep and play keeps changing. But generally he has a good balance. Just got to stay on top of it. These days, mornings are hell, but after dinner he's inclined to dose again. As long as he is NOT in the pen! He's happy enough there other times.

Like Celtic, Callan is really well socialized because I can bring him the store. Nothing really phases him....though he was freaking out over Indy freaking out at yesterday's thunderstorm. I got the Thundershirt on Indy, and then all good.

 

[2GoodDogs]

What a little fur ball of cute!!!!

 

[Judyg]

They are all sooo cute. I'm sitting here loving all the baby pictures. I have one week to go (ok a little over one week) until I pick up my baby.