just braggin a little

I just wanted to brag a little about my Australian Shepherd puppy, Roxy, she is the one who has parvo right now. She is doing better though and is gonna live through it heres her link http://www.dogster.com/?186644 Hope you like her she's a cutie...

Ashley

 

She is adorable, and I hope she gets well quickly. I looked at your dogster listing...I am in Oregon as well, Portland.
The dog you mentioned you returned because she was deaf and you wanted to do agility, just a note.... deaf dogs usually do very well at agility because they read body language so well. Like a blind person whose hearing is much more acute, deaf dogs utilize other senses to a much higher degree.
Best wishes to you and your Roxy

 

yeah I felt like it was discrimination to return her, but I think it would be soo hard to train a deaf dog to do agility. And I didn't want the owner to give her to someone who would not pay attention to her that she needs, but when the owner came to pick her up and she said she would keep her so that makes me happy...

 

I don't think it is discrimination at all...you are the best judge of what dog will match up to you. I was just pointing out that deaf dogs are actually very good at agility in many cases. That doesn't mean there are not other challenges to having a deaf dog in your family.

My dogs Dogster pages...

Witt: http://www.dogster.com/?15640

Dooley: http://www.dogster.com/?15690

Annie: http://www.dogster.com/?41108

Darby: http://www.dogster.com/?15702

 

they are all so pretty!!! Dooley doesn't even look the same in the puppy picture of him... I love the sunglasses and the rainbow on Darby, very cute. Annie looks like an Aussie just with short hair, shes cute too. And I think Witt is really pretty. I love his puppy picture hes sooo cute I also have another dog, he just doesn't live with me right now, his name is Bear, hes a chow/St. Bernard mix and his site is http://www.dogster.com/?151985 Thanks for sharing your pups, they're all beautiful.

 

Your babies are beautiful!

 

What a cutie!

I agree about the deaf dog and agility. All you have to do is train attention so the dog is always looking to you for his next move, which a lot of aussies do anyway. I can run Nala without any vocal commands, and she isn't even very well trained yet. She is still a Novice in agility and we never practice - we just go to class once a week. Dogs read your body much more than listening to your words.