Recent content by Kiyomi

Thanks to everyone for their help! Vicky & I wanted to thank everyone who commented as well as everyone from Sheltie Nation who commented on their own experiences with flea & tick meds. I’ve been hearing very good things about Revolution and Advantage Multi. I’m speaking with Kiyomi’s...

Vicky & I posted the following article to our blog at Lathe of Dreams, but we were hoping that our good friends & Sheltie folks here might be able to better advise us. Any thoughts or recommendations from Sheltie Nation? Reading the thread by RetiredProf at Sheltie Nation: Suddenly Paranoid...

Efficacy of Liquid Net for Pets Liquid Net for Pets seems to be working. I'm wondering how much of it is the natural tendency of Shelties to avoid pests or is it working? My own legs seem to be covered in mosquito bites from the last week, so I'm half-tempted to spray it on myself to see...

Thanks, will try that Next nice day we have, I'll try leaving the puppy pad outside and also taking a fresh stool and placing it in the grass. Hopefully she'll pick up on her own scent and figure it's OK to go in the lawn.

Any Experience with Liquid Net for Pets? Our breeder terrified Vicky & I about some of the effects that Advantix or Frontline can have, telling us that she's never had a problem with fleas & ticks on her Shelties so she'd wouldn't recommend an oral med and has reservations about topical meds...

Kiyomi is now 18 weeks old and uses "puppy pads" with ease when she has to relieve herself. In a 3-floor townhouse with two carpeted floors and one hardwood floor, she will seek out her puppy pads on the 2nd floor when she needs to go. "Unfortunately" she has been too well trained. We have...

Thanks! Thanks!! ... We're trying to get Kiyomi used to longer and longer walks. She's doing well meeting people and other small dogs (Poms, Beagles, Bichon) but she's anxious around larger breeds. We were surprised to see her do so well meeting a 30lb Collie during this morning's first...

This picture was nearly an accident, Kiyomi paused during her morning walk as we passed our neighbor's rose bushes: Kiyomi among the Roses To see more photo albums of our 15-week-old Sheltie, we've shared them on flickr: Kiyomi, our Sheltie (photo album collection) Vicky, Kiyomi, and I would...

Warm welcome Congrats on your first Sheltie. My wife & I are still learning too, but this seems to be the place for helpful "Sheltie parents." Always nice to meet another Sheltie owner. :)

Oh well Oh well, that was disappointing. All types of people in this world. Apparently the perpetrator was using our pics to swindle others out of money in a non-existent puppy adoption. Tracing the emails and phone number, it was out of Cameroon. Since they aren't a US citizen, I could...

OMG! Who would do this? Apparently our website had an additional 200 people hitting it yesterday, with several emails being forwarded to me that our Sheltie was for sale? Someone has taken pictures of our Sheltie and said that she was for sale, asking that people visit our website for...

Loudoun County Shelties?! :) Any pictures of your Shelties? We definitely need to get together sometime. Any dog parks or dog-friendly restaurants you'd recommend?

Thanks, cuz! :) Wow, Bacca and Indy are a gorgeous pair! Yes, the family resemblance with Bacca is immediately apparent, especially with the coloring and ears. Have you attended any of the Jade Mist Jamborees? http://www.jademistjamboree.com/ As family, I'm sure Carol and the extended...

Thanks, Ania! My wife, Victoria, is Filipina and speaks Tagalog, but most Tagalog names are a little difficult for English speakers (including me). We both like anime and appreciate Japanese names, so we used: http://www.babynameworld.com/japanese-girl.asp as a starting point. From...

Kiyomi's litter at Jade Mist Maggie had a litter just before ours. Share the Moment ("Share") was the dam to our litter on May 5th, 2009, while Brice was the sire. If your friend's puppy was born in April, Maggie was likely the dam. If your friend's puppy was born in May, your dam was...