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I haven't had a male dog in many years & back then they were neutered at 6 mths. If I was to have a male puppy now I would wait until he was 18 mths old, especially if he were a large breed such as a lab. I don't think the humping at this age is either dominance or sexual, simply pleasurable. My previous border collie April used to hump a cushion she had as a pup. By about 6 mths she had stopped doing it as the cushion wore out. Neutering won't necessarily stop humping as I've seen a couple of neutered male dogs at my obedience club doing it. There's sure to be threads on the forum about the subject & how to stop it. I'm sure it is a matter of training & distracting the dog with a toy or game.

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Congratulations on your training success. The more you teach her the quicker & easier it will get. My dogs sleep inside & are mostly outside during the day so I have never bothered to time when they go to poop. They do it when they need to. Having said that they will wee on cue provided they haven't been recently. My youngest dog is 3 y/o & has never pooped when out unless it's an overnight/weekend trip. We go to training a couple of times a week & will only wee in a certain part of the grounds of my obedience club. Other places I take her she will sometimes hold on for hours even with the cue & won't go until we get home. Other times shell go on cue, depends what's going on around us. But bitches can be more difficult in this area. Some ppls dogs will wee & poop on command, not sure if they have different cues or use the same one. If you haven't already I'd be using a word or short phrase every-time she goes to the toilet & praise & reward with small treats when she complies. You can download for free Ian Dunbar's Before & After puppy books from - http://www.dogstardaily.com/ where you'l find lots of helpful advice on raising a happy & healthy dog. There are drop down menus for puppy training, videos etc. He won't take his dogs out for a walk unless they have weed & pooped before hand, the walk is the reward for doing so. As to the walking, that's normal, Tilba was the same the 1st few times I took her out for walks. It's amazing what ppl drop on the ground for a young puppy to self reward with. Any thing from bread crumbs, chips, fruit to a dried leaf blowing along the pavement. All that sniffing & stopping is likened to a dog reading the daily newspaper where they catch up on all the local gossip. Being a puppy & a long bodied one at that you don't want to overdo the exercise until she's at least a year old. Give time for those young puppy bones & joints to grow. To dissuade from too much sniffing you have to be more exciting than the environment & encourage her now & then with a yummy treat, but sometimes that doesn't always work because of the above. On the other hand she could be a puller, & you don't want that either. Good luck with it all & enjoy your puppy as they grow up so fast.

That is what I would imagine border collies ate back in the borders of England & Scotland, sheep. ;) Pre-killed of course by the shephards.

My son's large mixed breed dog had one anal gland removed a couple of years ago. From memory she had a drain in place. It never bothered her from the time we picked her up to my surprise. Check with your vet.

I had this same problem when I 1st got my bc at nearly 12 weeks old & gave her a chicken wing she snatched it out of my hand & took off with it. I searched the net & the advice given was to hold onto the bone while the pup chewed on the end. While you still have hold of it, it belongs to you & not the pup. She never snatched a bone again & will eat happily in front of me. Not so with our other dog though that is a resource guarder from all pets that have come to our house, which has passed on to Tilba who will gulp her food down if she thinks my cat is around.

I've been to a fair few dwd trials & a lot use marches for heelwork to music

There's a whole thread here, 40 pages, but will give you all you need to know about Black Hawk. http://www.dolforums.com.au/topic/208022-black-hawk/

I would never use the Proheart injections. There was a lot of problems with dogs in the US & they use the 6 mth injection. That's 6x stronger than the mthly tabs & with the 12 mth http://www.drugs.com/vet/proheart-6.html In the instructions of the mthly tablets/chews it usually says that if the dog has the heartworm tabs regularly & you miss a dose it's ok to continue with it up to 60 days without a test. Having a border collie I use Interseptor Spectrum.

I use Revolution on my cat & she gets fleas before the month is up, sometimes in 2 weeks. The vet told me to use Rev & Frontline Plus on alternate fortnights. With Advantix I have used a Preventic tick collar. I asked if Proban & Advantage could be used together & was told no. I'd probably wait a week & then re-do with either Advantix or Advantage. Why did you stop using Proban? ETA to be safe ask your vet.

She looks good to me. She's not too tucked at the waist, just right. We used to get the same thing from ppl when my son's mixed breed dog was younger. I was told her mum looked the same. She's now 10.5 y/o & still looks the same except for the lack of muscle in her thighs due to arthritis & lack of exercise.

You definitely want to take the exercise thing slowly especially with a large breed dog. Acording to Ian Billinghurst the only exercise a growing pup needs is play & eating raw meaty bones. Exercise his mind for the moment.

My first border collie was born on the 4th April so my mum suggested we call her April. Several months before getting April we had a torty cat so called her Coco. Next came my son's dog who is a charcoal colour so her name is Sooty. After April died & I was going to get my next border collie, a 6 hour drive away from home & on the way went through a baby name book & didn't like anything there. After seeing her for the first time still couldn't think of a name. Sitting in the motel that night waiting for oh to get ready for dinner I suddenly thought, Tilba. We had stopped off at Central Tilba for lunch that day & as she was born a short drive away in Cobargo. I liked the idea straight away, told oh, who didn't much mind, he had a Tilly as a child. Now 3 yrs on, I can't imagine her called anything else. I can't say they took on the meanings of their names, other than April means born in April, Sooty means sooty coloured. Not sure about the others.

I'm a raw beginner & would also find videos helpful.

This is a bit misleading because Ian Billinghurst promotes feeding raw meaty bones & as far as I know has nothing to do with dogstardaily. Maybe you mean all the pups off lead in Sirius puppy pre-school. I am a big fan of Ian Dunbar's methods & you will find a lot of information, free downloads, videos & radio podcasts on the site.

As well as the oils mentioned above I've heard that whole raw eggs make the coat shine. Someone once told oh that he could tell that our dogs were fed raw eggs by their shiny coats.

I would not be neutering a male lab any earlier than 12 mths preferably 18 mths. I had my female bc spayed at 14 mths old after she had her 1st heat. The only extra costs involved were meds when she had an infection not related to the spay & triple council rego costs because she wasn't spayed when she had to be registered at 6 mths. As to the undershot jaw, I'm not sure I'd want a pup with that. Did you have a choice of which pup you were getting? If no one gives advice on it here, when you find another vet, ask for their advice.

Glad to hear you had a successful night.

Thanks for sharing, great photos. Sorry I missed popping over to watch.

Ticks are my biggest worry living on the east coast. But not living in a tick area I don't often use tick preventative. On the rare occasions I've been to a coastal area I've used Advantix & a tick collar. From reading other posts on dol Proban seems to be the most reliable although it's recommended daily examination of the dog. eta, have you read this yet? http://www.dolforums.com.au/index.php?showtopic=121109

From what I've heard Border Collies are popular in Japan. There are some Aussie borders that are Aus/Japanese champions. RB lovely old dog, & I agree, just got to look at my sigpic!

If the kelpie was smiling like the goldie it wouldn't look so scarey.

that I can definitely vouch for!! Agree totally. I wear a lot of black & navy. The white hairs of my bc show up & you can't see the black ones. I prefer predominately black dogs all the time. They don't get as dirty in our dusty/muddy back yard. Apart from once having a silver persian cat all my pets have been black or black mixed colours. I would not get a white dog or cat especially with no eye liner or pink noses, much more likely to get sun cancer. In dol adds for border collie litters a lot of the breeders say they will not export to Asia. Maybe this is one of the reasons, black/white dogs with white feet. Not that I saw the CM show on this subject but I have heard over the years that black dogs are harder to place.

That's what I was wondering. For larger puppies, exuberant chewers, I break the wing tip off a chicken wing & stuff the other 2 sections in the kong, pointy end 1st. Takes that little bit longer.