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Posted on 06/28/2006 10:14:11 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
It isn't just size. It's behavior.
A dog that comes charging up in happiness is the same to her as a dog charging up to rip her face off. :-D
I think it's because most dogs are at eye-level to her.
I'm looking forward to the LCD. This big old CRT is now 7 years old and is starting to fail.
You're wise. A dog that come charging up in happiness might turn that into something else if it gets distressed over an anxious reaction!
We're off! Taking the jedis to the SA for a 2 hour swim.
Ah - I see. Well, chica, I hope you hear soon!
Let's try to keep this a family thread.
Sounds like fun! Hug the boys for me.
This doggie comes running up very submissively - head down, tail swishing low, licking lips.
Her real test would come when she meets Gidget, Queen Of All She Surveys.
I'll call again at 9am and beg. :-D
Sheesh. I didn't even see that one coming. :-/
just doin' muh job...
Just fair warning for you to consider, she may become more dog when she's out of that environment... might become a lot more hyper. Aussies are a fast working dog. The secret code in dog ads is cryptic, but they want someone to take her to an obedience class... that' a clue. I'd sign her up for one as soon as you get her home. It's a really good way to get her immediately into her new role too. It's not so much that you don't know how to train her... it's that without a class, no one spends the amount of time and focus on it as they should. Myself included :~)
I agree. Aussies need a job and barring that, they need solid training and lots of exercise.
I don't have a problem with training classes - I'm a big fan. My main concern is temperament because not all dogs can handle 4-year olds.
If she can help me herd the kids, all the better! As a matter of fact, it's one of things I'd train her to do with a "round them up" command.
Heh... I'm reminded of the 4H obedience show I watched once where there was a really little girl showing a Corgi. During the heeling excercise, the dog nipped her heels constantly. She was in shorts, and her ankles were actually red! not blood, just red. The dog wasn't heeling, he was ~herding~.
Heh...that definitely happened with Cisco. He's still the same dog, still has the same submissive behavior...but once he was away from that twenty-four hour a day commotion and stress, he was a lot more energetic. Remember I thought he was oldish?
Speaking of obedience classes, have you seen that lady's ad recently, Hair?
I haven't... and it may be a bad sign that she's not in the phone book... maybe she's gotten out of it, maybe she's changed the name of the business... It's a bit irritating that I can't seem to remember her name.
Maybe we should just take a drive out there some evening... could go tonight after work if you want.
*laughing*
Heh...I saw that.
Am I evil if #52 cracked me up?
Only if it was dark chocolate. ;-)
Only if you were also hoping he's from a good Catholic family...
Sure, I'd like to see what her place is like! If it's still there.
And if not...well, that's a part of this area I haven't explored yet, so it'd be neat to drive around it a little anyway.
I still have an ad a gal at work gave me for another trainer in the area...but I'm not sure what her methodology is. There's a spiel in it about how evil choke collars are, so I dunno.
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