[in the hills]

We have a collie pup ...... our special little Meg.

Hoping we have made the right decision and that we can give her the best home possible . Please keep    for us.


She was bred by a good friend of our collie training neighbour and is an ISDS pup .... eye but not HD tested. She is from good working lines. We explained exactly the kind of home she needed to fit into and asked to see mum and dad before looking at the pups because temperament was so important. Mum and dad were friendly and mum in particular seemed pleased to be petted by the children and appeared to be a well balanced bitch ..... not nervy or shy. Her owner said that both parents were sweet- natured. 


We have read the B. Sykes book cover to cover, sent for some training DVD's and watched lots of material about agility, obedience and so on.


Little Meg only seems concerned with fussing the children, fighting the over joyed Flattie and avoiding the hissing cat. At not quite 8 weeks she has managed to open the kitchen cupboards twice  . Our Flat-coat can open ALL house doors ..... we have to lock them with a key to keep him in and now the collie can open cupboards  . Oh, what fun to come ..... 

[happygolucky]

  Arhhhhhhhhh, how sweet not much better than a pup asleep at your feet..not sure about them blue fur boots!!!! only enviouse as they look so cosy and just my thing!!!!! look forward to the antics!!

[kaz]

  She looks so adorable laying there as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth. I hope she settles well into the family without too much damage. Perhaps some childproof cupboard locks might help. That's if I don't steal her first.

[Lesley Silvester]

She is gorgeous.  I love border collies.

[SallyintNorth]

Congratulations, she looks lovely.   

I'm looking forward to hearing and seeing more about her as she settles in 

[Alistair]

 

If I hadn't got one of my own recently I'd have to get one now

She is adorable

[Mammyshaz]

Congratulations ITH. Im sure all your researching has led you to the perfect little collie pup   
She looks adorable and looks like she fits in just fine 

[tazbabe]

best breed in the world!

hope you have a long and happy relationship with her 

[Rosemary]

Congratulations! If she turns out to be half as nice as our Meg, she'll be a lovely dog.

[doganjo]

She looks lovely, very relaxed, you've done all the right things in choosing her, I am sure you will have a lot of fun over the years.

[Cheviot]

Hi,
Meg is absolutely fabulous  looks like you made a great choice, she looks so sleek and shiney.

Regards
Sue

[funkyfish]

Beautiful! Love collies!

[in the hills]

Thanks everyone we are all smitten    and we are really enjoying watching our Flattie interacting with another doggy friend. He is still a big pup himself and loves playing.


I should have said thank you to everyone who advised me and listened to my collie ramblings. Will probably need to ask lots more questions as time goes on so I apologize in advance.


Would normally not take pups far until vaccinated but after reading B. Sykes book suggesting that you are not too precious and get collies out to socialize in the first 12 weeks, we took Meg and Alf to my parents in Shropshire today. She got to meet my parents and my sister and her family and dad's 2 labs (they don't walk where other dogs have been). Dad couldn't believe how brave she was compared to lab pups ..... more inquisitive and very outgoing with people and his dogs. He says that he can tell she will be very clever and a handful .... very knowing eyes and expression. 

[Mammyshaz]

She is adorable. The vaccine program finishes too late for a pup's main learning bracket so get her out now. There is a very good book called 'The Perfect Puppy' by Gwen Bailey. She gives a good list in the back of all the things she thinks a pup should meet BEFORE 16 weeks and advises carrying them to  meet these people and items. It's a good read for beginners and experienced owners alike.
You are experienced so can adapt the advice. Such as socialising around farm machinery and livestock.

An odd thing occurred with our new pup which I have not experienced. We socialise all the pups we acquire with horses in the local fields, shouting them over to meet the pups from 6 wks old.
This one. ( Obi ) is totally confidentand relaxed, he is 15 months now. In august we met our first horse and rider. I called Obi to sit nice as we do at the horse fields. He suddenly took fright. It turns out he cannot understand what is on a horse's back ( the rider ) so I've been working on this for a few months but finding riders when you want them is dire!q

Just thought I'd mention my  situation  when I thought I'd covered most angles of socialising for our lifestyle, but Obi thought out of the box   .


She is a behaviourist and very good in her field  .

[jaykay]

Awwww - she looks lovely  My first ever dog as a child, Nemo, was a tricolour collie