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Thanks for the questions! Yes, the breeder allows rehoming, I rather not send him back to the breeder since she just had a new litter and dumping my boy in her won't be the best for him. More tips would be awesome!

Sorry for keeping you guys in suspense! We won't be taking him to the shelter and we've found a few people who are interested in him. My father and I really don't want to give him up, but my mom isn't an animal person and is starting to hate him because of the whining. Unfortunately she gets...

I only have one sheltie and I think he's quite lonely. We're out of the house 10 hrs a day now, and at home we are so busy that we can't train or pay attention to him. Life just became too hectic for a dog and its not going to get better until after we move this summer. He constantly whines...

The totally do! My boy likes shelties, is afraid of big dogs, and barks and growls at little dogs :lol:

Once I put a lunch bag on top of a lunch bag and he went crazy...

I was wondering about the anal glands too but it's not so much a "poopy" smell, but more of a really strong "dog" smell. I think it might be because it snows very heavily where I am and he likes to play in the snow. The moisture probably gets stuck in his fur. That's my guess...

Ok so my sheltie smells like dog a bit too much. And everything he is near smells like him too. Within half a meter of him our nostrils get a whiff of that strong doggy odour. We've been bathing him once a week because we can't stand the smell and for-what-ever-reason he loves baths but I'm...

Thank you! I really like the waterbottle idea. One last thing that bothers me. Every time we try to pet, hold or play with him, he gets very excited and nips and bites everything while wagging his tail. We tried yelping and then ignoring him but he doesn't really seem to care, he just...

Thanks for the encouragement guys. He's also quite terrified of cars but he's slowly getting better, he doesn't vomit in the car anymore at least. I want to get him into some classes but my parents aren't willing to put down the money, believing they can "fix him themselves," but all they do is...

Personally, I think it's more about how much you exercise and pollution factors in the environment and food rather than nutrition alone. And probably things like how fast a dog chews and shallow it's food. People who chew their food more tend to live a lot longer and healthier so it's probably...

YES. My boy likes to chase and play with his poopicles.

Update Well, it's been a month since we got him and he's improved a lot since, he goes on walks now but still freaks out when he sees other people and dogs but is ok when visitors come over. Though he barks like a sheltie and protective of the house, he still doesn't act like one. First of all...

It's my first time with this vet so it must just be an error. I tried what expoz3d suggested and it turns out he's 10.8 lbs, as I suspected. That darn vet :wink2:

hmmm, that's a good idea actually! And yes, it does say 6 lbs not 6 kilos which I don't think is correct.

I recently got my 23 week old sheltie neutered and I noticed on the info sheet the vet gave me that my boy is 6 lbs. This struck me as strange, because when I weighted him on my own scale he was about 10.5 lbs but he was moving a bit so I don't know for sure. 6 lbs seems waaayy too little for a...