Recent content by kazie

Sure. Here she is: I certainly would if I could figure out how.

I got Luna as a puppy five years ago. She has been and is the joy of my life. I never thought of having her as a service dog because I had no need of a service animal. All that changed when my blood pressure became a huge health issue. With the help of a professional trainer, and because of...

Luna definitely has different "words" for different things. If she needs to go out to pee it's different than if she wants me to play "basketball" with her. Her "I'd like my pupcycle treat bark is completely different than "There's a deer in the yard. You need to look!" Learning to understand...

I'm in Utah and got Luna from a breeder in Ogden. I know there are at least two and possibly three reputable Sheltie breeders in the state. Luna was AKC registered and both parents were DNA tested. I don't know about the other breeders. Mine doesn't have any puppies available right now but Utah...

Luna can hear a bag of potato chips being opened from across two acres! I'll be in the kitchen and she'll be outside "guarding" the horses. Of course, the horses don't really need guarding, but don't try to tell that to a Sheltie. Anyway, I open a bag of chips and it's not 15 seconds until she's...

This is GREAT! And the same kind of "Sheltie Spring" we have here in Utah. This year is especially muddy and wet because of our armageddon winter! Finally melting the five feet of snow covering my entire three acres providing mud puddles galore to Luna to zoom through. "Sheltie Spring, just...

Mushers Secret is excellent for protecting pads both in winter cold and summer heat. I use it all the time for hikes or walks in extreme weather of any kind.

Totally agree about food games. Luna is usually 27 pounds but this winter, which has been extremely harsh keeping us inside most of the time, she "ballooned" up to 30 pounds. I have to admit I "ballooned" a bit as well. We are used to long hikes several times a week whether through deep snow or...

Surveying her territory is exactly what Luna wants to do! She decided early on she was "in charge" of everything on our property including the horses. She watches them constantly. She can't actually get to the pastures because she has an electric fence, but she is convinced if she barks and they...

I'm just worried if it's even safe for her to be outside when it is this cold.

It is minus 11 degrees here right now. Sunny but COLD! Luna is confined to my three acres with an electric fence line she would NEVER cross and my front porch is covered so she can sit right next to the front door if she chooses. She mostly chooses to sit on top of the four feet of snow covering...

Luna NEVER wants to come in the house! Temperatures here in Utah are in the single or negative digits and still she barks, whines, cries and scratches at the door to be let out. She would stay outside from dawn to well after dark if I would let her. I'm running out of ways to keep her...

Luna NEVER wants to come in the house! Temperatures here in Utah are in the single or negative digits and still she barks, whines, cries and scratches at the door to be let out. She would stay outside from dawn to well after dark if I would let her. I'm running out of ways to keep her...

Thanks! I really like the idea of just brushing or a bath at first and then easing into a full groom as she gets more used to this new routine.

Is it ok to have Luna groomed twice a month for awhile? The groomer she has had since she was a puppy is retiring at the end of the year and I’d like her to get used to a new person before then. Luna is shy around new people but great once she gets to know them. Suggestions so this won’t be...