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[Flatcoatluver]

Thank you Janna,

You have gave me a lot of information, that I did not get from a lot of breeders when I was talking to collie breeders. One collie breeder said that she only fed her dogs once a day and then lets them out to play 15 mins later. I was a little shocked by that one.

Zack is a stunner!

[Spiritwind]

Thank you Janna,

You have gave me a lot of information, that I did not get from a lot of breeders when I was talking to collie breeders. One collie breeder said that she only fed her dogs once a day and then lets them out to play 15 mins later. I was a little shocked by that one.

Zack is a stunner!

Oh yes.. I've heard of people that do that too... first they will soak the food in warm water for 15 minutes or so to make it all soggy and gross.. then feed them and keep them confined in a crate for 15 minutes or more.. After my first dog bloated I did that for a little while.. but the 2nd dog that bloated, bloated on an empty stomach.. Also both dogs were eating Canidae so you really can't blame the quality of food the dog eats on its bloating..... so while you can try to reduce the risks of bloat, short of tacking the stomachs ahead of time (something I hope breeders do NOT start doing) you can't really prevent it from happening 100% if its gonna happen..

I no longer crate my dogs after eating haven't done that in years.. you have to let them be dogs... they live in a group together (except when girls are in season)... They are fed once a day... they eat a mixture of Canidae and Diamond Naturals, and add 1 can of food and a little bit of warm water to help mix the canned food.. I mix it all up in a large bowl (1 can between 9 dogs so not alot of canned) and scoop it out to their bowls... after they eat if they want to go run and play they can do so... if they want to go crash on the couch they can do that too LOL

[cassiesmom]

Spiritwind, your dogs are beautiful!!

My mom has a friend who has a Sheltie. I've only met him a couple of times - he is very active. Binka nugget said "zoomy", I think that's an ideal description! When I was little, we had a family friend that had a collie. I liked to comb him, and then pet him to "mess it up", and then comb him some more. He put up with me doing that!

[cassiesmom]

Hello, Andy and Aiden, Angie, Kelsey and Paris ... I was just looking at pictures of Lucy in another thread so I came back to look at the pictures of beautiful you again too!

[cassiesmom]

Dear Aiden and Andy, I copied this photo from Robilee's thread about Zack. Just in case I haven't already said so today - You are very, very beautiful! Zack is very beautiful, you are both fluffy and magnificent. Paris and Kelsey, Angie and Lucy -- you are gorgeous ladies! And I am back here looking at all your pictures again today because they make me smile!

[Spiritwind]

Thanks Cassiesmom!

Just for added info.. Zack is Andy and Aiden's grandsire! I just love the picture Robin got of those 2 goofy boys!!

[bckrazy]

Andy and Aiden are gorgeous boys! They obviously take after Grandpa Zack. ; )

[K9karen]

Your dogs are drop dead exquisite!

[RobiLee]

Janna, I didn't get too many pics while I was there and what I did take didn't turn out too well. I wish I could have taken some more time to take a ton of pics of all your gorgeous furkids.

This one is blurry but I want everyone to see those bouncing baby boys. I think they should have been called Tigger 1 and Tigger 2...bouncey, bouncey, bouncey. They were so excited to see me and were bouncing up and down. I thought for sure they might just spring right over the fence.




Lucy and Amy, who were outside so I could spend some time with Zack


Amy



The Doublemint Twins again..lol. Love these two!



That was all I got. I'm so sad that I didn't get any pics of Paris and Kelsey. Two of my favs. Who am I kidding they are all my favs...lol. Like I said I wish I could have spent lots more time there and took tons of pictures. It was hard to get any snapshots while I was there because they were all so excited to see me..lol. When I first got there Zack, Paris, Lucy and Kelsey were all inside and were all over me, which I was loving...lol. Nothing beats being surrounded by beautiful collies.

[Spiritwind]

LOL love those pictures, especially of Andy and Aiden... see they show off the true collie right there! LOL Or atleast the young rough male! Just BIG, happy, goofy, clowns!! With VERY short attention spans LOL

[Denyce]

I don't have any pictures of my girl that are scanned but I have her in my mind. I will scan some perhaps and post them here. But I grew up with a collie.

I was an only child and at the age of 3 my parents decided to purchase a collie for me. This was in 1965 and they searched around in California and found a collie breeding farm by the name of Autumn Acres. My parents talked to the breeder and told them what they wanted and they choose a sable and white rough coated female.

We went to the farm to pick up our puppy. This is probably the earliest memory I have but I got out of the car and this herd of puppies came racing over and knocked me down and just crawled all over me licking and yelping. I picked up the one that was licking me the most and declared I wanted THIS ONE. Luckily it was the female my parents had decided on and we took her home. I got to name her and since Lassie was my absolutely favorite show on TV you can guess what we named her.

Little Lassie of Autumn Acres was her registered name.

She was my Lassie. She was my very best friend and companion until I was 17 years old. When I was 5 and I was deaf from all the fluid in my ears it was determined it was due to dog allergies and the fact that I slept each night with my face buried in Lassies ruff. I was given the choice of getting rid of the dog or going on shots once a week. Well I of course chose the shots.

She would instinctually do what the dog on TV would. She would keep my friends and myself away from the street or strangers or strange dogs. She always watched out for us and made sure no one she didn't know approached. She never bit anyone in her entire life but she sure scared the hell out of some people. But she was gentle and kind with kids and people she knew. She would pull us by the back of our little sundresses until we were away from the sidewalk.

She hated water with a passion but when we went camping in the Sierra Nevadas she would follow me into every stream just barking and complaining to my parents that they were allowing me to go into DANGER DANGER! Denyce is in the well!

My whole life it was like having a celebrity. We took her with us everywhere we went it seems. Kids would go..."Look mom there's Lassie". She of course would turn her head at hearing her name and watch the child go ballistic because they were postivie she was the "real" Lassie. Of course in true collie fashion she was be ballistic also. We used to say she would bark at a leaf blowing down the street.

She was an awesome fantastic dog and I am almost 46 and I still cry from missing her. At 17 I made the ultimate decision to let her go. She had loved and protected me for so long I had to love her that much back.

I didn't get another dog until 4 years ago when we rescued Sequoia our husky. Now I have a "snow dog" celebrity. *soft smile*

[RobiLee]

Denyce, thank you so much for sharing that story. It really touched my heart and I could feel everything you were feeling when you wrote it.

{{{HUGS}}}

Give some of those hugs to that beautiful snow dog that you have now!

[Denyce]

Thank you. You know the differences between the collie and the husky are so much more than I would have thought but I love them both as much. Sequoia wouldn't guard or protect us for nothing and most of the time people have no idea we have a dog because she is so quiet. But the playfulness and love is all the same. I don't know if I can have a collie again. Lassie was so perfect and such a HUGE part of my childhood and what made me what I am that I wouldn't want to always compare my new collie with her. But I love them and the pictures of them take my breath away.

[RobiLee]

I understand what you mean about getting another collie.

I have to say that even though I have only had Zack for a week now, not even quite a week yet,that I have fallen hard for this breed. When he goes outside he seems so protective and barks so mean at the neighbors but when he is inside he is this shy timid boy and so sweet and endearing. He seems so gentle. Last night I actually had him bouncing around the living room with me,katie and tori. Now that was fun! It was so good to have all 4 of us playing together. I definitely see more collies in the future for me

[Denyce]

Ok. I missed Zack. I had to do a search so I saw his pictures. Wow! He is beautiful and I am sure you are going to enjoy many happy years with him. *happy sigh* Lassie for some reason really hated huskies and malamutes. It was the only dog she would ever go after. Well except for the time mom told her the little floppy dog that the owners down the street would let loose to piddle in everyone else's yard was a cat and let her loose. She took off across the yard, knocked that evil "cat" over and had her paw on it's belly before realizing it was a dog. She let it up with a perpelxed look on her face and shaking her head. She must have thought mom was such an idiot. I tell you that little floppy dog never came back.

she always acted like she HATED cats but one time the neighbor got a kitten that was way too young and would put it on top of a dog house so the beagle couldn't reach it. Lassie would put her paws on the top of the fence from our side and bring the kitten into our yard and take care of it all day long. She did that for a couple of weeks until she felt the kitten was old enough to take care of itself. From then on she would chase the kitten if she saw it. She never caught it but she would chase it barking like mad.