Oh she is cute! Stocky little girl! Where did you get her from?
Meet Maye
Maye is my new 1 year and 6 month old mini American shepherd. We've had her for a little over two weeks at this point and things are going pretty well. Her biggest flaw is that she doesn't want to share attention with Sawyer (or another dog) or let Sawyer get attention. But at this point she is slightly better at it and no longer snaps and bares teeth as much/often. Now its mostly body blocking, pushing him away, trying to get onto my lap or get my attention, or licking his face. Thankfully other then a few minor things her and Sawyer have been getting along together pretty well, there hasn't really been any food agression, though Sawyer can be a bit like a vulture around her during food time as she eats a lot slower then he does. There has also been pretty much no issues with toy sharing either, at most the occasional lip lift on certain (usually higher value) items buts that's about it. Though they always want what the other has and one gets up the other will take their toy, then repeat :eyeroll:. The other two things were working on is her bad jumping habit, but part of it is because she's a absolute attention hog 
so I think teaching "off" is my best bet rather then ignoring her when she jumps. There's also a small possibility of her having mild/slight separation anxiety, but that could have been being brand new stress, or just because it was being in a kennel. So ive been working on ccing/semi re-crate training with her, and hopefully a frozen kong will help too. Anyways that's all I can think of, time for pictures.
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And since she wouldn't let me get any good side views, here are some from her breeder
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so I think teaching "off" is my best bet rather then ignoring her when she jumps. There's also a small possibility of her having mild/slight separation anxiety, but that could have been being brand new stress, or just because it was being in a kennel. So ive been working on ccing/semi re-crate training with her, and hopefully a frozen kong will help too. Anyways that's all I can think of, time for pictures. 
And since she wouldn't let me get any good side views, here are some from her breeder
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Thanks
I found her breeder forever ago when I was looking at aussie/ mini American breeders in my state out of curiosity. Then recently I decided to look again and found out that her breeder decided she wanted to rehome Maye. Blue merle is my absolute favorite dog color/pattern, and for some reason I really wanted a mini so it seemed perfect. We brought Sawyer over to meet her to see what we thought and make any decisions from there. It turns out her breeder is only a few towns over from us which is nice.
We also met some of her puppy minis/toys and now I have slight puppy fever. The cool thing too is that one her mini's, and I think one of her daughters (not one she breed herself) is one of the top mini's in AKC (agility).
I found her breeder forever ago when I was looking at aussie/ mini American breeders in my state out of curiosity. Then recently I decided to look again and found out that her breeder decided she wanted to rehome Maye. Blue merle is my absolute favorite dog color/pattern, and for some reason I really wanted a mini so it seemed perfect. We brought Sawyer over to meet her to see what we thought and make any decisions from there. It turns out her breeder is only a few towns over from us which is nice.
We also met some of her puppy minis/toys and now I have slight puppy fever
. The cool thing too is that one her mini's, and I think one of her daughters (not one she breed herself) is one of the top mini's in AKC (agility).
Aww thanks
Well I guess today and yesterday just weren't my days. Yesterday I managed to break the tray in her crate, and today apparently she had to go to the bathroom and I missed it and in the their excitement when my mom came home she peed on my bed, then I noticed she had also pooped in another room. She also wasn't a very happy camper when I stuck her in the tub to wash her feet and underbelly. Sigh, oh well, I guess I have to pay more attention to her cues since they seem to be much more subtle then mr. whiny pants
Well I guess today and yesterday just weren't my days. Yesterday I managed to break the tray in her crate, and today apparently she had to go to the bathroom and I missed it and in the their excitement when my mom came home she peed on my bed, then I noticed she had also pooped in another room. She also wasn't a very happy camper when I stuck her in the tub to wash her feet and underbelly. Sigh, oh well, I guess I have to pay more attention to her cues since they seem to be much more subtle then mr. whiny pants
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