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Unabomber

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Dog owners, i have a question.

 

Tomorrow we are getting a Border Collie, male, 2 months old, raised on a working farm. Do you have any advice for a first time dog owner such as ourselves please?

feed it walk it take pictures of it, maybe even have it as your avi on here that's all I've done with mine so far.

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Unabomber

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Dog owners, i have a question.

 

Tomorrow we are getting a Border Collie, male, 2 months old, raised on a working farm. Do you have any advice for a first time dog owner such as ourselves please?

 

 

Once trained we will get our kids out with it as well , I don't mind walking and we are near to fields etc xx

you two are an item?

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Beliall

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find a puppy class and get him or her socialised early. Lots of walking. They are working dogs though so find them something to do - agility probably best as you will find other owners with advice!

 

 

thanks for the tips everyone, a puppy class is a good idea, I'll look into that.

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Dog owners, i have a question.

Tomorrow we are getting a Border Collie, male, 2 months old, raised on a working farm. Do you have any advice for a first time dog owner such as ourselves please?

Great dogs...Need more walks in the day, intelligent and clever dogs.Learn quickly especially when well treated, but still need a fair maybe hard hand in the first 6-8 months.Ask the farmer if he knows the breed, and for tips.

My parents many years ago, got our collie from a farm, they knew their stuff.

Even when well trained, they have a natural talent to go rounding up cattle and sheep, so when walking across fields with farm animals keep on leash.Great family dog, kids no problem, but like all pets never leave them alone with young babes or young children.

For collies generally not known for aggressive attacks, only when defending, owners, or property. Mine liked the milkmann and postman, but just didnt get on with the breadman, the nicest animal loving guy you could meet, seems he didnt like his jolly whistling, even 5-8 years on.

My dog didnt have an issue with the dustbin men, but attacked the bloody dustbin everytime

they put it back in the yard.

Another thing he knew the difference, between my father and I played fighting, but if my father got really angry with me and came too near, he came between us protecting me straight the way....

No my dad was no kid beater, but we did argue heavily.

My dad used to laugh and call him a traitor, he said I feed and buy you icecream you take you for nice walks,

then you..... attack me.

Another anecdote...The dog (duskey) was sleeping and dreaming, and we were watching an old

western with children of a farm shooing chaotically the animals to their barn, Duskey woke up and

attacked our tv, knocking it over, looking for the animals for 10 minutes, looking at us quizically.

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lianne81

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Wow. Lianne it's over.

But I will give you a tip for the dog. If it barks a lot, duct tape it's mouth up and post a picture to Facebook.

Haha hun , one thing i would never do is tape a dogs mouth shut, That woman in question has now been done for doing that and so she should be , who in their right mind thinks that is a funny thing to post x 

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Great dogs...Need more walks in the day, intelligent and clever dogs.Learn quickly especially when well treated, but still need a fair maybe hard hand in the first 6-8 months.Ask the farmer if he knows the breed, and for tips.

My parents many years ago, got our collie from a farm, they knew their stuff.

Even when well trained, they have a natural talent to go rounding up cattle and sheep, so when walking across fields with farm animals keep on leash.Great family dog, kids no problem, but like all pets never leave them alone with young babes or young children.

For collies generally not known for aggressive attacks, only when defending, owners, or property. Mine liked the milkmann and postman, but just didnt get on with the breadman, the nicest animal loving guy you could meet, seems he didnt like his jolly whistling, even 5-8 years on.

My dog didnt have an issue with the dustbin men, but attacked the bloody dustbin everytime

they put it back in the yard.

Another thing he knew the difference, between my father and I played fighting, but if my father got really angry with me and came too near, he came between us protecting me straight the way....

No my dad was no kid beater, but we did argue heavily.

My dad used to laugh and call him a traitor, he said I feed and buy you icecream you take you for nice walks,

then you..... attack me.

Another anecdote...The dog (duskey) was sleeping and dreaming, and we were watching an old

western with children of a farm shooing chaotically the animals to their barn, Duskey woke up and

attacked our tv, knocking it over, looking for the animals for 10 minutes, looking at us quizically.

Thank you for your advice. Will make sure kept on lead if we cross any fields , as with leaving them with young children its something we would never do , not just for the kids sake but also the dog.One reason we choose a border is because of the good reviews on how good a family pet it is.

 

lol at  yours knocking the tv over at least ours is on the wall and one thing we can miss. 

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Beliall

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Great dogs...Need more walks in the day, intelligent and clever dogs.Learn quickly especially when well treated, but still need a fair maybe hard hand in the first 6-8 months.Ask the farmer if he knows the breed, and for tips.

My parents many years ago, got our collie from a farm, they knew their stuff.

Even when well trained, they have a natural talent to go rounding up cattle and sheep, so when walking across fields with farm animals keep on leash.Great family dog, kids no problem, but like all pets never leave them alone with young babes or young children.

For collies generally not known for aggressive attacks, only when defending, owners, or property. Mine liked the milkmann and postman, but just didnt get on with the breadman, the nicest animal loving guy you could meet, seems he didnt like his jolly whistling, even 5-8 years on.

My dog didnt have an issue with the dustbin men, but attacked the bloody dustbin everytime

they put it back in the yard.

Another thing he knew the difference, between my father and I played fighting, but if my father got really angry with me and came too near, he came between us protecting me straight the way....

No my dad was no kid beater, but we did argue heavily.

My dad used to laugh and call him a traitor, he said I feed and buy you icecream you take you for nice walks,

then you..... attack me.

Another anecdote...The dog (duskey) was sleeping and dreaming, and we were watching an old

western with children of a farm shooing chaotically the animals to their barn, Duskey woke up and

attacked our tv, knocking it over, looking for the animals for 10 minutes, looking at us quizically.

 

 

thanks for that, the farmers, or shepherds rather, have 4 working dogs, these pups came from them, they are keeping one for the farm, and i will ask for handling tips. hopefully we will have some nice stories to tell,  im glad that collie seems a good choice, we thought about this for a long time and it comforting we made a good choice in breed.

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All you suave, fashionable gentlemen - to boutonniere or not? I'm thinking all Nucky Thomson, red carnation.

 

Yes, without a doubt.

 

I always hang one off my Jacamo bomber jacket.

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Might need to take responsibility with interviewing people, as cover.

 

What's the best way of judging whether someone is capable of the role?

How much nerves is acceptable to allow an interviewee to have, before it gets too much?

 

 

I'm feeling nervous myself thinking about the prospect and thinking about these. lol

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Thank you for your advice. Will make sure kept on lead if we cross any fields , as with leaving them with young children its something we would never do , not just for the kids sake but also the dog.One reason we choose a border is because of the good reviews on how good a family pet it is.

 

lol at  yours knocking the tv over at least ours is on the wall and one thing we can miss.

Hey! What's wrong with your x key? lol

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