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We do let them in of a night and through the day, but feel that if we let her into the house when she barks and jumps at the door that it will only make her behaviour worse in the long run because she will know that if she jumps and barks at the door that we will let them in. She has a safe spot in the outside laundry that we made for her thats really snug and protected but she wont go in there herself we need to go outside and tell her to go in there.

Hi Everyone, Its been a long time since i've posted here but we have an issue with one of our border collies. Indi is 5 years old and is normally a very quiet Dog, rarely makes a noise. We moved into a house 18 months ago and things were fine until about 2 months ago. We have neighbours on one side who argue alot and slam doors and Indi has all of a sudden associated their voices and yelling with banging, She hates thunder storms and fireworks. The Neighbours argue daily and doors etc are slammed alot but recently she has been more anxoius when she hears their voices. Indi will bark and jump at the doors for us to let her in but i refuse to let her inside the house with us as i think that will make it even worse, so we put her in the outside laundry where she goes quiet. If i am outside and they start fighting or slamming doors Indi will come and find me in the yard and hide behind me or hide under the car in the garage where i'm working, I mean its good she feels she is safe with me but my partner and i both work long days and we dont want her to hurt herself if we arnt home. We have tried some of the rescue remedies that go under the tongue etc and although it does make some difference ( placebo or not? ) it still doesnt stop her. Now heres the other part, she will get anxious and be constantly around me for no reason some days, and we have found that if there is an approaching thunderstorm even many km away she will sense it. Call me crazy i dont know but it happens. Could is be a hearing issue? Could her hearing all of a sudden become more sensitive? I think its more the fact that she associates the neighbours with loud noises. Sorry for the long winded post. Cheers Josh

Hey everyone, its been a couple of years since i posted last but Our little Indi has gotten a red irritated eye after being taken on a walk, it has a white / yellow discharge in the corner of the eye and looks like the eye has lost some of the hair directly around the lid edges themself. Munro had the same problem afew years ago and the vet said it was a grass seed we gave him some eye cream and it was cleared up within 2 days, we have followed the vets instructions but it doesnt seem to be getting any better and now its the long weekend here our vet isnt open. It seems the cream does offer her some relief after she tries to wipe it off but i know how much i hurts when i have a sore eye, but i can help myself, she cant. Is there anyway i can flush her eye or offer her some relief apart from the cream? Thanks Josh