Recent content by lilrider

I wish we could do christmas pictures. But somehow I have a hard time imagining getting 3 dogs to hold still and then we couldn't leave out the 2 cats or 4 horses and we need the bunny too. The rooster and hen are on their own lol. Ah maybe someday...

In the three months we have had Roscoe he has eaten quite a bit. A short list off the top of my head... Clothing (he always chooses my stuff too): 3 pairs of flipflops numerous socks two bras Shoelaces on my shoes chewed on but caught before he did much to my work tennis shoes Other...

By fluff I mean the undercoat. Roscoe is 6 months old and he has a long luxerious coat but I know better than to think it willl stay that way. So when abouts do you see undercoat come in?

Ok I'm not sure if this belonged more here or in grooming. I guess it depends on if its a dry skin problem or a medical problem and I'm not sure which it is. Anyways we have officially given up on gluing or taping the ears. Roscoe just plays too hard with our other two dogs. When I finally do...

Forgot to say Roscoe will be 4 months old tomorrow and we got him at 11 weeks old.

Roscoe has really come into his bark in the last couple weeks... Unfortunatley. He barks at the cat, he barks at the rabbit, he barks at the vaccume, our other 2 dogs, a suspicious cardboard box, the broom, you get the picture. Luckily Gracie our rat terrier is a barker though hers is a...

I highly doubt he has ear mites. Being bred and raised to be a show dog and by a show breeder, she rarely took him outside even. Plus he shows no symptoms of ear mites. Now droopy eared breeds are more prone to ear infection because the ear is more closed off. My thought is that when she...

Well its not the usual thread about how to do the ears, our breeder showed us how and did Roscoes the first time for us. But I unglued them about a week ago because they started to stink. The way she did them was twist the hair between the ears and glue them and then glue the tips down to the...

Well we were doing good and seeing a lot of improvement as far as him coming out of his shell... Until last night. I was hand feeding him and thought I saw a flea on his belly (even though he just got a dose of advantage last week). Well I went to pick him up and flip him over to get it and he...

I understand intelligent dogs. I have two terriers who are pretty smart. My rat terrier is amazingly smart, too smart for her own good. She knows about as many words as our friends 2 year old kid. I think a big difference also is that I rescued both of our other dogs from shelters. They were...

And thanks for all the support everyone. We will see what he does in the next couple weeks. He turned 12 weeks old on this past Sunday and we have had him for a week and a half.

My breeder only shows her own dogs and only owns 3 dogs. My pups dam and 2 other show dogs. He is well socialized. He is not very food motivated but more food than toy. Most of all I think he is still coming out of his shell with us. He was very playful and loving today. So its a work in...

Like I said I don't think its being scared. He has no problem meeting mew people and dogs, except he's not keen on big dogs who bark at him. He is currently racing around being a typical puppy... But ignoring me.

He is most definitely not from a BYB. Trust me I know all about bybs and puppymills. My breeder is a show breeder. He's pick of the litter, but we are pet people. From what I have been reading this is typical sheltie behavoir. He's not afraid, he just met a huge ammount of new people this...

Thanks guys. I should add that I'm completely new to the breed. My SO grew up with a sheltie but I am used to my two terriers. Rat terrier and pit bull boston mix. My pit mix Parker is a cuddle bug but can be reserved somewhat... Gracie my rat terrier literaly screams in excitement when she...