16 WEEK SHELTIE PUP AVAILABLE AWESOME TEMPERAMENT

 I have been away from the blog as my computer was hacked and my cell phone was completely wiped. The whole thing was a terrible experience. Scammers seem so professional. They can get you to believe any thing. I sure have learned alot and will never allow that to happen again. It took awhile to clear my mind, it always popped into my head when I first got up in the morning. It is behind me now and I am trying to forget the whole thing.

In the meantime I have been helping my friend Harriet sell her litter of Flash pups. Flash is my stud and a wonderfully smart boy. I love working with him as he picks up things so easily. The puppy is a 16 week old tri color boy. His temperament is out of this world. He is like his Dad and will have wonderful work ethic. He would be an awesome sports dog. He will be a little on the larger side  but he is a pretty boy and loves everyone. He is ready for his next adventure with his new family. We hope to find a family who will really appreciate his people loving temperament and his thinking ability. There is a picture of him on the website and also a picture of Flash under our boys. The website is jopavistsheltieshop.com Harriet who is Travelers owner can be reached at 603-539-1603 He is really ready for a new loving family. He would be a good juniors dog for obedience and agility. His shots are up to date and he is guaranteed against any genetic defect. Flash is fully genetically tested and his eyes are certified. He will be having his hips x-rayed soon. Luna is clear by parentage and her eyes are certified. Luna, Travelers mothers loves agility and is a great agility dog.So Traveler has the genes for dog sports. But he also loves to get on the couch and cuddle. He is just a perfect all around Sheltie. He is pretty good with housetraining and knows how to use the dog door to go out and come in. 

I am hopeful that he will meet his new family soon. A fenced yard or area would be good for his safety. He is a pretty pup and the fact that he loves everyone is such a plus.

I hope to keep the blog up now that I have a new computer, new phone and am ready to write about my Shelties.

 

 

                                                             TRAVELER

                                                                       

 

ONLY A MONTH

Time just fly's by so fast. My new little girl Ava, is doing just wonderfully. She is so smart and sweet. Very demanding little girl as she knows her own mind. But she is so much fun. She will chase the little ball as long as you want to throw it. And she is so good to bring it back and drop it right in front of you. She loves to tug with you too.Anything to keep you playing. Cutting her nails is not so easy but she will learn to be still. Maybe! She loves to cuddle but every muscle is moving and her legs are all over the place. Cutting nails without help will just not work. Ava is growing so fast, I just hope that she will not get too big. She is such a lovely puppy with an awesome temperament. Hopefully some day she ill give me pups that are just as happy as she is. 

I call her the fireplace puppy. She just loves being in there. I have now put a small bed in there for her as she loves to nap there. They sure find funny places where they like to sleep. I have a corner in the kitchen and all the dogs love it. They often take turns using the corner. It is very cozy for all of them and they often take turns too. I have another little pup coming to stay with us. I will post pictures once she is here.

I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW LONG I HAVE LET THIS BLOG GO.

 I really can't believe how long I have let this go and not posted anything. I would think about it and then just let it go. I did get a new puppy in the spring and took her to puppy class in August. Now that winter has hit I don't drive down to classes. But we will go back for the spring. My boy Dodger visited with a friend for a couple of weeks late august when I had my cataract surgery. I worried about that alot. But actually it was not bad and not painful. The day after I had to see the surgeon so he could check out my eyes and all was well. A couple of weeks of no heavy lifting was easy to do. I had hoped to have pups early winter but Quinn did not have a heat again. She was ready to retire. She went to a friend of mine and living a wonderful life too. Unfortunately Zoe had weird heats and could not be bred. She is with another friend of mine and having a blast. She gets to go to the beach and retrieve her ball which she loves, if you let her she would play  ball all day. She is living a really good life and now I can concentrate on growing out a couple of female pups. My young sable girl is almost a year old and will probably have pups sometime in August. I have a little tri girl that is growing out here and I will have a pretty bi black girl here also. My boy Flash has been busy visiting some girls of friends of mine. I hope to get a son of his. It is almost like starting over.

I am not ready to give up yet. I still want to produce, quality, healthy pups with awesome temperaments and with these girls I will be able to preserve the sheltie and breed to the standard to keep the Sheltie breed up to what it should be. Quality,happy, healthy pups to be excellent family companions. I know for awhile I was considering not breeding any longer but I could not give up my dream of producing happy,healthy, quality pups with awesome temperaments. So as long as I can care for my dogs and give them what they need I will continue to produce awesome family companions.

There should be lots going on this summer so I need to keep up the blog to let you all know how Jopavist Shetland Sheepdogs are doing. 

I am hoping for an early spring. Stay safe and warm in this so cold winter.

 

                                                         Our new tri girl, Ava

 

NOT MUCH TO REPORT WITH ALL THE HEAT, HUMIDITY AND RAIN.

It has been a pretty miserable summer for the dogs. They just do not do well with heat and humidiy. We have not been able to play agility with the humidity. The dogs really pant in the humidity and don't feel like running in the agility area. I started to get the equipment out one day and maybe got a third of it and it was just plain too hot to do anymore. I hope to have it all out by mid September and maybe we will be able to have a Sheltie play day in September. 

I have been having cataract surgery and will be all done by mid September. My Sheltie friends have been helping out with taking my puppies and one adult dog. The help is wonderful and I so appreciate it.The first procedure is done and it has been so nice to be able to see better. Next week the second procedure. It should go as well as the first. Then all done and no more worry about bending and lifting. 

I can't wait to start training again with Flash. He loved training so much and he is so smart. He just picked up so fast and remembered so well. We really had fun in his class. 

I don't travel much in the winter so I need to get to a class soon.

We did go to a dog show in June. It was fun and alot of work. Bathing and grooming Flash and packing up all the equipment to take to the show. Flash behaved really well and handled the environment really well. This was the first show he had ever been to. He was the only one in his class so he did get a ribbon but did not go further. I was really pleased with his behavior, he acted like he had been  showing for a long time. Actually the obedience training is much more fun. He really loves the obedience and I think that we will stick with that. We need to have fun together.

 

                                                  

•                                         FLASH

FOUR MONTHS SINCE I HAVE TOUCHED THE BLOG

 It sure has been a long time since I have written here. Just plain too busy. I had a litter of nine pups born in mid December and boy that was a lot of work. Two smaller pups needed to be hand fed which was very time consuming. I was going to keep one of the bi black boys but decided that I did not need another boy. 

I have a lovely sable female that came from Wanderlust Shetland Sheepdogs. She is 10 weeks and a little doll. We are starting to learn some tricks so when she is four months old she can earn her tricks title. House training is on going and she is catching on quite well. Lots of paying attention to what she is doing but I am catching her most of the time.Right now she is under the table. She is sound asleep and that might last for 20 minutes. I spend time lots of time with her but she is so smart and I don't want to lose any time with her

Flash is with a friend of mine to practice conformation show training. There are two shows that he will be entered in late June. Will be his first time in a conformation ring.  We are looking forward to the day. He also sired another litter with our blue girl Quinn. A friend of mine whelped her as I needed a break and she is handling the placement of the pups. There are two tri boys still available. She has a page on FB called Wanderlust Shetland Sheepdogs. There you will see some pictures of the tri boys and you can get an application for a puppy. She is Caitlin Foster, and the pups are with her. 

They are not ready to go for another 2 to3 weeks. They are so cute.

I have been taking Finn to class once a week and it is a good hours drive but it is so much fun and Finn is learning alot. Hopefully I will be able to keep this blog up only if a paragraph of what is going on here at Jopavist Shetland Sheepdogs. 

I hope to get some of the agility equipment set up this afternoon. 

It is time to start playing agility with the dogs again. They love it and it is so good for them.

All for now, hope to be back tomorrow.

Jody

 

                                                   FLASH 

                                             Sire of the pups.