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Cinna is not a BC but she is a leg lifter. Like Kirra, it's usually to compete with the boys. She doesn't lift unless she's marking where another dog has gone. She is the queen of the pack.

Congratulations RDM! She is going to be a wonderful addition to you pack. Yeah for Bean, too.

Yes, please post pictures! How is that lightest female doing?

I'll send you my Bo - He loves to wack me in the face when it's time to get up (and feed him). I can't take Woo because he sounds too much like my Jack but sounds like you got a lot of volunteers. Then I can take the pup. Another demon in my house wouldn't make much difference.

Beautiful! I would love to visit Scotland... someday. We have a saying in my house about our BCs - You can wear them out but you can't wear them down.

H*ll with stamps - I want to come get her! Keep repeating "no time, no money, too many now"

Wow! Thank you. She's beautiful. I'm glad her eye is getting better. By the way, she matches the carpet.

From the other board, I remember when Joe lost Max. He was special to all of us.

Oh how cute! Love to see a side view. Note to self: Keep repeating "no time, no money, too many now"

Tara - Thanks for the T-shirt idea. Here is Zip in my favorite costume I made him. This should build his confidence during storms.

We had the sad situation once when a 3 month old kitten decided to rub Cinna's legs while she was eating. We didn't even know the kitten was in the house at the time. It only took a split second for Cinna to kill him. Hubby's punishment was swift and physical. (Not abusive.) The next time we adopted 2 one year old cats and Cinna saw them for the first time she climbed in my hubby's lap.

Get well soon, Cody. I think one of the most difficult things to explain to a BC is that they can't play when recovering from surgery. Zip & I play a game where I sit on the floor, he lays down and we roll a ball back and forth to each other. Not very exciting but it keep his mind busy.

Zip has the storm phobias, Cinna has dominance issues. I should put Zip in a kennel during a storm but I wasn't expecting one. He calms down in a covered kennel. Bo has storm phobia from being chained outside the first 4 years of his life. (I rescued him 2 years ago from my in-laws.) He has a lot of other issues but that's a long thread. Cinna wants to be the alpha. She's taught me alot about working with a dominant dog. She usually has only a slight storm phobia. Her problem is that she wants to protect me when I'm in bed. Jack is just a spoild brat and it is all my hubby and my fault. He's like living with a savant. And yes, we have a king size bed.

At 4 am this morning I woke to 45 pound Zip trying to fit himself between my hubby's head and mine. Why? A thunderstorm. 60 pound Cinna was between us pushing against me. Jack at 38 pounds, is not afraid of storms but feeds off the stress. He was going back and forth trying to find a spot outside our legs. And 50 pound Bo could only get 1/2 his body on the bed to give me kisses until Cinna would growl and he would get down. As the thunder got louder, Zip moved over my head and sat down. I had to move fast - with Cinna holding the covers down - to keep Zip's butt from landing on my face. Cinna wanted to 'mother' so she was licking hubby's hand. When he moved it, she proceded to clean Jack's ears. And Bo kept trying to give me kisses. Hubby turned on the TV to drown out some of the thunder. When they all settled down, I fell asleep just in time for the alarm to go off. That's when the cats showed up begging for breakfast.

I don't give my pack Snauages because it gives them gas.