Janba

A reminder to all non sporting owners who do obedience that the Dally Club is holding a trial open to all non sporting group dogs on the 13/9. We are trying to get as many people as possible to make it a success so if you can do a CCD or higher please think about entering. The Dalmatian Club of NSW Inc Obedience Trial Erskine Park October 13, 2007 Judge Mr R Butler (NSW) Entry Fees $8.00 1st entry (incl catalogue), $6.00 subsequent entries Entries close 13/9 (though we will probably take late ones) Send entries to Jane Deuble 79 Macquarie St Chatswood NSW 2067 Ph (02) 9417 8256

Breed clubs 2 Herding clubs 2 Obedience clubs 2 Agility club 1 DogsNSW I did belong to another obedience club and Tracking and Rescue but didn't renew this year.

Mine are so good with their veggies, they will all even polish off leftover green salad. If they don't eat a particular veggie I assume they actually don't like the taste of it. I don't fast them as living with a hungry dalmatian is like living with a pirauna.

I would also get her vet checked to eliminate the possibility of a physical cause and would get professional help as quickly as possibly.

Rimadyl is an anti inflammatory so he may have been given it for the swelling. My older boy was given rimadyl after his desexing because he also had a difficult tooth extraction at the same time. There was no problems and probably because of it the scrotum didn't swell much and he didn't even try to lick it.

Mine all get a codliver oil capsule twice a week with no problems and fish oil tablets on the other days. I give the codliver because it is good for their skin.

Congratulations. Isn't it wonderful when you see your training starting to work.

I have a border collie who is sensative to train, but maybe not in the manner you mean. He is strictly "do not touch me while I am learning". He is fine with an exercise we haven't fully proofed until you touch him, then he turns to jelly. This means that in training I can food reward and verbal reward but cannot pat or physically correct a position. It made trying to teach weaving with guards interesting. He had picked up at home what weaving was, but at training where they use the guards was a problem as the guards touched him. He started to go through the weavers in the correct order, but jumping over the both of the guards so he didn't have to run between them.

What are you calling a training dumbell? The dog club may have wooden ones for sale, if not you can get plastic ones from most pet shops. I can PM you the name of local one where I get mine if that is what you are after.

This is what I teach. It is posn not walking beside you so no matter what you left leg does, the dog has to follow it to remain in the heel posn. I teach the it in the halt to start off with by luring the dog up to the heel posn, then reward. Once the dog has learnt the posn I then move forward a few steps at a time and gradually build up duration. I also do a lot of 1/4 and half turns on the spot. Heeling can take 12 months to teach for competition.

I have been seeing Karen Hedberg for a problem with one of my dogs, even though she is out of my area. She is very good.

I have a border who won't eat if he thinks there is something more interesting to do. Border collies should be lean dogs, you can't work all day if you are fat. A lot of them look at lot bigger because of their thick coats and a lot are too fat. It would be easier to tell his condition if you posted a picture.

I feed supercoat (runs and ducks for cover) and don't have problems. It consists of 1/2 my dogs diet on volume. The pup gets 2 cups a day and the older dogs one. The rest of the diet is raw meat, eggs, vegies etc. They all have soft shiny coats and if I have a weight problem it is that they get too fat. I don't have a soft poo problem. Since putting me older BC who has allergies on supercoat sensative his skin has improved and he no longer needs daily medication. He was dreadful on the hills allergy food.

You could also try soaking the kibble with a bit of warm water. They may have sore gums from starting to teeth.

So is that a technical term then? Typr because I am so used to saying my other BC is a dork

So is that a technical term then? Typo because I am so used to saying my other BC is a dork

I have a lot of pictures of when he was little but not many recent ones. He is usually moving to fast or asleep at the moment They do grow and change quickly at this age. Zorro is gorgeous. I love the dark faces. EFS dork to dark

The idea is to move them at controlled pace, not running and stressing. The sheep have a pressure point where they will move away from the dog. Where it is depends on a lot of things like how much exposure they have had to dogs, how strong the dog is on sheep, the breed of sheep etc. Some dogs turn onto sheep straight away, some need to see them a few times, some never turn on. You won't know till you try. The pup is a border collie . He is a tricolour and though you can't see in the photo he has a white chest a white under his nose and chin like a goatee and moustache. He is 6 months old today and was 3 1/2 months old in the photo. Their is a thread in the video section that has herding videos in it.

I agree. Colin is God. He is also postive and truthful about the dogs. I had just about given up on my older boy, but Colin has helped so much. When I said a while ago that I would be happy just to get the test levels with him Colin said that if I kept on as we are now we would go on to the trial levels, but it would take a lot of work and patience. It is easier to start a dog correctly than to retrain a dog that was started incorrectly. Colin starts a dog of on the lead with you and another handler. You stay in the correct posn in relation to the dog and the sheep while the other person walks behind the dog holding the lead, guiding it into the corrrect posn and stopping making mistakes like rushing and chasing the sheep. I am in front of the sheep and the second person is at the end of the lead.

Colin Webster is giving a clinic up there in a couple of weeks. http://forums.dogzonline.com.au/index.php?...c=104474&hl= He is brilliant at starting a dog. Using his methods have turned by older boy from a raving lunatic on sheep to a dog that is calmer and starting settle. We even worked ducks calmly last weekend. Warning - herding is addictive

I've seen footage of dogs doing this and aslo competitions on pay TV. The dogs look like they really enjoy it. I haven't heard of it being done in this countty.

Can you put him on a lower energy diet for the time being ? Also mental stimulation like a well stuffed kong a good big bone to chew on might help. Also some sedentary traing like teaching him to speak, or shake paws might help. Good luck with his leg

My young border collie has been holding on all night in his crate since I got him at 11 weeks . Convincing him that weeing inside when he was free was not on took a lot longer :rolleyes:

All ANKC tracking competition is ground scenting and you will be penalised for airscenting. Tracking and rescue in the real world you want your dog to find the person as quickly as possible so the use of either method would be acceptable from my understanding.

Kristie I know this may not help, but my first dalmatian was a wonderful girl called Emma Dilemma. I got her at 7 months as a rescued cruelty case, severly underweight and mistreated but vivid in looks and personality and such a joy for life. I lost her at 18 months to an accident. I often think that she was just lent for a short time to me to rekindle my love of dogs and my faith in their ultimate loyalty and love. I know that her spirit went on to someone else to share her love and joy for life. I know that these special dogs come to us for a reason and when the time has come their spirit goes to someone else who has a need of them. RIP Barker Janet