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Oh, I didn't even realize that you were from Arkansas too until you posted that! I live close to Heber Springs. I just got my BC last Friday and she is 10 weeks old today. Where did you get yours from??????? We might have gotten the pups from the same people because I understood they had to different litters recently. I bought mine at Pindall, between Harrison and Marshall.

Did anyone mention 1 pop with a newspaper? I'm new to Border Collies but, I've had dogs over 20 years, and I read along time ago that a pop with a very loosly rolled newspaper works because it doesn't hurt but the sound scares them. My relatives keep hunting dogs that bark all the time and always have. They use shocking collars which doesn't work at all and the dogs bark all the time. All the dogs I have ever owned ONLY barked when they were barking at something and I can knock on my bedroom window when in bed and they know thats enough. I always went outside and popped them once with the newspaper when they were pups and I never had to do it once they learned. My in-laws swear that a pop with a newspaper isn't enough to make a dog quit barking but they are the ones that have to sleep with a fan going even in the winter so they don't have to listen to their dogs bark all night.