Meanwhile a Border Collie waits...

[george formby]

Cheers,methinks i would be looking for a new home before Sam mate,Mrs loves him to bits,Sams come outta this thread sounding like a very bad Border Colliehes not,hes obedient,well behaved generally and loyal to the end,lets just say he has plenty of characterWouldnt have it any other way.

All the reasons why you should own a dog. They put a bit of joy & the odd surprise into your day.

Oh, roadkill, strong yes, dominant no. Instinctive definitely. I'm off too find a pinch of salt.

[duckonin]

Cheers,methinks i would be looking for a new home before Sam mate,Mrs loves him to bits,Sams come outta this thread sounding like a very bad Border Colliehes not,hes obedient,well behaved generally and loyal to the end,lets just say he has plenty of characterWouldnt have it any other way.

Had a number of borders over the years . Some made the grade others did not. Over the last 47 years I have had some goodin's. all Borders have been as you have described Sam. 'Fizz',(name says it all) the one I have now would have to be one of the most intelligent dogs I have ever owned. I crack up playing with him every day just loves to please. Like Sam though he will take on any motor from the exhaust. If a cow kicks him he loses his rag big time he does not like being hurt.

[Mom]

Idiot dog LOL. At risk of offending, get some professional help with that puppy. He is too lovely to lose to a dumb submission issue. I lost a dog to a ute because I thought it was funny when she tried to bite tyres. Have never forgiven myself. The vet told me I had done well to get her to 18 months without injury ( fox terriers are mental!) Then a month or so later she was gone. She was well behaved, very, very obiedient, and so smart. But, one day the opportunity came to bite the tyres of a vehicle travelling at open road speeds as opposed to our driveway, I was not close, and bang! Gone!


You may not always be around to prevent something going wrong Mike

[Road kill]

no actually my partner is a studying vet nurse ( passed 100% ) and she has to learn all about these type's of thing,
and did you read my second link?

My wife is a vet nurse of 30 odd years,,amongst other things

I've had both pets and working dogs for the last 45 years or so and currently have 5 pet/specialist scenting dogs,,,the first of which I trained myself.

The other 4 have more or less picked it up from "Grace" our older dog with just a little guidance from me because along with the rewards they get it's just what they do anyway,I'm really just the guy that points them in the right direction an has the dog bickies,the transport,the best spot on the couch ect.

No I didn't read your link,,I just don't put much faith in sites like wiki ect,,because they tend to pretty unreliable and leave things out to often "so I tend to switch off the moment the site is mentioned.

I do keep a lazy eye on the dog training world because my wife is involved in obedience competition and type showing.

All an all I'm quite happy with how I do things with my dogs because I don't have many problems with them.

[Road kill]

Cheers,methinks i would be looking for a new home before Sam mate,Mrs loves him to bits,Sams come outta this thread sounding like a very bad Border Colliehes not,hes obedient,well behaved generally and loyal to the end,lets just say he has plenty of characterWouldnt have it any other way.

Sam sounds just like any typical Border to me.

We had one called Max that had a thing about birds landing in "his" backyard.

Spent half his life stalking,chasing,eating the odd one.

Odd thing was that he never really bothered the chooks outside of rounding them up now an then.

[Grubber]

Ill be sure to let ya know if and when.

Woohoo! I'm in with a chance!

[Winston001]

Good on you Mike, Sam is a fine dog. Growing up on a farm I've always had a soft spot for border collies and huntaways.

But your devil cat is still dominant.

[Big Dave]

You know where anything with Labrador in it waits?

[Big Dave]

Hey flip.
Ted and the media.

http://www.facebook.com/KiwiRiderMagazine

[Zedder]

You know where anything with Labrador in it waits?

So true about the Labrador type dogs there Dave.

I really enjoy your videos too. What's the tune called on "KLR ride to the border ranges"? It's quite catchy.

[Big Dave]

Thanks for that.

I buy the music from shockwave-sound.com
Expensive, but so much better than I can do.
(One of my early Garage Band efforts was described on YT as 'Background music for an 80's porn flick' and on reflection it was an accurate review!).
The fee means I keep YT partner status (some of the ad revenue and I get to ad links to my channel).

Not exactly sure what that one is called sorry - I bought a few CD collections.

It's on the MP3 Player at top right of my site too. But I changed the name to track 3.

[Nova.]

Ill take a bull mastiff over any other dog in the world anyday.

[Zedder]

Thanks for that.

I buy the music from shockwave-sound.com
Expensive, but so much better than I can do.
(One of my early Garage Band efforts was described on YT as 'Background music for an 80's porn flick' and on reflection it was an accurate review!).
The fee means I keep YT partner status (some of the ad revenue and I get to ad links to my channel).

Not exactly sure what that one is called sorry - I bought a few CD collections.

It's on the MP3 Player at top right of my site too. But I changed the name to track 3.

Cheers Dave.

[98tls]

Ill take a bull mastiff over any other dog in the world anyday.

Good for you,i know a bloke with one and whilst great natured etc every time the thing does typical dog stuff it ends up at the vets which means big $,to high maintenance for me.

[Nova.]

Good for you,i know a bloke with one and whilst great natured etc every time the thing does typical dog stuff it ends up at the vets which means big $,to high maintenance for me.

i grew up with two and have fond memories with them, i want to get another one when i move into a flat