Has anyone noticed this, but me??

[Hobbit]

corgilady napisał(a):

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.

Thanks Corgilady -- the Kelpies are an absolute addiction!

Thank goodness our Border Collies do not bark when working and rarily bark when not working. One of the Border Collies howls instead of barks, because when he was a puppy --- we thought that was so cute and praised him for it --- yep, he has done it ever since.

We have a rescue red Heeler that went from being used a turn back steer dog for ropers, she was so fast that a flyball person saw her and offered so much money that she was sold to be a flyball dog. ***NO offense to the flyball people*** but she became a barking maniac, then sold (because the people "lost" interest in flyball) to be a turn back steer dog (again), this time she just would not stop barking when she got excited, so they tried to beat it out of her and broke her back leg at the hock and injured her back, then she ended up in a kill shelter because she just would not shut-up. After MUCH, and I mean MUCH work, we have been successful at curtailing the barking. She is an excellent dog other than that, knows all of her commands, very obedient as far as walking on a leash, and being a nice dog, we just love her to death. But let me tell you---her barking causes something like a shark feeding frenzy among the other working dogs. She is the most aggravating dog that I've ever had in my life. She starts more dog fights with her barking than you can shake a stick at (She sets back and watches and I think she likes it!!). We have to take a hold of her in order to maintain the other dogs. As long as I have her by the collar --- she's okay.

Sorry...that was so off the subject...... :oops:

[Guest Anonymous]

Hobbit napisał(a):

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

I noticed most of the forums had nothing on them - gee you must be missing the guests a great deal or maybe no one here really cares to learn or discuss anything about dogs just to repeat gossip and falsehoods to make themselves feel good....

[Hobbit]

Anonymous napisał(a):

Hobbit napisał(a):

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

I noticed most of the forums had nothing on them - gee you must be missing the guests a great deal or maybe no one here really cares to learn or discuss anything about dogs just to repeat gossip and falsehoods to make themselves feel good....

Guest, did you also read the other part of my post? If you are looking for a scratch fight --- go somewhere else. I am secure in my knowledge and do not need to pick fights, be rude or belittle someone else to make myself feel important/intelligent/better. Every one on this forum has something to offer rather it be something small or something of volume --- someone, somewhere, learns from these posts; someone, somewhere, has a happy thought from these posts; someone, somewhere, could care less about these posts ---- so, see everyone benefits. Including you, because if you didn't --- you would stop posting.

[Guest Anonymous]

Hear, Hear, Hobbit! :lol: 8) :D
I think guest just wants to start arguments & get a rise out of us, because GUEST doesn't have anything better to do!
:lol: :wink:

[ShadyLady]

I had a working dog that was a fair worker but used to bark non stop drove me insane I keep my dogs in runs and when they backed I used to tell them to get to bed but I couldnt say that in a working situation as he would have gone home to his bed so I decided to retrain them to quiet ,so I did it in the runs for a week and my dogs will bark on command and then transferred it to the yards with sheep and no more barking ! I guess i am just lucky hes a very intellegent doggie weve had some really interesting ways of training !!!!!!!!!!! and hes taught me some valuable stuff

[Hobbit]

working koolie napisał(a):

I had a working dog that was a fair worker but used to bark non stop drove me insane I keep my dogs in runs and when they backed I used to tell them to get to bed but I couldnt say that in a working situation as he would have gone home to his bed so I decided to retrain them to quiet ,so I did it in the runs for a week and my dogs will bark on command and then transferred it to the yards with sheep and no more barking ! I guess i am just lucky hes a very intellegent doggie weve had some really interesting ways of training !!!!!!!!!!! and hes taught me some valuable stuff

We've had herding dogs, in the past, (not Kelpies) that were barkers while on-line waiting to go work. We done the same thing, taught them to be "quiet". It worked rather well and stopped all the barking. The barking really gets all the dogs going --- sometimes in the wrong direction!

[corgilady]

[quote name='newfiemom'](can you guest who).

:lol: cute, newfiemom!

[size=x-small]I will never participate in the mud-slinging, but I liked what you said.

[Guest Anonymous]

Newfiemom-
Very Punny! :lol: :D