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If you are staying at Port Fairy, The Gardens Caravan Park allow you to have dogs there. And they have cabins and stuff too. When are you going there.

Sas I think she is just pointing out that the food maybe contributing to his allergy. Hope the cause can be found soon for Kenobi's benefit. Ichy dogs are terrible to deal with. What brand of dry food is your pup on? Sometimes a diet with too much protein can cause teh allergies. The flea the vet found could also just be a coincidental. What was different when you had him at your parents place. Was he fed the same food and teh same routine snacks or did you cut something out for convenience.

My Border Collie is generally unphased in the past. 1 Kelpie runs and barks everytime one goes off - very annoying. The other Kelpie is petrified of noises (but has been shot beofre so is a realistic fear for her). She gets extremely scared and wants to come inside and just sit near me. She otherwise never comes inside. Not sure of the new dog as I was out last night and she was still tied up to kennel when I got home. I asked the old owner if she would have heard any before and he said no but is unphased by stockwhip and guns.

Some people risk it with prohibited animals all the time. Sometimes its called smuggling. Animals that are smuggled are the ones that suffer. If they survive the trip, they are euthanised when found. If they aren't discovered they are then involved in black market trading. If its dog or cat, they are re-exported before they leave the quarantine station. A SUSPECTED Savannah cat was re-exported last year at the owners expense. So if there is a suspicion on a dog or cat of its heritage, re-export or Euthanasia are the treatment options if it coming through as a import in a Quarantine station.

Thanks everyone. It burst and went down. So I guess the seed went with it. It didn't get worse and her lymph glands went down. Lucky I won't be going back down to that place for a while.

I think the problem is a bit more than some people vaccinating and some culling. The problem is more that there is so many stray dogs roaming that it is impossible to contain the disease. 1 vaccination isn't enough to to cover a dog in a high rabies area. Bali is a poor country and just the cost of vaccinating 70% of the stray dogs is a huge effort not to mention the costs of paying the peoplet to catch, needle etc. Then there is the cost of treating the large number of people that have been bitten etc. The country cannot afford that kind of program esp if tourism drops off. I mean there looks to be an awful lot of essentially wild dogs that live among the people and that is not a good way to live. Sharing your street with a potential killer is awful to share it with 10 is even worse. I know I will be flamed for it but maybe a cull wouldn't be a bad way to go for a while. Reduce the number to a more manageable number, improve the hygiene of the villages, improve the health of the remaining dogs, educate the people in caring for a dog and maybe then they will control the disease a little more.

Press the palm of your hand onto the footpath and hold it there. If it is too hot for you to lean on your hand for a few seconds it si too hot to expect your dog to walk on. Like Dwynwyn said, the heat also radiates from the footpath so it is hotter closer to the ground where the dog is trying to breath from and cool off.

Well, she has worked a lot on property and done a few trials. But her sides aren't real good yet, or her stop. But she is kind on her stock and seems to have a good natural stop when needed so far. Although she is a lot unsettled in the move so far and hasn't really settled in to work yet. She has been a bit casual and lack lustre so far in her work so I think she hasn't settled or bonded enough yet. I sent her with my other dog today to bring sheep in as I thought it may spark her up a bit (which it did) and to hopefully show her the lay of the land so she knows what the routine is. She has busted out of dog pen already, and pulled the mesh off the gate in the dog shed. So she is now chained to the kennel untill I can do necessary repairs to the enclosures. Although even chained to the kennels she managed to jump on top of kennels then on top of water tank and pulled the piping out of the water tank. (another thing to fix) although she is now a lot quieter out there. As I am off work at present I can go out a lot and play with her to bond a bit. She is not sure about play really but likes to roll around on the ground if you lay down. Hopefully she will pick up soon.

Thanks for that. It is definately a lot less red today. She is still a bit swollen towards her lymph glands but will give her some Clavulox to help it along

Let my dogs out t his am and Abby started yelping and crying in pain and rubbing her face on the ground and stuff. She then started drooling lots. I tried to take a look thinking then that something must have bitten her. She was too wriggly so figured I would see what happened. She then ran down to the creek etc and played aorund. A bit of drool at times but nothing crazy. Went to a friends place for a few hours. She started wimpering and looking scared but then played ball and ran with other dogs. When she was panting I noticed a red mark under her tongue and so we had a look and found what is in the pictures. She was working in the paddock at a property yesterday and there was long grass and of course when you run through long grass with your mouth open..well you catch seeds. So as of this afternoon the lump has burst but there is still redness in her mouth. And her lymph node is still up. She ate dinner tonight. So am wondering if I should take her to vet and put her through a sedation etc to have a look or just hope the seed popped out when the abscess burst.........

Thanks guys. I got her from Yass where she has been used as a farm dog and done a few trials. When I go to freinds property they get worked. Otherwise I just work them at home here to keep their work up to scratch for trials

She is about 17 months old now. I just need to finish breaking her in and start trialling her in March when they start again. So far the other dogs have accepted her pretty well however the young horse is horrified about the white ghost.

Well summed up Vickie. Thanks for explaining it so well.

I don't know how some of the people that have replied on here have made my comments about them. I asked what was the purpose of taking a dog not bred or designed for an activity and some of the things that can happen when inexperienced people take their pooch to see how they go with a naturally flighty prey animal. I then gave advice on some lessons she could teach her dog BEFORE going to help the situation. And from that you have assumed I am against ANKC herding and only like people that work and sell to people that do 3 sheep trials and yard dog trials.............. Some very vivid imaginations around here..Must be the eggnog

I call an amateur person someone that has a few pet dogs of working breed origin that feels they would like to have a go at letting their pooch have a play with some stock. An amateur person has little general knowledge of basic sheep care, behaviour, requirements, care and welfare. So when someone lets their pooch have a little play and pooch gets a little excited, an amatuer person will not recognize these sheep have now changed from being trusting to being a little frightened and intervene and tell that perosn to take thier dog out. And that amatuer person will not think to take their dog out because Rover isn't going to hurt the sheep, he wouldn't hurt a fly, so keep letting Rover frolic around and run useless circles around the sheep without trying to calm the sheep. They stop when their time is up in the class. Then the next person goes in, the sheep are blowing hard because Rover was having a good time, but this is now Daisy's turn and handler doesn't want to let that precious time lapse to let sheep get breath back. Daisy will get her turn.

The clubs in Sydney only allow working dogs and their crosses (generally). I guess it would depend on what purpose you hope to achieve by doing herding with a non herding breed. Honestly a lot of non herding bred dogs do not have the right instincts for trying to control a number of prey animals and their interest can quickly turn to a chase instinct in which case you will then have frightened, panic sticken sheep trying to escape the "wolf" and run into fences, people or whatever is in their path while novice people run around in a panic trying to control the dog. So if you are looking for a sport to enhance your dogs life, perhaps retrieving training may be a more fulfilling sport for your dog to be able to enjoy. Not having a go at you but just trying to point out that herding is a specialised instinct and when sheep aren't being worked appropriately dogs, sheep and people can be injured. The other point that frustrates me about people jumping on the band wagon of herding is that a lot of animal welfare groups like to "blend" in the crowd at sheep trialling and herding events as they feel that these sports are cruel to sheep. the last thing they need to see is out of control dogs and sheep being run around in hot weather, being bitten, chased because these groups would like to ban ALL sheepdog events. So little "harmless" incidents by a typically placid breed of dog, do not come over well with the sheepdog trialling fraternity who have worked hard to protect and improve the sport to have it banned by amateur people trying to let their dog have a bit of fun.. Even at a major sheep dog event, many experienced triallers will leave the ring if the sheep are too runny as it does nothing for the sheep, the dog or the spectators to see crazy shhep and a dog trying to get to the head to pull them up. Trials will also be stopped if the temperature gets too hot it is a danger to the sheep to be worked and the the dog working. If you do want to take your dog to a herding place, it would be wise for you to do some training and try to get an off lead stop command and a recall (under all conditions and distractions so at least if things go pear shaped you will have some chance of catching your dog and protecting the sheep.

Silvawillow, the dogs bred by greg Prince and other triallers are registered with the state Sheepdog workers incorporate.(NSW Sheepdog workers). There is a registry for each state and also an Australian body. Some dogs that others trial may be ISDS registered also or be bred from ISDS registered dogs.

Lucky she's got that one covered

Thanks Vickie, was trying to add some myself but for some reason cannot.GRRR I love looking at her pics and am glad you do too. Thanks Shortstep, a lot of people comment on her at trials which is nice.

I have a working bred border collie that is classically marked. The only one marked like that in the litter. The other were white or tri. She has no KC breeding in her at all. Only NZ, Uk and australian working lines. Medium coat. In summer is quite sparse with slight feathers and tail. In winter looks like a medium coated dog. She has some of the breeding in the OP. Have also had well bred short haired, patchwork looking borders with a mixture of ear sets. All pedigreed working dogs but would not meet the criteria of a KC border collie. Seems there is, like kelpies, a bench variety and working variety which to me is dissappointing to see a beautifully designed working animal, redesigned to meet a criteria on paper that looks "like a perfect specimen of an 'ideal' dog" rather than taking into account any of the working traits that stockmen/farmers have spent years and generations trying to improve

Sevilles prefix is from a guy called Bill Seville. He is in his late 80's now at a guess and had VERY good dogs when he was trialling and breeding. He had a very good dog called Sevilles Bill that is in a lot of WBC pedigrees. Very knowledgeable man. Like Janba said, Princes is Greg Prince, prob australias top sheepdog trialler. He is at Dubbo and trials very successfully all over the country. Wondara is Laurie Slater, also very good natural workers and very strong when needed to be. Can't remember who Rosedale is but have heard of it In regards to looks of WBC well lets say they can vary greatly in body type, shape, ear set, coat, colour, eye colour, size as they were selected for their ability to work. The trialling saying is " A good dog is never a bad colour" or insert any trait you can think of.

You can start working them now to break them in to the dog. You need then to work off the dog and so may as well start them now while they settle in. Just start by keeping your dog off them and getting it to balance to you and that way the sheep will learn that being close to you is good. And they will do so calmly. But don't feed the sheep for coming to you. Let the dog keep them there and when you call the dog off, let the sheep move away when you have stopped the dog aff the sheep (or caught it if it doesn't have sides or stop yet)

I have a friend who is blind and uses a guide dog to get around. It is amazing how many people are frightened of the dog in a shopping centre and will give a large detour. Other people talk to the dog instead of her (which she then informs them they shouldn't talk to a working dog but they can speak to her). She said she went to a Sydney restaurant and was told she couldn't come in with her dog. She explained to the waiter(of a foreign nation) that the dog is allowed by law etc.........and asked to speak to the manager. The waiter went and came back and said that she was allowed in but he was rude to her all night and was rude about the dog being allowed in and just made her visit extremely uncomfortable. As she is a big PR supporter of Guide dogs and has had about 5 she was expereinced in how to deal with it and not let it ruin her evening. SHe had travelled over the world with her dogs and is very cionfident. When she left the restaurant she wrote a letter to the restaurant explaining her experience and how a guide dog can make a person feel so normal and gives them confidence to leave teh house which many blind people are frightened of. She said that she was lucky she was used to it but if that had of been a person going out for the first time, the way the staff there treated a vision impaired person would be enough to make them never go out again even shopping. She got a reply back saying that they were extremely sorry for the way the waiter had treated her, (he no longer worked there) and had no idea how a blind person felt and how much of a postive difference a dog could make to a person and was appreciative of her being made aware and in future they would be alot more welcoming. So sometimes the arrogant approach of throwing the book at them is not what is needed but sometimes a little more understaning from the other person will get a better response for that experience and maybe even future experiences for other people. Like Lillysmum says, sometimes thay are not ignorant just have different cultures to work in with.

The Military bomb detector dog lost in Afghanistan for 14 months then turned up later.

There will be a story on the 9 news tonight about Sarbi. It will be on the other channels later too.