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  1. This could be important to help reduce the incidence of dogs with repetitive CCD behaviors. Please share, and if you have a dog that displays such behaviors, please apply to participate.
  2. I'm curious. What's the other 75% From just this pic I'd have easily believed it if you'd told me she's purebred BC. LOL Congratulations, Stella Marissa. You scored yourself a great home.
  3. Agree with above and would like to add that omega 3 supplements and CBD oil can be very helpful in reducing inflammation. Glycoflex is another good supplement. You're probably already aware of this - making sure she's not carrying any extra weight is also important. It'll probably be helpful to reduce carbs in her diet as well. Carbs convert to sugar that increases inflammation. A raw diet that doesn't include grains, legumes or potatoes (all high in carbs) would probably be helpful but if you can't or aren't willing to go completely raw switching out even 20% of kibble for fresh meat and low starch veggies can benefit. More than 20% you'd have to make sure it's balanced to provide a complete nutrient profile. ETA that contrary to misconceptions it's perfectly fine to feed raw and fresh food together. Wishing you and Jess the best.
  4. Oh, Ruth. I'm so terribly sorry to see this. I haven't been around here much lately but always enjoyed reading about your and Gibbs' adventures together. It was so obvious he was loved. I hope you find some solace that Gibbs' time with you was a life well spent. Dogspeed sweet boy. (Yeah, I'm crying too.) roxanne β€œIt came to me that every time I lose a dog they take a piece of my heart with them. And every new dog who comes into my life gifts me with a piece of their heart. If I live long enough, all the components of my heart will be dog, and I will become as generous and loving as they are.” ― Unknown Author
  5. Collects information from border collies that have seizures (aka fits) worldwide. https://www.fittingcollies.com/
  6. Same here, though I had working sheepdogs at the time and it would have been hugely helpful. Try as I might I just couldn't get anywhere with the whistle. Of course, I can't whistle at all and I always wondered if that might have something to do with it.
  7. https://www.facebook.com/BBCArchive/videos/3264856973732841/
  8. You killed an awesome tick eating machine! I'd be happy to have a bunch move in and eat the ticks in my area. Possums really aren't a threat to people or dogs and do much, much more good than harm in the environment.
  9. So are you AKA Melanie Bell or just copying and pasting other people's comments from other websites? This is word for word lifted from a comment under that name in the link Journey provided above. If you do some research you'll discover that overloading the immune system with ever increasing loads of various vaccines at the same time can backfire. I see no reason to add yet another vaccine, and one as questionable as Lyme vaccine at that, to an already overloaded cocktail of vaccines. If you don't care to heed the recommendations of some of the foremost animal vaccine researchers in the country (e.g. Drs. Dodds and Schultz) that's certainly your prerogative. But your anecdotal and limited unscientific personal experience won't be enough to make me throw caution and common sense to the wind.
  10. Saw another piece by them recently on city sheepdogs getting training. https://amp-abc-net-au.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/100761400?amp_js_v=a6&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D#aoh=16425007261400&csi=1&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From %1%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fnews%2F2022-01-18%2Fsheepdog-training-helping-bored-working-dogs-living-in-cities%2F100761400
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