skip2milou

My merle was not neutered on request of his breeder to let him mature to begin with. Since then the request was to not neuter him & leave him intact. He is a great sports dog with a great personality. I have done the health clearances that his breeder requested. His ears are a radar system. In the picture here he is watching agility so both are up. My black & white had a bone chip in her elbow that we believe was the result of an accident (bruising that calcified). We couldn't be certain & not long after she started coming into heat every 4 months. I spayed her. My little mix was bred for flyball. Her breeder does clearances with her breeding dogs. Her contract with me is more thorough than my purebreds! I might know some of you American members in flyball. The U-Fli team I play with is River City Flyers & the NAFA team is Double Impact.

I have lurked for a bit & posted a tiny bit but I figure I should introduce myself. I am from southern Ontario. My bf & I have 4 dogs between us. Lou is a black & white border collie, Tundra is a red merle border collie, Teeze is a mixed breed (about half border collie but does not look like one at all) & Emma is our Golden. Skip was my first border collie who passed away 3 years ago. We are a flyball home that dabbles in agility. I know this means to this board I have the worst- a red merle that doesn't do herding! He's still my dear boy who is everything I have wanted. He is also my only current dog that has herding lines in him. We play NAFA flyball here in Region 2. We play U-Fli with a team that is now split between Southern Ontario & Illinois. I haven't started completing in agility again & might not ever. It's so expensive & Tundra thinks agility should be done like flyball. Life is busy for me between full time job, 4 dogs, 1 horse & a bf who does home dialysis! Means a lot of the time I wish I could figure out how to have a 30 hour day. Let me know if you have found out how to have one!

I like http://www.chillydogs.ca/. If your dog can take the standard coat Greenhawk makes a knock off for a fraction of the price. http://greenhawk.com/wdItemDesc.asp?strilhID=Web&strmdNumber=BLS4009&stricSKU=BLS4009 I have the chilly dog for my mix as she is a whippet cut & I have the knock off for one of my border collies that wears it if he is in the car for long periods.

I used to feed Acana but I now feed Go!. I think it is comparable price though.