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When I get home from my day job, I get changed into something more comfortable, grab a bite to eat and then take our pack of three Shelties and a tri-color Colie out to the yard to play. This itinerary is met with great expectations by the dogs, as it's a time to romp, jump and go crazy. This evening, however, was a little different...
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Last Updated ( Jan 03, 2007 at 07:39 AM )
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In the corner of our yard we have a small seasonal flag pole from which we hang, well, flags that celebrate the seasons...Halloween, Thansgiving, Christmas, etc. Over this past weekend, two of our three Shelties, Declan (a.k.a. Deckie) and Lily, were congregting around the flag for some unknown reason. The semi-world famous Presto Dog photographer snapped a shot of the two dogs in question, capturing forever in time the inquisitive nature of the two pack members, surveying their environment to be certain everything is in place and hasn't been disturbed. As proof of this, note that they're both looking in different directions to make sure all lines of sight are covered by their whithering stares!
 Deckie & Lily: Shelties
For those of you who may be unfamiliar with our dogs, that's Declan in the background (by the flag) and Lily up closer to our aqua colored pause table, used for canine agility training, of course. The pause table, by the way, is a place of refuge for Dougie, our tri-color Collie. He usually hops up on it to escape from Deckie when he chases him around the yard. But you gotta see this to believe this 'cause he's able to jump up onto it from what seems to be a dead run and come to a complete stop before sliding off the other side of it. But, considering that Declan's trying to nip him if he could only catch him, perhaps the concept of self-preservation is impetus enough to perform a miracle (or temporarilly suspend the laws of physics), at least for poor Dougie's sake. For all you Shetland Sheepdog lovers/owners, if you place your cursor over the Sheltie Talk line below, you'll see the publication that's considered the Sheltie Bible: Sheltie Talk It's the one we here at Presto Dog purchased a number of years ago when our first Sheltie came to live with us. She's gone now, but will never, ever be forgotten. Miss you, my Molly Girl.
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Last Updated ( Jan 02, 2007 at 08:16 PM )
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The semi-world famous Presto Dog photographer caught Declan (a.k.a. Deckie) at attention yesterday when he stopped by to take pictures of our pack on Sunday, New Year's Eve.
Here's the picture of the little guy looking as if he's standing at attention in our front yard:
 Deckie the Sheltie @ Attention
By the way, that's not a board or some strange appendage growing out of the side of his head; it's simply an extender for the down spout from the house's gutters.
Want to learn how to teach your pup some tricks? Here's a link that'll redirect you to a great book that uses positive reinforcement instead of yelling or admonishing your dog as you teach it new tricks:
Clicker Fun: Dog Tricks and Games Using Positive Reinforcement
Have a puppy and interested in a DVD that teachs you how to use a clicker training him or her? Here's a link to our vendor who'll ship it out to you A.S.A.P. if you purchase it...good luck!
Clicker Puppy
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Last Updated ( Jan 01, 2007 at 07:48 PM )
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To enter the rear door of our house (where the tradespeople are directed when they make deliveries or arrive to work on our mansion), you must walk up onto our deck which has a few steps.
This morning, Deckie, our alpha boy Shetland Sheepdog, was done doing his "business" outside. As always, I called him (as well as our other two Shelties and tri-color Collie) to go back into the house. The other three dogs came in quite quickly, but for some unknown reason Deckie decided to ruminate as to whether or not he wanted to join his fellow pack members.
Here's a picture of Deckie wondering if he should jump up the last two steps and on into our house:
 Deckie Contemplating Steps
Note that after contemplating his circumstance for no more than about three seconds, he jumped up the last two steps and ran on into the house where food and drink were waiting for him.
As a side note, here's what a friend of our family said about the living conditions at the Presto Dog den: "When I die and if I come back to life, I want to wind up as a dog in the Presto Dog household!" I guess they don't have such a bad life experience residing in our den, eh?
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Last Updated ( Jan 01, 2007 at 02:50 PM )
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