Yeah, he has copper cheeks, nose and ankles, the rest of him is red merle, a few clumps of white, and a few amber liver spots. He's a beautiful pup.
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Yeah, he has copper cheeks, nose and ankles, the rest of him is red merle, a few clumps of white, and a few amber liver spots. He's a beautiful pup.
Docked tails are a trait of the Australian Shepherd. If it doesn't have a docked tail, I'm pretty sure that means it isn't a full breed.
It's so cute! Instead of wagging a tail, he just wiggles his .....
No, its a decision (to dock or not to dock)...if you wait to long the procedure is more difficult. It like doberman and cropped ears.
Anyway...your pup is so cute...I want to just reach through the monitor and pick him up!!!! I can't resist a puppy....which is exaclty how I got our last pup (a mix)...no regrets...besides, he needed rescueing. He grew from a mere 8 lbs to 120!!! I had to protect him from our kelpie boys when he was a babe...then he "inflated"...the boys accepted him...and he no longer needed my protection from much of anything. For some folks, like myself, puppies can cast a spell so incredibley powerful that - even though you don't need another dog...you can't bring yourself to put them down...and you take them home. Boy! If you could bottle puppy spell power!!!!
Haha. There's no doubt. Puppies are just so damned cute. I just have to avoid kittens now. My hands are full until Sven is older.
I just looked it up and you're absolutely right.
Docking (animal) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Well...ya learn something everyday....I looked at your wiki link..I never knew the tails of some breeds of sheep were docked!!! Wow! And, w respect to the wiki link....I absolutely agree w the UK when it comes to dogs - it should be a law that only a vet can dock tails..and it should be enforced.
Great looking pup! Mine was just born last saturday, a Queensland Heeler, go Aussie dogs! Now gotta wait 8 weeks to actually get him home! Great tips on the training, exactly what I have read so far. I will be watching this thread for more tips!
There's a movement to ban docking of the tails. Some are born naturally bobbed others are docked and I've seen some pictures with full tails.
Your info is "spot on!" My mother has had a few Westies (West Highland White Terriers) over the past 15 years and with her very first dog, she did everything WRONG and paid for it with him taking a extended amount of time to become potty trained! With the two dogs she has now, the female (Noodles), was very easy to train but the male (Snow), took a little longer (as males usually do). Now, when they have to go potty, they go to the door or if they have to go "really bad" AKA The Runs Westies and their sensitive stomach's), they will go to where my mother is and sit and stare at her. It's actually pretty cool the little signals they if they have to "routinely" go or if it's one of those "get the hell out of the way" poops!!
My only advice is to absorb all you can now. The breath, the clumsiness, the running into walls, all of it.
My little girl just turned 1 about a week ago and I remember begging for her to get out of the puppy phase. Dachshunds are notorious for being hard to potty train. She drove me crazy.
But now she's all grown and the puppy breath is gone.
Cherish it!
My little girl just turned 1 about a week ago and I remember begging for her to get out of the puppy phase. Dachshunds are notorious for being hard to potty train. She drove me crazy.
But now she's all grown and the puppy breath is gone.
Cherish it!
Take video footage while he is still a puppy. My wife and I have a Beagle, and we didn't take any video (plenty of pictures.) We were just talking today about not having her learning to bay (bark.) She sounded like a rooster at first. She was a little bigger than my hand when I got her, and now she is 18 months old. (Full growed) as I like to tell her...You'll regret it if you don't get video!
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