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  1. That's so very true about the laughing! Don't get discouraged by the two steps forward, three steps back, especially with your baby dog! It comes with herders. Border collies watch everything and learn patterns quickly -- and then constantly challenge. My husband calls it "trying to figure out if you're a sheep." If it's any consolation, our dogs are 3 and 3 1/2 and we just now feel like we have a good handle on their training and behavior -- partly because we've adjusted to their two very different personalities, partly because they are getting older, and partly because they have jobs through agility and disc.
  2. Our female is 3 and does a single piercing yip when she is bored and wants someone to entertain her. She can be hard-headed, so our training has been slow-going. We're doing the same sort of thing -- not rewarding the yip and making her stop and wait quietly until she gets to play.
  3. We've used it our our two (1 year and 9 months old) and have yet to see a tick on them. They tend to drag each other around by their collars when they're playing, so flea/tick collars and spot treatments aren't a good option for us. The negative is it's more expensive. We heard really good reviews of the Seresto flea and tick collars at Petsmart, so we have those on the cats. The collars are supposed to be good for 8 months.
  4. I have a red and white and a red merle. They're half siblings.
  5. We have Oswald or Ozzy-Extra-Toes (because he has dew claws on his back feet). And our Charlie answers to Alligator Puppy (because she nipped something awful as a young puppy).
  6. Thanks for the advice, everyone. The good news is that they've been running cars on the drag strip all day, and she's ignored all the noise from that.
  7. Our border collie, Charlie, is 11 months old and, aside from a ball fixation, has been a happy and easy puppy. Two weeks ago, the propane truck showed up to fill the tank and she decided she was terrified of it. She ran to her crate and was shaking. Now she's decided to be scared of all truck noises, such as the trash truck and trucks going over the bridge near the riverfront park she's walked in for months. Does anyone have any advice? We've tried to ignore it and be encouraging. But treats and tennis balls don't work as a distraction. Our worry is that we live near a small racetrack and drag strip, which will start running again in a months or two. She's not had an issue with the noise before, but we're guessing it's going to be a problem this year. Thanks a bunch.
  8. Thanks, everyone, for the insights. We'll start working on an "all done" command already. And putting the balls away is already making a big difference.
  9. We have a 7-month-old spayed female who is obsessive about any type of ball or frisbee. (She started creeping at them when she was a few months old.) When we put the toy away, she's starting to whine and yip at the drawer, cabinet or closed door. Is there any kind of training we need to do now to make sure this intensity doesn't get out of hand?
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