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Our Buddy has brought so much joy to our lives. We just love him to pieces. He is such fun and mostly a good boy, but of course like many shelties he can be so demanding. But who cares because he is so darn cute and smart to boot. He now understands almost 40 words. He is smarter than us. I...

carrot cake What a great idea. I'm going to make one for a belated birthday party.

What were the treats? Yuck Poor little thing. Hope for a better late birthday!

liked the party hat That is amazing. He did like it. You can tell by the smile on his face.

What are the dimensions What dimensions did you put up?

Our Buddy just turned one. Of course, we had a party. Check out our pix. Yes, that is chocolate cake, but my husband ate it.;) If you have party photos of your sheltie, please share them here.

That is funny! The scientist can't remember them all! I love it. We are working on words with Buddy, too. He knows about 25 so far. I hear most dogs can learn up to 100 words. A 1000 seems a little ridiculous. Some of Buddy's new words are "stick" and "bring". He has a favorite stick which I...

Tiny Baby Sheltie The squeaky bone is only 4 inches long. Buddy was a tiny baby.

My sheltie does the same thing Buddy did exactly the same thing at the same age. We really worked hard to find a kibble he would eat, but to no avail. We still have bags of just a few cups used out of them. Finally I decided to feed him a wet food. I bought Nutro Ultra Puppy and he eats it...

We went to my father's nursing home to visit one afternoon and took our sheltie, Buddy. He is a big hit with the folks there, so we always take him. This time a little boy was there visiting his grandmother. He told me he is 8 yrs old. As he was petting Buddy, he asked what kind of dog he is. I...

Thanks for the advise. Yes we have been letting him determine when to play, even if it is late in the evening. We definitely have to stop that. We will keep trying to be better parents and not so lenient. Last night he did go to sleep in his "house" without complaint. It was 9:00. Better but...

Wow! 4 years old. I hope we aren't dealing with this for 3 more years or more. It does seem he has his days and nights mixed up. Last night I just put in his "house" / crate and let him bark. Really the barking only last for less than 2 minutes and he went to sleep. It could be he just wants...

Well, I tried for the past 2 afternoons and nights to give Buddy more indoors exercise. Not much luck getting him to sleep when we want to sleep. He is up as late as midnight. Last night the exercise seemed to just wind him up. Oh well, we'll keep trying.:confused2:

Buddy is 8 months old and seems fairly mellow before 7 PM. After 7:00 he wants to play and play and play until 10:00 pm. That is when our day is wound down. I know we probably need to allow him more exercise, but with the cold it is hard to get out for a long (maybe even a short walk). Is the...

I'm new to Sheltie Nation too. You'll get the hang of it quickly. There are lots of helpful posts, cute pictures, and lots of caring sheltie owners.