Ms James

Awwww I want a whippy now

Yeah...angelic...I can see it right there in her eyes...she's plotting something, something truly evil and despicable. And she'll get right to it after a nap and some kitty snacks Cute pic

So, why don't we see any of you Wezza people at kepala meets? My dads coming from Wezza this Sunday for it. So, why can't you? I've got a very good excuse for not going to Kepala: I'm lazy We should do a fortnightly weekend prezzy park meet! There's tonnes of Wezza people on here.

We have a golf course in Werribee?? We must be moving up in the world

Ohhh, are you in the Werribee area? I'm down there sooo often!! Representing Wezza here as well! Have you tried the Riverbend walk on the other side? That's where we go and people are usually more polite on that side and don't mind stopping for a chat

How slow a news day does it have to be for them to drag this item out again?

You could always just spring for an inground pool...

So, I'm guessing you're not going to be so judgemental next time someone brings in a dog run over by a car and says "but he usually has such good recall"

Wow, she could pick up satellite TV with those ears I'm going with kelpie mix, kelpies have awesome radar ears.

Pixie, I have been confused before by this blue Merle Border above and thought it was an Aussie. See any difference to my blue merle Aussie below? :p I can't tell the difference Maybe a bit in the ears? The ears are more erect? Am I right? Do I get a gold star? I can't tell the difference between sibes and mallies, either, even though I'm constantly told "but there's a huuuuuge difference" ;)

Peis never struck me as hardcore shedders! Just think of it as little drops of love around your house I was lazy and didn't groom Rove for the last couple of weeks. I just did him this morning and it was like black snow had fallen in my garden I was absolutely covered! I find the water pressure in a hydrobath gets rid of a lot of dead fur after you've given them a good brush, too. During coat drop season it may be easier to do just a little a day, every day, because if you do sit there and brush & brush & brush it'll just keep coming. You could be there for HOURS and the little dead buggers will just keep taunting you on the brush!

As a BC owner, I can only sympathise with you and say that the person who invents a vacuum brush attachment for grooming dogs is going to be very rich indeed! At least we don't have sibes

You need to have a choice for "I'm too lazy to fix Bella's jumping up when they come through the door" She doesn't jump on the people, just does a little dance to say hello and then shoves her nose up their crotch. Hmm, maybe you should have nose to crotch option, too.

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http://cuteoverload.com/ How can you not have CO bookmarked?

Dawww! Nothing hellish about her!

I think I just fell in love I might have to invite myself over for some puppy belly huffing

Oh! My! Dog! Squee! Cutest thing ever!! Please please please submit to cuteoverload!

Pretend like it's the latest craze at Crufts to have a pink blenheim cav? Have you tried washing her in whitening shampoo? It may take a couple of goes, but it should wash out.

Yes! That's them! What's the story with those things? They're on the next available flight but a warning said dalmatian grabs low flying doves out of mid air and bugs are a re dinner aperitif. I am waiting till dark then bringing the possum hunters in, feeding them and locking them in till supervised pee time before bed . I hate that possum. No doves around here, but dally can feast on all the Indian mynahs he wants! He'll have to fight the cats for the bugs, though.

We're in suburban hell where we've destroyed all the local wildlife and the only native species left are some very curious-looking bugs that seem to be stuck to each other's bottoms most days... So send on your BC and dally here, Janba

Ten facts about Bella: 1. Bella would sell her soul for a tennis ball. I've lost count of the number of dollars I've spent replacing mangled tennis balls. She chews them until they're a mere fragment of their former selves. There are tennis ball halves littering my garden, car and home. RIP tennis balls, you never knew what hit you. 2. Bella could be a medical examiner. She has dissected each and every toy she has ever gotten to find out where the squeaky is. Once the squeaky is found, the toy is promptly dismembered and its guts scattered all over the living room floor. She wouldn't be a very tidy ME. 3. Bella is a water baby She can sniff out a water source from a kilometre away. She likes to dive in and snap at the water as she's swimming. 4. Bella is a dalmatian in disguise She has the dally mongy sit down pat. She even has spots! 5. Bella is a stealth licker. I think she likes to make sure you're clean. I think she's been hanging around the cats too much. 6. Bella has yet to learn proper manners She still thinks that sticking her nose in people's crotches is a polite way to say hello. 7. Bella is an RSPCA rescue. She was surrendered because she dug in the yard. She has never dug once here. 8. Bella barks at the giggle ball when she can't figure it out. When the kibble is running low in the giggle ball and they're not coming out fast enough, or if she gets it stuck somewhere and can't get it out, she will bark at it...almost willing the kibble to come out. Maybe if she barks loud enough, the vibrations will bounce the kibble right on out of there. 9. Bella is a sun worshipper. If there's a beam of sunlight, she'll steal it from the cats. 10. Bella loves going for a drive. Even if it's just for a whip down to the shops, she happily sits in the back of my CRV and watches the people driving behind us. There are noseprints on my back windscreen. Ten facts about Rove 1. Rove is a former show dog. His registered name is Yeoville All He Can Be. He was retired from the show ring because he simply didn't enjoy it. He also took a dislike to a couple of judges. He's a bit of a snob, actually. 2. Rove is titled in agility and came to me pre-trained. He has titles up the yin yang (ADX JDX SPD SD GDX ET). No, I didn't earn them with him He was retired from agility because of fact number 3... 3. Rove is the laziest border collie in known existence. It takes a lot to amp him up. While he's happy enough to have a good pelt off lead at the park, he's equally happy to spend all day sampling the various comfy spots in the house. In fact, he'd probably prefer doing absolutely nothing. If you try to get him to work for you, he gives you the doggy equivalent of a "SIGH, okay if I must". We may have finally found Rove's drive: pillows. 4. Rove likes small, dark corners. He can squeeze himself into the tiniest crate and happily snooze there for hours. In a past life, he must have been a meerkat. 5. Rove is a mountain goat. When outdoors, he likes to sit on tables to be up high...and admired. 6. Rove pre-warms the bed for me every night. I have no use for an electric blanket or hot water bottles anymore. Each evening, Rove will curl up on my side of the bed with his head on my pillow and waits for me to evict him so I can go to sleep. 7. Rove is my first purebred dog. All my other dogs and cats have been rescue mutts. I'm still a strong believer in rescue, but I figured that if Angelina can have her own biological children, I can indulge myself as well I'm probably only ever going to get ex show or breed rescue dogs from now on. We waited for about 5 months before Rove's breeder felt that we were worthy enough to take home her gorgeous boy and I feel that we got a dog who is 100% compatible with our family. Her extensive knowledge of her breed and her own dogs' personalities is phenomenal and it's such a gift that she's let us in to the family. 8. Rove hates kids. Won't go near them, will turn the other way at the sight of them. I have to say that I sometimes have the same reaction too. 9. Rove is a determined flopper. Rove won't do the "circle three times and lie down comfortably" routine. Rove picks a spot, and flops down with an audible "thud". If the spot isn't to his liking, he will get up and wander the house until another spot catches his eye. 10. Rove melts everyone's hearts with his eyes. Even decidedly non-border collie people have fallen in love with him. He has the softest, sweetest eyes imaginable. They're very girly, they even look like he's wearing mascara.

A dog in full prey drive will put up with an awful lot of pain sometimes. As you have noted, several bleeding muzzles hasn't done anything to curtail the problem so far so you will have to be smart about it. I have read on this forum that corrections suppress drive, which is overly simplified, corrections can be used to increase drive. We always have to look at operant and respondent outcomes first. It might be a longer term plan, but I would be looking at ways to set up the environment in your favour (you already have baby gates; high cat trees and cabin hooks on doors are other options), use time-outs (immediately takes the dog out of drive with no risk), and reinforce calm behaviour around the cats, and also whenever indoors. Use food instead of play (indoors), no sense in trying to keep a "calm inside the house rule" if you're the one who breaks it! Keeping the house a calm zone is a really good point, we do allow her to play with her toys in the house (she likes to shake them roughly). We do do drills in the house just to keep her mind active, I'll definitely start to use food and not throw toys around for her :D Yes, Aidan is right in this. I'm sure you can use a e-collar to teach the dog that the cats aren't appropriate drive objects, but it would be best to get someone to teach you how to use it properly, if you had access to someone who has experience with that type of thing. My last dog was a cat chaser who had killed a cat before I got him (they didn't tell me till they'd handed him over, nice huh?) I did basically the same as Aidan describes with making the house a calm zone where he was initially only allowed to sit on his bed, plus I interrupted/corrected & redirected him the very minute he started to look at the cats in a predatory fashion. It worked really well, probably because we started doing it the minute he came to my house, and he therefore had no experience of success chasing my cats, as far as he knew it simply wasn't an option. Even getting fired up to chase can be reinforcing to a dog in prey drive, they don't need to actually catch the cat for the behaviour to be rewarding. So if your dog has a history of chasing your cats, it will be harder to break him of it IMO, and the longer you let it go on, the harder it will get. Good luck. Yep, have a couple of trainers that I can go to to learn how to use it effectively Thanks for the tips

Do you mean ignoring the collar when there's a stim happening? Or having one of those empty stim collar box thingies that you can get?