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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: GUEST Date: 22 Mar 06 - 12:07 PM Sooz - he's not very bright and just doesn't get it, I'm afraid. Though it pains me to say it, even the Mudcat has its special needs kids. The ones that used to sit at the back and do things with raffia. Trouble is, now they've all been given computers, and you can see where that's led us - give a keyboard and an internet connection to some young lummox with Tourette's and the result is plain to all. *sigh* |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: Stilly River Sage Date: 22 Mar 06 - 03:25 PM Heartworm is spread through mosquitoes from animal to animal. I don't know if there is another vector in there, but you're not telling us that Alaska has no mosquitoes, are you? I thought the place was famous for its annoying flying biting insects. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: MBSLynne Date: 22 Mar 06 - 03:43 PM It seems generally, to be the warmer places that have it. Mosquitos also spread malaria, but not everywhere has that Love Lynne |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: Ella who is Sooze Date: 23 Mar 06 - 06:08 AM I think the most worrying thing apart from the obvious things we have to worry about here are the diseases spread by the ticks - encephalitus, and limes oh and viles from rats... Had a cat who got bitten by a rat he was hunting, and he got Viles disease. He was very poorly and we almost lost him, if it hadn't been for a switched on Vet knowing about Viles. T' Wasn't nice! EWIS... who is going to change Sooze to Suze so I'm not confused with the other Sooz... ;-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: MBSLynne Date: 07 May 06 - 11:49 AM Hey we found a dog!! A friend of mine told me a while ago about the rescue place he got his dog from, so I looked up the web site on the net and went on their mailing list. On Thursday got a message to say they were having a dog show on Sunday and that the web site had been updated. I looked through the dogs for adoption...and there she was! Just the dog I've been looking for! So Shady and I went up to meet her today and she's lovely. We haven't got her at home yet because they have all dogs sterilised and vaccinated before they go out and she hadn't yet been done so it will be a couple of weeks. She's a border collie currently named Jeannie. About a year old and picked up as a stray. Seems lovely natured and for her age, quite steady. Any suggestions for a good name or shall we just keep calling her Jeannie? Love Lynne |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: Sooz Date: 07 May 06 - 12:14 PM Welcome to the club - I didn't think it was possible for a border collie to be "steady"! Ours needs at least five miles a day and the doggie equivalent of a couple of crossword puzzles. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: Ebbie Date: 07 May 06 - 12:39 PM Some friends of mine have a border collie (maybe with a touch of lab) that they got from the local Humane Society. That dog is arguably the smartest dog I ever knew. By the time she was 3 months old Magpie knew her toys by name, by the time she was 6 months old she would find a person she knew in a small crowd when she was told to go find 'so and so'. She however did fail the training as a Rescue Dog because it is important to her to be top dog. She does take top honors in agility trials. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: MBSLynne Date: 07 May 06 - 02:03 PM Well this little girl seems very alert and interested in everything. The girl at the rescue place says she seems very bright. It was one of the reasons I wanted a border collie. The reason I said she seems 'steady' was that she doesn't leap around like a mad thing when you make a fuss of her, like a lot of border collies I know. She's in lovely condition and I have warned the family that she will need lots of excercise! The thing that makes me feel a little sad is that she doesn't look like a dog who has been abandoned, so someone somewhere is probably heart-broken to have lost her... Love Lynne |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: Stilly River Sage Date: 07 May 06 - 02:04 PM You can use this waiting period as time to go pick up everything in your yard that you don't want chewed and make sure the fence is in good repair. Even after that the dog will find lots of things you need to address. But what fun, and the anticipation will be pleasant. That sounds like a nice name she has, but something else may suggest itself. Ours was named "Sister" when we adopted her, but we don't know what the context (I think she was picked up as a stray). We renamed her Poppy because the first name didn't speak to us or really fit her. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: Hawker Date: 07 May 06 - 02:36 PM Hi Lynne, Glad to see you have a new family member, Hope to meet her soon! I know Clinton can appear to be an asshole, but on a thread about pussycats recently, he came over for once, as a real softie. I think he means well, but we Brits are not used to his forthright kind of manner. I have had dogs all my life, worked as a volunteer for the RSPCA for a time - and it wasn't until recently that I came across heartworms. I think it is something as yet uncommon in the UK, but thank you Clinton for making us aware of it, even if it is in your own inimitable style! Best of luck with the new pooch, hope she settles in well. Cheers, Lucy |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: Sorcha Date: 07 May 06 - 03:18 PM Oh boy....better find her a Job real quick, or the one she finds you probably won't like. Also, read ALL of Donald McCaig's books as quickly as you can. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: MBSLynne Date: 07 May 06 - 04:46 PM Who is Donald McCaig Sorch? Sorry Lucy, if I don't agree with you about CH. It isn't the first time I've crossed swords with him and I think...well never mind what I think. I no longer read any messages posted by him at all. This seems like the best way to avoid someone unpleasant. I'm not sure about the name. Jeannie is quite nice. I thought Meg seemed to fit but Shady is adamant that it's the wrong name. I quite like the idea of a 'traditional' sheepdog name. I expect something will suggest itself when we get her home Love Lynne |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: Sorcha Date: 07 May 06 - 05:02 PM McCaig has Border Collies...writes books about them. GOOD books, LOTS of valuable advice. Do 'Nop's Trials' first. Then the others. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: Zany Mouse Date: 07 May 06 - 07:01 PM Well done Lynne. Max (the Yorkshire Terrorist) and I look forward to meeting her at a folk festival. Incidentally, Sooz, we bought our motorhome for the exact same reason! Rhiannon |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: MBSLynne Date: 08 May 06 - 02:43 AM We are hoping to get a van to use at festivals too. I'm intending to give her lots of training in going among people and behaving. As I said, she seems quite steady (for a young border collie!) already, so we may be taking her to Sidmouth. Looks like I'll have to go to the pub often taking her with me (*sigh) Love Lynne |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: Hawker Date: 08 May 06 - 06:18 AM Bracken is a good name methinks, but like you say the right name will come to you. Cheers, Lucy |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: Blowzabella Date: 08 May 06 - 07:01 AM I got a rescue collie last January, Lynne - when we got him he was between 6 7 8 months old. His name at the kennels was 'Bodie' but that just made me think of The Professionals - and it didn't seem to suit him one bit! he's now just Beau - which seems a lot more appropriate - or perhaps it's Bo (as in Peep, who has lost his sheep??). He gets called all sorts as in 'bloody hell bo' (or el-bo); bim-bo; dum-bo; and his detective alter ego - 'colom-bo'!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: MBSLynne Date: 08 May 06 - 07:26 AM Oooh yes! I like Bracken! We'll see if it fits her when she gets here Love Lynne |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: Blowzabella Date: 08 May 06 - 08:00 AM Moss? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: Ella who is Sooze Date: 08 May 06 - 09:54 AM Fab news Lynne. EWIS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: webfolk Date: 08 May 06 - 01:48 PM hi Lynne. I have just bought myself a black lab, collect her on 20th and she will be called Polly I'm told names wise you should choose one with two sylables so as to distinguish between the name and the one sylable commands, ie sit, stay, down, no, heel, etc Geoff from Bit on the Side new album available - running through the heart |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: MBSLynne Date: 08 May 06 - 02:11 PM Trouble is Geoff, even if you give the dog a two syllable name it tends to get shortened to one anyway. I don't subscribe to the theory that you need one syllable commands anyway. I think dogs understand quite a large human vocabulary and it isn't, as some people say, the sound of the word rather than the word itself. Our last dogs had a three syllable command.."Piano". That's sounds quite posh, but we weren't telling them to be quiet. Their bed was under the piano. We also had the command "Hoover" which we used if anyone spilt anything on the floor and we wanted them to clean it up! Love Lynne |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: webfolk Date: 08 May 06 - 02:16 PM I'm only passing on what I have read. my last dog (Tuli - pronounced toolie) who was also a black lab could mind read, for you only had to say the first part of a sentence and she knew the rest. Do you want... ( to got for a walk) for example the name is very personal - i nearly chose bracken myself, along with Maggie, bramble, Olive, Tinker, among others. Geoff on the side |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: Hawker Date: 08 May 06 - 04:11 PM Bramble, Hazel and Willow are also nice. I am not a great lover of ordinary names, Our dog, Hawker is named after a local eccentric vicar from history who invented the Harvest Festival, he is reputed to have excommunicated his cat for catching mice on a Sunday! The dog we had before this one, was a Manchester Terrier, as he was the 'cream of Manchester' we named him Boddington! Cheers, Lucy |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: GUEST,Texas Guest Date: 08 May 06 - 10:38 PM We were looking for a golden retriever a few years back and found a lady who was giving a 1yr old away. I asked her what his name was and she said, "Murphy." Since I'm a singer of Irish folk songs I told her we'd be there in forty-five minutes. I can only say that Murphy is a wonderful dog. We took him to the North Texas Irish Festival last year and I swear he was the hit of the festival. My wife had her hands full though for while I was on stage performing Murph insisted on barking and trying to get up on stage. Personally, I would have loved to have him come up but at festivals there's just so much activity he doesn't settle down - otherwise he is an extremely well behaved and obedient dog. We're partial to goldens in this house but border collies come in at a strong second followed by labs. Enjoy your critter. Cheers. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: bobad Date: 08 May 06 - 10:46 PM A site with classic Border Collie Names http://www.gis.net/~shepdog/BC_Museum/Permanent/BC_Names.html I've had two, Pip and currently Gyp - I like the one syllable names. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 09 May 06 - 12:36 AM LOYALTY - American Stafford Pit-Bull Terrier (brindled red-nose)
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: MBSLynne Date: 09 May 06 - 02:50 AM Cool site Bobad! Thanks. I like the idea of a traditional collie name and had thought of Meg, Fly, Gyp and others. I also like the botanical names. Bracken is probably still leading at the moment. I wish I had as much imagination as you Lucy...I'd love to come up with a totally appropriate name like those. My last two dogs aquired names without my intervention. I had a lab bitch named Kelly (She was Ancalagon the black from Tolkein's writings). She had puppies and the night before they were born I dreamt she had four puppies....three black dogs and a bitch with brown markings called Piccola (Little one) That's exactly what she did have so obviously I had to call the little girl Piccola, which was shortened to Piccy. She in turn had pups and the one I kept was Acorn (they all had botanical names) but he was the runt and such a little scrap he was always called Scrappy. Love Lynne |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: Dave Earl Date: 09 May 06 - 04:21 AM Although I don't keep a dog anymore I have had several in the past. We have a theory in our family regarding dog names:- There are only two names - If it's male it's called Ben if its female its called Bess. The idea actually came from my grandfather who had dogs for all of his life. The logic behind it seems to be that it is easier for the dog to learn it's name if it is a single syllable that can be pronounced clearly. Also my brothers and I only saw granddad infrequently and often it would be a different dog so we only had to know whether it was a boy or a girl to know what the name was. That was how it was explained to me. Dave |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: GUEST,JTT Date: 09 May 06 - 07:58 PM Heavens, hollow fur! I knew Newfies had webbed feet, but hollow fur! Wow! My own dog is a borderline collie (a touch of lab in there) and bossy but loving. Collies only get nervy if they don't have work to do. They love to work. One request - please don't buy pedigree dogs. Several nasty pup farms have been busted in recent months in Ireland. As long as people buy pedigree dogs, this horrible trade will go on. (If you must buy a pedigree dog, make sure that you meet the pup with its mother, and that they are clearly in a good relationship with each other. But I just wouldn't have a pedigree pup because of the farms, and because they're too overbred nowadays - it's cruel.) If you want a good book for training your pup, go for Don't Shoot the Dog by Karen Pryor. Very funny book, and a great training method, for animals or people. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Looking for a dog From: MBSLynne Date: 10 May 06 - 02:49 AM Mostly I agree with you JTT, but it does depend to some extent what the dog has been bred for. Nothing wrong with pedigree working dogs such as labs and collies. However, there are so many abandoned and lost dogs in need of homes I can't see any good reason most of the time, to buy a pedigree. My Mum once had a boyfriend whose mother kept samoyeds and spun their fur. She used to send him samoyed-hair jumpers! Dave..I like the name Bess. It's now one of the fore runners in the name stakes Love Lynne |
