There's a lot of story to this dog, and if anyone's interested and wants the full detail, PM me and I'll explain, but here's the jist of it.
This is Swiper.
He's a 9 month old Mini Aussie (with a tail... even though he looks tailless here) and he's a puppy out of my mom's bitch, Rhyme, and my sister's male, Morrie. He was sold to a family that assured us he was going to be his forever home, and then we found him on Kijiji last week for sale. There's a lot of middle story there, but it's long and drawn out.
He's now looking for his real forever home. We had him to a horse trade fair with us this past weekend. Lots of people, dogs and even horses. He was amazing. He can tend to be a little stand off-ish at first when meeting new people (more so men) but is very good after he meets them and even started to offer going to meet men as the days went on. He met all kinds of people and dogs of all ages and mannerisms. Even had a little girl walk up and take the tug from my hands (without asking!) and take it from him, but he was okay with it.
He likes toys but, so far, will not try real hard to get it from other dogs, but I did get a serious game of tug going on with him at the fair this weekend. He's a very smart boy, you can see him thinking things through -- it's adorable. He'll catch onto clicker training very well I suspect and he's very eager to please. He just wants to be loved.
In his previous home he lived with a cat, I believe, and a young boy. He's great with kids but can be a little rough on cats... Just doesn't know how to "play" with them.
If you want to know anymore about him, please, PM me.
If I can't answer your questions (I know him strictly on a personality/attitude/drive/ability scale, mom knows the more complex things) then I can direct you to Mom. I do know he is recently neutered and is up to date on all shots.
If I didn't have Simi or Crash right now, Swiper would be staying with me. I really like him a lot. He puts me in the mind of Psyche. That same sweet, soft personality that wants nothing more than to make you happy and is very clean in their affections.
I forgot to mention, he's a larger dog. I'd put him at 19 or 20 inches tall and probably 35-40 lbs. He's pretty close to Psyche's size.
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Please don't bash me for mom's breeding. I didn't encourage her to breed dogs, but she does the best she can to produce well bred, well tempered dogs and as her child, I can't stop her. I just have to settle that at least she does it smartly.
This is Swiper.
He's a 9 month old Mini Aussie (with a tail... even though he looks tailless here) and he's a puppy out of my mom's bitch, Rhyme, and my sister's male, Morrie. He was sold to a family that assured us he was going to be his forever home, and then we found him on Kijiji last week for sale. There's a lot of middle story there, but it's long and drawn out.
He's now looking for his real forever home. We had him to a horse trade fair with us this past weekend. Lots of people, dogs and even horses. He was amazing. He can tend to be a little stand off-ish at first when meeting new people (more so men) but is very good after he meets them and even started to offer going to meet men as the days went on. He met all kinds of people and dogs of all ages and mannerisms. Even had a little girl walk up and take the tug from my hands (without asking!) and take it from him, but he was okay with it.
He likes toys but, so far, will not try real hard to get it from other dogs, but I did get a serious game of tug going on with him at the fair this weekend. He's a very smart boy, you can see him thinking things through -- it's adorable. He'll catch onto clicker training very well I suspect and he's very eager to please. He just wants to be loved.
In his previous home he lived with a cat, I believe, and a young boy. He's great with kids but can be a little rough on cats... Just doesn't know how to "play" with them.
If you want to know anymore about him, please, PM me.
If I can't answer your questions (I know him strictly on a personality/attitude/drive/ability scale, mom knows the more complex things) then I can direct you to Mom. I do know he is recently neutered and is up to date on all shots. If I didn't have Simi or Crash right now, Swiper would be staying with me. I really like him a lot. He puts me in the mind of Psyche. That same sweet, soft personality that wants nothing more than to make you happy and is very clean in their affections.
I forgot to mention, he's a larger dog. I'd put him at 19 or 20 inches tall and probably 35-40 lbs. He's pretty close to Psyche's size.
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Please don't bash me for mom's breeding. I didn't encourage her to breed dogs, but she does the best she can to produce well bred, well tempered dogs and as her child, I can't stop her. I just have to settle that at least she does it smartly.
