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First: Congrats.... Second: The person is probably not letting her out long enough. If the dog does not go outside, I would put the dog in the crate and try a little later. Do not get give the dog freedom in the house. If you cannot watch it, it goes in the crate. If the pup happens to put in the house, take the poop outside to the area that you plan for her to use. You can also tether the dog to you so you can correct it immediately. Third: Pants biting--I think this is a problem. It may sound mean, but anytime the dog goes for your pants leg, sort of kick out with your leg and lightly push the dog while yelling NO...I am not saying kick the dog. If this is not working, you can try grabbing the muzzle shut and yelling NO...

Hobbitt, Everyone once in awhile you will see ads for mini acd's... makes you want :snipersmile: someone There is no such thing as mini acd's

With that wirey coat I would say either wired hair jack russell or even a border terrier...

Actually looks like a border jack to me (border collie-jack russell mi)...

I don't own a standard but I can tell you what I have seen. If you get a nicely bred one: you will get one of the best dogs that you could ever want. They are athletic ( I actually have a standard in the flyball class that I teach and he is sweet), very smart, socialable, easily trained, and are CLOWNS... Now if you get one from a less than reputable breeder: health problems-ear infections, seizures, hip problems, eye problems, slipped discs in the back, allergies....bad temperament-aggressive, timid...not a smart cookie, destructive, hard to train, etc.... Grooming is a pain...I have a small mini poodle and I am paying $45 every 6 weeks to get him groomed (he only weighs 8.7 lbs)--grooming is not cheap Of course all this could be said about just any breed. I like the Standards but you need to be careful about a breeder. The poodle was overbred alot and there are just some bad apples (but again this is the same for most breeds)... Now, I am also someone who is against the AKC so my idea of a reputable breeder may be different than yours. I go out of my way to find non-AKC dogs. When it comes to the poodle of any size I would ask to meet the parents, make sure to see heath certifs, and really pay attention to the temperament of the parents and puppies. My poodle's breeder is a BYB by most people standards but let me tell you he is one of the best mini poodles I have seen in a long time. His breeder breeds for temperament and health first and looks second. Even folks who don't like poodles have fallen in love with mine. The vets say he has the best temperament for a poodle that they have seen in years...to me that says his breeder is pretty good.

Actually aren't some of those lines she mentioned Gamebred lines? I could have sworn that Red was gamebred. I could be mistaken. Personally, I think she breeds her dogs too early, she does not wait for tests, she can't spell and her grammar sucks. Why would anyone want to buy from her? If you read her posts, she misspelled numerous, easy words. I can understand a teenager misspelling but not an adult.

I believe it is the whole state and it is the law there. Some states require that all pit and pit mixes be put to sleep, whether old or just a puppy, they are all put down. It is just not fair. :evil: These dogs are good dogs for the most. I love pits and think they are sweet. Yes you have bad ones but don't you get that with every breed. At least some states just require that you register the dog with the state/county and if you don't I am not sure what happens. But at least this gives the dogs a chance.

I really like the canidae. My dogs have done well on it.

If the dots are really small, were they where the sutures were located? If so, it could just be leftover remnants of the sutures. 2 of my dogs had this happen after the sutures came out. If I ran my fingers very slowly over the spots, I could actually feel some roughness. The vets said it was just pieces of leftover suture. It has been a couple years and the spots are still there and nothing has happened. I am not sure if you live in an area with deer ticks but they are VERY small, much smaller than anyone realizes. If you are concerned about it I would suggest taking Freebee to the vet and have it looked at... HOLZ--you need to take your dog to the vet. I read the other post. If you are not sure what it is, then go to the vet. It is better safe than sorry. And if it is a tick and you have never removed one, you should let the vet remove and show you the proper technique. If you remove a tick and leave part of the tick in the dog, and infection could erupt and it is ugly but that is worse case scenario.

I agree with what everyone has said. Your wife needs to take some control and be more dominant than the golden. My question is: Could your wife have accidently hurt the dog? You know sometimes the pieces of rawhide will stick to the dog and the carpet. I was wondering if maybe a piece may have been stuck to your dog's paw hair and maybe when your wife pulled the rawhide that maybe she pulled hair. For my golden story: My bc/mix and I were at a flyball tourney. We were walking through th crating area when we passed a huge golden. All of a sudden, the golden turned and grabbed my dog by the head and was shaking her like a rag doll. It took a few minutes and a couple folks to get the golden to let go. My dog ended up with a couple puncture wounds in her head and one near an eye. In all the places with puncture marks, the hair now grows in white instead of black. Needless to say, this is one reason why my bc/mix is semi dog aggressive.

Since most of these folks really do know what they are talking about but they do have bigger breeds, I will give you a perspective of someone with 3 dogs, all are fixed and one is a small male mini poodle. Crested: It is your responsibility to make your dog happy. Do you think he is happy when he goes berserk because there is a female in heat? Do you think he is happy when he scratches and carries on because of dry skin etc...? Do you think he will be happy when you bring a female dog into the house that will go into heat? If you answered NO to just one of these questions then he should be neutered ASAP. My mini poodle is a whole whopping 11 3/4 at the withers and 8.6 lbs. I had him neutered at 6 months of age and he was only 6 lbs then. The day we brought him home he was a little groggy but that was the only side effect. He was trying to play with my other dogs the next day. If you plan to be a responsible breeder you should be thinking about what it says about you and your integrity to perspective buyers when you have a dog in your house that is not neutered and does not better the breed. It says that you are a person that does not believe in neutering a dog that is not of the highest quality and that you are just a BYB. And how can you require a puppy buyer to spay/neuter one of your puppies that is NOT high quality when you, yourself won't do it. Your dog has a better chance at a healthy quality of life if you neuter him now. You say that he has issues with people and dogs but you think that is because you did not know about socializing him as a puppy. You know there is a chance that might just be him and socializing would not have mattered. So now you have a dog that may or may not have allergies and a dog that may or may not have behavior problems. Both of these can be linked to genetics. Do you still think you are doing your dog justice by leaving him intact? Oh and let's not forget about females that have a silent heat. Do you really want to take the chance that your female could have a silent heat that you do not know about and then turns up pregnant at the age of 1...??? And to realize that the father is a dog that could pass on some serious genetic faults. Plus now you also have a bitch that is too young to have puppies but it happened because you are afraid that you may regret neutering your dog. Maybe your female will die because she was not mature enough to have puppies or all the puppies are miscarried, etc...yes I am thinking the worst but everyone else have been nice in making you see you are only truly hurting your dog, and you are not listening. If you do not want advice then you should not ask for it. The folks on this board are probably a lot more dog savvy than the folks you have been talking with. Start thinking about your dog and not yourself. What you feel does not really matter. What matters is that your dog would be better off being neutered. And if for some reason the neutering went wrong, your dog had 1 week of pain, or some scarring, your dog would still have a healthier and a better quality of life. I THINK THE LONG TERM EFFECTS ON HEALTH TRULY OUT WAY ANY SHORT TERM PROBLEMS THAT MAY ARISE. Yes something horrendous could happen but that is rare.

My dogs get Sentinel which is chewable. They think teh darn things are treats

My question is: Does this happen only on leash or does she have aggression issues off leash? Another question: What do you consider aggression from your dog? Is she showing her teeth when dogs get in her face or within a couple feet, does she go ballistic pulling/barking etc..., does she just sit and bark, etc.... Many dogs will have problems with other dogs while on leash. And then the revolving door starts...your dog gets a little aggressive while on leash, the next time you see a dog come near you, you tighten up the leash which in turns makes your dog think that the dog coming is trouble and you need protected so more aggression starts, this happens each time which is why it is a revolving door scenario...one thing leads to the next. This can then lead to the off leash aggression because now your dog thinks that you need protected from all the other mean ole dogs out there. You could try giving your dog treats and stuff to keep her attention when other dogs come near or when walking towards other dogs. Find the comfort zone for your dog and start there. See dog, your dog behaves, treat your dog--do this a few times, move a little closer and repeat the process. It will take time but it does help I have a bc/mix that is semi-dog aggressive. She has been attacked a couple times, the worse attack was by a golden (go figure)... We do flyball with all 3 of my dogs. My bc/mix can control herself while doing flyball because it is like her job. You dog may feel the same way at some point. But anyways, Charlotte was getting really bad anytime a dog came near her so I did the above and it helped. I still don't allow dogs within about 3-4 feet of her while she is on leash unless we are on the way to the race floor. She is not trynig to protect me...I THINK SHE JUST WANT DOGS TO STAY OUT OF HER PERSONAL SPACE. Yes I believe that dogs have space issues just like humans. I would not disclaim that your dog has been attacked without you knowing per se...if she is left outside unattended, even behind a fence other dogs could be coming up to the fence and they proceed to have a doggie argument of barking, running the fence line etc...I would suggest NOT leaving your dog outside unattended for more than a couple minutes. You never know what is going on behind closed fences :agrue:

Yellow, If you want to know more about acd's in general o rpossibly to see if there are some folks with this mix, there is an acd message board on msn. [url]http://groups.msn.com/AustralianCattleDogs/yourwebpage.msnw[/url] These are some great folks and they should be able to give you more info. I do believe that there is someone with a bc/acd mix...

I have a Australian Cattledog Border Collie Mix Miniature Poodle And they all do flyball...

Nope, I will never believe it. You can't make me. So there :grab: tee hee hee

See you all caused me to drink :lol: Check out this link [url]http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?selected=140801[/url] These are some pics including my acd and mini poodle

There are short haired border collies and there is a chance that the gene is in there. Besides, her sister has longer hair...I really need to get a pic of her to post. They are similar in markings down to the black spots on their feet. I will post another pic of Charlotte that I found that will give you a close up of her face. And if you say beagle one more time I will start :drinking: Sorry dont like beagles much but they are cute.

Bad Sasha, bad!!! What are we gonna do with you?

Don't you nanny nanny boo boo me Yellow :wink: Now tell me, why did my posting on that other board disappear? I can't find it :cry: Did you run away with it? :evilbat: :evil: :evilbat: We have not decided on what kind of spaniel...I am thinking cocker spaniel because of her sister. Cleo really has the short muzzle and look of a cocker in the face and suppposedly so does their brother... But I must say that is a pretty dog you posted.

Sorry Yellow--- We thinks she is a bc/spaniel mix... :lol: her eyes are spaniel like. Our vets made that guess and then a week later we got to see Charlotte's sister and she looks very spanielish and if I can ever get a picture of Cleo up you will see what I mean. But you all had some good guesses...

We are not quite sure but have a very good idea of what her mix is, but that is because of the eyes. She is 22-23 inches at the withers and 36 lbs...she is thin. A single silky smooth black and white coat. Her sister is about 15-16 inches at the withers and only 25 lbs. She has a semi rough black and white coat, short nose and an over bite. She is very cute. From what I hear her brother is even smaller with a semi rough coat but tri color. If you all give I will give you the other part of the mix that we think it is... At one point we thought a lab/bc mix but have decided she is not.

I will give you all some small hints... We do believe she is part BC but there is something else there too. Not many folks can figure it out. Now if I can get a pic of her sister posted then you all would have an easier time. But I only have a hard copy pic of her sister. I will see if my husband can take it to work and scan it. Now, pay close attention to the eyes...that is where people figure out what she might be mixed with.

Go to [url]http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?selected=140801[/url] and let me know what breed(s) she is. This is my dog Charlotte.

Are you sure that the going in the house isn't just from the excitement of you coming home? Maybe your dad could let your dog out shortly before you all are expected home and see if that helps. Re: crating the dog is the best way but I can also sympathize with the separation anxiety. Can you put your dog in the kitchen or something? If the dog will be destructive to itself, then you either need to retrain the crate or resign yourself to accidents in the house when you get home.