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traddad
Feb 10, 2011, 2:00 AM
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This is Max. He's a Border Collie/Aussie Shepherd mix who has seen some rough times....but he's safe now.
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Kartessa
Feb 10, 2011, 2:42 AM
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Awwwww what a cutie
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dr_feelgood
Feb 10, 2011, 3:40 AM
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i'm a sucker
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erisspirit
Feb 10, 2011, 6:15 AM
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eep! so cute!
if only I wasn't gone all the time I would want a dog.
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airscape
Feb 10, 2011, 7:39 AM
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Why is his head on skew?
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traddad
Feb 10, 2011, 1:12 PM
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airscape wrote: Why is his head on skew?
I skipped three stitches when I sewed it back on.
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edge
Feb 10, 2011, 2:40 PM
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Good on ya for giving him a safe home.
I hope he costs you less this year than my Max, who is in his second year of Sports Management at UMass.
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traddad
Feb 10, 2011, 3:03 PM
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edge wrote: Good on ya for giving him a safe home. I hope he costs you less this year than my Max, who is in his second year of Sports Management at UMass.
Think of it as an investment. One A-Rod and you'll be set for life.
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edge
Feb 10, 2011, 3:11 PM
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traddad wrote: edge wrote: Good on ya for giving him a safe home. I hope he costs you less this year than my Max, who is in his second year of Sports Management at UMass. Think of it as an investment. One A-Rod and you'll be set for life.
As lifelong Red Sox fans, I think Max would join me in wishing A-Rod a career ending groin injury.
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chadnsc
Feb 10, 2011, 3:11 PM
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Puppy!
Oooo, what a cutie!
That's it, I'm getting a dog. I'll just tell the wife I 'found' her / him under our porch. 
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saint_john
Feb 10, 2011, 3:13 PM
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I love him!
I have two Border Collies. They are a LOT of work but if you keep them happy they are amazing dogs.
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traddad
Feb 10, 2011, 3:54 PM
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saint_john wrote: I love him! I have two Border Collies. They are a LOT of work but if you keep them happy they are amazing dogs.
The dog in your sig looks a lot like our #1 boy Cerb:
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kachoong
Feb 10, 2011, 4:06 PM
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That certainly is a very cute dog. Border collies are my faves! Need LOTS of room for energy expenditure though.
Ours is a border collie mix.
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macherry
Feb 10, 2011, 4:07 PM
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fostering is great. i have a friend who fosters cats
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saint_john
Feb 10, 2011, 4:16 PM
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here is our 9yo female, India:
Boomer, 3 yo male:
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traddad
Feb 10, 2011, 4:51 PM
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Wow, what great looking pups, everyone!
Cerb is also a BCx, we believe either crossed with Lab or Catahoula. Even as a cross, he acts more like a BC than any of our fosters so far: energy out the wazoo and smart enough to construct a thermonuclear device in his crate. He's 15 months old so he's adding adolescent juvenile delinquent to the mix....
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edge
Feb 10, 2011, 5:16 PM
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traddad wrote: Wow, what great looking pups, everyone! Cerb is also a BCx, we believe either crossed with Lab or Catahoula. Even as a cross, he acts more like a BC than any of our fosters so far: energy out the wazoo and smart enough to construct a thermonuclear device in his crate. He's 15 months old so he's adding adolescent juvenile delinquent to the mix....
So we should expect him to start posting any day now?
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chadnsc
Feb 10, 2011, 5:48 PM
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edge wrote: traddad wrote: Wow, what great looking pups, everyone! Cerb is also a BCx, we believe either crossed with Lab or Catahoula. Even as a cross, he acts more like a BC than any of our fosters so far: energy out the wazoo and smart enough to construct a thermonuclear device in his crate. He's 15 months old so he's adding adolescent juvenile delinquent to the mix....So we should expect him to start posting any day now?
He's been posting at traddad for the last three days now. Couldn't you tell.
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traddad
Feb 10, 2011, 6:15 PM
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chadnsc wrote: edge wrote: traddad wrote: Wow, what great looking pups, everyone! Cerb is also a BCx, we believe either crossed with Lab or Catahoula. Even as a cross, he acts more like a BC than any of our fosters so far: energy out the wazoo and smart enough to construct a thermonuclear device in his crate. He's 15 months old so he's adding adolescent juvenile delinquent to the mix....So we should expect him to start posting any day now? He's been posting at traddad for the last three days now. Couldn't you tell.
Jeebus...I've been outed.
Well, time to score some cookies off the counter then retire to mom & dad's bed and lick where my balls used to be.
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Kartessa
Feb 10, 2011, 6:27 PM
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I think my dog is part collie... not sure though.
We found him in a dumpster with his brothers and sisters at 5 weeks old. He's agressive as phuck though, not sure if that's the first 5 weeks of life or the breed... funny thing though, of my 4 dogs, he's bitten the most strangers, but he's the only one to not snap at the kiddo.
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traddad
Feb 10, 2011, 6:38 PM
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Sounds like a BC. It's been said that they're the closest dog breed to the wolf, and that accounts for a lot of their inate herding ability.
I also remember that they're considered one of the more agressive and snippy breeds.
These are both reasons for our rescue work. People see "Babe", the National Sheepdog Trials, etc and want one of "them smartypants dogs". Little do they know....
http://www.azbordercollierescue.com/
http://www.azbordercollierescue.com/bordercollies.asp
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kachoong
Feb 10, 2011, 8:03 PM
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Kartessa wrote: I think my dog is part collie... not sure though. We found him in a dumpster with his brothers and sisters at 5 weeks old. He's agressive as phuck though, not sure if that's the first 5 weeks of life or the breed... funny thing though, of my 4 dogs, he's bitten the most strangers, but he's the only one to not snap at the kiddo.
Sounds like he never learned through puphood it's place in the dominance chain. Usually a mom dog will nip-check any unruly pups and keep them in line. I guess that means you'll have to start biting the pup to correct it.
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Kartessa
Feb 11, 2011, 4:03 AM
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He ain't a pup no more... he's gotta be 8 or 9 by now.
We've just taken to warning visitors to keep their distance from him, and he's never so much as growled at the kiddo.
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Feb 11, 2011, 2:45 PM
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edge
Feb 11, 2011, 3:04 PM
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Our dog Jasper got into a new bag of Valentines milk chocolate M&Ms and ate the entire thing yesterday. Woke up this morning to chocolate smelling diarrhea all over the living room.
Bastard.
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