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Poultry and Pets => Pets without Feathers => Topic started by: blackberryjam on August 01, 2013, 18:33

Title: Max
Post by: blackberryjam on August 01, 2013, 18:33
Max our little border collie
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Post by: Yorkie on August 01, 2013, 20:40
Aww ...  :D
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Post by: Sparkyrog on August 01, 2013, 20:41
Cute and lots of work  :D
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Post by: yaxley on August 01, 2013, 21:09
Do like collies but yes there hard work . :)
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Post by: blackberryjam on August 02, 2013, 10:21
So true,
 but at two months old he's learning fast he can already sits on command , he's almost house trained and  walks well on the lead
he's made friends with a black lab and learning a lot  from him. Still at the nipping stage though and he has all the border collie habits of herding his  tried  it with the lab but the lab won't let him.
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Post by: lacaya on August 04, 2013, 09:28
Beautiful boy!  Hope you've got lots (and lots) of energy...
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Post by: blackberryjam on October 12, 2013, 21:34
You certainly do need lots of energy, I've lost a few pounds walking him. But his worth it, border collies  are such fast learner's and  so intelligent .
Now six months old and getting bigger every day,We have already been asked about him being stud next year.
 
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Post by: arugula on October 13, 2013, 10:40
Lovely boy :) but I think I'm biased.  :D
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Post by: compostqueen on October 13, 2013, 12:14
What a beautiful boy  :)  You must love him to bits.

My neighbour has one in that colour, a little girl, and she plays outside all day in the big garden and doesn't go in til it's dark.  She has walks on top of that too. A dog totally unsuited to couch potatoes. Perhaps that's why so many of them end up in rescue centres
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Post by: blackberryjam on October 13, 2013, 19:28
My hubby is  retired and he was becoming a bit of a couch potato until we got max, now he walks for miles, and enjoys every minute.
Such a shame that so many border collies end up in rescue centers, people should really do there research before buying this breed, or any working dog, they are a lot of work, but its worth it. :D
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Post by: evie2 on October 13, 2013, 20:19
border collie :happy: fabulous dogs :D
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Post by: compostqueen on October 14, 2013, 09:37
I walk a hound every week and I can't help thinking that his owners would have been better off with a lap dog  :nowink:
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Post by: arugula on October 14, 2013, 13:24
This is ours, at the same sort of age, now 7. Always described her, and our old dog, as string dogs when they were young and lanky.

OH made me laugh earlier. He just told me that he met a youngster (BC) this morning at a customer's house. He described it and the way it was moving as a load of pipe cleaners jumping about. :D Made me :lol:
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Post by: evie2 on October 14, 2013, 13:25
our 2 think they're lap dogs ::)

she's beautiful arugula :D
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Post by: Trillium on October 14, 2013, 15:36
Max is a real cutey. A friend of mine has an adult  border collie and it works her and hubby hard   :D All guests must first pass the 'throw the toy for 10 minutes' stage before entry, and then he sits and waits for you to finish eating before presenting the toy again for the post dinner throw time.

One time the hubby thought he'd wear out the dog with ball throwing. An hour later hubby gave up because his arm was so sore   :D
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Post by: Yorkie on October 14, 2013, 17:35
 :lol: :lol:
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Post by: blackberryjam on January 01, 2014, 22:32
Vet said he was going to be short haired well Max has  proved them wrong. He's now a fluffy bundle of joy. :)
He's now 8  months old ,few set backs with his sensitive tummy hopefully that's all sorted now ,hes full of energy but he doesn't like getting wet, so we bought him a coat for Christmas . Rubber toys are a waste of money he chews them in half within minutes, he likes a challenge so I've made him some stuffed bags made out of different color material red, blue, yellow . We hide them and he finds them nearly every time.
Can't wait until spring when we can take him for long walks through the fields and woods .   :)