Shelties ears

To get that pretty, tipped shelties ears, we need to make it that way through ear taping.  Most people think the ear just happen to be tipped and will stay that way.  To get those pretty ears, it usually takes time and perseverance.  Some people do it for a month thinking they got it only to find the ears standing after that.  And if you leave it  and then decide to tape it again later, it wont work.

I usually start doing the ears when the pups are about 2 months old and we have to constantly monitor it.  Some are done as quick as 6 months and some maybe a little longer than that.

It is pretty simple to do.  Today I took Whitley's tape off to check his ears and it is looking good.  Another month or two and it should be perfect.

I took some pictures of him today to show you his ears.

Whitley and Patrick are best of pals.  They never get tired of each other.  When Whitley and Patrick was at the groomer once,  Whitley whinned a little because he wanted to play with another dog but he was getting groomed.  Patrick was at the other end and heard Whitley, and he thought Whitley was in trouble and he came running to him, hahaha..

Look at the two buddies playing.  Whitley's mouth is IN Patrick's  mouth!! hahaha...Dont worry they are not hurting each other, they are just playing.



Whitley looking at the others and said HELP!!

The weather has been pretty ok today.  No rain but it is really humid.  Have a wonderful evening!

Merry Christmas!!

Hello everyone and Merry Christmas!!  How was your Christmas??  Ours was very good, great weather, spent time with my family and my doggies, went out for lunch and dinner too.  Zeus came over and had fun with Whitley.  They got their Christmas presents today and they enjoyed the Greenies and their raw hide.

Whitley has grown a lot.  Everytime I pick him up, gosh he is so much heavier now.  I took some pictures of him today and here they are.





Handsome Whitley




Whitley all grown




Whitley chasing a butterfly




Whitley giving Daisy kisses


Patrick's Birthday is coming soon.  He will be celebrating his birthday on the 9th of Jan and my birthday before that.  I would probably take Patrick out to the dog friendly park.

I hope your Christmas was as great as mine.  I shall get the dogs in and go to bed.  Goodnight!!

A lovely Evening

Yesterday was a gloomy day, it looked like it was going to rain but it didnt.  My friend who owns Zeus was thinking of taking him to the dog park to socialise and asked me to come along with King.  I was up for it but I was just worried if we drove there and it ended up raining.  But we took our chances and went anyway and it turned out to be a great evening!  It didnt rain but stayed gloomy all evening while we were there.  Before I left for the park, the dogs were fed and was playing out in the garden.  While they were playing, I sat outside in my garden and had a durian all to myself and it was heavenly!! 

And, I manage to take some pictures of Zeus!!  Really nice ones! hehehe.  He was over at my place the day before to play with Whitley but I didnt manage any pictures then.  When we got there, we had a drink and sat and had a little chat while everyone who passed by was amazed with King and Zeus.  They stoped and pet them.  We were at a restaurant at the park that allowed our doggies too.

After our drinks we went to the dog park for a walk and took pictures.  Zeus was very happy to see all the other doggies there.  We didnt see any sheltie there, we saw loads of Poodles, Pekingese, Shih Tzu, some huskies and a few other breeds too.

After our walk, we stoped for drinks again at my favourite place, Fitou Brasserie, the place is cosy and lots of other doggies go there too.

Here are more pictures of Zeus at the park having fun yesterday.

Isnt he a beauty? He is only 6 months old.

Zeus and his owner

Zeus being a good boy and keeping himself busy while we are having a snack and the Fitou Brasserie

Zeus came to visit...

Zeus came to visit us yesterday.  It rained and stoped but when Zeus arrived, it rained again. So you can imagine what my garden was like!!  But Whitley was so happy to see his little brother and Zeus was really happy too.  They played and played and played till they were all wet.  They then got cleaned up and dried and they looked handsome again.

I have not seen Zeus for a long time and he has grown.  He is so so fluffy and super cute! He is still much smaller than Whiltey.  His owners loves him loads and he is one happy and cheeky little fella.  I was told he is really a good boy at home too.  I was very happy to see him.  I think he is really really cute and so full of character.

I didnt manage any pictures of the both of them playing because it was raining and it was getting dark, however I got a picture of him taken in the car when he was on his way to my place.  It isnt a great photo as it was taken by a phone camera but it will have to do I guess, hahaha....

Look at him, isnt he adorable??  His ears are super cute too!

Zeus in the car on the way to my place.

Zeus when he was just a wee puppy

Whitley

I went out for a wee while to get dog food and when I came home, it had rained and my garden is soaking wet!  But Whitley needed to pee and so he had to go out and get his paws wet, hehe...While I was brushing him today, I realised he has grown so much.  I love to watch him when he is sleeping and realise how big he is now compared to before.

I took some pictures of him with his wet paws.  It just stoped raining when I got home so the garden is still really really wet.

I thought I would add some pictures of Whitley when he was much younger so you can see how much he has grown.

Whitley a few days old

Whitley about 2 and half weeks old

Whitley about 2 months old

Whitley at about 3 months old

Whitley at 4 months old

Whitley now almost 6 months old, in my wet garden

Whitley heard something



Whitley saying - "enough pictures already!!" hahaha

 Zeus is coming to visit Whitley in a couple of hours from now.  The garden is wet but oh well, I will make an exception today, the dogs need out and need to play!  I hope to get some pictures of Zeus today and hopefully will be able to share with everyone tomorrow.  Have a great evening!

Found!

A few days ago, I posted about a lost sheltie.  I dont know the owner or the dog, but when I saw about it on facebook my heart sank and it brought me back to the time when I lost my dog as a child and found it a year later.

This morning I got news from the owner of the lost dog (Ozzy)  She told me that Ozzy was found yesterday evening!  Oh god what wonderful news,  eventhough I dont know the owner and her dog, I felt so happy that he was found and reunited with his owners.  It brought tears to my eyes.  I am really happy to receive such good news and what a great way to start my morning.

I prayed that Ozzy would be found and he was found.  Thank you god for being so kind.

I am really really happy for Ozzy and his owners. I hope to meet them one day.

You have a great day!

Home Sweet Home

All my dogs except for Whitley and Blossom went on a 'holiday' and they are all home now.  We went to the groomers today too.  They were away for 6 days while I was busy at home sorting many things.  Blossom stayed with me because she may be expecting and Whitley boy is too young to go out 'partying' so the both of them stayed with me.  For the first few days,  I was so busy and tired I didnt even get any chance to miss them.  I didnt even have time to eat at times, hahaha.  By the 5th day I missed them really badly.  I got the house ready, cleaned and I drove 140km/hr to go pick them up.

Everyone was so happy to see me.  When they got to the groomers, I bet they were staying, oh man...can we go home now??haha...so while they were getting groomed, I went and got myself groomed as well!!  Everything is in perfect order now and I couldnt be happier.

As soon as I got them out of the car, they ran about happily.  Josh was doing some kind of 'dance'!! It was really nice to watch.  For the past few days, picking up after them was easy as I only had the two of them at home and once they got out of the car, oh boy, it was about 1kg of poop I had to pick up after they had their dinner, hahaha.  Good thing the weather was great, no rain and am really happy.  We got home late evening so I didnt manage any pictures.

Whitley was EXTREMELY happy to see his pal, Patrick and the both of them played. 

A missing sheltie notice was posted on facebook and the person contacted me to see if I could help her.  Here are some info of the missing sheltie and if you happen to come across this dog, please contact his owner.  I hope whoever took him will return him or whoever found him would too and I hope wherever he is, he is safe and somehow get home soon.  Hang in there Ozzy boy.  I pray your owners find you soon.  Please tell your friends about this missing dog too and help find him.  Thank you.

A Fun Evening

The 3 little rascals are out playing in the garden.  The weather is great.  Cleo and Caesar will be going home tomorrow after staying with me for 23 days!  Whitley must have been so happy to have them around.  When they are together, they will be up to some no good and make me work harder, hahaha...my garden looks almost like a battle field, thanks to Cleo and Caesar.

Whitley is getting really really handsome. Just look at him.  At times when I watch him without him knowing, its like watching a "mini" lion!

I took some pictures of them having fun outside.  Enjoy!

Having a meeting before they start their game

Caesar bullying Cleo



Look at Whitley



Whitley planning to "attack"!




Cleo, always happy!



Christmas presents for my doggies

Christmas is just around the corner and so I thought I would go get my dogs some presents.  They have loads of toys already, so they are not on the list.  I think my dog has got almost everything a dog would want and if I were them, I dont think I would or could ask for anything more. And so I thought they might like some Greenies, some raw hide and some of those collagen strips to chew and they are pretty good for their teeth.

So here is what I got them.



Greenies, Orozyme Collagen Strips and Raw Hide!

 I know the raw hide is humongous!  I intentionally got the big ones.  Why?  If i got each and everyone of them one each, they would actually think someone else has got the better one and they will leave theirs and go for someone elses raw hide,  and all of them will end up trying to get one anothers and leave their own, hahaha.  So a nice huge one, am sure they will share and have fun trying to grab it from another dog.

PS:  The cute reindeer is not for the dogs, it is MINE, hahah.....it was too cute and was staring at me on the shelf, and so I had to get it.  Good thing it doesnt eat, or poop or pee.  He is my new pet :)

Acrobatic Dog!

A few weeks before Caesar and Cleo came to stay with me, my friend (their owner) told me that Cleo is able to jump over a 3feet fence.  Sometimes she also manage to come out of her play pen, which is about 3 feet too.  At first when I was told that, I felt, my god, how is that possible.  I never had one who did such a thing.  So when they were staying with me, I was worried that she might jump out of her pen while I am out or something and I wouldnt know what she would do around the house.

They have been staying with me for 20 days now and she has always been in her pen when I return home if I go out.  Yesterday however, when I came home, I saw my front door floor mat was out of place.  Hmm, I couldnt be in that much of a hurry to cause that. So I though to myself, oh well, perhaps it was me because it couldnt be anyone else.

Then when I opened the front door, I saw Cleo out of her pen and roaming about! I hoped she didnt do anything and luckily she didnt.  After 20 days she finally did that. hahaha...She would proabably make a great agility dog when she is older.

Am back!

So sorry for the long pause,  I have not posted anything for the past one week as I have been extremely busy.  Now  everything revolves around the weather.  Everyday, WHEN the dog goes out depends on the weather.  In the past,  they have a routine and its the same daily, but because it is raining so much now, anytime it is good to go out, they are out! regardless what time.  So I play the weatherwoman and have to decide, when they go out.  They dont follow the usual routine anymore, if I did that, they wouldnt be having time outside.

So its 1pm now, usually they are in sleeping, but now are out and I let them out as long as they want and as long as the weather allows so that I am fair to them and they are not robbed of their play time outside.  Its no easy task.  Always having to watch out for the weather and its really tiring.  The wet weather also means I work harder to keep them dry and clean.  Cleo and Caesar will be going home in a couple of days time.  I need a holiday!! haha...I wish!!

We didnt manage to show Caesar for the November show as I didnt have any help then and his owners were away.  We will show him Feb and March next year.  He has a full set of new teeth now and its looking good.  Cleo and Whitley have a perfect set of teeth as well.  Caesar has changed a lot in terms of colour.  He has got a really dark shade now.  Same goes for Cleo.  As for Whitley, he had a really light colour when he was younger and now it has become deeper and orange like colour, similar to Daisy.  Even King has become a little darker, look at his coat now, its almost like a tri coloured sheltie.

It looks like its going to rain soon, its gloomy outside and I managed to take some pictures.  They were running about and the pictures arent great but at least something.

Whitley boy

Caesar boy

King