JackC

Check here Lisa: NBN rollout map Details are usually 1 months behind real time.

bragger :p hehe I gotta be proud of something, my pup aint here yet to keep talking about :laugh:

:D its usually 98+ but the kids are now back home playing games so is dragging a little

That's my plan above for Koda when we are out, enough room to play and when he has matured a little opening it up further and blocking off only specific rooms / areas. I was taught to stop behaviour you don't want to start with a verbal block, and if that does not work bring the verbal block 3-4 levels louder, if that still doesn't work a physically block might be needed. Do not praise or comfort the dog after you give a verbal block (ARRR or NO) as this will confuse him and make him think that its ok to do that bad thing as long as he stops when asked, you want him to understand that when you say NO or ARRRR its bad full stop and should not be done at all.

ping is the time it takes in miliseconds for your signal to reach the server and then get back to you (round trip) 250+ is extramly bad and noticable 150-250 is bad 100-150 is very below average 50-100 is average 30-50 is good under 30 is very good under 20 is realy great under 10 is fantastic

Working at home on fibre is fun, 100mb down until the kids get out of school then it drops to around 95 down. My work office sucks though, about 5 down on a good day

hmm, might have to swap over to Flizkr from photobucket

If only I had a canon :D

Thanks all, I can't wait for the two weeks to be up, lots to get ready but getting there. will try my best to keep the thread updated as he grows, might even do a vid when he is home.

I'm new to pet insurance and want to do it for my new pup, petplan seems to be a popular choice, happy to spend the extra, any others worth looking at? medibank? allianz? any companies to stay clear of? Thanks

We are due to get Koda on the 31st, only 12 days to go :D still got to get all his bits and make sure the house is ready, gonna be busy this weekend doing all that.

Afternoon all, had my weekly visit to see Koda, wasn't the best of days weather wise so the pics are a little dark, he is 6 weeks old now and getting more active each time I see him :D Only two more weeks till pickup, he was ultra active today so was really hard to get good action photo's, lots of him sleeping though haha Jack

Certainly am, work has already noted that I've been a little distant this week, been thinking of Koda too much haha Koda is the proud son of Dam Alfoxton Giget and Sire Am. Aust. NZ Champ Alnairs the Guardian Imp USA aka bobby, they really need to shorten those names :) May 31st is the ETA for our home, his uncle known as Hagar the handsome :D and he certainly is.

I think these are a great idea, specially if you have a working dog or a dog that likes to get rough and dirty, will be getting one of these for my boy, seen them before and they look very easy to read.

He turned 5 weeks old this weekend, we are allowed to take him home no sooner than 3 weeks from now, he has his vacs a few days before we take home and micro chipping will be done. gives us 3 weeks to prepare our home for him. cant wait :D

He loves cheese :D Hagar, his uncle showing Koda how its done And no day is complete without a pic of Koda sleeping :D Jack and Jaycee

Afternoon all, We have brought an Australian Shepherd into our lives and he is a real bundle of joy, I'm going to be keeping lots of photos of him as he grows and thought we would share some, I'm still learning to take good photo's so any tips are appreciated Camera is a Sony A37, editing software is PS CS5 64bit Age 5 Weeks, May 2013 Saying hello when we got there: Having a few cuddles: Strutting his stuff: Continued on next post

now that is a cuddly akida, just wanna hug him

absolutely incredible dog, I can't even imagine the effort put in by the trainer. really big respect for her.

Haha no doubt he will end up a crazy boy, can't wait to watch him grow and progress.

I agree, very happy with Koda, from what I have seen so far is one of the quieter and less hyper puppies in the litter, there are some blue girl tri's in there that are all over your face when you come over haha. hoping to go see him this weekend and get some day time shots outside.

Hehe was thinking the same thing, he does look a little, nice proportions though, he's gonna be a nice size dude. Anne was great and gave me a nice book to read over all about the first few weeks and what we need to think about, lots to do :D

He is 5 weeks on Friday so 3 weeks after that, he has to have his last vacs and microchip done before we can take him, got lots to prepare for his arrival :D

Evening all, Would like to thank everyone that posted on this thread and helped with our decision on bringing the right dog into our lives I would also like to thank Anne at Alfoxton Dog Training, VIC for being an amazing person to deal with, knowledgeable and a pleasure to learn from We would like to introduce our baby black tri Australian Shepherd, name yet to be decided, leaning towards Koda almost 5 weeks old, He is a little camera shy After some playing and lots of love he fell asleep :D

I've never heard of flyball and I looked up today this: "The height of the jump is 5 inch lower than the shoulder height of the smallest dog on the team, min 7 inch from the ground" I guess that's why she only wants small dogs, but if it was a training camp she is setting up then I don't see why she would only restrict the height to small dogs Flyball looks fun.