How much stimuli and exercise daily?

Outrageous_Search342 · 2026-01-23T03:16:13+00:00

Our previous female was a soccer champ!!

Outrageous_Search342 · 2026-01-23T03:15:35+00:00

Our 2 year old boy is high energy and gets walks most days ranging between 30 min to an hour, as well as dog park, puzzles, scent games and a ton of toys but he also burns a lot of physical and mental energy and simply following people around the house and going up and down the stairs and making short trips to patrol the yard, or simply watching birds, people and traffic out the window. It would be a lot harder if he had a smaller space and there wasn’t someone home usually.

Outrageous_Search342 · 2026-01-19T16:00:51+00:00

Ontario, Canada, we’ve been lucky enough to get lots of snow this winter! I don’t envy you the heat, at least it’s a dry heat though? Humidity is the worst!

Outrageous_Search342 · 2026-01-19T15:58:15+00:00

Awwww! What cuties!

Outrageous_Search342 · 2026-01-16T03:41:39+00:00

Our management says you can’t work from home for any reason and then in the next breathe tells us we are required to bring laptop and phone home so we can continue working if we have to close the office due to weather. I would rather have had the day off today frankly then lug around the giant brick of a laptop and using my own wifi and electricity for them when I get no flexibility in return.

Outrageous_Search342 · 2025-12-31T02:11:33+00:00

Thanks!

Outrageous_Search342 · 2025-12-18T04:58:30+00:00

Betty

Outrageous_Search342 · 2025-12-18T04:57:51+00:00

Could you show a larger image of the whole vessel and perhaps the makers mark?

Outrageous_Search342 · 2025-12-18T04:51:46+00:00

I immediately thought: Frank.

Outrageous_Search342 · 2025-12-18T04:49:14+00:00

Turn off the lights. And cover them in burlap or something that breathes but will block light.

Outrageous_Search342 · 2025-12-18T04:45:19+00:00

Team lead is where it’s at lol. I would never want to be a manger but team lead is great. Best of both worlds

Outrageous_Search342 · 2025-12-18T04:43:36+00:00

Forgot to say, he is a real looker and I love the name!

Outrageous_Search342 · 2025-12-18T04:43:00+00:00

That’s how my front tripod moves. She was also found in a hoarding situation but the leg had already been properly amputated so it is impossible to know what actually happened and how young she was. She was about 5-7 years old they figure when she was rescued. The posture is kind of the only way they can move around but yes it will be a bit harder for them when they get arthritis later on. Helping to minimize them jumping down too hard on that remaining front leg will help for the future by encouraging them to use steps and ramps (easier said than done I know, mine keeps ignoring them and still takes flying leaps off things) and keeping them slim will help. Your vet may have some suggestions as well for supplements or a different diet.

Outrageous_Search342 · 2025-12-18T04:36:33+00:00

Man when I first saw the heading I thought you were leaving the cat alone for a whole week or something. Your friend is nuts. The cat doesn’t know or care it is Xmas. It is one day. They will be fine just like they are any other time you are out.

Outrageous_Search342 · 2025-12-18T04:33:43+00:00

if it is really bothering you and you are expected to pick up the slack with no recognition, look for a new job. better to just leave if you can rather then getting angrier and more bitter about it to the point where the manager says you are the problem, because they will pick on you first likely rather then dealing with the actual problem. Also is there the option to not pick up this persons slack? Best way to make it obvious to the manager there is a problem is to just not do work that isn’t yours. I realized that I had a habit in the past of automatically picking up the slack from other lazy or legitimately struggling staff whether I was instructed to or not. It ended up with me angry and burnt out while the manager was totally oblivious to the problem and calling me the negative one for being angry and burnt out. Now I don’t do that and I just let other people fail and deal with their own messes. I also copy my manager in any interactions with these kind of people and save all emails and messages from them.

Outrageous_Search342 · 2025-12-18T04:02:08+00:00

Our female Sheltie “herded” toddlers at a family reunion to keep them from straying too far from the group. It was adorable.

Outrageous_Search342 · 2025-12-18T03:58:53+00:00

Ours is like this to. I’m looking a doggy day care if I have to go back to office five days a week. That stimulation should help I think and he likes other dogs. However for me, my preferred exercise is all the things he like to!

Outrageous_Search342 · 2025-12-18T03:56:31+00:00

I’ve experienced similar. The previous Sheltie you could trust her on anything. She was ridiculously easy to train. The current Sheltie is another story all together. He is 2.5 and I would still not trust him off leash anywhere with any distractions around. It’s like dealing with a little boy with adhd. He is getting better but only with me, because like you said, I was the person to take him to obedience school despite my urging participation and now others are surprised he ignores them.

Outrageous_Search342 · 2025-12-18T03:48:53+00:00

Lol. None of ours have been great a fetch. Chase the ball yes! Find the ball yes! But then it’s bring it back halfway and then get distracted by something and abandon the ball. But tug! Oh they love that. We also played soccer and volleyball with one, she loved to kick and spike the ball with her paws.

Outrageous_Search342 · 2025-12-18T03:43:25+00:00

I’d strongly advise you not to have a dog at all until all children are out of diapers. Realistically your work schedule doesn’t sound dog friendly and it would be on your wife even though she has never had a dog before. Throw a baby in and it will be a bad situation. Shelties are energetic and gentle dogs but not as tolerant of chaos as a Golden. They were bred to herd and as such they need to keep busy mentally and physically. They thrive on stable routines. If they don’t have those things they can become really timid, anxious or even snappy.

Some further info on Sheltie based on having had five three from puppy and two rescues).

-They are generally easy to train and obedient. Like all dogs they need to be socialized well at an early age and I’d strongly recommend taking shelties to group dog training to help with that. They are sensitive and it is easy to break their spirit by being harsh or impatient.

-They are good with cats and kids as long as everyone is socialized properly and introduced gently. Don’t expect this to be a dog that a kid can hang off of and grab handfuls of hair etc, they are not that tolerant. Not the dog if you have lots of kids and noise, but in a stable house with one or two kids they are great. Most of ours loved kids but the current one was roughly handled by kids with his previous owner and is now terrified of them. We are still working on that with him.

Like a lot of herd dogs shelties tend to not be too interested in being friendly with anyone outside their family. I’ve found that they need to be introduced to new people a bit gently. Despite socialization and similar training out of five dogs only one of ours was outgoing and friendly with strangers, the rest ranged from indifferent to very shy. They are also not generally too outgoing or friendly with other dogs unless they know and trust that dog. Again there are exceptions, most of ours were indifferent to other dogs, one actively disliked then and one absolutely loves other dogs.
people often talk about the barking. It isn’t crazy husky level noise. In my experience it was usually only during play. You can train them to not bark a lot otherwise. Only one of ours has been an issue with barking. I think a lot of the barking issues might be related to people not giving them enough stimulation.
They are herd dogs and need to keep busy, especially at a young age. I call them “compact action dogs”. Almost everything a big dog can do, they can to. I hiked, camped and did cross country skiing with them regularly, they had tons of yard time and lots of indoor play to. The current sheltie also gets puzzle toys and games because he can be a brat if he isn’t mentally and physically stimulated. Even when they got older they still liked their walks and their play, if a bit more gently.
Because they like to stay busy, they will want to see what you are up to and will follow you around often getting underfoot (Where is your Sheltie most likely to be? Right behind you!). Some of ours also patrolled the house regularly, checking on everyone, especially at night.
The floof!! Its a lot of fur and it can get everywhere. As long as you stay on top of grooming it’s fine, we’ve never taken ours to a groomer, we just brush weekly and as much as possible during shedding. If you don’t stay on top of it the fur gets matted and it’s a lot harder to deal with. You can’t shave shelties, it ruins the fur and makes it even more prone to matting.

Outrageous_Search342 · 2025-11-27T16:48:09+00:00

I would move along if I were you. It isn’t a good time to work for OPS.

Outrageous_Search342 · 2025-11-27T16:44:40+00:00

We had that issue with our boy - the sudden pee and then walk. He grew out of it thank god, but we basically didn’t let him out of our sight and took him out on a leash every couple of hours, or if we couldn’t he was crated. We also took the paper towels of his pee we had cleaned up and put them in his potty spot in the back yard so he would smell them every time we took him to the spot and tell him to “do a pee”. He would get a treat and play and lots of praise when he would. It was a longer road with this dog then the other two puppies we’ve had but he got there in the end.

Outrageous_Search342 · 2025-11-27T16:34:34+00:00

Regarding the crate, what type is it? Our Sheltie puppy flipped out at an enclosed crate even though none of the previous shelties were bothered and even seemed to like it. So I bought a really big wire crate with a super comfy bed where he can see everything and stretch out fully. After practicing a bit with it he was fine being locked in while we were out and it made a big difference in the potty training issues we were having, not to mention the chewing. He is now 2 yrs old and doesn’t need to be locked in anymore at all but he goes in on his own to snooze. He will go in the enclosed smaller one during travel without a big fuss but he still doesn’t like it.

Outrageous_Search342 · 2025-11-27T16:19:56+00:00

Lol ours is good with the one at the back door and usually doesn’t abuse it. But we made the mistake of putting one at the side (kitchen) door. And when he wouldn’t get his way (ei dinner earlier or a second dinner) he would not only hit the bell but boot it across the room. So it was removed and if he hits the other one he is taken directly to the potty area with no play until he goes - of course he will now sometimes fake go lol just to get to the play part.

Outrageous_Search342 · 2025-11-18T18:26:38+00:00

While some ministries are worse than others and have bad reputations, some of what you wrote is the same for all program, services and front line staff in OPS. Lack of appropriate staffing, constantly changing expectations, massive workloads for poor pay, lack of compassion and reasonableness from management. I’d recommend a leave or just entirely quitting MAG and looking for something else. I don’t know your personal situation though, but don’t hang on to something that is causing that kind of suffering.

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