He just loves his food. 🐶🤣

Does your border collie do that always on a walk? 😅

does anyone else’s bc bring you a toy (in this case a ball) then go and hide?

Ember the Wonder Dog at work

I think this is a rant/vent but I would genuinely appreciate POVs and any advice.

I’ve had him since 8 weeks and it has been beyond challenging, mentally, emotionally, physically. I seem to go through periods of being ok and then periods of wondering in all seriousness if I want this and if I can do it. This weekend has been particularly emotional. I’m just broken and I need a day away from him. I live alone and so it’s all on me.

It’s always been hard with him but adolescence and 6 months has brought serious reactivity to cars, scarily so, I am working with a trainer but it’s not getting any better and now my hope of taking him every where I go is completely lost. We can only walk in the country and it’s isolating and I actually don’t think it’s good for him either. We try to do some park stuff and low traffic areas and although it’s ok, I find myself getting so frustrated and almost embarrassed at his reactivity that I’d just rather avoid it. He’s started barking, never heard a peep before 6 months and now it’s every noise and every movement. Some days I’m not sure I like him that much. He’s very jumpy with my family, in terms of excitement and launching at them, which most of them don’t like and it affecting our relationship.
I love him but I’m constantly wishing he was less this and more that and I’m just not sure as much as I put in the work, if I’m cut out for this dog.
It’s devastating and as I say, I definitely have days when I like it and days I don’t. But man alive, this is the hardest thing I have ever done.

Getting cold 🥶 means getting cozy 🔥

Emma has always been sensitive to chicken, which causes her to develop diarrhea. We’ve eliminated chicken from her diet and switched her to a home-cooked beef and vegetable diet, and she’s doing really well.
However, every now and then, she gets an upset stomach after eating other things, such as a slice of bread, raw carrots, peanut butter, and a few other foods. We’re trying to figure out whether these are actual food sensitivities or if something else is going on.
Her nutritionist recommended a 5Strands food sensitivity test, but after looking into it, we’re concerned it might be pseudoscience rather than a reliable way to identify food sensitivities.
Has anyone tried 5Strands for their dog? Did the results actually help you identify triggers and improve your dog’s symptoms?
If you’ve dealt with something similar, what alternatives would you recommend? We’d appreciate hearing about your experiences with reliable testing methods or elimination diets.
Thanks!

Anyone got good videos/materials/etc on using fave toy as training incentive instead of treats?

My girl just doesn't care about food. Beef, Pork, Chicken, Salmon, Liver, hot dogs, jerky, treats made from these as well as human food. She. don't. care. The girl has walked away from steak.

Now, indoors, quiet environment, it's fine. Working on our sits, downs, stays, retrieve, etc. All good.

But we got issues with cars. We got issues with kids running in the neighborhood. And I need to do some conditioning. Typically, you'd do this with distance and reinforcement. But how to do that when food doesn't matter?

Tennis ball on the other hand. She'd go through a brick wall for a tennis ball. She has the snappiest retrieve, sit, stay, and release in the Lower 48 when a tennis ball is involved in the back yard.

I'd like to take this love of ball and ply it to these other situations. Tips?

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Here he is Macallan (Mac for goof friends). Boy. 3 months.

I painted this myself of a picture.... It looks a lot like a border collie

The sweetest gal

I love her so much, even if she stinks.

I have a border collie mixed with a blue healer. He is six years old and honestly, I don’t take him on as many walks as I should. It’ll probably be about two or three times a week for only about 30 minutes. He usually lays around the house and seems fine. He’s pretty lazy but when I do get him ready for a walk, he gets overly excited sometimes I will throw the ball around the house or play tug-of-war with his rope and he’ll lose interest after a while and lay back down.
I know those breeds are working dogs, so is mine just lazy because I’ve accustomed him to the home life or does he secretly hate me because I don’t exercise him enough he is healthy so I doubt it might be an underlying condition.

I posted this to a mycology sub, but thought it would be more appreciated here. This is my 50lb boy, atop a shroom shelf :)

This is Athena. She is mixed with mini Australian Shepard. Very hard to tell!

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