mcerd1
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| posted on 5/12/11 at 11:58 AM |
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New Puppy :)
following on from Marks Allanson's thread a few weeks back....
everyone, meet Fay:
 
Fay
she's an 11 week old border collie from working dogs
(sorry for the poor photo - I only had my knackered old phone with me....)
[Edited on 5/12/2011 by mcerd1]
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spiderman
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| posted on 5/12/11 at 12:28 PM |
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Nice one.
My best mate is my 12yr old Border Collie, I was without a dog for 12 months before I got him, never be without a dog again if I can help it. Dogs
have been the saving grace for my sanity for when things go badly wrong in your life. 
Spider
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mcerd1
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| posted on 5/12/11 at 12:35 PM |
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this is our 3rd border collie in a row - best dogs in the world
it only took us about 2 / 3 weeks to start looking for another after the last one died, but now we've got to 'puppy proof'
everything again......
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scootz
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| posted on 5/12/11 at 12:43 PM |
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Poppy looks forward to meeting her!
It's Evolution Baby!
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richardlee237
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| posted on 5/12/11 at 02:22 PM |
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Aaawwwhh
+1 for Border Colies
Quote Lord Kelvin
“Large increases in cost with questionable increases in performance can be tolerated only in race horses and women.”
Quote Richard Lee
"and cars"
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spiderman
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| posted on 5/12/11 at 07:55 PM |
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Is she a Scottish Border collie or a Welsh Border collie? She looks like she has the the legs of a Welsh Border collie but I suppose that by the vitue
of location she may be a Scottish Border collie.
Spider
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mcerd1
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| posted on 5/12/11 at 08:08 PM |
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well she came from a sheep far in the hills near here - could maybe trace her back a few generations but after that who knows....
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bobthebuilder
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| posted on 5/12/11 at 08:27 PM |
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Nice one.
We always had collies my first was my working dog when i was a shepard on a fell farm.
was down to 1 (after having 3)until the wife spotted a collie/springer in the local paper,so went and got it.
great mix of madness of a springer but ease af learning of a collie.
good luck with the training
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spiderman
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| posted on 5/12/11 at 09:06 PM |
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To be honest I think all Border Collies can trace their origins back to one dog called "Old Hemp" (if the internet is to be believed at
face value) and he was from the Scottish Borders although there is a type of dog called a Welsh Sheepdog. The ones from Monmouthshire area being
shorter and thicker set. I suppose it all depends on the bloodlines and the fact that people did not travel much in the old days, so tended to keep
bloodlines quite regional, but I think these days the bloodlines have spread far and wide.
I find most Border Collies are great although some can be quite teritorial and tend to be ankle biters as this is the method they use to move cattle
and stubborn sheep. It is an instinct inheirited from the wolf as that is how they bring their prey down after herding them then letting them run
through a gap left by the pack and picking of the last/slowest of the herd.
I don't think you can go far wrong with a Border Collie as they are so smart, they can work out what dull farmers want before they know
themselves, or they can around here.
Here is my dog Sam and his son Tig a Border Collie x Kelpie/Border Collie cross and according to his new owner he is a real live wire and has endless
energy.
 
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[Edited on 6/12/11 by spiderman]
Spider
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mcerd1
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| posted on 14/12/11 at 09:46 AM |
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scootz
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| posted on 14/12/11 at 11:57 AM |
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It's Evolution Baby!
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