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No one has seen anything like this? No thoughts on what it might be? Anything? I'm quite worried and can't seem to find anything at all online that looks relevant.

Dash's back foot turns when he walks. He steps forward and puts the paw down straight, but as he extends the leg back, the paw turns almost 90 degrees till it is pointing to the right just before he lifts it for the next step. My vet took x-Rays and his bones look fine. Is this something that...

That's great! It's so rewarding to see them improve like that!

Dash is 17 weeks old and he is limping. Well, not exactly limping. When he walks, his rear left foot turns to the side as he steps off that foot. When it is extended, it is turned so the outside of the foot is bearing weight and the inside is not. It makes the foot kind of 'wiggle' when he...

Both parents are sable, but his mother's dam was tricolor, and her mother was bi-black.

I just bought a puppy this year, after looking for a rescue and realizing that rescue shelties practically don't exist in this area (which is wonderful!). I paid about $1200 for mine from a very good breeder, and my puppy has a good pedigree. I can't imagine paying more for than that for one who...

Dash just turned 16 weeks on Saturday, and Monday night (I swear it was overnight) he started to shed. I've been brushing him and puppy fuzz is coming out and the adult hair is starting to come in. It looks like the adult fur will be darker than the puppy fuzz. I'm not worried about this at all...

Dash has blossomed in the play time. He found a couple of friends and plays with them now. He's still cautious around some of the larger dogs because of their rough play, but he's not afraid of them any more. Surprisingly for a Sheltie, he is turning into a real people dog. He likes meeting...

After a couple of weeks of nap times, I have to say it made a big difference. He resisted at first, but now he hopes right into his pen and sleeps for an hour or so and is much better mannered through play time. Thanks all for the advice! It really helped.

We've been lucky with the house training, he's really been easy to work with. It's been a couple weeks since he relieved himself in the house, so we're thinking that means he's figured that out. It helps that he's usually pretty good in the pen, unless he hears something that leads him to...

Thanks for the thoughts. We will institute regular nap times from now on.

Dash astonished me with how terrified he was of the other dogs before class and during the brief play times during class. Very quickly he was running in fear from those other dogs. They thought he was playing and chased. Poor guy! He was terrified. For the next play time the trainer put up an...

I've been wondering if we should encourage Dash to get more sleep. He is 14 weeks old and for the past two weeks in particular, he is more interested in running and playing than taking naps. I used to play for an hour, sleep for a couple of hours and repeat that through the day. Now, he plays...

We have had several shelties over the years, but we currently have two: a 9 year old rescue and a 4 month old puppy. This is the first puppy we've had, all our other dogs were adults, so I'm sure I'll be relying on that section heavily.