My Fur Babies

My Fur Babies!

I have two lovely, cuddly, and intelligent dogs, I consider to be my fur babies! My two dogs are shelties but quite different in nature; therefore, each girl has their own unique personality. Keya is the oldest girl who is 8 years old. When she was little in her litter of brothers and sisters, she was classified as the sweetest one. She would always follow her mother around and make sure her Mom, brothers and sisters were okay. When we got Keya, she was 12 weeks old. The owners of her and her litter said she had all her shots, and she was dewormed. Its too bad this was not the case. She did have all her shots, but she was not dewormed. The one day after Keya went to the washroom, my son noticed that there were these round shaped moving things in her stool. I took Keya to the vet. The vet notified me she had worms. She was then put-on medication. Thankfully, the medication she was on resolved this issue. We ended up getting Keya spayed when she was just under a year. I found that the operation calmed her down a bit. Before the operation, Keya was a somewhat hyper dog, and she is now quite calm and has been so since the last 7 years. Keya is a dog that is very well trained. The only thing I need to work on with her is when she barks at loud noises. Say for instance, if the washing machine starts up or if I use any cleaning products. As soon as I go to use these products, she barks like she just seen an intruder coming into our home! Other things she barks at would be, if we must go for a walk on a rainy day and a car drives by us, she will bark and continue to bark until the car is out of sight! I think she does this because she is grumpy that she even had to go out in the rain at all! Keya was about five years old when we got Heidy. She took too her well when we got her. Heidy was about 8 weeks old when we brought her home and Keya mothered her right away! We travelled to Quebec from Ontario to get Heidy, and she was well worth the trip! Her sister Heidy is five years younger than her which makes her three years of age. Heidy had all her shots and was dewormed when we got her. Heidy was spayed when she was just under a year as well. I was hoping this would calm he anxiety down, but it didn’t. When we would take Heidy for walks, we would call her trooper because she would use all her might in her muscles to investigate where the next purple flower was that she wanted to devour! Heidy was extremely easy to train. The only thing we ever had a problem with is when Heidy sees vehicles. A funny thing about Heidy is, when we go for walks, she is always trying to take her sisters leash from us and walk Keya by herself. She will literally hold Keyas leash in her mouth and pull her older sister along like she is taking her for the walk, and she is the leader! It is very adorable to see! We believe that Heidy has a high anxiety issue and when the cars drive by the noise bothers her senses and she tries to protect herself before the vehicles hurt her in any way. Heidy has always been the energetic one. When I say energetic, particularly I am saying she has extremely high enthusiasm for everything that comes near her with in 1 foot! Heidy is the playful and charismatic dog. Her personality is what makes her stay so full of life and fun to be around. These dogs are remarkably similar in their looks but its their exceptional traits that define who they are as two vastly different and amazing animals to call my own.

Heather Harrington