Recent content by eshark83

Very cute pup! I love his name also very fitting for a sheltie I think. :smile2:

I secretly love that if I begin to doze off before Mavis does at night I'll have a pushy sheltie nose pushing my hand up for more head pets before she falls asleep. :sleepy:

Thanks for the advice. I think you're right 2gooddogs, at this point I think she just needs time. She's really coming out of her shell more and more each day at a rate much faster than I expected. Just today as I got home she jumped onto my lap for snuggle time which is more than she's done...

Thanks to both of you, I'll try to up the reward value. So far I've used hot dogs as well as cheese, both of which she will take but she doesn't go crazy for it. We had steak last night so I cut up one of the slightly fattier sections extremely small and offered her a piece, she took that pretty...

I have very briefly started working with Mavis with a clicker, mostly just loading the clicker for her and seeing what her overall attitude is towards training. It seems VERY foreign to her at this point, she kind of just melts a little, disengages, and gets a little shifty-eyed. She’s also not...

Thanks everyone. I couldn't be happier with her! :biggrin2:

Very beautiful shot, and that looks to be one comfy sheltie :smile2:

Thanks everyone. We think they're both pretty darn cute too :biggrin2: Mavis is really settling in now. She sleeps right beside our bed at night, she's made that area her "safe spot" as she's not very fond of crates so we try not to crate her much. Her foster mom said she doesn't have a...

I promised pictures when things settled down a bit, and here they are :biggrin2: We got home around midnight last night, we ended up staying at her foster's house for about three hours so she would be comfortable riding back with us. She actually opened up a lot and was taking treats right from...

Haha, yes I am actually a Boilermaker, but no offense taken. My wife went to the "darkside" and took the IU path so we've learned to coexist :wink2: Thanks again everyone for your warm welcomes! We are actually going to be heading to get our girl this afternoon, we've tentatively decided on...

I'll be sure to do that. We have an interview with her foster mom in the morning so we should know soon when/if she'll be coming home with us. Very exciting time! :biggrin2:

I just wanted to introduce myself. I do not yet have a Sheltie, but if all goes well I may have one very soon :) My wife and I are from Indiana; we have both been involved in one facet or another with dogs for most of our lives. Myself with some light participation in performance venues like...