Well since I was expelled from doggy classes (with my Doberman) a few years back, I think I'm not the best person to offer advice  

buy Molly her own Paslode ya "cheapskate"..... ...

(only kidding)..........

it could be the colour (brightness of the Orange) as dogs see colours different to humans,

collies are always quite highly strung if not worked....(see own Paslode ..again).. they need to be kept stimulated..... thats one of the reasons i stopped having Collies as pets... not the time needed to keep them occupied.....

as for the pond, if a dog feels threatened in anyway shape or form, they need to "hide!!" and the best way to hide  for a dog is to cover your scent.. hence the smelly mud!!  or cow dung is another dog favorite!!! (also helps them, if a country dog go "un-noticed" in another dogs territory!!)

not a great lover of live in dog training, as it really needs to be interaction with the owner and the dog concerned to be able to train the pair as Alpha, and subversant animal!
dog (pet- not working) training is all about getting the dog to be subversant to the MAIN owner/handler, and quite a bit of the time it is down to how the owner and the dog interact together... who's boss and who is not....
Many years ago, when living right on the coast, and having the time to have more than one dog, i used to help out at the 2 local dog training Societies, and so often it was 60-80% of the time how the owners responded to /commanded the dogs!!!!!

but like i stated earlier,Collies are such clever ACTIVE dogs, the need constant stimuli to stop them basically getting bored!!!!

p.s, still buy Mollie her own nail gun!!!! ( hang on that could be it,...she reckons you should have bought a Senco/Ace & K AIR nailer, and shes trying to get you to dump the old  hissy Passy!!!!!!!!!!!! )

JD was expelled, the Dob, was made prefect!!!!!!!

[quote author=WOLF  link=1146896238/0#5 date=1146899502]JD was expelled, the Dob, was made prefect!!!!!!! [/quote]

 They said he was the worst behaved dog they'd ever come across!  They even gave me my money back  

I didn't think he was too bad, perhaps it was when he attacked the instructor that they thought he'd have to go?  

That is the main trouble witha working dog!! it is breed into them, .. the just have to be active!! when i had a pair of Border Collies (Raq & Kiz) they used to end up having a good 4 miles worth of walks each day!!!(oh those were the days, plenty of time!!) and that was with out the use of the looooooonnng garden we had at the time for them to play in!!
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oh dear that bad eh!!??

Not very obiedient, but boy, could it lay those bricks!!!!

[quote author=jasonB  link=1146896238/0#10 date=1146902326]

Obviously took after it's owner

Jason [/quote]

That's unfair, my ASBO ends in 2009  

I really do hate to say this one W/S, but give Molly a Paslode Framing nailer , and she will be as happy as larry helping you out on the (w)roof!!!

ok! ok! i will banish my self forever if you want for that one!!!

Hopefully!!!!
i once covered 13 miles with mine, and i am not sure who was more knackered!! them or me!! (still miss the long walks though!!.. and more so the dogs! but age waits for nothing!! )

now come on W/S.. just who is the more knackered , Molly or your good self!!!! ................

one of my Collies used to chase Squirrels... nightmare when she finally got one!! YUCK!!!

but that is nature!!! along with the aging process... our Bess is definately going to be the last dog we have..... as she is going to be lucky to see out the full year my missus does not want the heart ache again..after this one!!

may be i can make a timber dog!!! .. no feeding , watering!!!  no walking or vets bills (grief!!!)  but plenty of "BARK"ing!!!!!  

[quote author=jasonB  link=1146896238/15#20 date=1147016151]
Best dog I had for walking was my Bulldog, the furthest he would venture was the end of my drive, when he was young he would go a bit further then just give up, it's no fun carrying a 60lbs bulldog up the road. [/quote]
That's terrible! You should have trained him to get as far as the pub..........

Scrit

For a NEWBIE, Bik038, i LOVE it!!!!!  

[quote author=bik038  link=1146896238/15#22 date=1147029954]I have a great solution for you - let's swap nailing tools and your problem will be solved.

I have your paslode nailing gun.

You have my hammer.

Happy dog, happy me!!

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Sorry bik but the dog is spooked by an ordinary hammer these days

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Otherwise I would have definately swapped

Don't know what all the fuss is about the answer is simple ,put ear defender's on the dog-problem  solved.  

This looked a good idea so I thought, I know I'll put my ear defenders on Molly, take a picture and post it here so you can all have a laugh.

Anyway,  she didn't want to wear them.


The doctor said the stitches will come out in a few weeks and the scarring won't be too noticeable.

you forgot the dust mask

[quote author=Stair  link=1146896238/30#31 date=1149087727]you forgot the dust mask [/quote]

Aren't these called muzzles


Welcome to the forum

our mutt is never awake long enough to "stare" out any one these days, if she met a parking warden, it would be to clamp the lazy dawg!!!!

we are thinking of renaming her "ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzz"