border collies

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Border collies and kelpies - which will make the better muster dogs

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381928) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Feb 25

Eva James (@wolfgirl569) has a border collie called Patch. She has lovely markings and I was reminded of the series we’re watching on TV called Muster Dogs. This is at least the second series and this time around six people have...

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Baby-sat by Muster Dogs

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381928) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Feb 24

There is a TV programme here called Muster Dogs. In the series we watched 5 Border Collie pups from a litter of ten, are given to five different people. The five have to train the dogs to be efficient muster dogs by the age of...

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An Intelligent Dog

Vivenda @Vivenda (583) • Portsmouth, England 3 Sep 16

Border Collies are the workaholics of Dogdom. They are always badgering their owners for entertainment or, even better, some work to do. One of my colleagues when I was working for a pet publishing company had four Working...

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What Is Your Favorite Breed Of Dog?

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 2 Dec 15

Recently, I watched the American Kennel Club Dog Show. I love watching that show and seeing all the different and unusual breeds of dogsl My favorite, although I've never owned one, is a Border Collie. We did own a Collie when...

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Is it normal...

taface412 @taface412 (3175) • United States 21 Aug 09

for border collies to bark at everything? I love my dogs, I really do, but they bark at everything and anything half the time and always howl at the passing train.

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Nervousness in Border collies

x_Jo_x @x_Jo_x (1040) 31 May 09

My Border Collie is very nervous about everything. She dislikes other dogs, but often will sit and wag her tail when they are at a distance and give very mixed messages. The slightest noise scares her most of the time, and she...

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my poor dog's tail - need your prayers!

kimberlylynn @kimberlylynn (978) • United States 3 Jan 08

We went out of town and when we returned and got our dog from thet vet/kennel. The next day we noticed she was chewing at her tail, but not in a playful way and not in a flea way. The next day she literally chewed the whole end of...

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When is a dog too old to old to have a new puppy added to the family.

anjihar @anjihar (6) • United States 29 Oct 07

I have a border collie named Panda. She is 8 years old and my favorite child. She follows me every day all day long. Usually with a ball or something in her mouth. I walk out of a room and theres a ball for me to kick or throw....

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what do you look for in choosing a dry dog food for your dog?

letmehelpu @letmehelpu (46) • United States 18 Feb 07

You hear all the ads saying this food is best, or that food is best. But what is really important when you look at the ingredients? I don't want to spend a ton of money, but the health of my dogs is really important to me, they're...

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Border Collies

linda345 @linda345 (2660) • Canada 11 Dec 06

My son has a border collie and he chews up every thing. I was so mad this morning. He chewed up my favorite ordament from the Christmas tree. He is really good with my one year old granddaughter. Everyone tells me that this breed...

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We have a new puppy today, our 13 year old existing dog hates him. Any advice?

feralwoman @feralwoman (2199) • Australia 3 Dec 06

Today we got an 8 week old Border Collie puppy. He's lovely. We also have a Jack Russell, who's used to Border Collies as we had one previously - he passed away in April. We tried introducing them but the Jack Russell went for the...

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How do you cope when your lovely pet dies?

feralwoman @feralwoman (2199) • Australia 22 Nov 06

I lost my Border Collie dog, Toby 7 months ago and I still cry when I think of him. I am crying as I write this. How can I cope with his loss? I loved him so much and I still miss him. He was so loving and had a lovely...

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