Has anyone noticed this, but me??

[Hobbit]

Okay, this just be me....but I think Dogo forum was down this time to make some changes. Changes like: I couldn't reply to a thread unless I was a member!!!

So, I membered up.

[usmcbyrd]

i havent noticed. sorry

[Hobbit]

Well, I tried to post several different times and it asked for a Username and Password. I could read the threads, but not reply. SO, maybe the request that was posted in another topic was honored. OR, my computer is screwing with me....... :roll:

[Guest Anonymous]

Welcome to the pack, Hobbit! :D
Ohhh...........Now we have found the Precious!!
:o
Sorry.... :roll: .....Couldn't resist! :lol:

Actually, I tried to log on to dogmania last night, and it said the server was busy! :( :cry:
I tried 3 times before giving up. :-?

[Aroura]

LOL Tiggerress, you beat me to it! :lol:
Nice to see you as a member now hobbit :D
Gorgeous dog in the picture, looks a bit like my Tessa! :wink:

[ShadyLady]

Hey Hobbit did you get my email and pictures?

[Guest roo]

Yep dogo is a member only site now on all forums but everything about dogs.
I should think the site was down while Jacsmom did the deed.

WELCOME HOBBIT

Roo

[mouseatthebusstop]

we wanted guests to join wecome hobbit

[Guest Anonymous]

well i realy didnt liek the rude guests
but anyways!! welcome overboard hobbit!!!! the more the merrier!!! :lol:

[Hobbit]

THANKS EVERYBODY!!

I thought you guys were TRICKING me! :lol:

[Hobbit]

[quote name='working koolie']Hey Hobbit did you get my email and pictures?


No, I haven't received any pictures or email.... :cry:

[Hobbit]

newfiemom napisał(a):

Darn!!! You guys took away all the fun!!! No wonder Rude Guest has not been around. I wanted some more drama!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Oh noooooo, it's better because "GUEST" can read but she/he can't speak!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Hobbit]

[quote name='Aroura']LOL Tiggerress, you beat me to it! :lol:
Nice to see you as a member now hobbit :D
Gorgeous dog in the picture, looks a bit like my Tessa! :wink:


The dog in the picture is Sammy. She is a Kelpie. Here's a better picture of her: about 1/2 a second after I took this picture, she crouched into an intense position. I was too late on the trigger, she was off herding the goats. Some people think this is an aggressive dog stance, but it's just a working Kelpie characteristic.

[Guest roo]

Rude guest can still post in this section......
Roo

[Hobbit]

Roo --- How? I tried and could not reply. I could read, but not reply without signing up. ........ **GASP** :o It WAS a trick!! How did you guys do that??

[Hobbit]

newfiemom napisał(a):

True Hobbitt...But just used to get a kick out of the whole thing. I think if we were all in agreement with rude guest, she would probably tell us we were wrong.

Exactly! You know, that is actually sad. She/he had some good information at times. I still think it was Nicki --- because it was the same writing style.

Anyway --- it is unfortunate that some people feel the need to belittle and be hateful to other people so they can build themselves up and feel better about themselves.

I'll argue with the best of them....but ONLY if I'm right and never when I'm wrong.

[Hobbit]

roo napisał(a):

Rude guest can still post in this section......
Roo

:oops: :oops: I re-read an earlier post and totally missed the "but" word in front of "everything". Howled way too soon.....!!!

[Aroura]

Thats a beautiful kelpie Hobbit.
There is a kelpie up the road that crouches whenever it wants you to throw a ball, and then when you do the dog crouches before the ball and only picks it up and brings it back on command.
It came from a farm but its owner moved into town, I think it would have been a beautiful working dog.

[Hobbit]

Thanks for the compliment --- !!

[bk_blue]

Hobbit, your kelpie is beautiful! She looks very muscular for a kelpie? Must be all that work ;)
There is a kelpie who comes to the dog park and all it does is bark (that high-pitched herding bark) for its frisbee to be thrown, a bit noisy but very cute and intelligent :)

[Hobbit]

bk -- that is interesting about the barking. Our Kelpies work very silent, they do not bark. I do have one that will bark on command. Their stance and stare is enough to get the livestock moving without all that barking.

[bk_blue]

Maybe this one is a cross? I'm not sure. But it is noisy! Seeing as it is obviously not used for farm work either maybe that would account for its barking? But you're right, that kelpie stare is famous (or infamous ;)). They are great dogs, one of my favourites, though I couldn't have one unless I moved to the bush!

[Aroura]

I think it is the non working kelpies that bark alot. All the obedience classes I have been to there have been kelpies or kelpie crosses who just bark and bark. Dogs that are born to work and don't have propper mental stimulation often pick up bad habbits, like barking or digging.

[corgilady]

I don't know about kelpies, but the non-working border collie barks incessantly! :roll: Seriously, Hobbit has some beautiful kelpies. I can't find the thread now, but one of them had a tan face and was a darker shade? That's my favorite. I've never seen one in person.

[Hobbit]

Aroura napisał(a):

I think it is the non working kelpies that bark alot. All the obedience classes I have been to there have been kelpies or kelpie crosses who just bark and bark. Dogs that are born to work and don't have propper mental stimulation often pick up bad habbits, like barking or digging.

Oh yeah, you are so right about the mental stimulation, lack of that is.

Are these Kelpies the "Show or Bench" Kelpies? They were inbred so much by the show people (looking for one trait) that they actually created another breed --- totally different from the "working" Kelpie. The Bench/show Kelpies look different, act different, and are just different in all ways from the working Kelpie. That's mostly the type (Bench/show) of Kelpie you'll see in the obedience classes and sports dog classes (that's what we see in the US, anyway). What about there?

The Bench/show Kelpies are usually solid dark red or solid black. A boxier look, with a short, small, pointed nose (reminds you of a spitz nose), small feet, more of a square head.