collie angel

i had a Blue (named blue hehe) have you ever had problems keeping them indoors as i have my last two died by getting hit by a car, but simba and milo have never been outside and don't seen interested in going out they sit on the window in the sun watching the birds and they seem to like this.

I know how you feel my first Burmese had this but i losted him at 5 years old after someone came into our drive way and ran him over my parents paid 1000s of $$$$ to save him but in the end he had to be pts i was 16 and i felt like my world was over and i remember the day like it was yesterday the vet letting me say good bye and then taking him away oh it was so hard and the people here on DOL are the only people who understand how mush our animals mean to us. It took me 6 years before i would get another burmese so it will take time your heart will mend but it will alway hold a special place for him. hugs to you and your family nichola

i went and asked for a slicker brush and when the lady showed me what it was i have already got one of those brushed that i use on bella, and have tried it on brandy the lady saiod i might be pushing too hard and could be hurting but bella is fine with it when i use it on her she enjoys it really.

ok thanks i'll go and get one nichola

yeah she probably is my mum has started staying there with her while she gets a bath etc brandy has never since we have owned her (11yrs) really enjoyed her back end being brushed but we have noticed that now she is getting older she hates it so its becoming harder (we had her legs etc and that checked by the vet she is ok) So thought the brush we are using is hurting , what brushes should i use on her?? i have a rake, a square brush corse like, a normal brush and a rake that cutes through mates are these wrong? nichola

thanks i think thats what we will do i dont want to upset her more than we have to i have seen pictures of a collie all shaven and they shaved his tail and i do not want this happening to brandy and i know my mum wont do it but my sister has had her maltese clipped too short (by a groomer) it was funny for us cause it was just before we were taking our dogs to get there santa photo's done and my sister wanted zac to look his best LOL so told them not too short and just trim his face and back end area but when her husband went to pick him up hes was shaven all over his face so short but zac felt great as it was comming into summer,my sister cried so much it was funny seeing a hairless puppy in his santa outfit needless to say she never went back. My Mum will stay while brandy gets done i have told her not too short and just under her belly and back end and normal feet area i will post a photo of her when its done. thanks again everyone like i said even though i have had collies since the day i was born (i'm 26) i'm just learning things now. nicky

the groomer has been around along time, we have been to her 5 times now she said that brandy didnt like it around her rump area that she nearly nipped her i think she should get the under boday done and the back, she does have skin allergys and thats what caused the hot spot she has only had one but she gets like itchy skin and loves you to scratch her thats when the vet told us to get her bath every 2-3 months so we dont take out the good oils??as we use to get it done monthly as i thought i wouldnt like my hair not washed yuck!!! i will be the one groomer her from now on i have told my parents that they can give her a brush but i will come over a do it properly, thankfully bella has a nice coat and i dont have this problem. nicky

thanks colleen, i sit on the ground with her and brush her i always have just learning the table way now with bella any suggustion on brush style we have a rake looking one with edges which cutes through matts etc and the normal comb and brush i think she looks quite bad at the back but thats just me dont get me wrong my parents look after her and they do brush her but cause she gets like a sooky look or looks depressed they feel sorry for her they her top coat looks great her main etc just her rump area. oh i have now learnt how to posts photo's so i put one on the photo page of bella as i coulnt send it to you through the email as it was too big so take a look nicky

THANKS tonk hey milo (choc seal point) is my first every i was tring to find a burmese but fell in love with him, he is nearly 2 i brought him from a breeder (bajimbi cattery) and boy what a hand full he is compaired to my QUITE burmese but saying that he is a laugh, i think milo is too skinny though, my burmese simba is a lilac i dont think she is too bad in the coat side of things it just around the back end, my mum uses front line on her and all the dogs monthly already brandy loves rubbing up against our trees out the back to get scratches she has dry skin we have cream we rub into it and have changed her diet due to this mum was giving her tinned food YUCK (even though i have had collies all my life just learning now with bella with the help of her breeder about the dos and donts if u know what i mean) the dog groomer is suppose to be a really good one that alot of people have beed there and said is good we have been going there for a bout a year they have no problem with bella how ever and even brandy is good for them until they tough her back end we got her checked by a vet thinking there was a sore or she had hurt herself nothing he said she is just sentitive around there. i told mum to clip the rump/bum area were its notty and she wont let you touch and leave the rest but i dont know what she will do i can only tell her. thanks again nichola

Hi, ok to all your collie people out there what are your thoughts on clipping a collie my mum and dad have a 12 yr old collie brandy she is a nightmare for them to brush (she was my family dog when i was living at home and i brushed her etc etc and my father wouldnt part with her when i was moving out and also i thought it was better for her to stay there as it was the only home she has known her whole life) She will let you brush the top of her her bellie but she doesn't like it but as soon as you get to the back end its all over so now it is a big mess.She goes and gets washed and groomed every 2 months but they wont tough her there as she would probably nip them, My parents where thinking of getting her shaved getting closer to summer not to nothing just short/med she has a skin condition like hot spots and and last summer the vet shaved a patch on her side and it grew back good. part of me said yeah do it so then i can start over again and be the one to brush her (i have none of these problems with my girl she loves the brush ) then the other side is oh thats one of the things i love out this dog she has a nice thick coat i just want them to do what is best for brandy and i wanted to know if anyone who has a collie has done this, she is old and feels the heat in summer even though she is inside in the air con i think she would be alot cooler? nichola

My Bella, is 19-20kg when last weight at the vets when she was desexed bout 6 months ago so she would be more now she is also still growing. males should be bigger than females, bella runs around all day and then gets an hour walk at night so i have been feeding her a bit more lately as i thought she was getting skinny conpaired to my mums 12 yr old collie brandy is very over weight and has been put on a diet after the vet said she needed to be sn't a tall collie) she was 28kg and now is down to 24kg this was my fathers fault feeding her choc chippie biscuits at night time and my mum breaking her leg brandy wasnt getting walked as much (dad has to do it now hehe) just running around all day in the yard with the other dogs. To me they always look like they have a big bum with all that fur on them LOL. have they wormed him? sometimes if they havent been wormed in awhile they lose weight id ont like the look of a skinny collie if you can see bones and feel them through there coat then thats all the sign you need feed them more pasta rice or dry to fetten them up.

i have a rough collie she is 19-20kg and a kattle/kelpie around 15kg?? not sure on her but i give them: purina one for the small bag 11-12$ a week vip mince balls $4.00 a bag which i could get 2 days out of if lucky sardines in oil (for bellas coat and skin) any mixed veggies or pasta/rice left from dinner i always cook extra for them they get a bone a week chicken wings once a week pigs ears bella fav Bella doesnt like the supercoat dry food even if i soak it for her so its not hard i have tried to mix it with another brand she will eat it but it takes her all day i dont like to give too much dry food to her either she gets a cup in the morning nichola

I owned a Chocolate Burmese named Cadbury he also went to rainbow bridge young its so sad when this happens they never with us long enough. my heart goes out to your family collie hugs nichola

hi my sister has an itlain grey hound its a mini one she found him and the owners didnt come to collect him she contacted them a few times so in the end she fell in love with him and decieded to keep him. He never barks loves kids i brought home my 18 mounth old god child and benny and her were rolling around on the floor together personal i think he looks like a black RAT but michelle loves him we never heard about the breed until she got him, he is like a cat though loves to sleep in the bed and he also uses the cat litre tray lol. i dont know if anyone else has one or knows anything about them but benny is truely a great dog, and this is coming from a collie lover!!!! malteses are yappers, my other sister has one and he yaps when ever he hears someone coming or another dog, he is good with kids even though he hasnt been around them, if you get a pup and they are brought up with kids you would have no problem with the snappy part. nicky

thank you for the welcome, would love to see pics of bundy!!! they just melt your heart dont they collie hugs nicky and bella

collie hugs and kisses from bella and me collies are one of the best breeds and i know how it feels to lose one. maggie will be watching over you to from rainbow bridge love nicky and bella :cool:

I don't think its a gender thing its just that that dog opened up your heart and loved you just as much as you loved him, i have the same feeling about a male burmese cat i lost a few years ago i still cry if i think about it or look at photo's of him when i found out he was hit by a car (someone had let him out when he was a house cat) i keep thinking why Cadbury why couldnt it of been the other cat , even though i loved my cats cadbury just had me wraped around his paw and i feel so mean thinking it let alone saying it out loud......i now have two cats and both male who i love very dearly and make sure i spend time with both, they have helped heal in why do we fall so hard for our pets!!! and why does it hurt so much when we lose them? nicky

Hi Shmoo, We are so sorry to here of your loss it's hard to lose a beloved pet let alone one that has been part of your family for as long as you remember, i know i had a collie from the day i was born till i was 17 and he was my soul mate i wash crushed when he was put to sleep, this was almost 13 years ago and it took me a few years before i could get another collie, but i still have my ceaser at home as we also got him cremated its a wonderful way to remember a specail K9. my heart goes out to you but she is out there at rainbow bridge looking down on you. :cool: nicky and bella