Say Hello to Wolfie

JennBags

JennBags

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Long story and not really mine to tell, but a week ago I offered to help a HHO friend out and foster one of her pups for a couple of weeks. Of course, we totally fell in love with her and yesterday she became officially ours. She's 12 weeks old, a border collie, a proper working sheepdog. She's very intelligent with the sweetest nature. The Westie is still asserting herself a lot but is already very fond of her!

I've never had a puppy before so I expect I'll be asking for all sorts of help from everyone.

Some pics for your delight. She's rather hectic, we rarely get pics of her except when she's asleep so I love this first picture of her.

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And one of the Westie for a little balance:

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Oh my goodness what a cute puppy! I was just lamenting today that my pup is 6 months old and all of a sudden looks like an adult! Hes always been an old head on young shoulders so to all intents and purposes hes a grown up boy now! I do so miss my lovely little pup! Enjoy yours, it doesnt last long :)
 
Haha thanks, I can't believe even in the 7 days we've had her, how much she's grown. She'll look like a proper adult dog soon enough, but puppies are soooo adorable I wish they could stay that way.
 
A lovely outcome for Wolfie JB - she will certainly keep you on your toes ..... they NEVER get tired and need so much mental and physical stimulation .... she is going to be a lot easier to train than Mabel! Xx
 
She's so beautiful (and the other HHO story makes sense to me now). Are you going to work her on sheep? Look forward to following her progress.
 
WorkingGSD said:
She's so beautiful (and the other HHO story makes sense to me now). Are you going to work her on sheep? Look forward to following her progress.
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I wondered if anyone would connect the stories! No I won't work her on sheep, it does feel a little like a waste of her but it's not something that's in my world. Planning on trying her with agility when she's old enough though.
 
JB, she's gorgeous, I hope all goes well with her:)
My mother had a couple of border collies, interspersed with or as well as lurchers and a westie too, both collies were brilliant at obedience and worked really well to a high level for mum. I bet Susie has had a right shock to her ordered life :D
 
Thanks, I find her both beautiful and adorable. She's such an affectionate dog, really cuddly. She's had her jabs and can go out next week, can't wait as she needs a daily run I think. She's not yet house trained so I'm not sure where we're going wrong with that, I feel like I've spent the whole day cleaning up after her as she's been in the office today and she's pretty much house trained at home but definitely not at the office.
 
She is scrumptious 😍

My next collie is going to be a blue merle.

Ours is 11 in July and still acts like a two year old 😀

Just a friendly word of caution I nooyour post above saying she needs a daily run, please don't over run her, I lost one of mine to a previous owner over running him at a very young age and he got bad spine and hips.
If you want to wear her out do a lot of mental work.
Will wind my neck in now 😊
 
cinnamontoast said:
She's gorgeous!

Which is the pup with issues? Not this one?
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I don't understand, have you confused me with someone else? Pup with issues?

Slightlyconfused said:
She is scrumptious ��

My next collie is going to be a blue merle.

Ours is 11 in July and still acts like a two year old ��

Just a friendly word of caution I nooyour post above saying she needs a daily run, please don't over run her, I lost one of mine to a previous owner over running him at a very young age and he got bad spine and hips.
If you want to wear her out do a lot of mental work.
Will wind my neck in now ��
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Thanks, good advice. Are there guidelines somewhere do you know? We have a lot of sheep around here so unlikely to be letting her off lead for a while until we know how she is with livestock, and how good her recall is, so hopefully won't be overrunning her.
 
JennBags said:
Thanks, good advice. Are there guidelines somewhere do you know? We have a lot of sheep around here so unlikely to be letting her off lead for a while until we know how she is with livestock, and how good her recall is, so hopefully won't be overrunning her.
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One minute of exercising on lead per week of age, up until one year :)
 
Lovely dog glad she is settling well. I am sure you will have a lot of fun in agility. The advice from KITT is good I just knew you should not over walk pups until they are adult the bigger they are the more important but never seen the min per week up to one which is nice and simple to follow.
Look forward to lots more photo's.
 
The rule of thumb for puppy exercise is that a pup should have no more than five minutes of walking for every month of his age. So that would be fifteen minutes a day maximum for a three month old puppy, twenty minutes for a four month old and so on. However, that is on lead, "forced" exercise on hard ground. I allow my pups as much free running on soft ground around the garden, allowing rest whenever needed, as they like. I avoid exercising pups (and adults) on a full stomach and avoid repetitive throwing of a ball on a regular basis. Far better to hide the ball and have your dog find it, or teach your dog to sit and wait while you throw the ball and then release them to fetch it. So many sprains, strains and joint problems can be caused from dogs twisting and turning to catch a moving ball. Also, you have to remember that collies tend to become very focused and too much ball throwing can trigger obsessive behaviour in this breed.

Collies are obviously little bright sparks, so rather than lots of exercise as puppies, I do plenty of short, fun training sessions and clicker training is brilliant for shaping behaviour, having fun and letting your puppy use her considerable brain power. Happy to supply links for training ideas if you like :)
 
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