Recent content by jgonyo

I have two ten-month old shelties. One of them is very fearful and timid. She is fearful around other dogs and usually reacts by putting her tail between her legs and cowering or trying to hide. She is scared of things around the house, such as the fireplace and mirrors. She reacts to these...

How long? How long should we glue our puppy's ears before we give up on tipping them? He is currently almost seven months old and has been having his ears glued since about 8 or 9 weeks. I know that some dogs take longer than others, but how do we decide that it just isn't going to happen?

We have taught our two 5 1/2 month old puppies to ring a bell when they need to go outside. So far it has worked great!

Thank You Thanks to everyone for all of your advice and encouragement. I feel much better about our decision now. We did go to the breeder and pick the puppies out this past weekend. They will not be coming home until later in the summer. They are a sister and brother, tri-colored girl and...

Our sheltie Cosmo, now at Rainbow Bridge, used to take her food out of the bowl all of the time. While we were at the kitchen table eating, she would carry mouthfuls of food and drop them on the bottom stair in the kitchen. She would then use the stair as her dinner table. It was so funny to...

My family will soon be purchasing two sheltie puppies. We are familiar with shelties, we had another sheltie for 12 years. While we are very excited about the puppies, we are also wondering about the best way to train two puppies at one time. Numerous websites have said that you shouldn't...