Recent content by emmadactryl

Seems like everything I've come across just strengthens what I've thought all along: this was just a weird, unfortunate, heartbreaking conclusion that no one could have really prevented or predicted. He had microphthalmos in his right eye from birth, and was blind it in because of optic...

I think this goes in here because it's quite specific. Anyway, about... two and a half weeks ago I had to make the decision to have my twenty seven week old sheltie baby- Fletcher- put to sleep. The week before he'd had a scope done and samples taken from a mass above his soft palate. It...

Apologies for setting off everyones' dogs with barking :biggrin2: He is a definite handful and seems to have a thing about bowls. If he's not barking and pushing his food bowl around he's standing in his water bowl while he drinks. After a rather exhaustive wrestle session with my kelpie...

The other morning I was in my room, on the computer, and Fletcher was in the kitchen finishing off his breakfast. I heard barking, didn't think much of it since he's a very, very vocal puppy, but when the barking continued and continued I thought it best to investigate and- well, see for...

I'm not too sure about him growing out of it; he's going in for his next vaccination next Tuesday so the vet can have another look at it and I'll ask her a few more questions. I've been Googling but there isn't a lot about; it keeps telling me "Did you mean macropalpebral fissure?" and I keep...

That's one of the only photos I have of Fletch that isn't blurry; he never sits still :rolleyes2: I just got a call from the vet and Fletcher has a micropalpebral fissure, which is basically exactly as she thought: the eyelid is just smaller than it should be. All we can do is keep a close...

It's a good thing he's so adorable because he's an absolute handful :rolleyes2: He makes me laugh a lot, though, because he's so goofy and cheeky, so it makes up for it.

Bit of a long involved story shortened, we went to pick up my pup last weekend and when we were leaving the breeder's house with Fletcher she stopped us because she'd noticed his right eye's a bit squinty. She'd had the puppies out that morning to do a final set of photos and seen it then, but...

We ended up making the supposed weekend long trip to pick Fletcher up in just one day so he's been home since late Saturday night and he's completely come out of his shell. He's a total terror, but a really fun little pup :biggrin2...

Thanks :smile2: I'm counting down the days until we go to pick him up and it's going so sloooooooow. Ack. Choosing his name gave me grief :dead: I was originally getting a girl from another breeder- same lines, though- so I had a list of girl names to choose from, then it was decided that...

The date's been set, so my pup will be coming home on the 28th of November! I also just got conformation today on which of the three boys in the litter will be mine, so I thought I'd post a pic and introduce Fletcher, at six weeks old...

Looks like the 30" will be the way to go; thanks for the replies :)

I have a bad habit with getting crates waaaay bigger than my dog, which is the reason Charlie's sleeping in a metal one at the moment that could easily fit another two of him in there beside him comfortably, so I'm looking for a bit of advice. My dad and I are driving down to pick up my new...

I'm exactly the same with the grooming; it's going to be a learning experience :biggrin2: I had this link sent to me in a PM and thought I'd share it and see if it provided any help; there's a great video on the post as well. It's boosted my understanding of the whole process and made me a...

That's good to hear and definitely a plus. I am a bit paranoid about my dogs overheating- Charlie isn't the best when it comes to temperature regulation and sheltie fur is plentiful- and I'll probably end up looking into a cool coat for my pup when she's grown, just as an added precaution...