11 wk old BiBlack Male Available

We have a 11 week old BiBlack male available from our recent litter.  He will mature around 14".  He is up-to-date on his shots and is crate trained.  He's got loads of spunk, attitude and a friendly, zest for life.  He would do well in a performance style home, or a very active, knowledgeable sheltie family.  He certainly won't be a couch potato :)

 BIS BISS Gold Gr Ch Serenity's Walk In The Park x Ch Shelamo She's Got Moxi

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Our All BiBlack Litter Is Growing Up

Our Ch Shelamo She's Got Moxi delivered an all bi-black litter on September 9, 2013.  The sire is BIS MBISS Gold Ch Serenity's Walk In The Park.

You can view ongoing puppy update pics on in our FaceBook album here.  Here are a few select pics you'll see there.

 female @ 4.5 wks

Thanks Giving weekend we started to take them outside on the grass - it was so lovely for them to learn to run and experience new things! 

 two girls @ 5 wks

 the large boy learning to run

the smaller boy

and he figures how to move!  YIPEE!

It is so neat to see puppy advancement in movement, abilities, and exploration from 5 wks on.

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Ch Shelamo Heart's Delight Male Pups

These two male pups are sired by Am/Cdn Ch Grandgables Idealistically Sharrow and are available to forever homes.  Contact co-breeder Margaret Pratt. 

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Shelamo All Fired Up - Flare

 

MBPIG Ch Ruffleith's Barolo DiRionda x Ch Shelamo Deja Vu

 

Here's one of our pups, which now lives in Edmonton.  The young owner did a video of her - it is SO cute!  Her goal is to train her for agility competitions.

Shelamo All Fired Up -  On You Tube

Enjoy .... Have A Great Day!

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Flirt Litter - Boy Pictured @ 9 wks

 

This is the boy from our Flirt litter born March 17, 2013 - he will likely mature around 17".

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Flirt Pups - 7 wks Already!

We took the opportunity yesterday to capture 4 of Flirt's pups that turned 7 wks.  Thanks to Marylou for coming to help, and Penny for working with me to capture these pics.

 the smaller male

 

 white faced girl

 smallest girl

 we call her the plain faced one

 plain faced one - girl

the big girl!

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Teaching The Young Ones

One of the many things I try and do in our community is to help instill being a Good Canine Citizen.

On Wednesday I went with Mary Lou (her girl "Sadie") and 5 of our puppies/dogs, to one of my client's Sparks & Brownie night for Doggie Appreciation.  We discussed what it takes to own a dog, proper care, why it's important to have quiet feet, quiet voices, especially around young dogs, and how to approach dogs with their owners and how to be a 'tree' and what to do, if a puppy nips them in play.  We discussed what to look for health wise - they were quiet knowledgeable on proper grooming and looking for fleas, ticks.

Mary Lou with her girl "Sadie" during the individual how to approach a dog session

information session, after each one had practiced proper approaching a dog and their owner

 

 Our 10 month old "Raisin" had a ball and enjoyed all the attention!

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 "Raisin" in the middle of all it all

Kris Morin (my client) with our "Rocky" getting the circle ready for the puppies

At 13 yrs old, BPIS Am/Cdn Ch "Rocky" lapped up all the spot light :)

and as deaf as he is now he showed them all his 'show show' moves to a tee - to say I'm proud of my boy is an understatement

The 'circle'

We had the girls make a 'human x-pen' for the puppies.

3 puppies @ just under 7 wks, the girls learned the importance of being still, with quiet voices and allowing the pups to come to them.

I remember my days as a Brownie & Guide, and WOW, their uniforms certainly aren't what I wore!!  No more skirts, no more hats.

I hope we helped these girls work towards their Vision .....

"Girl Guides of Canada, the organization of choice for girls and women, makes a positive difference in the life of every girl and woman who experiences Guiding so she can contribute responsibly to her communities."

Must say I took home tired puppies!  and TG, no messes during the car ride.

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They're Here! Ch Shelamo Deja Vu Pups

Three sable girls arrived in the wee hours of April 8, 2013

Pictures will be able to be seen in her Facebook Album here.

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Follow Breeze And Her Pups Here

Follow pictures of "Breeze's" pups with Ruffleith in their Facebook Album here.

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Follow Flirt's Pups In Their Facebook Album

You can see more pics and follow our MBPIG Ch Ruffleith's Barolo DiRiondo x Shelamo Seriously Sinful litter in their Facebook Album

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Puppies Have Arrived!!

 Our "Flirt" delivered 4 girls, 2 boys, all sables on March 17, 2013

Our "Breeze" co-bred and with Penny Woodruff delivered 1 girl, 2 boys all sables on March 19, 2013

Pics of "Flirt's" litter will be posted soon.

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Our Flirt Puppies @ 4 wks of age

Here are our 6 pups from our Am/Cdn Ch Reinmaur's Fire Cracker ROMC x Shelamo Seriously Sinful litter.  They are just at the age where the FUN starts!

 

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Chinook & Her Pup, More Pics

you can view a few more of Chinook and her one pup here on our FB page

Yes, she drove us nuts for the first 48 hours.  Couldn't leave her to go do anything without her showing up with pup in tow.

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Chinook's pup - 2 wks of age

Our

MBPIG Ch Ruffleith's Barolo Dirionda

x

MBPIG Ch Shelamo Riding The Wind

litter

"Chinook"

presents her 2 week old girl

 Welcome to the World sweetie!

She just opened her eyes today.  Am sure the bright morning sunlight was a bit of a shock to her, from her shaded room as we've got high temperatures on the go right now.  Thanks to Penny (Ruffleith) for helping with the pic taking - don't ya just wanna mush with that face!

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Breeding Dogs - Ups and Downs

The last two weeks, since June 25th, here at Shelamo have been very hard on us and has required many vet trips.

The wicked heat we've been through, breaking daily temps, has also worn us and the dogs out.  Just hoping our annuals, potted tomatoes and other gardens we're watering enough to sustain them.

  

Our Shelamo's Party Pack ROMC, at over 14 yrs of age, became ill and after 2 days of intensive IV fluid care and testing we found she's in stage 2 kidney failure. New food, meds and religious monitor has had to be upped to keep her stable.  She's doing well at this point, just means a lot of extra care.

Then, a bit earlier than expected on July 2nd, our Ch Shelamo Riding The Wind delivered two pups, unfortunately we lost one.  She's given us a real run for our money with just one!  She's one of the VERY few girls we have that wants to carry her pup around & move it to a different location from our standard whelping area of our kitchen.  I couldn't even leave for a minute without finding she was on the move again!  I was always asking - please give me your puppy!  With monitoring her, it meant sleeping on the couch for two days to ensure we got through the night OK.

 

and you're problem Mom is??

I was just about to .... you caught me!

(no pup was harmed in the taking of these photos :) )

She's had not wanted to eat well postpartum, so my stock of goodies, cooking up special meals has been endless, with a counter full of food, mostly that she hasn't wanted.  Her milk wasn't coming in well either, so I was supplementing the pup's feeding to try and maintain her birth weight, and then to gain some.  Trying to draw a fine line so that she'd at least nurse to try and cause the milk to come down hasn't been easy.  I think now, thanks to a Facebook neonatal page I'm on, I've found a natural remedy that I picked up this Friday that seems to have helped.  We're just 24 hours into it, so we'll see, but he pup now seems to have a fully belly when I check her and has put on weight.

Needless to say Chinook is a very attentive mom ... too much so!

She's gotten the nick-name of YoYo!

And then ... if that wasn't enough, on July 2nd ... in the afternoon, we had to rush our Ch Shelamo Burleigh Casino Rama CGN, CD to emergency (long weekend!) .... new post to follow .....

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A New Boy At Shelamo

Mucho thanks to Ruffleith shelties - Penny Woodruff - we will be co-owing this sweetie! He's just a doll. Very outgoing, always at my feet, gotta do what I'm doing, even if it's pick-up potty time :) He's reminding me so much of what our "Rocky" was as a puppy.

here he's doing a chase in the fields after our tri girl Disco (out of our Gralochs Blueberry Tart)
(pic taken with my iPhone)

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Move Over!

Our two pups from our Trixie litter are enjoying life at the Davidson's. After a hard play outside, some one's hogging the bed!

Move Over! Mr Journey.

Thanks Journey for moving out. But when you're this tired, any position will do :)

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Come Take A Peek

Shelamo is proud to be the Feature Breeder for the month of February on Sheltie Strut, helping to contribute to the fund raising efforts of Pennylynn Woodruff, who has been doing an amazing job for our CSSA National event.

Thank-you to Jan & Tim Secord & Mary-Anne Yolkowskie for also contributing.

Our newest AOAC hopeful pictured @ 6wks of age.
We're calling him "Journey"
(Am/Cdn Ch Apple Acres Expedition ROM ROMC x Gralochs Blueberry Tart)

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Trixie's Pups 3 wks

Blue Merle male

Trixie's pups are now 3 wks of age. Other than being able to hold their heads up a little better, for a little longer, I hear little growls or woofs from time to time, a little bit of mouthing, they aren't up to much else, other than growing!

Blue Merle male & tri brother

Bi-Black Female

Tri female

May I enjoy this "quieter" time for the next week, just cleaning them & watching them grow, for within another week Trixie's job will slow down and I'll be more on constant 'call', and a more regular clock of caring.

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Our AOAC pups @ 2wks

Trixie's litter is looking very nice. They are now just over 2 wks of age and all eyes are open. The blues are still too young to determine if their eyes will be brown or blue, or one of each. All pups eyes at this age have that glassy 'blue' hue. As we check each one and as their eyes become open, we say "Hey there, welcome to the World!". We finally have a 2nd way of introducing ourselves to them. Up to now it's only been scent. Ears will now open during the next week.

they are now learning how to hold their heads up

L-R Tri male, Tri female, Biblack female

The two blue(s) brothers (biblue is on the left)

the biblack female ~ she was the 1st to open her eyes

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