MagicGirl

Name: Magic Nicknames: Magic Girl, Black Magic, Girl Friend and #1 Nickname: Silly Puddy (derived from Silly Puppy)

Take her to the vet. When our dog started choking I took her and that is when we found that she had a tumor pushing against here esophagus. I most certainly do not think that this is your dogs problem, but choking is not normal and should be investigate. Good Luck.

I take Magic horse back riding and hiking with me, in which she likes to lead. She responds well to hand signals. I will whistle just once which means to stop and look at me and then I will point and say " that a way" and she will change directions. If we come to a split in a trail and she takes the wrong one I just say "wrong way and she will back track and take the other trail.

Magic had been eating Soild Golds Bark at the Moon, but because I have had troulble getting have recently switch her to Wellness Core. Note: She ate the Solid Gold well and pooped only twice a day (small firm poops). When I went to switch the food I mixed the to together for transition. Well I can tell which one she preferred. She picked out the Wellness kibble and left the solid gold. She still only poops twice a day and small and firm.

Magic smiles so big it makes her sneeze

I give Magic Flax oil. I have not heard that dogs do not get the same benefits. I buy Barlean's Fax Oil for Animals.

Thank You for sharing! It made me laugh and cry. It reminded my of my dog Bandit who has been gone for a couple of years now. She loved doing tricks. Keep up the good work you to have something special.

We had taught our old dog Bandit (R.I.P) to speak on command and then she decided that speaking was a good way to get our attention (the worse thing we ever taught her). So to counter act it we taught her to wisper. She would move her mouth like she was barking but no noise would come out. This worked very well, every time she would get bossy and start barking at us we would put a finger to our mouths and say shhh! Whisper!

I don't know that it is safe, but I believe it to be the lesser of two evils, and that is why I discussed it with my vet first and do regular blood work to make sure that Magic is healthy.

I know I may get some grief over this post but I believe very strongly that this works and is safe. I crush one small clove of garlic in Magic's food every day. She loves it. We live in a area that if you travel into the woods at all you will get ticks and we go 2 to 3 times a week trail riding and doing cattle work. This year we have had only one attached tick and it had not been attached very long. I know that because it is part of the onion family that people believe that it is not safe. My vet says that it is safe in the amounts that I am giving. She is sceptical about it working but had no problem with me feeding it. I have been doing this for a year and a half and we have had very few ticks, alot less than on my last dog Bandit (R.I.P.) She died of a tumor that was located right between her shoulder blades. (coincidence? I don't think so!)

Sorry I miss spoke when I used the word fiberglass. I am not sure what they are made of but they are abrasive. I use rubber balls that I believe to be less abrasive. Here is a link the ADVS site about the tennis balls being like a scouring pad. http://www.avds-online.org/info/wornteeth.html Again I am sorry I miss spoke.

I have not heard of this but do know that they are made of fiberglass and can wear thier teeth down. I only let my dog place with dog aproved balls.

Magic came out of the selter with the name Spice. We did not care for it and wanted to changer her name incase there was any bad association to that name. We had lost our last Border Collie about 6 weeks before. It took about two weeks to settle on her name but it was a perfect fit. She is named Magic because she was magically healing our hearts. Nicknames: When she is being goofy it is Silly Putty (derived from silly puppy) When she is being naughty she is The Black Booger.

Magic is my #1 Girl Friend, but loves to join me in cow work on the weekends. My employees call her their mental health benefit. When ever any of them are feeling bad or just delt with a tough customer, they go get a love from Magic and she is always ready and willing ( if you will throw the ball after you get a kiss)

This is not the type of tracking your are talking about but Magic and I are learning to track cattle. Friends of mine run about 150 head of cow/calf pairs on 17,000 acres of forest land, so to find them we do alot of riding and use the dogs to help find and follow the cows when they take off at a dead run away from you. Magic picked up on it very well last fall. When we would find cows she would take off after them and we would start to follow. Her job is to come back to us and show us the direction the are traveling. She does alot of traveling back and forth along the trail of the cows. It was pretty cool, just when I thought she was wrong and had lost the cows we would spot them ahead of us. (Cow boss told me to always trust the dog) By the way for those of you that have never rode horse back after cattle, No you can not keep up with cows through brush and forest. They can go through brush like a bull dozer. Having a dog makes it much easier to follow them.