Pat W.

If there is anyone in the Central/Western part of Pa that can help I'd appreciate it. A 3mo old bc/aussie deaf pup needs to be pulled and transported to me asap. I just found out about this baby sorry for the short notice here, but he will be shot by owner if not pulled here is additional info https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151172898414797&set=p.10151172898414797&type=1&theater if you can help contact me at pats8agilepawz@gmail.com Thank you very much Pat W MABCR foster home

If there is anyone in the Central/Western part of Pa that can help I'd appreciate it. A 3mo old bc/aussie deaf pup needs to be pulled and transported to me asap. I just found out about this baby sorry for the short notice here, but he will be shot by owner if not pulled here is additional info https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151172898414797&set=p.10151172898414797&type=1&theater if you can help contact me at pats8agilepawz@gmail.com Thank you very much Pat W MABCR foster home

Greetings and Salutations! I've returned to the board after a very long hiatus. Some of you may remember me when I had my border collies Ashe, Rush,Whim and Meg and my Aussie boy Riley. In that time Ashe,Rush and Riley have crossed over the bridge ( and only Meg and Whim remain. We do have new additions Why? and Gunn, Border Collie and Aussie respectively, all rescues from MABCR. Im still doing agility Whim is at Masters and Gunn is just starting out, Why is retired as agility just was not his cup of tea, so he is a much loved pet, Meg is retired. Im still a foster home for MABCR, my daughter starts her senior yr of HS with a desire to be a behaviorist, my son starts his Jr year of college.

Mine is just my name Pat and the first letter of my last name...on other boards Im either PAWZ or AgilePAWZ P a w being my initials and agility my bag :oP

I would say there is definately some border collie there but not nessicarily all border collie, to me there's something not quite right with the head but could be simply age or picture

thank you very very much for the info AK Doc! Meg has appt for next week to get her checked out

Thank you everyone for the helpful info, I will be contacting our vet. Poor Meg seems very embarrased and upset when it happens because she knows she's not suppose to potty in the house.

Meg our 9.5 yr old girlie has started to leak urine at night within the last couple of weeks, and I had a quick question that someone here might be able to answer for me. I know that there are meds that help control this type of problem, but would like to go that way only if really needful. I feed raw and I seem to remember vaugely something about too much protien in a diet causing such problems as leaking. Now I could be remembering wrong so I was wondering if any other raw feeder or anyone with leaking females has heard of this? Just some additional info, she is not overloading on water or having to potty more frequently as she might with a UTI.

congrats!

In my opinion alot of new handlers and instructors are in too big of a hurry to get on equipment. Not including you SA of course

I totally agree with running from an instructor that allows a 10 mo dog of any breed to do weave poles YIKES! Common sense and knowledge of basice canine growth and development even I know better

Here in the US the three main venues are known for certain types of courses 1) USDAA usually shoots for a balance of both open and flowing and technical the novice more open less techinical and it increases as you go up in level , Judges design and submit their own courses for approval 2) NADAC is known for its wide open run like your hair is on fire courses at almost any level, Judges select courses from a catalog for approval. AKC which I havent done in quite a while use to be pretty inconsistent in their design, they could be trappy, the were very ugly entries to contacts and weave poles. In short it was very hard to find flow in most courses. I do not know how they approved the courses

Over 16 years of agility I've trained with World Team members and non World Team, they've run border collies for the most part, and I've agreed and disagreed with some. The key is to understand that not everything is nesicarily going to work for your dog and that your instructor understands it too. What I look for in an instructor 1) What types of dogs have they run? ie different breeds, different styles velcro, workaway, confindent, timid 2) What success have they had 3) How flexible are they in their teachings...if something does not work for a dog/student team are they willing to try something else 4)Sit in on a class or two how happy are the students? the dogs? 5)How patient is the instuctor with a team that is having a problem 6)Although your prospective instructor has not run border collies in the past does he/she understand how a border collie runs/thinks Keep in mind that a instuctor that is that competitive may not be teaching a whole lot when trial season rolls around, so you want to scope out any subs that might be filling in too,

That is is the silliest thing I've heard in a while, if you've trained with the clicker up to this point there is no reason not to continue. Insist on using it, you are paying them but they are not the end all and be all of training. I used a marker word to train contacts 2o2o with a target and so far so good

The amount of food being fed just floors me. When I was a dogwalker/petsitter I saw more over weight labs, rotties, and goldens...they looked like bloody ottmans, and coffetables walking around. Really made me sad, my gang on raw/kibble rotation gets 1lb/day raw or approx 2 -2 1/2 c kibble depending on the day and activity level of each dog and their lean, not so mean agility machines

My this list has become uncharterisctally snarky of late...sheesh the OP posted something she thought was cute from her pup...which it was. Then noted that she/he also issued a gentle correction on just who was walking who and where they were going, and people jump all over her. Calm down people take a moment to smile say yup that was cute, not OMG! this dog is out of control and this owner has no control or clue.

I too have recently gotten NGC and was interested in watching CM as in the past I have watched VS. One of the things I dislike about both shows is that due to time constraints they edit out alot, they dont mention just how long CM or VS worked with the dog and owner. Within the show to the uneducated it seems that either "trainer/behavioris" is a miricle worker to effect such a quick change over an animal. I do see some things that I like with either CM or VS BUT would never ever take everything they say as gospel. I appriciate the calm demenor that CM presents, the education of the owner to a small extent by both. Although both CM and VS are talented in their own way they are entertainers first.

Another thing to consider is getting the information out to your pup in a timely manner. She may not be getting the information soon enough, although there is plenty of it. I would go back and work basic distance with her without any obsticles just driving ahead of you to a target/toy first through uprights then tunnels and other equipment but take it slow make sure she understands each step as you move forward

All the time, and my aussie too

Keeping you in our thoughts, good luck in all your endevors be they agility or other wise with Tucker and Allie

Just an FYI I too have a balls to the wall, damn the torpedo's full speed ahead type border collie. These type dogs will work through pain, with little hesitation hence the concern. I am kind of puzzled that while training with "world class" instructors you are not familiar with perhaps one of the most basic training aids for jumping here in the US in the form of the jump chute, are you perhaps based in the UK? Have you considered dropping this dog down to veterans or performance level which allows you to jump a height lower than in championship...again this is in the US only to avoid further back problems. As for training I would step back from trialing and start at the beginning again teaching him where his take off point is, how to get round, how to collect coming into a jump or a turn to a jump

USDAA (United States Dog Agility Assoc.) does have a Jr. Handler program in place but it's dying a slow death not many clubs here on the east coast offer it. The division does have its own courses and levels as well as judges. My son did manage to get his Jr. handlers silver before he lost interest, my daughter went straight to championship against adult competitors

There are two types of distance work that you need...I too have a speed demon and reach maximum veloctiy long before he does. The first is forward distance when the dog is moving ahead of you, you want a good "go on"command. I also depend on directionals ie Jump right or Jump Left - some people use the command "switch" instead of right and left. For a "Go on" command you start with the dog driving to a toy (or treat) about 5 feet away from you and gradually increase, then add the dog driving between jump standards, or a tunnel to that target. Lateral distance -when you are moving with the dog but instead of being behind the dog you are to one side. This allows you to take a shorter path while supporting the dog verbally and physically (ie arm out). There is a good book out there called Control Unleashed...you can find it on Cleanrun.com at their store

feeding 8+ years here with never a problem...boy I wish somebody would give me a ram! )

kids in school can be mean and occasionally will use derogitory names, so I advised my daughter (now 15) to reply this way "Thats right Im the ALPHA bitch and dont the rest of you dogs forget it" when you turn something thats ment as a negative into a postive it shuts them up right quick