Ember was born June 2003. She is the first pup I have had and has surprised me at how quickly she has picked things up. She's very clever and loves food, she can't get enough of it so I don't have much of a problem motivating her to do things! A bit of food and we're away! She is destined for agility, obedience, maybe some htm and I will do a few breed shows in the meantime. Here she is at 6 months old. She is not your usual sheltie as she is very outgoing and loves meeting people and dogs, she has been known to play with flatties, shepherds and even a great dane! I don't know if she has nerves! View Ember's Pedigree & Ember's online Album
26 weeks - 26th DecemberEmber turned 6 months and went to her (and my!) first breed show on the 1st January (Coventry Ladies) to my pleasant surprise she came 2nd in Sheltie Puppy which was the only class I had entered her in. She was a little star. Her obedience is coming on leaps and bounds too :-)
25 weeks - 29th December Ember is 14 inches tall. She went to meet a load of mad flyball dogs today. She was great and has a lovely outgoing temperament and she was wiggling at everyone to say hello to her.
24 weeks - 12th DecemberI took Ember to an indoor agility show to watch and she wasn't phased at all by it again :-)
22 weeks - 5th December What a star I taught her turn and reverse through my legs today and she picked it up so quickly. She is so easy to train I can't get over it, she's mad about food though so I am sure that helps a lot!!! I have also been doing a lot of motivation work with her. She's stamnding at a whopping 13 12 inches!!
21 weeks - 24th November Ember came to Newton Heath agility show with us and did me proud, she wasn't at all phased and went up to everyone saying hello.
20 weeks - 17th November No more puppy classes as am at Uni on those nights now. So she comes to agility training to watch and she had a lovely time meeting all the mad collies there :-) She has learnt touch-tap and rollover this week. Also starting to do some obedience finishes and retrieves.
19 weeks - 10th November Ember came along to a YKC show at the weekend. She was a star, she met loads of people and revelled in all the attention insisting she say hello to everyone the little madam :-D I did a bit of training with her in a spare ring ans she worked really well, did some heelwork a retrieve and a recall, I was so pleased with her she really did me proud. She has made a new friend this week, Herbie the border terrier who is a part time member of the pack as I am looking after him and walking him during the mornings.
18 weeks - 3rd November Ember did well at puppy class this week. I have begun to teach her paw and she has picked it up quickly with the clicker. She also now knows lefts and rights. She is doing well (I think) with her stand practice as shelties have to freestand I believe. She hasn't grown much if anything, when I measure she seems to be the same heigh - 12 inches. She's not looking so topsy turvy anymore :-D
17 weeks - 27th Ocrtober This week we've been doing some stays and she is doing really well, she will do quite a long sit stay and also a long recall. Her heelwork is lovely it is so much easier with the clicker as I can click when her feet are on the ground and she seems to have picked this up easy. She is out of her crate at night as she kept yapping and waking us up as she wanted to be with the other doggies! So she sleeps with them and is happy now. She's constantly pestering us to go out so she can go and have a good yap, she's really got the hang of asking to go out now. She knows 'no' very well, if she is after something she shouldn't be we just say no and she stops whatever she's doing :-)
16 weeks - 20th October Ember is doing well with her clicker training, she has really picked it up quickly. She came to watch at agility training and had a great time going up to everyone having a fuss.
15 weeks - 13th October I took Ember to the agility open day at club yesterday, she was brilliant, she met loads of people and dogs and wanted to join in the agility - especially when I took Cas round! She is dry at night and hasn't had an accident for a couple of weeks now, she asks to go out all the time. She is 12 inches high and her adult coat has started to come through. I have started using the clicker with her too so we'll see how we get on.
14 weeks - 6th October We took Ember for some socialisation at a Companion Show this weekend and she was a little star, she met all sorts of doggies all shapes and sizes and went up to them all wagging her tail. She also met loads of people and enjoyed every minute of it!
13 weeks - 29th September We all went for a walk across Cannock Chase at the weekend, Ember loved it, she couldn't understand why the other two kept going into the undergrowth and sniffing, but finally got the hang of it :-D We let her off and she came back no problems, she wasn't bothered about cyclists going past or anything. Her second week at puppy class and she did really well again, I am so pleased with her.
12 weeks - 22nd September She's had all her vaccinations and she's allowed out! We've been for a walk everyday this week and she's met lots of people and other doggies. We went to her first puppy class on Wednesday and I was really pleased with her, I wasn't sure if she'd ignore me and go barking at the other dogs, but she didn't, she enjoyed herself and strode in wagging her whole body :-) I let her off the lead for the first time on a walk and she came back every time she was called. She is playing with Cas all the time, they really are great friends, we didn't think Cas would ever have a doggie friend.
11 weeks - 15th September Ember has been asking to go out to the loo this week and we are so pleased she's caught on to this housetraining thing so quickly! She's had her last vaccination and is allowed out next week. She learnt how to do the flat tunnel this week in 5 mins, it took me about two weeks to teach Cassie!
10 weeks - 8th September I carried Ember down to the shop this week to meet my work colleagues and she loved it, all that attention! It was the first week Diz was allowed out so she came too. Ember's been playing with Dizzy but Diz can be a bit rough at times.
9 weeks - 1st September I picked Ember up on Saturday 30th August. I couldn't resist her, she's such a sweetie and has bags of character, she was the biggest out of her litter and definately boss! She's come into the house and barked at the dogs and the cats! She's made friends with Cas and they play happily together. She has had her first vaccination this week and learnt how to run through the tunnel which she loves.Back To My Homepage
