Cont'd

I forgot to mention that when I was at the Dallas dog show last December, I had professional pictures taken of Ellie and Shaine. I have made arrangements to get these pictures big enough to hang in my living room. They are going to be EXCELLENT additions to my already pet-friendly home. I can't WAIT to get them in! X~D

I hope my next puppy is a Bi-Black or a Tri. I bet it's more likely I'll be getting a Tri out of Ellie. I guess we'll see when we get to that point, right? :)

Later Today?

I stayed up until 2:00 this morning cleaning up my living and dining areas. They really look great! Rearranging again does help keep me and my cleaning on it's toes. If I don't, I'll never get it done, but for some reason, I only get company when it's in a horrible mess.

Some one is brining her sheltie (Fluffy) over tomorrow so I can teach her how to tip Fluffy's ears. Fluffy is her newer puppy she got for Christmas (yes she knows why that's not good) from her sister. Her sister doesn't know what she went through when she bought Smudge, not knowing at the time he came from a puppymill. I would bet Fluffy came from a puppymill as well.

The point of that story is She and Fluffy is the main reason I was up cleaning. Terry decided to get a little tipsy before bed, so he went to bed early. The vacuum didn't even wake him. Thankfully, neither the shelties nor the collies started barking when the "sucker" started up. Ellie starts the riot by standing at the front-lines. Shaine and Skipper are the back-up, and Rose uses strategy to stay away, though barking at it never hurts.

Mom bought me two new wire 200 crates that I LOVE! They are lightweight, and I bought two crate mats to go in them, too. I recently bought two used 100 crates (soft and wire) for my future puppy, along with a used 200 wire. Just planning ahead is all. I bought all three for $60, and last month I bought three used 400 plastic crates for the collies. The price ($70) wasn't bad. They are very durable, and the collies aren't destructive at all. In fact, they use it as their "safe house" or "napping den."

I'm so excited to get started in Obedience work with Shaine and Ellie. It's going to be so much fun! Plus, Erin and I need to speak with the herding lady so we can get back to practices. I miss them.

Christmas for the Puppies

It has been too long since our last update... I suppose that is what happens when I get busy.

The collies are doing well. They are almost finished with their heartworm treatments.

Before



Then



Now



They look so much better and happier. They are always together, so it's not just coincidental posing. Robby was a little scaredy-cat in the first picture, but he's not like that now. Their personalities shine like the morning sun. It is hard to believe these two were put in the shelter to begin with. They are potty trained, and they are very smart (though very sweet is often misinterpreted as dumb). When I got the call to go get them, I was told the collie rescue in that direction didn't have any open spots for them. They were ten years old and the shelter had shaved their fur, obviously both would make it difficult for people to see past during adoptions. I took a chance on them and here they are. Two months after I got these two, the same shelter called and said they have an 8-10 month old. I said I would be able to pick her up in the following week. Guess what, that same full rescue (with no adoptions placed from their homes) they suddenly had an opening. Hmmm... At least the poor dear isn't in the shelter any more.

Terry bought me a GPS! HELLO EASY DIRECTIONS! I'm so excited!

The shelties are doing well. I have already enrolled Ellie and Shaine in an obedience Class starting in January. After that class, we are going to start agility training. We have been working a little at home, but it's not consistent enough to be ring ready by fall. That is our hope is to be completely ready be fall or winter. Shaine already has a leg in Novice JWW. He could do it, but we need to perfect.

I suppose that is it for now. More posts next year! :) Happy New Year!

A Little Pupdate

Jatita's website is now finished, other than a few paragraghs. She has decided to change her kennel name to Camelot Isle since there was/is an already existing Camelot kennel.

The shelties are doing great! We have a couple of shows lined up, now that I have a job, it's more likely I can afford one. Terry is on a waiting list for a Black and Tan Coonhound puppy from a very respectable breeder, and I think we are going to have a lot of fun with her.

I have been very busy lately with keeping my house clean behind my little boy and my husband. It's a little tiring having two full-time jobs, ya know? We women who have families know this truth well.

A couple of weeks ago I groomed up a sheltie from our area. He was so cute, but the owner learned the hard way why puppymills are not a good choice. Of course, she didn't exactly have any one to point her in the right direction in the beginning, so I do not blame her at all. I think the media is an excellent choice to educate the public with, but no one ever wants to take the time to write about it. He had the cutest name, too. He didn't quite like getting groomed at first, but he got used to it once Mom wasn't in the same room as us. He is as sweet as can be, and just loves his momma. The weird thing is, he looked and acted JUST LIKE Skipper. I was astonished with the likeness considering the two are not at all related.

Well, it's almost Luke's bedtime, gotta get him ready for bed. Good night all. If I don't have a blog later, I hope for the best Thanksgiving wishes to ALL! :) And stay safe this holiday season.

Work in Progress

I have made adjustments to Janita's website (Camelot Shelties) in the past couple of days. Some you may have seen, others you haven't. I have made (with the glorious photoshop) two beautiful backgrounds that smoothly flow with the Camelot theme. I have also created new buttons for site navigation, but all will be seen in time. I am so proud of my work, to say the least.

Heyo!

Take a look at Janita's puppy page! I made a new logo (requested) to make it into a nursery page, but still keeping the "camelot" theme. I also made sure the background of the table didn't clash with the background of the logo. OH! That was annoying, but I finally fixed it. If you don't know her website, look up Camelot Shelties on google. Don't forget to bookmark it! :)

New Products!

JEWELRY! I have uploaded more jewelry for sale. If you are looking to buy, the Jewelry page has a list of prices for each peice that is listed for sale. These works of art are unique and one-of-a-kind you will find no where else! If you want to buy something, DON'T wait. More than likely, I will never have another peice like it available. The penguin bracelets can be duplicated in almost every color, so if you are wanting one in a specific color, let me know! There will always be more to come! :~)

HEY!

We have had a pretty good month so far. The pups are doing well, and it seems the dogs are getting more and more active every day. We have a couple of guests here for a while. Their names are Lizzy and Robby. Lizzy and Robby are very sweet collies who love a good petting, like other dogs, and love my boy (Lucas). They mostly like to take naps since they are both over ten years old.

Well, we'll update more later. Today I am going to Darlene's to order some beads.

New: Jewelry

Darlene Edwards, my sister-in-law, has me hooked on beading jewelry. The problem is we are making too many things for us to know what to do with so we decided to sell them. We are going to get a new order of beads in a couple of weeks so we will have more products up. I should be able to reproduce anything that is on my jewelry page, as long as we can find the beads. If you are interested in ordering, tell me if you want a necklace, bracelet, anklet, or earrings, and I need a measurement of how big it needs to be.
We will soon have charm bracelets available, and samples will be pictured. Jewelry ranges between $5.00 and $25.00.

Yesterday's Training Session & Other Stuff

I have been slacking on updating my own website, so let me give an update of what has been going on since then. First, my good friend and website editor looked over my website, and fixed it to sound better. She also made sure all words were spelled correctly. Lord knows I have horrible spelling, but at least I have it checked. I also have a video up of Shaine and Ellie working agility yesterday. We were working on a little distance, go-out, and switch back. It was Ellie's first time to jump 16", so she was a little hesitant to try it, but she did well. Now we need to work on consistency. What we really need is to get her in an agility class, but we are going to have to wait until fall to get into it so it's cool enough. I may as well get Shaine in it too so we can get our kinks worked out. He's confident in the video, but if you see in the December Paw Prints trial, you'd see he's not as confident anywhere else. I also need to buy a set of jumps to travel everywhere with to practice. Soon.

I recently bought a wooden tack box. I expect it to be here in about a week's time. I also bought some Brown Sugar Baby powder, though I haven't gotten any information on the transaction going through...

EDIT: I JUST GOT SHAINE'S PICTURE! YAY!