Comments on: Five Facts You Need to Know Before Choosing an Australian Shepherd http://karenshanley.com/blog/2007/05/raising-an-australian-shepherd-puppy/ One Writer Mom. One Teen Kid. One Brilliant Australian Shepherd. One Comical Border Collie Mix. One Dog in a Maine Coon Cat's Body. And Latest to the Party -- One Cuddly Cavalier. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:28:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Problogger’s Group Writing Project - All entries http://karenshanley.com/blog/2007/05/raising-an-australian-shepherd-puppy/comment-page-1/#comment-112768 Problogger’s Group Writing Project - All entries Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:17:12 +0000 http://karenshanley.com/blog/?p=448#comment-112768 [...] Five Facts You Need to Know Before Choosing an Australian Shepherd by Author Mom with Dogs [...] [...] Five Facts You Need to Know Before Choosing an Australian Shepherd by Author Mom with Dogs [...]

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]]> By: cliff http://karenshanley.com/blog/2007/05/raising-an-australian-shepherd-puppy/comment-page-1/#comment-56889 cliff Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:31:14 +0000 http://karenshanley.com/blog/?p=448#comment-56889 well... my wife got a pup, the owner said it was lab husky mix. ha, i knew he was an aussie/? mix. he is super smart and energetic. luckily i just got out of the army and i can train him, but he is HARD to socialize. he is just 3 months, and he is house broken, can sit, stay, lay down, leads ok, and shake. this is after having him for 3 weeks! he is a handful, and we live in d.c. in an apt., but i still think he'll be the best dog i've ever owned.(but i think our well herded cat thinks otherwise.) <strong>Cliff, I can relate. LOL. Best of luck! And I'm betting that he will wind up to be one of the best dogs you've ever owned. Eventually, even your cat will agree.  :)</strong> well… my wife got a pup, the owner said it was lab husky mix. ha, i knew he was an aussie/? mix. he is super smart and energetic. luckily i just got out of the army and i can train him, but he is HARD to socialize. he is just 3 months, and he is house broken, can sit, stay, lay down, leads ok, and shake. this is after having him for 3 weeks! he is a handful, and we live in d.c. in an apt., but i still think he’ll be the best dog i’ve ever owned.(but i think our well herded cat thinks otherwise.)

Cliff, I can relate. LOL. Best of luck! And I’m betting that he will wind up to be one of the best dogs you’ve ever owned. Eventually, even your cat will agree.  :)

]]> By: Cindy http://karenshanley.com/blog/2007/05/raising-an-australian-shepherd-puppy/comment-page-1/#comment-55838 Cindy Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:38:04 +0000 http://karenshanley.com/blog/?p=448#comment-55838 This was so informative for me. My husband and I have "adopted" an aussie from my son, who is in college. He didn't do any research before getting the dog and he lives in a one-bedroom apt. About 9 mos into the dogs' life, my son couldn't handle him. AND~ he was not socialized. I don't know why he took up with my husband and me, but he did. Fortunately, we live in the country with lots of land, and he's thriving. He looks more like a border collie, tho, except for the bobbed tail. Thanks for an informative site~ Cindy This was so informative for me.
My husband and I have “adopted” an aussie from my son, who is in college. He didn’t do any research before getting the dog and he lives in a one-bedroom apt. About 9 mos into the dogs’ life, my son couldn’t handle him. AND~ he was not socialized. I don’t know why he took up with my husband and me, but he did.
Fortunately, we live in the country with lots of land, and he’s thriving. He looks more like a border collie, tho, except for the bobbed tail.
Thanks for an informative site~

Cindy

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]]> By: Dori http://karenshanley.com/blog/2007/05/raising-an-australian-shepherd-puppy/comment-page-1/#comment-10221 Dori Thu, 17 May 2007 15:52:19 +0000 http://karenshanley.com/blog/?p=448#comment-10221 We're on our 3rd Aussie...they're so fun. But you're absolutely right, they can be a handful. In the future, if I get another dog (always a temptation) I would get a mixed breed. We used to have an Aussie/yellow lab mix, and she was wonderful. Smart, easy to train, mellow and cooperative. We ended up with purebred Aussie's after that because we saw an ad for a litter and couldn't resist. They are challenging though. They can be so rascally and I swear they're laughing half time when you try and train them. Luckily I enjoy a good sense of humor. We live in a rural environment, and I think having one in the city would be really hard. Right now we go for long hikes and throw a frisbee for her about 1000 times a day, and that's barely enough exercise to satisfy her. But what a personality! Mooka, our current Aussie, was the mellowest one of her litter, and that has been a godsend. I'll look for that quality in puppies in the future. Thanks for the great post! We’re on our 3rd Aussie…they’re so fun. But you’re absolutely right, they can be a handful. In the future, if I get another dog (always a temptation) I would get a mixed breed. We used to have an Aussie/yellow lab mix, and she was wonderful. Smart, easy to train, mellow and cooperative.

We ended up with purebred Aussie’s after that because we saw an ad for a litter and couldn’t resist. They are challenging though. They can be so rascally and I swear they’re laughing half time when you try and train them. Luckily I enjoy a good sense of humor.

We live in a rural environment, and I think having one in the city would be really hard. Right now we go for long hikes and throw a frisbee for her about 1000 times a day, and that’s barely enough exercise to satisfy her. But what a personality! Mooka, our current Aussie, was the mellowest one of her litter, and that has been a godsend. I’ll look for that quality in puppies in the future. Thanks for the great post!

]]> By: Blaine Moore (First Time Home Owner) http://karenshanley.com/blog/2007/05/raising-an-australian-shepherd-puppy/comment-page-1/#comment-9288 Blaine Moore (First Time Home Owner) Fri, 11 May 2007 14:09:54 +0000 http://karenshanley.com/blog/?p=448#comment-9288 I love Aussies as a breed; my uncle had one. However, I know that I don't have the time to devote to properly train a puppy right now, so I am waiting for a few years before we get one. Once my wife is out of law school and I have (hopefully) begun working from home, we are planning on getting one. Thanks for the great tips; I had gleaned a lot of this out of my uncle (hence waiting and not having a dog yet) but its nice to see more specifics. I love Aussies as a breed; my uncle had one. However, I know that I don’t have the time to devote to properly train a puppy right now, so I am waiting for a few years before we get one. Once my wife is out of law school and I have (hopefully) begun working from home, we are planning on getting one.

Thanks for the great tips; I had gleaned a lot of this out of my uncle (hence waiting and not having a dog yet) but its nice to see more specifics.

]]> By: mosilager http://karenshanley.com/blog/2007/05/raising-an-australian-shepherd-puppy/comment-page-1/#comment-9278 mosilager Fri, 11 May 2007 10:23:51 +0000 http://karenshanley.com/blog/?p=448#comment-9278 Ha ha I was just about to say that you could switch BooBoo for Aussie Shepherd in this post :) but I see the other border collie people felt the same way. Ha ha I was just about to say that you could switch BooBoo for Aussie Shepherd in this post :) but I see the other border collie people felt the same way.

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