"Pegs Pups" - my family's first web video

We've now got a You Tube Channel and we can show our web-clips on my blog! The first one is a two minute piece of my Mum, Peg, playing with me and my brothers and sisters. It shows how she plays with us in a rough, play acting sort of way. Looks a bit scary sometimes but she wouldn't really hurt us, even though she does show her teeth a lot! She says she needs to teach each of us in turn, that she is the boss and that we need to show respect to older dogs.

In our DVD, Sue talks about her experiences with re-homing rescue dogs and that if a pup leaves its mum before 8 weeks it is less likely to have learnt these important early messages which can lead to it becoming fearful and aggressive to other dogs, simply because it doesn't understand what other dogs are saying -if they are warning you to keep out of the way or play and just want to be friends. And it can all go downhill from there. We had a great time filming the video and there are lots of tips on ways to give pups like us a good start. Its really like our family video 'cos most of the dogs are my relations! But its not just for Border Collies like me and many of the things we did work well with older dogs or dogs that have just got a forever home, you just need more patience!
The competition entrants and my blog readers will be the first to know when new clips are posted and get a chance to download them from YouTube.

If you know of other people or their dogs, interested in the health and well being of all dogs, please forward the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11JcnXNxeyg to spread the word. The more we all spread the word and talk to people about how important these early weeks are in a pups life , the more people new to dog owning will get to hear and the harder it will be for careless or unscrupulous dog breeders to make a living out of the suffering of dogs.
We hope that with the Well Balanced Pup DVD we can explain the importance of the health of a pup's parents and what it experiences in the first weeks in its life, so that we can all play a part in "helping dogs get a great start in life."

There will be a new competition opening very soon. If you want to be added to our email list, email: updates@wellbalancedpup.co.uk

Thanks to Lakeland Sheepdog Experience and Weanafeeder for the prizes for our competition to name the logo . To have a look at their websites go to:

http://www.lakedistrictsheepdogexperience.co.uk/ and http://weanafeeda.com/

"Scout" is the name we have chosen for the pup in our logo

We have had a great response and have now closed the competition & chosen the winners.

The winning name "Scout" was chosen by Janet Fox ,who is the Practice Manager at Oakhill Vets in Windermere and entered the competition at our stand at Crufts. Janet, who is a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, owns golden retrievers, Amber & Willow and runs the puppy parties at Oakhill as well as her own training classes.She wins the Sheepdog Handling Fun Day for Two at the Lake District Sheepdog Experience. We went on it last summer and had a really good day out , so I am sure she will really enjoy it.

The second prize of a Cleana Feeder from Weana Feeder goes to Jane Partridge, who suggested the name "Doodle". After two years training at college, Jane is a newly established Dog Groomer - her business is called "Wipe Your Paws "Dog Grooming in Tattenhoe, Milton Keynes.

The runners up each get a copy of the DVD "Well Balanced Pup".The names they suggested are: Maybel from Nan Buiysel;Bumble from John Whelan; and Puzzle from Clare Fitzjohn.
More about the winners and why they chose their names in later blogs
As a thank you to people taking part in our competitions, we will email a link to some web video, taken from the DVD or previously unseen footage of our dogs in action that we are putting on You Tube.

Thanks to Lake District Sheepdog Experience and Weanafeeder for the prizes. To have a look at their websites go to:

http://www.lakedistrictsheepdogexperience.co.uk/ and http://weanafeeda.com/

They’ve arrived!

The first DVD’s are here, hot off the press.We are in the process of setting up the PayPal account so that people can buy them on our website. But for now we can take orders on the site if you email sales@wellbalancedpup.co.uk

The competition to choose the name of the pup in our logo will be closed on the 1st September.There have been lots of great suggestions and we will be announcing the winners very soon after.We will email everyone who took part with the winning name and also announce it on the site.So any one who hasn’t taken part or anyone who wants to add an extra entry get onto the site and have another go. Mention it to any friends who might be interested. The odds of winning are much better than the lottery!

Thanks to Lakeland Sheepdog Experience and Weanafeeder for the prizes and remember we are also giving out a Well Balanced Pup, DVD to the runners up.

To have a look at their websites go to:

http://www.lakedistrictsheepdogexperience.co.uk/ and http://weanafeeda.com/

Competition Update

There is still time to enter into the name the puppy competition