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  1. Hi I have been feeding my dogs orijen which contains 40% protein is this too much? Any other foods you would recommend? Just got back from a clinic and was told my dogs run slower because they are fat and every one said the problem is the 40% protein? Maybe i am just feeding them too much. Just wanted to se what your opinions are?
  2. I have switched to Orijen (the blue bag version) about a year ago form Canidae. The dogs Love it! Lucy is very picky and with most foods she will leave it in her bowl all day ntil she is so hungry she gives in. With Orijen she eats it right away!.
  3. this reminds me of a herding clinic I went to I was the only male at this clinic and it was one of the first clinics i went to. I asked the stupid question "where are all the male sheep?" I was told that most of them get castrated at birth I was than asked "why do you think we castrate them" I had no idea The answer "to make them smarter"
  4. now my feelings are hurt I thought I was really the most handsome now all these people are making me feel bad
  5. Lucy who is also the deep thinker in my house. same thing with the mirror. now when we are in front of the mirror i say "kiss Lucy" and she will kiss her self in the mirror. i also show her a large picture of Mike my other border collie when mike is not around and ask her to kiss mike and she will kiss the picture of him!!
  6. Mike who is now 3.5 years old when i first got him he was quite a handful but has turned out to be an amazing dog. I guess the male dogs take a little longer to mature? couldn't resist posting this picture he is eyeing a sheep
  7. good to hear from you she is 100% here are a few recent pics
  8. " go find president Bush" " go find Hillary Clinton" "go find Mike(the other border collie " "go find Osama Bin Laden" "go play your guitar" "beach time" "leave me alone I am watching TV" "kiss Mike" "bettime" "roadtrip" "turn off the lights' (yes she can do this) etc. here is a video of Lucy finding Osama
  9. Kathy Knox once told me "these dogs(border collies) will do the most amazing things when nobody else is around to see it except me" Tonight after watching a little olympics. I gave the command "time for sleep" As usual my two BC's jump up and head to my bedroom. Usually they both jump up on the bed while I go brush my teeth. Tonight Lucy anxiously looked at my night stand and let out a little whimper. The usual stuff was on my night stand; the alarm clock a few never read and unopened books. I am like "whats up?" Than I realize I left my pager downstairs, I am a physician and tonight is my call night and when I am on call I always leave the pager on the night stand. I run down stairs get the pager run back up and Lucy watches me put the pager on the night stand sighs and lays down. Ok. I realize this may be my imagination playing tricks on me but for those of us who own a border collie and witness these kind of things from time to time know where I am coming from when I say these dogs never stop amazing me!
  10. the question was just a curiosity of the pecking order in nature but I am really bothered that someone in our hood lets their cat run free. I live in a suburb where cars are constantly about. Its only a matter of time before the cat gets hit or begins a chase with a dog that ends up in tragedy. I have two border collies the male is tough as nails but very mellow unless another dog is getting nasty with my girl dog. On the other hand, and I am sure there are many of you on this board who have a similar dog, My female "lucy" has a nervous system that seems to be wired 10x faster than any creature i have come across. Its really an amazing and scary thing when her prey drive kicks in because it happens at the speed of light. As someone above posted thats a time for a "that will do". I am sure many of you can relate that by the time my nervous system can detect what is going on if she wasn't on a leash she would be 5 miles away. It really is that fast no time to say "that'll do". With the male dog I would have time. These dogs really are an engineering marvel and constant lesson of how incredible nature can be in what it produces!
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