Group shot from last week

[summer_jackel]

I took this last week, when I was pupsitting Rooster.

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[howl-at-the-sun.livejournal.com]

Beautiful fluffy dogs!

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[cal-foxx.livejournal.com]

Yay for happy doggies!

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

They are a wonderful pack; they make me happy, too. :)

[hakeber.livejournal.com]

That is a lot of collieface. And one not-so-collie face.

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

It's true. Poor Jez has gone from being one of a pack of wolves which included a colliebeast to a pack of collies that includes one wolf---her. Still, if I'd gotten another pup of her kind, it would have been rough on her, and the end of her life would have seen her
usurped. I didn't want that to happen to Jez, and she seems to enjoy being the tough one of a soft pack now, although she certainly grieved the loss of her mom and brother.

Still, Roo is more firey than Bliss or Coba, and he apparently hits her "cute young male who I can boss around" button in ways they don't; the two of them at play are adorable.

[sabledrake.livejournal.com]

How in the HECK did you manage that? Our family couldn't even get a pic of all the KIDS sitting nice at the same time!

-- C.

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

Hee! I guess all I can say is, that they have all been trained consistently and carefully from puppyhood; it's a lot of work, but dogs are always a lot of work, and everything about life with them is so much better when they are trained that I can't imagine not taking the extra time.

Of course, it helps that we're working with a bunch of collies and shelties here---they thrive on training, the more detailed the better, and if they don't get it, they tend to become barky, neurotic messes. Jez, however, attests that even independent wolfdogs can become polite citizens with patient consistency coupled with an honest understanding of when and how they will break training.

Coba is currently showing in competitive obedience, Bliss will start next year, and Rooster, my sweetie's puppy, is well headed in that direction. I am extremely proud of all of them. :D

[furtech.livejournal.com]

Oh, my ghod! How in the world did you manage to pose them like that?!?!!

Their eyes and postures are bright, so I'm guessing no Ace...wow. What a portrait!! The collies/sheepdogs are hard enough (spazzzz), but even the husky is poised and even leaning a little on the collie! Amazing!

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

:D Thank you! I always love to get compliments on my dogs. ;D I guess all I can say is...lots of careful and consistent training? And luck. There were half a dozen others that I'm not posting, where they were not all looking at the camera. ;)

Training them to do long sit-stays and "focus" on command helps.

[furtech.livejournal.com]

Total kudos to you, then! Gorgeous portrait-- we're not talking holiday card, we're talking calendar pic!

I can see how training and patience (and lots of takes) would work with the herders, but getting the husky to cooperate is the aspect of this picture that puts you well over the top!

[snebold.livejournal.com]

These faces made my day :) Gorgeous picture, and absolutely beautiful dogs!

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you!

[kynekh-amagire.livejournal.com]

That's a lot of fluff.

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

It is so very, very much fluff. Roo made a nice addition; it was fun to pupsit for him while you were traveling. <3

[fuzzytoedcollie.livejournal.com]

Jez is so "I can't believe I'm doing this, but for you, just this once..."

*grin*

Wonderful Piccy!

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Ha, Jez does great long-suffering photos. She'll do it, but she has opinions!

[smile-n-cuddle.livejournal.com]

How on EARTH did you get them to pose so perfectly???

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

Lots of training, the knowledge that they will have to sit quietly before I took them out on a walk, and about 2 dozen shots I deleted or didn't post. :D