Blue Belle's Boyfriend and more!

My apologies for not updating this blog as much as I should. My mom has been keeping me super duper busy.

Here I am with my new boyfriend Jagger who also happens to be a Blue Merle Sheltie. He was a rescue who came from a family who a had little boy (around 8 years old) who didn't necessarily like Jagger at all and he often would kick him, scream at him and smack him on a daily basis. The little boy did not want a dog like Jagger and instead wanted a chihuahua. I don't understand how some little kids can be so mean at cute dogs like me and Jagger. Most of the time he spent his life in a crate to keep him out of trouble and away from that brat.

Since he has been rescued he is much better around children although he doesn't fully trust them; it took at least a year to get him over wanting to chaise and bite children; I think his dad still has issues with them and that is why Jagger gets so uptight around the kids. If only his new father could move on and just let Jagger live his life with out fear; he might just do better. Instead, he still gets completely frightened of loud noises and I really think it's because his dad loves him so much that he coddles him and practically rewards him for being scared. He's a very hard headed man who you just can't really reason with but I think Jagger would do much better off if only his owner could just let go of his tormented past and just move on. Dogs have that give where they start a new day and just move on from that horrible past. Jagger does have many issues and he is a service dog for his wife who is confined to a sheel chair. This couple really is a power couple just like my mom and dad. .

That's why us dogs are great at moving on and we love to live in the moment. My mommy understands when I get scared and she often has me face my fears and in a calm level. I don't get scared because she's not scrared. I even faced some horses one time and that was scary but the big giants proved they were not going to hurt me.

My mom recently learned that Blue Merles are considered recessive genes and by breeding two Blue Merles, the puppies will end up either blind or deaf or both and even some which are considered double merles which I believe most of the time are blind and deaf too.

It's a good thing we are both fixed and unable to have puppies. All the more reason to adopt and to not try to breed your own puppies; just leave it to professionals who really know what they are doing or just go to the pound to get your baby."

Please feel free to check out local rescues in your area for Shelties, Collies, Border Collies, Aussies, or just any breed. Always remember that life really is too short to experience with out a dog! They really improve your quality of life in more ways than you could even begin to imagine.

2 Beautiful Blue Merles....

Now here are two tired Blue Merle Shelties who have been running and playing for a while. This is Blue Belle's boyfriend Jagger. Jagger is almost 1 year younger than Blue Belle.

A friend of mine at work had a neighbor who had been given this cute puppy as a gift. She didn't know anything about Shelties and was about to call Sheltie rescue because she works a lot and the dog requires a lot of exercise; more so than what she could provide him. She had to keep him in a kennel most of the day and just felt this was no life for a beautiful dog to live.

My friend told me about him because she knew that I had a sheltie and because of this, I had more experience with this breed.

My husband has some friends that live close by and they were literally in love with Blue Belle. They were more than willing to pay us what every price we named for our pretty princess.

Once I had found out about the dog needing a new home, my husband told this couple about Jagger. He was just 1 year old and was at the age where most people will generally get rid of a dog. Dogs tend to go through kind of a rebellious teen age phase at one year old where they are just trying to find their place in the pack. They will challenge members of the family to find out who they can dominate or who to get by with, much like a teenager will try to find their limits.

The couple who adopted Jagger couldn't be more different but the important thing is, is that they are completely in love with each other. She has a disorder in her bones which limits her mobility to a wheelchair but she does have one of those motor powered wheel chairs which gets her around quite well. The dog now has a purpose and that is serving as her service dog. He works well with her in her motor powered wheel chair. While she is around 3 foot 8, he stands about 6 foot 3 and had once been in a severe accident in which most of his body was badly burned. The two together are a miracle couple and were quite happy to place Jagger in their home at Christmas time.

Here they are running and playing together. We don't get together often enough, but the two run for practically hours together.





















Check out this frisbee catch! Blue Belle can certainly catch a frisbee!