Gorgeous pup, have fun training her My neighbour has a male border collie with great temperament, shame this breed is hard to find in Msia. Your pics are really good, the one of your golden holding her is so adorable

Hope your BC pup will turn out to have good health + temperament My neighbour's 6 yr old male BC has great temperament - calm and good with people/dogs. Doesn't bark much which is very fortunate since collies tend to bark a lot. Very obedient and won't even run out if the gate is open haha. Have to credit his owners for raising him well, even if he had a good temperament to start out with if the owners didn't take time to train him he'd prolly be naughty too. Not as energetic as I would expect a herding dog to be but that might be due to his hip problem. The owners told me he was diagnosed with hip dysplasia at age 2, they later found out he was the product of inbreeding and the breeder didn't check for genetic faults =o= Hopefully you did your research and your pup is from parents with solid health records

Beautiful dog TokiToki, you must get "Lassie!" comments a lot

Silly me, forgot to share the collie in my life, my bf's sheltie Ozzy:



Hard to get full length shots of him because he loves human attention so much he'll start drifting towards the camera the moment he sees me He has like, zero herding instinct lol, prolly one of the most inactive and docile collies you will ever find hahaha.

Wah end of an era, so sad this generation's kids dunno Lassie I get "wolf!/Lassie!" comments from kids when I walk Ozzy, a couple of policemen in a patrol car stopped to ask if he was even a dog XDDD

That's actually a good thing, she prolly finished teething and doesn't feel such a strong need to chew anymore. I'm waiting for the glorious day this happens for my very chew-happy lab pup =o=;; Nice pic of your dogs, I really like seeing them together. Can really tell your golden is enjoying having a companion

Would you believe I use a humble point and shoot (Canon Ixus 900TI)? I post-process my photos in Photoshop if any enhancements are needed Hoping to get a Lumix LX3 eventually as it's the one of the few high end compact cameras capable of producing images approaching DSLR-quality (can't beat a DSLR cam but I don't fancy carrying a bulky and heavy camera around ).

The sheltie lives with my bf, at my home I have 4 dogs. The 2 boys are my own - 4-5 yr old rescued mutt that's probably some sort of hound mix and a 9 month old labrador. The 2 girls are foster cases - 8 month old beagle I rescued from a bad breeder and an old spitz (looks like a purebred American Eskimo) that was found wandering in Subang that was handed over to Malaysian Dogs Deserve Better. Never a dull moment in my house ^^

You can stream the movie here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IJDJwwxrlw


Thanks, Ozzy does look rather decent for an 8 year-old Collies are like a group of dogs, if that makes any sense? Just like how beagles are classified under the hound group and pomeranians are considered a type of spitz. You can read about the breeds classed under the collie group here, there are so many I can't remember lol.

I was considering the Canon G10 (was between that and the LX3) but prefer the LX3 cos it's more compact (teruk or not haha, choose based on size). Do you post-process pics from your DSLR or do the pics come out that good looking originally? I really like the depth of colour in particular in your pics

And thanks, I get a lot of joy from the dogs so caring for them is worth it

Thanks for the camera recs, I'll keep what you suggested in mind But you're right, nothing beats a DSLR! The quality of your pics really tempt me hahaha.

She's really beautiful, nice name too! Never thought I'd see a blue merle rough collie in Msia, let alone one with bicolour eyes - what a treat!

Be careful I never take any pups under my care out for walks unless they've had the full set of vaccines. Their immune system can still fail to respond to the vaccine after the first or second vacc and become infected by parvo/distemper etc. My retriever pup was mostly indoors up till the age of 5 months for this reason.

Even if you take your pup to places where there aren't dogs in sight there's no guarantee stray dogs don't pass by and shed viruses along the way. My neighbour's pup that already had one vacc just got hospitalised for parvo and the poor boy has never even set foot out of his home - my neighbour and I are speculating whether stray animals or neighbours' cats carried the virus into the compound (birds, cats etc. stepping/sniffing around parvo-infected dog poo and spreading it wherever they go).

Haha, what did the naughty girl do? I like how the black fur near her nose makes her look like she has a heart-shaped nose

Thanks for sharing Cohen's pics Graymoths, she was an adorable puppy ^^ Such a beauty now that she's all grown up too!

Green apple is great, I feed whole apples (with the core removed so there's no risk of seeds poisoning my dog) to my lab as a healthy treat. Very fun to see him bat the apple around and devour it Fruits that are toxic to dogs you should avoid: raisins, grapes, avocado (some dogs are OK with avocado but better to be safe than sorry). Remove seeds from fruits as some contain cyanide which can poison your dog. To get the most nutritional benefits out of fruits (dogs don't digest whole fruit very well) blend them or cook them. But if you just want to give them as healthy treats no need to be so thorough, especially if your dog already has a good main diet

You can read these links for more info:

http://factoidz.com/fruits-and-vegetables-for-dogs/
http://dogs.about.com/od/dogandpuppyhealth/tp/toxicfood.htm

Ozzy the bf's sheltie taken a few days ago:

LOL, the last pic is priceless XD

Stunning pics Vicky! What's her name?

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