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I have always had great success with front attached harnesses. I have also used haltis in the past too, but prefer the harness. If you are using a halti, make sure you are also attached to the collar incase he slips his halti which is pretty easy to do. I used to have a lead on the halti & another lead on the collar & used it a bit like a double rein on a horse, so that the lead on the halti only came into play when needed....if you know what I mean. I found that worked very well. :) ETA...both my dogs walk fine now on a loose lead.

I would also be wanting to know where the ingredients come from in both the dry & the canned. Do the ingredients come from China for example I wouldn't eat any produce that came from China & I certainly wouldn't feed them to my dog.

Get yourself a copy of "The Focused Puppy" by Deborah Jones & Judy Keller. It's all in there

Sounds like the sort of response you would get from a politician Lazy buggers

Top of the bag reads 50% protein, but it's 24% protein really...so a little bit misleading IMO. Also I would think that 1% salt is a little excessive. That is equivilent to 1 teaspoon of salt for every 99 teaspoons of other ingredients, but I may be misreading it. Also, can't see from the photo, but is it preservative, artificial colours & GMO free ????

Also boasting on another website...producing 500 puppies a year for pet shops in Gold Coast & Brisbane

Someone just posted this on my facebook...property for sale currently running 80 breeders...I thought they meant cattle Real estate

If I were you, I would be sticking with the dog you have until you are much, much more experienced in agility training, before you consider getting a border collie. They don't come already trained :) & a good BC with lots of drive will become frustrated with you & then you have all sorts of problems with barking, spinning & generally being out of control & yes, even jumping up & biting you on the elbow or bum. Others will become so frustrated, that they will shut down. You may also find that most of those breeders already mentioned will probably not sell you a pup until you are more experienced in agility & have more experience with border collies. The fun thing about training a dog is that you have to work with the dog you have....it's all about "the journey"...you & your dog learning together :) It's a fun sport, but we all have to work with the dogs we have...we can't just go on collecting dogs looking for the perfect pup :)

We have a young guy from Dunwurkn & couldn't be happier. Lovely personality, heaps of drive, loves his agility, very healthy & lots of follow up support from Allison. She even has a facebook page for all her pups, so that we can all keep in touch (those who want to) Performance homes get first priority. Her dogs are into Agility, flyball, herding & Frisbee. :)

So is it a bit like VANs where you add water to it. So 500gm costs $30 & it makes up into 2 kilos when hydrated....is that correct

Seems expensive

Kenz is very lucky to have you as a Mum :)

I've done a bit of Googling...probably the same as others here, :) but what I have come up with, is that dogs do make their own Vit. C, so nutritionist say that Vit. C suppliments are unnecesary, but may be of assistance for young, old, ill or dogs under stress including stress from physical activities (which would be mine). Also it can cause loose stools, & if so, cut the amount right back & slowly increase the amount of suppliment. I couldn't find anywhere that said that giving Vit C suppliments to dogs causes them to stop producing it themselves. If they have too much they simply expel it in their urine along with Vit B. So I have cut Bindi's back by at least a half & see how she goes.

I started my girl on the maintenance dose about a week ago & she has had loose poos ever since....I guess this is normal Would like to know the answer to the Vit. C querie too, if someone comes up with it. :)

Anyone decided if they are going or not. I have booked my accomodation...so that's a start

Maybe start by asking his breeder, she may even be able to demonstrate :) I know nothing about it, but would imagine it is something you would have to do from an early age.

This was the question I was asking a few pages ago. Maybe the answer lies in when you want to take your dog off Vit. C, do so very gradually & then maybe the dog will start to produce it themselves.

Yes, definitely can be done - a couple of handlers I know have trained it really well and the dogs absolutely nail it. I'm not one of them :laugh: I have done it once, but didn't mean to & got DQ'd. It was a distance challenge where she came down the A-Frame then had to go out to a jump. Because I had trained her P/T's by first sending her out then bringing her back over...I was too early with my "out" & she did a beautiful P/T instead of just taking the jump. She was so happy with it, her tail was wagging & she thought she had been such a clever girl I didn't have the heart to tell her we had just been DQ'd :laugh: & praised her instead & kept running.

I can't use the car seat belt with my two. One girl spins so I have to put her harness on a tether & tether it behind & above her head on the cargo barrier, so that when she spins she ducks underneath the strap. The other guy loves to chew up car seatbelts, so no good for him either. With him I use a short chain to tether his harness to the cargo barrier. Not perfect, I know, but better than being distracted while driving by a dog contantly getting tangled up in the seat belt. Short clipping it to a car seat belt is for dogs that are beautifully behaved & just sit there the whole time looking out the window.....I wish :laugh:

I have decided to go with the verbal cue "push" supported by my outer leg & arm. I am introducing the push-through to class tonight & just wanted people's opinions as to whether or not it should have it's own verbal cue. Thankyou everyone for your input. With both a verbal cue & body cue, I don't see why it can't eventually be distance handled, though I have never seen it done. :)

We have made most of our own equipment. You can see our set up by clicking HERE For the jumps we used poly pipe with joiners. If you want the exact spec. for each piece of equipment you can get it from the ADAA or ANKC website, depending on what agility you are running...they do differ a little bit.

Megan...yes...when I give the cue "go round" I want a nice tight wrap. DC with Bindi her cue is "get out" followed by "here". Just surprising that Sandy Rogers uses the same verbal cue as her "jump" cue. Love the idea of "far-cue" but could lead to DQ on course :laugh:

I already use "go round" when wanting them to wrap around the staunchon from the front. Maybe just zip, zip would be good. OH says Oh No, just one more word he has to remember...but hey...if it's good enough for the dogs to remember it :laugh:

For those who arn't familiar with what the "push-through" is, it's when you push the dog around the side of the jump so that he jumps from the backside of the jump. Usually only get it in Masters. When I taught Bindi, no-body taught me the proper way to do it, so I just taught her to "get out" just before the jump & then pull her back over it. Just started to teach the new boy & thought I would do it the way Sandy Rogers teaches it, in the Clean Run issue of August 2010. She teaches it by stepping & pushing the dog (who is on your outside leg) past the staunchon & then rotates her body so the dog comes back over the jump. When she pushes the dog out, she gives the same verbal cue as her "jump" cue. I was actually thinking it would be better to put a different verbal cue on this action. For those who do the push-through, what verbal cue do you use if any. ???

Thanks Scarlett - that is really interesting. No Costco near me though unfortunately Just make sure it's not caught up in the recent recall by Diamond Foods