New Puppy: Strider, a 5-Week-Old Mix

[hypatia]

Strider !

My new puppy! He is so cute. 5 weeks old Black Lab/Blue Heeler mix.

snoozing

Meeting FoxyLady for the first time.

 

[Kurdt]

Aww how sweet hypatia.

 

[Astronuc]

Awww, how cute!

I see they are already working on the eye-contact issue.

 

[turbo]

He is TOO cute! Love his markings.

 

[Evo]

hypatia, he's adorable! I love snorgling puppy tums tums, they smell so sweet.

 

[hypatia]

Hah, he's chock full of sweet puppy smell! Foxy and him are getting along really great too, although she's had to put the paw down{smack down} on him once or twice, when his baby teeth got a bit to close to the flesh.

 

[Borek]

Older dogs are best friends, but puppies are best fun

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Cute puppy, Hypatia. They are so much fun when they're not destroying something,

I had better not let Tsu see this thread.

 

[Moonbear]

Oh, he is so absolutely adorable! I love his markings, and those cute, floppy, puppy ears!

 

[turbo]

He has no fear! Staring down a Welsh fairy battle-dog?! The force is strong in this one.

 

[hypatia]

Thats why we named him Strider, from Lord of the Rings{also known as Aragorn}, he was a friend to the fairies, so it seemed to fit right in.

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

Puppies are evil. 'Struth. The cuter they are the more evil they are and this one looks like a real demon.

 

[turbo]

A friend of mine and his wife love corgis and they train them in agility-dog exercises and travel in their motor-home to follow competitions, in season. Their dogs are sweet, very intelligent, and quite perceptive, like most herding breeds. Corgis are small, but they will never concede that. Lovely critters. Fairy battle-dogs? OK that's fun, but the dogs are REAL and they are sweeties.

 

[Blenton]

A strider you say? :O

 

[phyzmatix]

A vicious attack-dog!

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

I found this evil little critter at my work and had to call animal control to come get it.
She curled up at my feet while I wrote my report and waited for animal control.
I'm a betrayer. :-(

 

[physics girl phd]

Strider: What a darling!

Good thing you have FoxyLady to keep him in line and help train him though... Corgis are smart, and I'm sure he's a handful when he's not napping!

 

[Lacy33]

I found this evil little critter at my work and had to call animal control to come get it.
She curled up at my feet while I wrote my report and waited for animal control.
I'm a betrayer. :-(

Oooo, That's way too evil a critter to look at up close on the computer. It looks much better in color copy on the wall in front of me here. Thanks for the evil thing. :)

 

[Tsu]

OMG! I SO love your puppy! They just don't come ANY cuter than THAT! Ivan! I want a puppy!

 

[John37]

What a choochki,!

 

[fuzzyfelt]

How gorgeous, Hypatia! A lovely mix, too. Blue Heelers need lots and lots of exercise.

 

[hypatia]

I'm so sleepy!:zzz: I kept him up last night {9pm}, he slept the whole night long! He is just so fun right now, trying to learn to jump and run. Went for his first walk, using the cat harness, and made it about a block and a half, before he had to be carried home.

 

[Ms Music]

awwwwwww!

Keep us posted with pics please! He is adorable!

 

[hypatia]

My puppy sitter says the pups keep him busy all day, yet the neighbor showed me the real truth.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

My puppy sitter says the pups keep him busy all day, yet the neighbor showed me the real truth.

truly a "mans" best friend :)

 

[Kurdt]

Thats a great shot hypatia.

 

[turbo]

My puppy sitter says the pups keep him busy all day, yet the neighbor showed me the real truth.

He looks plenty busy to me. When the pups need naps, it's a good idea to keep them settled down so they can get rested. Shhh! Man at work.

 

[Borek]

Happiness in crystallic form, it doesn't get any purer

 

[Moonbear]

Wow, Strider looks like a little stuffed toy tucked under his arm! What an adorable photo.

 

[hypatia]

Lol, he could not believe I posted that photo, and to his credit, I have to say, those are his yard work cloths that he has on.

 

[~christina~]

Cute puppy, Hypatia! I want a dog but it will have to wait until I have time to train one.

 

[lisab]

Cute puppy, Hypatia! I want a dog but it will have to wait until I have time to train one.

Very good thinking. A good dog doesn't happen by accident...it takes a huge time commitment to socialize a dog properly.

 

[hypatia]

My older dog has had to put the paw down{smack down} with the pup, which he seems to understand. We got him a crate, and he puts himself to bed when he's ready. And I swear his paws are growing daily.

 

[physics girl phd]

And I swear his paws are growing daily.

Uh oh... I thought most puppies grew into their paws, instead of having their paws grow...

 

[hypatia]

Strider at 6 months, and growing!

 

[Monique]

My puppy sitter says the pups keep him busy all day, yet the neighbor showed me the real truth.

I just saw this picture and it is soooo cute how they are all sleeping. He really had grown up to be one big dog!

 

[hypatia]

Yes, he is 47 pounds, but still thinks he is a little lap puppy.

 

[turbo]

Yes, he is 47 pounds, but still thinks he is a little lap puppy.

Wow! He grew fast!

 

[Monique]

Yes, he is 47 pounds, but still thinks he is a little lap puppy.

My parents have a big polar dog, I forgot the exact breed but it's the same as the one in the attached picture. She is already several years old, but sometimes she also likes to lie on someone's lap. Of course she is way too big, so she will take up the larger part of the couch with her body, she doesn't regard that as a problem

 

[turbo]

My parents have a big polar dog, I forgot the exact breed but it's the same as the one in the attached picture. She is already several years old, but sometimes she also likes to lie on someone's lap. Of course she is way too big, so she will take up the larger part of the couch with her body, she doesn't regard that as a problem

Looks like a Samoyed, Monique. My cousin had one, and he was really cuddly. Of course, it seemed like he was shedding constantly, so you'd go home with while hairs all over.

 

[Monique]

They do have a Samoyed, but I am confused because the pictures on the internet don't match. The following dog is also called a Samoyed

and my parents have such a dog as well and they sure are not the same breed. [Edit: Maybe that's a Samoyed pup? My parents also have an American Eskimo dog, which looks identical to the picture]

The Eskimo dog is about lower-knee hight, the Samoyed is at least double the height. People often think the bigger dog is the mother of the smaller dog, while the smaller dog is two years older.

They do are very cuddly and attention seekers, she'll come up and push your hand with her nose because she wants to be petted. And if you don't do it right, she'll use her paws to make clear that you need to do it more convincingly. I do get home covered with white hairs

 

[Kurdt]

They do grow fast. We tend to forget. I've never been away for more than a couple of hours since we got Freija. Now I started doing some bar work she appaerntly tries to climb on my mothers knee and is very clingy.

 

[hypatia]

Strider sort of launches himself on you, without warning or a invite, bam there he is! Monique, that is a beautiful dog.

 

[turbo]

Hy, if you haven't already tried slices of raw carrots on Strider, give it a shot. They're chewy, good for the teeth, and loaded with fiber, and Duke loves them. We had a good crop of carrots this year, and carrots stay pretty cheap all winter, so it's a good way to get healthy snacks into your dog. He also loves tomatoes, which may bode ill for our garden, since he likes the green almost as much as the red ones.

 

[GeorginaS]

Seeing a baby dog like Strider makes me want one. And seeing what a handsome fellow he's growing into, makes me want one even more.

And that napping photo is the best, ever, hypatia.

 

[hypatia]

He really is a very clever boy, already knows most of his commands, like sit, lay down, stay and of course shake a paw. I've started work on the "No Launching", but my hubby keeps laughing at the behavior. That does not seem to help.