What are the benefits of more than one Sheltie?

Just saw the pix. She is gorgeous!

I am glad I reminded you to discuss with your husband ALL the aspects of this decision. Sometimes bits get left out during all the talking and those bits make all the difference.

My husband is a surveyor too, by the way. He works for Caltrans (California's Department of Transportation) in the office -- most of his role is writing deeds involving new projects. However, when we built our train layout around the house, I held the pole while he did the surveying work. Glad your husband is busy in the profession. That's a very good thing.

BTW. Merry Christmas, may your gift be truly the little angel you have longed for.
 
She is darling! Can't wait to hear about all your new adventures with she and Laddie.
 
Mom2Melli said:
Just saw the pix. She is gorgeous!

I am glad I reminded you to discuss with your husband ALL the aspects of this decision. Sometimes bits get left out during all the talking and those bits make all the difference.

My husband is a surveyor too, by the way. He works for Caltrans (California's Department of Transportation) in the office -- most of his role is writing deeds involving new projects. However, when we built our train layout around the house, I held the pole while he did the surveying work. Glad your husband is busy in the profession. That's a very good thing.

BTW. Merry Christmas, may your gift be truly the little angel you have longed for.
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Oh My Gosh, how cool. I hold the pole a lot for Steve on his jobs, sometimes it is difficult on steep hills. LOL, he is use to talking metric and I am use to feet, HeHe. His last job before he moved here, was doing what your hubby did, for the county, I think.

He is also a huge train fanatic, he would love a model set up outside, in fact, we have talked about it at times. His dad worked for the railways. Small world, huh?:biggrin2:
 
Man, this IS a day of surprises. Steve and I were talking again, and he told me the night I found out about Brydie being for sale, he was going to sneak in here to his computer and write the breeder and tell her he was going to buy her, but drats, I did it myself and did not give him enough time to do it. Wellll.......He acted like he was not interested, but, he says that is his nature, but, he was/is very interested and happy. YIPPPEEEEE.

I sure will keep the updates a-coming. LOL:lol:
 
If you and your husband want to check it out . . . this is a 10 minute video ride on our railroad throuh each of the loops. It is G-scale which is about locomotives 1-2 feet long. We run electric with batteries on board and RC control or live steam which is really a steam locomotive only tiny with RC control. We had a real challenge because the front figure 8 is on a significant slope and then then bottom inner and outer loops are relatively flat but the two layouts are 7 feet in grade difference so we had to get creative under the house with switch backs and a roundabout (helix) to connect the two.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfiPyYrrOKY

So how it is surveying there? I mean here, surveying, you have to worry about rattlers and berry bushes. There, yikes, everything is trying to kill you (funnel web spiders, crocs, really really poisonous snakes, etc.). I would be afraid to go outside (laughs). But they do breed some stunning shelties (definitely including yours!).
 
Tell your husband that is SO sweet! Now you know it is right because you BOTH were drawn to the same thing. The breeder wants the match too so that makes THREE and you can't go wrong with THREE! Can't wait to hear your new tales of family adventure.
 
Mom2Melli said:
If you and your husband want to check it out . . . this is a 10 minute video ride on our railroad throuh each of the loops. It is G-scale which is about locomotives 1-2 feet long. We run electric with batteries on board and RC control or live steam which is really a steam locomotive only tiny with RC control. We had a real challenge because the front figure 8 is on a significant slope and then then bottom inner and outer loops are relatively flat but the two layouts are 7 feet in grade difference so we had to get creative under the house with switch backs and a roundabout (helix) to connect the two.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfiPyYrrOKY

So how it is surveying there? I mean here, surveying, you have to worry about rattlers and berry bushes. There, yikes, everything is trying to kill you (funnel web spiders, crocs, really really poisonous snakes, etc.). I would be afraid to go outside (laughs). But they do breed some stunning shelties (definitely including yours!).
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Wow, that is awesome, Steve is sitting here next to me going crazy, just like we do over Sheltie puppy pictures. LOL. Man, you folks put a lot of work into it. I really enjoyed the ride. Bet you folks had fun making it, must have taken ages.

Surveying here is very safe. LOL, you are thinking Australia, they DO have all those nasty bugs, reptiles, etc, here, there is nothing, it is absolutely safe, which I am thankful for. I doubt if I would be too happy doing it in the outbacks of good ole Aussie Land. I remember those rattlers when I lived in Arizona, pretty scary things for sure.
 
Mom2Melli said:
Tell your husband that is SO sweet! Now you know it is right because you BOTH were drawn to the same thing. The breeder wants the match too so that makes THREE and you can't go wrong with THREE! Can't wait to hear your new tales of family adventure.
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I told him, right now, he is still in awe over your lovely model train set up, but, he is also emailing the breeder, teller her his original idea, this will make her happy, she wants to make sure we are all on the same page.

I can't wait to share our further adventures, this is fun.:wink2:
 
When you have only one Sheltie (I did), and that Sheltie dies, you have the additional trauma of silence, and the sudden stoppage of doing doggie chores.

Sorry to be a downer, but that's a legitimate benefit to having more than one Sheltie.
 
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