Here's a pet tag that I thought would be fun to do. Beware ... lots of photos and dog talk ahead. ;)
1. What is your pet's name? Shepherd
2. How did you come up with the name? I've already talked about this a little here, but it truly came from him being a shepherding dog. We just felt that it was fitting.
3. How old is your pet? He's going on 8 months! Already so close to a year. :(
4. When did you get your pet? We officially got him on October 26th, 2019.
5. What breed is your pet? Shepherd is a border collie and a blue heeler mix.
6. How old were you when you got your pet? It was just a couple months ago so Jeff and I was 24 and 25.
7. How did you get your pet? We got him from a friend who had a litter of puppies. It was incredibly spontaneous.
8. What is your pet's favorite food? When he was smaller, we bought him a few treats to try and he only truly enjoyed two out of the many that we tried. He likes these little chews made for puppies and then he'll also enjoy a rawhide stick with chicken and beef intertwined. Honestly, he's a little picky!
9. What is your pet's favorite game? Tug-a-war without a doubt.
10. What is your favorite thing to do together? We love running. Shepherd was made to work so he enjoys getting to go out and do things.
11. Do you go outdoors? If so, where is your favorite place to go together? We don't have a ton of outdoor hiking trails that are close to us, so we will often go on on neighborhood trails. There's a really pretty pond close to us that we'll always walk
around and he enjoys it plenty.
12. What is a bad habit your pet has? Shepherd has a really bad habit of going into our closet and grabbing all of the socks and he just chews on them. I think it's partially my fault though
13. What is the best thing about your pet? He loves us so well even when we get really mad at him. The other day, Jeff accidentally hit him a little too hard and he was sad, but then was totally fine and loved us the same after. He's so precious!
14. What is the naughtiest thing your pet has done? By far, it's making holes in our walls. Yep. There are five little holes in our walls because he either scratches at it or gnaws at it with his teeth. As a result, we've had to sit him further away from he wall. Lesson learned.
15. What is the funniest memory involving your pet? We have a gate that keeps Shepherd in our room and allows us to leave our door open. Jeff will often listen to music on his headphones and one afternoon, he didn't close the gate all the way. So of
course, Shepherd slowly crept out of the room and my mother in law found him resting on the mat in the kitchen .. just chillin' there. Such a cute little memory of him!
16. What is the best memory involving your pet? The best memory is probably when we brought him home. He was as tiny as my palm and he was so scared. It's been so long but I still remember his crying on the way home and through the night.
17. What is the hardest thing about being a pet owner? The consistency. I'm thankful for Jeff though because he worked really hard on training Shepherd and keeping him on a good eating and peeing schedule. The early puppy years are hard because
they're foundational in their growth, but I would say Jeff has done an amazing job and Shepherd is learning by the day!
18. What is the most rewarding thing about being a pet owner? Seeing them grow in their understanding but also seeing your relationship grow as well. It's the sweetest thing, after a long day, when you get home and he's so happy to see you.
19. Does your pet have a nickname? What is it? Oh goodness, we've started calling him all sorts of names. When we decided on Shepherd, we also decided that Shep would be for short. And then when we moved here, our family kind of named him Shepherdinho (like the soccer player Ronaldinho). Lol. I know. Such a name. And then we started calling him Sheparzzo and Shepardo. Haha. All the names!
20. Does your pet know any tricks? He doesn't know much yet, but like I said, we're working on creating foundational skills such as sitting, staying, down, and come. He honestly does really great at these commands, ut his current threshold is maybe 40% of the way there. He kinda wants to do whatever he wants, so we're working on it.
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