the sheltiechick blog

One Ear Up

One of the ears came almost entirely unglued and was being twisted some, so I took the unglued ear out. The other ear is still glued so I left it. The result is… kinda funny, haha!
I got a few of Auggie today, but they ended up blurry. =< He's busy just poking around while I chase Payton all over the yard removing grass and sticks and leaves and cicadas from his mouth…


Chomping leaves brings out the anime happy eyes??


His biggest love. Payton needs no toys… only leaves. (and we have an expressive ear!)


Rolling around on the grass. I keep trying to get a photo of him upside down but it’s not going so well!

Action shots of Payton

Finally switched modes on my camera, so I got some good shots of the puppy in motion today!


The basketball is obviously Auggie’s, but Payton loves this toy. I need to go get him a football one… I’m pretty sure they make one that’s identical but a football instead of a basketball.


One of his ears has come partially undone, I dunno if you can tell in the photos.


It’s funny because the toy is almost as big as he is, LOL. It drags on the ground unless he holds it just right.


And Auggie with his strawberry. He usually has limited interest in the plastic toys. Today he was obsessed with his plastic toys because I’ve been giving them to Payton to play with, and of course he wanted them because Payton had them. (I’m not actually complaining, I would like him to play with these more. They were slightly expensive even though I bought the majority on sale at 50% off.)


Auggie loves strawberries so it’s appropriate.


And Pay inside with the artichoke. The artichoke was the first one I bought because it was just too funny!

Baby’s First Bath

Apologies that several are blurry – unfortunately I can’t give the puppy a bath AND take photos at the same time, so my mom was nice enough to grab the camera. Also, he’s wiggly, so getting a non-blurry shot is a crapshoot to start.


Ahhh, a wet puppy! His paws look disproportionately HUGE when all of his fur is wet down, LOL.


I don’t think I like you anymore new MomLady.


And obligatory sheltiesaurus pics… LOL.


My poor dogs.


RINSE! Look at his nice neck. He actually HAS a neck. I bet the first time he goes to see the chiropractor she’s going to tell him he has a nice neck like the rest of his family.


Is abuzed.


sooooo abuzed…


somebody start singing “Angel…”


And then I grabbed a pink towel to wrap him in, LOL. Oh the inhumanity.


SHAKE!!

Also, baby is no longer nameless – I tried many many MANY names but the only name that really, truly fits him… is Payton. After #34.

So now both of my boy dogs are named after local sports players. Which leaves Miss Pepper as the special case when she comes home to join us, LOL. Which she just plain is the exception… so I actually kinda like it that way. (Though I could start calling her “Peppers” and say she’s named after Julius Peppers, haha.)