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Gcv-Border. Thank you, I will look into both. Charley’s best attribute is his recall. If I can find a place even if it isn’t fenced we can spend time playing ball and exploring unpaved areas. Charley is a freak about his mouth and always has been. We spent a lot of time early on but he is still reactive about his mouth. We have had him almost 11 years and it has only been the past couple years that trimming his toenails doesn’t require more than a small amount of restraint. When we picked him up from the Border Collie rescue we were told not to look at him, and the woman insisted she put his harness on him for the ride home. I guess she was afraid he would snap at my face when I bent over him, which is his goto for stressful situations, although he tolerates much more than he used to.

Well we are home from our vet visit today. Journey, the vet agreed that the move was probably the cause of his new reactive self. I am sure he would love to run off leash to have some Charley time, but my one trip to the dog park several years ago while we were visiting here has made that a big no. We have implemented new dog walking rules that he isn’t allowed to be the first to react to other dogs but he can defend himself if they act aggressively toward him. Growls and barks only. The best course of action is getting in our walks when not too many people will be out. It will be easier as it gets lighter, my night vision isn’t great, and his poop blends in with the plants even in daylight. I have never seen so many unruly, undisciplined dogs. As much as I hate to sedate an older dog I am going to get his teeth cleaned. He drools a lot and that may be making him cranky too. The vets one who is semi retired and one who is young but he mentored since she was a teen, assured me that most of their clients are older dogs and Charley’s blood work was really good for an almost 13 year old dog and he doesn’t look that old. I thought it was because I am always in denial that my pets are getting old that he doesn’t look that old. Thanks to all for your advice. This has always been the only place to get good advice.

I don’t know if FL will accept that and I need to send a copy with his license renewal since it follows his rabies shot. But I will ask. We live in a community with a lot of dogs and he is just starting to react by barking and growling at the dogs who act aggressively to him. Never did anything like that before. He would just ignore them. I guess I am old and cranky too but don’t want that to continue.

I will be making him an appointment shortly as he is due for his rabies shot. Will bring up your points and see what the vet has to say. Will be trying a new vet that might be a little less pricy but was the only one who would make him an appointment on no notice. Vets in FL are expensive. We just spent $3k for the pancreatitis and they did bloodwork an ultrasound, spent a night at the clinic and went home with 2 weeks of drugs. He is actually much happier looking than he has in a while. We just moved in October and it was a big change. At the vet’s office he is always snappy so he gets muzzled. He still tries to get the tech or the vet. This has been going on for years. He has never bitten anyone. The old vet always requested that he be medicated before appointments. As we were leaving the most recent trip the vet tech said he does that snap thing when they had to work on him but he is a very sweet dog otherwise. Will update when we figure this out. Thank you

We adopted Charley as a 2 year old and now he is turning 13. We moved from NEPA and 23 acres to FL and nowhere to be off leash. He just got over a case of pancreatitis but has been doing well. In the past few weeks there have been a couple episodes that have me concerned. He growled at my sister in law when she came out of the bathroom. I wasn’t there to correct him but it never happened before. My husband was on the floor adjusting our new fridge and Charley snapped at his face. People laying on the floor has always been an issue, his first owner died. But hubby was kneeling so didn’t think it would be a problem. He was immediately told no and down. The last was my brother in law throwing toys for him. A game we play a lot but BIL got him all wound up and was about to put an end to it when Charley jumped up and snapped at him. Told Charley no and down then reprimanded my BIL and he won’t be allowed to play anymore. We have decided to limit his other people interactions to the few neighbors he already knows and will discourage the dog walkers and their little dogs from approaching him. I hate extendable leashes. I would appreciate any guidance to keep us and all parties safe.

Thank you, I just need to be around him during the day. I will also need to re-train my husband who admittedly has given up. Charley tests the rules a lot, this needs to be one of the things that absolutely has no "give".

Charley has been obsessing about one of my indoor cats. She is not the brightest and doesn't do anything to move him out of her personal space. When she is not around he will stare at her sister, as they look very much alike but she will correct him with her claws and he goes off to his crate or another safe space. We can say "wrong cat Charley" and he will leave the sister alone, it doesn't work for the other one. We spent a lot of time redirecting him when this started but it had no impact. I am retiring in a couple months and will have the time to invest in hopefully correcting this behavior. Thank you

I am lucky, Charley rarely mats, but I tried the trick I use on my Great Pyr/GSD - I work coconut oil (food grade) into the hair and it de-tangles the not so bad stuff so that it will brush out without pulling as much. It smells good too, you just have to wipe as much as you can out of their fur or you will have slippery floors and sticky carpets.

It took forever for Charley to learn to bring the ball to me and then let go. He would drop it 10 feet away and then grab for it if I walked over. I would sit down and tap the ground next to me, and wait. If it didn't come to within a reasonable distance to me it didn't get thrown. I didn't take it out of his mouth, he had to play the game nicely or we didn't play. He still has some quirky habits that I will never understand. We will play catch with a toy in the house and then he will drop it in my husband's lap across the couch and look at me to throw it for him. If my husband throws it, he will bring me a different toy to throw. I think it is like Calvinball, Charley has his own set of rules and he isn't sharing.

Glen Highland Farm Border Collie rescue in Morris NY, I don't know what they currently have, but you can ask.

I have a Great Pyr/GSD cross. When we first got her she smelled awful. Bathing didn't take care of the smell for more than a couple days. When the dogfood we were feeding got recalled, we switched brands a number of times because we apparently made bad choices as in more recalls. We switched to Canindae and along with a fabulous coat, the awful doggy odor was gone. Now that she is 14 she smells a little more than before, but that is because we don't bathe her as frequently due to issues with her being able to stand in the tub long enough to get washed. Just suggesting a possible cause of the odor.

Buster, our first BC was a very gentle soul, even when he was afraid, he never bit. Charley is a rescue that came with extra baggage. He is reactive at the vet's office, we give him tramadol before he goes. We don't allow him near children after the first time he snapped, and we monitor him with the house cats, he becomes overly focused at times.

Charley doesn't do anything but shake them and play catch with them. Our first Border Collie Buster, desqueakerd toys in under 5 minutes, then pulled out the stuffing so I would have never spent the money on nice toys either.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2086244108161482&id=913290282123543 and then there are the dog's owners https://fox56.com/news/local/dushore-dog-rescued-from-creek-after-going-missing-for-days

GoDog Purple dinosaurs - he is on his 4th in 5 years. The green one in the same shape is not nearly as much fun.