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    sheltie puppies are Def easier than Lab puppies

    I'm watching my little Hershey 12 week old sheltie puppy over night. I expected to be up to walk him and him crying I'm his crate. He's had no accidents, went in his crate no problem, I had to wake him up to take him out around 1 with my other guys. He went right back in his crate and went back to bed.

    It wasn't this easy with Gauge that's for sure

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    I don't know about the breed, but it could also be the puppy. Some people have reported similar behavior from their lab puppies. That sure as heck wasn't Kimber, sigh, but I had a friend with a rescued lab puppy who was the anti-Kimber. He came to her at 10 weeks crate trained, slept through the night from day 1, napped regularly, and never chewed anything. Life is unfair.

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    I've owned 4 shelties all have been wonderful from day one. Gauge on the other hand was the spaun of satin lol. First night he cried (screamed) for 45 mins in his crate and bit and chewed anything he could grab. I only had one lab so if compared to gauge my shelties were easier pups.

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    Herding pups are much easier than sporting dog pups, in general. From 8 weeks old my Aussie pups were crated individually and I never got up at night or set an alarm. They aren't nippy like Lab pups but they will try to herd all people until they learn not to so some will nip heels but it is a short lived stage- as in less than one week- for my pups. I think that was the only big negative besides needing to train them fairly aggressively so they are not bored and destructive.

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    I have had spawn of satan Lab pups. Thankfully the Lab gods smiled on me this time and Maxx was a dream from day one. He did go through the awful teething/biting stage but he has never chewed much else other than toilet paper, tissues, paper towels, etc. My previous Lab ate a leather couch and love seat at 6 y/o, he never stopped chewing and was a challenge from day one!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lauranj View Post
    Herding pups are much easier than sporting dog pups, in general. From 8 weeks old my Aussie pups were crated individually and I never got up at night or set an alarm. They aren't nippy like Lab pups but they will try to herd all people until they learn not to so some will nip heels but it is a short lived stage- as in less than one week- for my pups. I think that was the only big negative besides needing to train them fairly aggressively so they are not bored and destructive.
    I'm actually thinking of an Aussie in the future. I just love my herding breeds but I wanted something bigger than a sheltie.

 



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