"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 18:23:22 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 17:32:14 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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It ain't around here. Kids, Daughter in Law,, Son in Law, Girlfriend,
Boyfriend, six dogs four of which don't belong to me, two grandkids,
two cats....

AAARRRRGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Six dogs. You said six, as in 6. Six dogs.

Six as in two Border Collies, two Australian Blue Heelers, one English
Bulldog, one German Shepard. At the moment, they are playing keep
away with each other in the play pen in the back yard.

Shortly, they will be brought in and the kids will help me give them
all baths, wash/dry and then to their crates for a couple of hours
while the dinner table is set up. One dinner is finished, they are
let out to join in the celebrations.

It's kind of charming actually. They all get together and take over a
corner of the living room and just sit watching the activities.

I trained each and every one of them and they are all excellent dogs.

Keep your dog opinions to yourself.

Even the border collies behave? How on earth did you accomplish that? They
always seem to have a natural internal source of methamphetamines.

Training, training and more training. Both of them go through an hour
every other day, we run through all the obedience commands, then we
train a on a skill like tracking or herding (the farmer in back of me
lends his heifers for that) and then it's play time. Play can be any
number of "events" - mostly high energy events like chasing balls or
playing soccer.

They are great dogs.

The kid's dog is here and is Lab, Border Collie mix. Still not completely
under control, but is only 6 months old. Tries to be a runner. Wants to
play with the cat. Cat is staying under the bed.

Bill McKee wrote:
The kid's dog is here and is Lab, Border Collie mix. Still not completely
under control, but is only 6 months old.

That's the best time to work with them. Actually no, the
best time to begin a dog's training is much younger.

Time spent with a very young puppy is the most bang for the
buck in terms of shaping the dog's behavior later in life.
It takes some patience, consistency, and willingness to work
with a puppy's instincts & attitudes... and for me it has
always been great fun to have a puppy running around.

Collies and most herding dogs need a lot of exercise.
They're also too noisy for me. I've had more retrievers than
any other breed, IMHO they are perfect boating

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...83126526ongQsz

& household dogs. Our current dog is an unknown... I suspect
at least 1/4 pit bull, but people have guessed everything
from Chesapeake Bay Retriever to Rhodesian Ridgeback to hyena.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...19409682lFZFTd
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...89675958BCXOSw

Sounds like you all are having a great family holiday.

Merry Christmas!

Doug King