I may be mad
Jun. 24th, 2011 07:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
linda_joyceMy default icon will be changed as soon as I can get home and get my camera recharged. Long story short I have another sable(a true shaded sable this time)Sheltie from the same breeder as Saffron.
I have been looking for a companion for Saffron for some time now and have not succeeded but Sue was waiting for a replacement pup in lieu of Saffron being unfit for purpose(She was bought for showing and breeding and because of her hip problems can do neither) and while examining the present avilable litters was chatting to the breeder and asked her if she knew of any one who had a young Sheltie in need of a new home and was asked why. Sue explained about Saffron needing a companion and the breeder said more or less.
"I am thinking of replacing one of my breeding bitches with a pup from this litter I may have one to rehome"
It turns out the youngest of them has never really bonded with her owner and it was she, a 2 year old, who was being replaced. So last Sunday I drove up to East Anglia and Sue's place and Monday we went to collect her pup I went with her. Candy and I were firm freinds in minutes and I was able to take her out to the car to meet Saffron. The meeting went well and we left with Candy and Katy. Katy is a shaded sable too and by coincidence Candy's daughter. I cannot fault the conditions at their breeders, in many ways they were better than living with me, they had their own bed spaces and a huge run they could go and mix with the other bitches as and when they wanted, good food and toys for those young enough to want to play. But it is the breeders income she cannot afford to become to fond of any of the dogs she has as breeders or breeds to sell and they do lack petting and fussing that those who are a pet/working dog, in Sue's case, pure pet in mine, get. Candy we have discovered is a Sheltie that responds more readily to affection than food and I am giving her that in plenty. She has only had one litter but we think she has only left the confines of the kennel to be mated and for visits to the vet and groomers so the outside world is very foreign to her. Rather like a nun who entered and enclosed order 20 years ago as a young woman and decided to change to an order that goes out in the world in middle age. She is very nervous and doesn't know how to walk on a lead. Men are an unkown factor in her life and big though the run is we think she suffers fron agarophobia but she has come on miraculously since she moved in with Sue's pack. There may be a set back when it is just me her and Saffron and it will take a lot of time and patience before she is half as confident as Saffron but I will persevere. No pictures today as I am working on Sue's computer but I promise plenty when I am back home.
I have been looking for a companion for Saffron for some time now and have not succeeded but Sue was waiting for a replacement pup in lieu of Saffron being unfit for purpose(She was bought for showing and breeding and because of her hip problems can do neither) and while examining the present avilable litters was chatting to the breeder and asked her if she knew of any one who had a young Sheltie in need of a new home and was asked why. Sue explained about Saffron needing a companion and the breeder said more or less.
"I am thinking of replacing one of my breeding bitches with a pup from this litter I may have one to rehome"
It turns out the youngest of them has never really bonded with her owner and it was she, a 2 year old, who was being replaced. So last Sunday I drove up to East Anglia and Sue's place and Monday we went to collect her pup I went with her. Candy and I were firm freinds in minutes and I was able to take her out to the car to meet Saffron. The meeting went well and we left with Candy and Katy. Katy is a shaded sable too and by coincidence Candy's daughter. I cannot fault the conditions at their breeders, in many ways they were better than living with me, they had their own bed spaces and a huge run they could go and mix with the other bitches as and when they wanted, good food and toys for those young enough to want to play. But it is the breeders income she cannot afford to become to fond of any of the dogs she has as breeders or breeds to sell and they do lack petting and fussing that those who are a pet/working dog, in Sue's case, pure pet in mine, get. Candy we have discovered is a Sheltie that responds more readily to affection than food and I am giving her that in plenty. She has only had one litter but we think she has only left the confines of the kennel to be mated and for visits to the vet and groomers so the outside world is very foreign to her. Rather like a nun who entered and enclosed order 20 years ago as a young woman and decided to change to an order that goes out in the world in middle age. She is very nervous and doesn't know how to walk on a lead. Men are an unkown factor in her life and big though the run is we think she suffers fron agarophobia but she has come on miraculously since she moved in with Sue's pack. There may be a set back when it is just me her and Saffron and it will take a lot of time and patience before she is half as confident as Saffron but I will persevere. No pictures today as I am working on Sue's computer but I promise plenty when I am back home.