Tay.

I'm quite shocked at the opinions of some people on a PURE BREED dog forum. Makes me worry what the general public are thinking.

Argh! Bummed that I'm only seeing this thread now! This is something I'd love to get into with my Border Collie. Will definitely keep an eye out for this thread for upcoming dates! :D

I failed on day 2, . So I'll just watch from the sidelines Lovely photos all!

I should probably give it a go too, been so lazy with my camera lately! And Oh my, Zora is gorgeous!

Amazing!!! Love those eye shots too, now I wanna see what my eyes look like up that close!

Thought i'd come back and see what my goals were - and looks like i've done all I need to for the year We finally got our CCD title, i've started competing in agility and even have a qualie, and i've started more herding!!! We also joined a flyball team and have our first comp in the next few weeks :D A big congrats on your CCD title, Murve - was the weekend for it :D :D You and Lottie have done very well Beth ! Flyball too, what can't you do!? ;) (Oooh, that rhymed :p)

Kind of finished two goals already So to that I'll add: -GD title -have a go at pairs In April Jess got her JD and this month she got her AD and CDX. Need one more leg for her GD. First trial in agility excellent will be on the 9th of July. I haven't been entering opens, entry fees without extra runs are bad enough And we've sort of started the bases of UD training. Not too bad for half way through Love reading about goal accomplishments Just realised Jess has completed a few more goals, with 2 legs towards both her JDX and ADX and she had her debut run in ADO last weekend (was kind of a train wreck run, but oh well!) Games goals are still incomplete because I haven't been able to enter any games trials

Lovely! Do you mind me asking what lens you were using?

oh. my. god. *facepalm*

I think there was a thread like this not very long ago, couldn't find it for you though.

:dropjaw: that's all I'm saying.

:cheer: Wooohooo RS and Ruby! Big congrats!!

It really depends on the lines which the dog is from. There is a huge working/show line split between some of the breeds listed. A lot of Aussies I see in agility are quite heavy dogs so they are a lot slower then the BCs/Coolies/Kelpies etc. But same goes for some Border Collies too. I have relatives with Kelpies and when comparing them to Borders the Kelpies seem more stubborn, dominant, wanting to do their own thing. But that might just be the individual dogs Not my BC, she's people obsessed . But she chooses her canine friends carefully.

Absolutely gorgeous! LOVE the first one!

Do Border Terrier people refer to their dogs as Borders too? When people refer to "Mals", Malamute or Malinois? Oh the confusion! It does annoy me when people refer to Border Collies as "Collies". To me, Rough Collie = Collie, Smooth Collie = Smoothie, Border Collie = Border, BC. I think my Border Collie is listed as a Collie with the council and maybe even the vet. Arghh.

I prefer certain colours over others, but I wouldn't choose a puppy just because I liked it's colour. What I don't like is seeing breeders breed dogs just to produce a variety of colours and not taking anything else into consideration. Especially when the colours aren't even in the standard. I started listing the BC colours I liked most, then I realised I was pretty much listing them all But I do love black/whites, blue merles & tri-colours... oh and the chocolates! In Goldens, I love the middle shade of gold (not cream, not red), what I don't like is the really white dogs.

Very cool

Dont upgrade for the sake of upgrading. Is there something you want to do and your camera cannot deliver? I think I want something a little faster, for better action shots. Also higher picture quality would be nice. But I seriously think I have much to learn before upgrading and I do love my 1000D (mostly :p). I was just curious to see how long it took others to upgrade

Be sure to share some photos soon ;)

Random question, what lens do you use most? For me, definitely the 50mm 1.8 (I did a quick search, hope there isn't a thread like this already )

thanks for the replies all ^ ahhh, I dunno!? Thinking a new lens before a new body!

!! Kyuss is adorable :D

Kirislin: Canon 7D, 50mm 1.4, 100mm 2.8 Macro, 70-200mm 2.8L IS Bellatrix: Canon 5D Mark II, 50mm 1.4 (and the 1.8), 24-70mm 2.8L, 100mm 2.8 Macro, Speedlite 580EX II JS: Canon 1000D, kit 18mm-55mm & 55mm-250mm, 50mm 1.8, Speedlite 580EX II SchnuzaeryBoy: Nikon D80, Nikon D700, 50 1.8, 18-50 2.8, 28-80 3.5-4, 24-70 2.8, 70-200 2.8, SB-400, SB-900, 1.4x TC, 2x TC Becandcharch: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.4, Speedlite 580EX II and a kit lens I dont even know what it is as I never use it! persephone :point&shootonly here Fuji finepixS8000sfd and a sony cybershot DSCN1 Ellz: P&S only here too: Olympus SP600UZ and Sony Cybershot DSC-S650 MavericksMission: Canon 450D, 18-55mm & 55-250mm Evolving: Canon 500D, 50mm 1.8, 18-55mm & 55-250mm Mish13 : Sony A850, KZ F2.4 24-70, F3.5,90mm F2.8,11-18mm F4.5,18-250mm F3.5, 75-300mm F4.5, 50mm 1.8 (Bellatrix, you have my dream camera) CrazyCresties: Lumix TZ65 and my Canon (which is still in storage for another month!) 350D 18-55mm kit lens, 70-300mm and 500mm Tamron mirror lens (about 20yrs old from my old Minolta but works with an adaptor!) Belgian.blue: Canon 550D 18-55mm & 55-250mm .. very soon a 50mm 1.8 and a Sony Cybershot P&S eta: Just purchased a 50mm 1.8 and a Lowepro Versapack 200 AW biggrin.gif Fattima: Nikon D90, kit 18-55mm & 55-200mm Clover: Nikon D40x, kit 18 - 55mm, 55 - 200mm & nikkor 70 - 300mm. MTD : Sony A350 , 55-200mm, 18mm-70mm , 50mm 1.8 SammieS: Canon 7D, 18-200mm but I think I also want a 50mm soon! DMA: Olympus E-30, Olympus E-420, Zuiko: 14-42mm, 12-60mm SWD, 18-180mm, 70-300mm; Sigma: 24mm, 30mm, Olympus EX-25; Canon PowerShoot A590; Canon AE-1, 28-70mm, 85-200mm Ripley: Canon 50D; Canon 30D, Canon 300mm f/4 L, Canon 1.4 teleconverter (don't need to use it though), Canon 50mm 1.8 (I hardly use this lens either), Sigma 17-70, Sigma 10-20, 2 ND grad filters, a newish Fuji pocket digital + underwater housing which I am going to sell soon and a Canon DSLR film camera that I probably won't use again. Linda K - Canon 5dII, 24-70L, 85 1.8, 50 1.4, 135L, 16-35L & Nikon D700 50 1.4G TerraNik: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.4, a couple of kit lenses that I rarely use, Speedlite 580EX II Tlc: Nikon D80, 50mm 1.8, kit lense 18 - 135, speedlight. Panasonic fz50, nikon coolpix P&S RottnBullies: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.8 ValleyCBR: Olympus e420, Zuiko: 14-42mm and Zuiko 40-150mm LucyCharzie: Canon 1000D, 18-55mm, 50mm 1.8 Ravyk: Canon 550D, 50mm 1.4, 60mm 2.8 macro, Sigma 18-250mm, Sigma 10-20mm, Panasonic Lumix FT3 [waterproof] Firestone: Canon 450D, (I love) and today I laybyed the Canon 50mm 1.4 can hardly wait CareyJ: Canon 450D, 18-55mm, 55-250mm, Lowepro camera bag, Sony Cyber-Shot DSCTX p&s Poocow - Canon 350D (need an upgrade!), kit lenses, 50mm 1.8, 70-200mm. Next purchase will be a Speedlite. ~*Shell*~ - Canon 5D Mark II, Battery Grip, 50mm 1.4, 50mm 1.8, 70-200mm 2.8L, 530EX II Speedlite, Canon IXUS80IS, Canon IXUS210IS Tibbiemax - Canon 50D, 18 - 200mm, 50mm 1.4, need more stuff!! MrRedDog -Canon Eos 7D, Canon EF 50mm f1.8 II, Tamron SP AF 10-24mm f3.5-4.5 Di II LD, Tamron AF 28-300mm f3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Plus a few other bits and pieces: bag, filters and stuff (now it's play time) DogSportObsessed: Canon 1000D, 50mm 1.8, kit lens (that rarely get used) Smisch: Nikon D3000 18-55mm 55-200mm & limited use of a D50 (I seem to be the only one who actually likes the D3000 camera..) Lic_82 - Sony A200, 50mm 1.8, 75 - 300mm, 18 - 70mm... Canon 40D, 55 - 250mm, 18-55mm ( i think lol I havent got it yet) plus hopefully will have a 50mm 1.8 for the 40D soon smile.gif Misha&MIlo - Konica Minolta DYNAX 5D 18-70mm, 75-300mm with a few uv lenses. Fuji finepix S2000 point and shoot Sony Cybershot DSC-TX5 waterproof camera tdierikx - Canon 450D, 18-55mm IS, 55-250mm IS - and backup is a Canon Powershot S5 P&S (12x zoom equivalent to around 400mm apparently) kja - Canon 40D & 1DIII bodies w/ Canon 17-55 2.8 IS, Canon 50 1.4, Canon 85 1.8, Canon 70-200 2.8 IS, Canon 60 & 100 macros, Canon 135L 2.0, Canon 10-22, Canon 100-400L IS, Sigma 17-70, Tokina 11-16 2.8, Tokina 10-17... Underwater housing & ports & strobes for the Canon 40D. And my happy baby Canon SD1200 IS for go anywhere; except in the water which is my baby (crappy) Olympus 720SW Complete list coz there's just so much freakin stuff LOL wagsalot - Canon 350D, Canon 7D, Canon 50mm 1.8, Tamron 17-50 2.8 IF, Canon 70-300 4-5.6 IS Cairo1: Canon 7D, 50mm 1.8, 18-105mmL, 70 - 200mmL, 10 - 22mm wide angle Sigma ange - Canon 7D and 450D, 24-70 2.8, Sigma 35mm 1.4, Canon 50mm 1.5 & 1.8, Canon 85mm 1.8, Canon 430ex II, kenko tubes, kit lenses and a few other bits and pieces. MalteseLuna - Nikon D7000, Sigma 18-200 F3.5-6.3, Nikon 50 mm f1.8 (should be arriving any day), Tamron 90 mm Macro (really it is my mom's) - next on my list is a tripod or a flash. Eventingpony - Nikon D7000, 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6, Panasonic Lumix TZ10.

Me too. Lost all respect for the show after I saw that episode.

Lovely :D