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Clodagh

Clodagh

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Time for updates - how are your puppies? Are you pleased with them? Loving it or counting down the days until they are all grown up?
Pen is 5 months now and as long as a wet weekend.
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She is very lovely and just a little bit spoiled.
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Pen is gorgeous and looking very relaxed and settled with you!

My whippet pup is 9 months old now, and she is absolutely adored by all the family and is turning into a pretty easy dog to have around. She has mostly learnt what she is and isn't allowed to chew, and has typical whippet attributes of being lively and playful when you want it, but happy to laze around and sleep when you need her to. She does think she is a bit of a princess though:

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She is gorgeous. I wish labradors came in that colour! Druid picks up with a lurcher, I wonder if a whippet could do it?
 
oooh, ok then ;)

I won't lie, sometimes its quite lively with two boys nearly the same age. they are both lovely though and get on well. Fitz is not that keen on the paddling pool, the most legs he's had in at any one time is three!

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this was Fitz after his first proper scent work session last weekend-he has very watered down collie traits although he does seemingly sleep with one eye open-after this he was completely out of it for a good hour!

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I am trying to get OH into canicross-they both love it but our trails are what they call technical, and its hard running two together-at least until I am fitter!

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well at the start of the year I was not a fan of border collies or puppies:
I now have 2 border collie crosses! the most recent arrived a week ago- he is about 7 months and had a terrible start until rescued (Rspca & police case). fostering him for the small rescue that took him on.
him and sky do love a play fight- but always indoors, never outside! chaos at times! she is only 2 and had very little stimulation her first 2 years so she can be quite puppy like too.
I like them a bit older and calmer, but my GSD was still like an over sized puppy at 4! so used to hyperactive dogs who are always a bit puppy like!

the house is covered in chew toys.... as he is at the great stage of wanting to chew constantly, and is not destructive as long as one is in sight!

I will add photos when my photobucket starts working
 
They're all gorgeous, trying very hard not to get a doberman puppy now Daisy is back at the MILs - think the OH would kill me if I did as we're in the middle of moving house! lol
 
Mabel, my Great Swiss Mountain dog is now 7 months old, towers over my Collie Daisy, and weighs about 34kg.
She is an absolute sweetheart, loving, funny, loyal ...... but oh gawd can she smell a carcass or wild pony poo a mile off ..... cue recall going out the window, and when she does return to me, its via the stinkiest black bog onThe Forest for a quick hippo paddle! :p

I love her to bits ..... would share a pic but cant manage it on my tablet! :o
 
tommy my tiny terrier cross is 13 weeks, almost housetrained unless it is raining, then he runs indoors to poo!!!! i love him but want him to grow up quickly so i can begin to relax a bit. the only chewing he has done so far is the skirting board so ive got off a bit lightly...

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Sprout if you'd like me to share a couple of pics just say. I've got the ones in the kitchen which really show how much she's grown.

I've posted a few updates about Wolfie, but just for the puppy thread I'll do some more pics. She's just turned 6 months old, and is absolutely adorable. She's full of life and we're currently struggling with recall and her chasing instinct but really working hard on getting over it. Suzie, our Westie, absolutely adores her little sister and sticks up for her in public but definitely rules the roost at home. Pics:

On the first day we got her, just after she was dropped off at the office, when we were just supposed to be looking after her:
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She was so fluffy!
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Her first trip to the beach:
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She might be twice the size of the Westie but she makes a comfortable mattress!
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She's got a lot longer!
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And asleep again, sticking her tongue out due to her undershot jaw:
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Lovely to see puppy pics. I can't wait for Pen to grow up a bit, I love training. She is learning in a normal day to day way but I want to dig out the training game bag.
 
I love Fitz, he has such a noble head.
Tommy is fab, what cross is he? He looks very cheeky.
JennBags, I hadn't computed your girl was only 6 months, she looks so grown up.
 
Will you be training for something in particular Clodagh?

Wolfie's a very quick learner, I'm tempted to take her to a beginners agility course that starts next week, we've got fab recall (except in chasing moments), and she sits, stays, lies down, spins, and shakes both paws. I'm currently working on getting her to lie down when I'm a few steps away which we get most of the time, and when I play with the dogs together I get her to stay while I call Suzie.
 
Humph, that's collies for you, they have to show off!
Pen will be a gun dog, God willing. So far she just does sit, stay, stop, basic directions (very basic!) And recall. Hopefully immediate and not when she has finished eating whatever she had just found!
 
Haha Clodagh, she's so easy it makes me look good lol :lol:

Sprout, how could anyone not be interested in the beautiful Mabel, here are before and after pics with Daisy Dog for comparison:
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Clodagh said:
Humph, that's collies for you, they have to show off!
Pen will be a gun dog, God willing. So far she just does sit, stay, stop, basic directions (very basic!) And recall. Hopefully immediate and not when she has finished eating whatever she had just found!
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How do you train stop and directions? Thinking I need to up the ante a little :wink3:
 
wow-Mabel, Wolfie and Tommy are so gorgeous! How big will Mabel get?!

thank you Clodagh-I've long admired the shape and profile of the smooths and he's a very easy dog to have around. while I completely adore Quarrie I can see smooths being my breed into my dotage! (although I have just heard Quarrie's breeder is considering his next litter..)
 
MotherOfChickens said:
wow-Mabel, Wolfie and Tommy are so gorgeous! How big will Mabel get?!

thank you Clodagh-I've long admired the shape and profile of the smooths and he's a very easy dog to have around. while I completely adore Quarrie I can see smooths being my breed into my dotage! (although I have just heard Quarrie's breeder is considering his next litter..)
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Mabel will be about 55-60kg when fully grown and head will be hip high next to me .... she will also have the pulling power of a tractor!
 
Loving the puppy pictures and updates. My daughter has a chocolate mini Smooth dachshund called Rosie who inevitably I get to look after. I am not keen on tiny dogs but she has a huge character, is full of fun and afraid of nothing.
I will send a photo to the wonderful JB who is our photo poster.
 
SpringArising said:
Clodagh, Pen is beautiful. Is she a show type? She has a nice chunky head.
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Wash your mouth out! No, she is a full on working type. In fact she looks like a half bred whippet. I don't like a snipey head on any animal though, thankfully as you say she has a nice square muzzle.
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Clodagh said:
Humph, that's collies for you, they have to show off!
Pen will be a gun dog, God willing. So far she just does sit, stay, stop, basic directions (very basic!) And recall. Hopefully immediate and not when she has finished eating whatever she had just found!
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I just use my hands to signal whenever I say anytihng to her, so when we get to actual stop whistle training it is an easy step. So, if she sees my hand held upwards and out, like a policeman saying stop, she stops and sits. Cannot currently be done faster than a walk but one day we will get it at a gallop, or mid retrieve. Same with direction, when we go out the gate they all look at me to see which way we are turning, so instead of just walking I stop and use a directional signal. We hunt for biscuits in the grass too, and she is learning to trust me when I signal where it is. None of this is approved gundog training, you understand, but as our dogs are out with us all day we can do a very unstructured training regime.
 
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