Sidhimelkel

Ive been to several specialties, but few all breeds. The other day I had gone to an all breed and had seen a boxer puppy standing on pegs. Ive seen this a few times before, but never had the guts to ask. What are they called?

I have a 2" tilt in my pelvis and scoliosis in the lumbar region of spine, I have been told it would be hard to get pregnant with a tilt and am curious how many of you know whether this is true. Ive been to several doctors, none answered the question directly, most saying it depends on the circumstances, which Im sure it does, but it never answered my question. I do not intend to have a child and if I find a doctor who can provide an answer for me I will consider a hysterectomy if it does prove true that I can conceive fairly easily, for both health reasons and short temper tolerance with children. Thank-you in advance to anyone who answers.

For years now Ive had breathing difficulties, Ive consulted various doctors and practioners, they found several problems but nothing that quite linked to my breathing. What it basically has been is if I go to breathe deeply it feels as if Im breaking my breast bone, so Ill hold down my chest bone and breathe lightly, it takes about three times to get back to a regular pattern of breathing. I can never fully breathe, always short breathes. I do have scoliosis in the lumbar portion of my spine but I dont believe that would affect my breathing..

For those of you who own, show, or breed shelties you know exactly what I am talking about, the infamous size chart. This isnt as much a question as it is of wanting comments on your experience. When I got Copper (Sidhimelkels Coppertone Blue) I was told by his breeder he wouldnt size up, in other words, he wouldnt make it to the size of standard (13") when his dam and sire were both just nicking 14". I worked with a different breeder at the time of purchase, she told me he would be over standard (16") according to the chart..well, now the little boy is the perfect height of 15", has the perfect sheltie face and is growing in his coat since I have neutered him (seeing as both myself and both breeders thought he wasnt going to have much coat at all). But, as the saying goes, the only predictable thing about shelties is their unpredictability. So, my question is, how many of you have had this experience where the pup turned out completely different than thought?