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At Southside Shelties, our shelties are performance dogs -- they perform as trick dogs and are start
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11/14/2024

Noa and Nova both went home with their new families today, both going to Ohio!

11/11/2024

UPDATE -- Noa has found his new home!
.. and last but surely not least, Noa!

Noa is amazingly still available and still looking for his people! He's had the most applications filled out, out of ANY of the pups in this litter... just no follow through on the potential homes. Oh well, that just means the best is yet to come!

Noa has a great middle-of-the-road personality -- not clingy like a velcro dog, but rather, he's happy to get some pets & loving, and then play with a toy on his own, while you work on something else. Plenty of independence for him to amuse himself, when you need to accomplish something! He's a very sweet, fun loving boy!

His coat is currently at that growth stage where it all looks like kind of the same beige color, though from his younger pictures, we know there's quite a bit of darker merle coloration that's currently hiding under all this long undercoat growth -- he is going to be quite a handsome fellow once his coat catches up with the rest of him!

11/11/2024

So, we still have two pups here... I know, you probably forgot allll about them since I have totally been slacking in posting their photos, but here they are!

First up, Nova! This pretty princess just had someone lay claim to her within the hour! Now just to set up when she's making the trip to her new home in Ohio...

10/30/2024

Charlotte (was Soona) seeing “another dog” in the mirror at her new home. This is just too cute to not share!

10/29/2024

…and then there were two!

Personally I think we saved the best for last, as these two are MY favorites. Both somehow are *still* available!

10/29/2024

Soona made it to her new family today in Tennessee!

10/28/2024

…and today has been a busy day! Lake arrived to meet her new family in Utah!

10/28/2024

Forgot to post this morning, but Soona was picked up by transport for her trip to meet her new family in Tennessee tomorrow!

10/27/2024

We just handed off Lake to the puppy nanny, she’s flying off to Utah to meet her new family!

10/26/2024

Raka also went to his new home today in Illinois, with our friends Sergio and Tiffany! He will now be “Pickles” 🥒

10/25/2024

Mae was the first one to be reserved, and now is the first to go to her new home in Tennessee! She will now be “Poppy,” or as her new dad will call her, “Sassy Pop” 😆

10/24/2024

I can’t believe these pups turn 8 weeks today! They sure are growing up! — they got microchipped a couple days ago, they have their first vet appt / shot tomorrow, and they’re getting dewormed again today. My, how time has flown! 😅

10/24/2024

Here is Raka, who has now found his home, and will be named Pickles!

10/24/2024

Here is Lake!
..she's a dainty perfect little lady, I promise. But that first pic of her chasing her tail was TOO CUTE to not share lol

10/23/2024

annnnd Soona!

10/23/2024

Holy cow it has been a whirlwhind of a few weeks! If you know us in real life, you know that we have not stopped moving yet, and won't, for at least the next two weeks, but I promise you all that I am fitting (squeezing?) in the puppies and everything else into our busy schedule... and we do have some 7.5 week pics!

First up... Mae!

10/09/2024

...and last but definitely not least, Soona! This adorable fuzzball already has a home, and good thing, cause she sure can steal hearts!

10/08/2024

...and Mr. Personality, Raka! This little guy is so much fun! He loves playing tug, and he even seems to have a bit of herding instinct. Raka is still waiting for his perfect home to come along!

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4294 N 900 W
Wolcott, IN
47995

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+12197890026

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http://www.southsideshelties.com/

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Videos

Charlotte (was Soona) seeing “another dog” in the mirror at her new home. This is just too cute to not share!

Puppies love their puppy chow / goats milk mixture! Look how they run to it!

Video (part 2) of puppies being outside for the first time!

Video (part 1) of puppies being outside for the first time!

So, what's going on right now in the puppy's lives? Well, in Puppy Culture terms, the puppies are currently in what's called the "transitional phase" -- that is, they're transitioning from being little extensions of their mom into little individual puppies. During this phase, which lasts for about a week (from roughly 2-3 weeks of age for the puppies), the puppies' teeth will start emerging, and they will start making different sounds so that they can communicate with the world around them. Why do the teeth matter? Well, as their teeth emerge, the pups start to show interest in eating something other than mom's milk (and chewing on their littermates). This sets us up for the beginning of week 3 of their lives, which is when we will introduce softened puppy chow (softened with warmed goat's milk) to their diet. Long term, this will eventually progress to them eating solid puppy chow, and will lead to them being completely weaned off mom by 8 weeks of age. Why are the sounds important? Well, if you were to hear me video the puppies up until a couple days ago, it would all sound like simple little whining noises from all the pups. But at this transitional period in their lives, the pups start to bark and growl. The fact that they make these noises (which are aimed at other puppies or at people), PC says, suggests that they now understand that they are an individual... and are interacting with the other puppies / people... which are other individuals. Cool, right? Other forms of non-verbal communication, such as tail-wagging also begins at this time. And overall, all of this is important *because* it gives the puppies more ways to interact with the world around them, and it sets the puppies up for the next stage of their life... which is the start of their critical socialization period. (please excuse the poor video quality… the video shows Soona — in this clip, she starts out making the initial puppy vocalizations and then switches to the puppy ve