About Dogs...

Well, I pick border collie website. Since I do have border collie, Reese. (obvious, huh?) I have already know about Border Collie could have strong instinct of herding. When Reese was younger, my parents and I were in the living room talking and moving around. My mom keep on moving futuiture(sp?) around until she's satified that will take a long time. About Reese, my mom was playing with her and she ended up in the cornor. When my mom tried to move, Reese bark at my mom. She came back to the corner, then move different direction. Again, she bark at her. So, my mom move slightly, she moved her paw up and hit the floor. Then my mom move slightly different direction then she use other paw up and hit the floor then bark at my mom. When my mom moved, she nip(bite, lightly) at her heel. It hurts sometimes. So, my mom move back to the corner, Reese's fine. Hahaha, she certain have that herding instinct. Of course, mom have to stop her once she leaves the corner. We taught her "No bite" or "ah-huh" (in disappoval voice). She'll stop. Sometimes, when I'm running (more of in a hurring walk) in the house, she would nip my heel. I said to her, "Hey, no bite!" not in yelling kind of way. She would stop as I continue to do whatever I was doing. She likes to nip, sometimes.

I read it mention that border collie likes to chew and chew and chew anything. When I notice that Reese has the urge to chew, I gave her the bone to help her satified her needs to chew. Sometimes, she would keep on chew, chew, chew and chew then she forget to breath. I look at her carefully, her chest doesn't move up and down. I have to grab the bone away from her. She's panting real fast like she have been running around or something. She wouldn't take no for answer. She wants her bone back. She would jump up and down on me and bark for it. Of course, I have to be firm with her by saying "no" and put on top of some where that she can't reach. For about half hour to an hour, her breathing is back to normal and she doesn't panting as much then I gave the bone back. I told her, "good girl" I did repeat that twice or third to make sure that she's breathing.

I do keep my eye on her.

Oh yeah, she did chew on cords. I tried to get her to stop until one day, she's afraid of the cord. I was like "huh?" so I asked my mom about that. Hahaha, mom said that she had experience the electroned(sp?) but I'm kinda glad that it wasn't worst such as kill her. She learned her lesson and never chew the cords ever again because it is rather painful experience for her. In fact, she's afraid of them, now. She would avoid them every time she had a chance. She refuse to go where's all the cords are at even if the ball is ending up there...

She likes to chew my shoes and clothes, too. I managed to put them up in the closet. Great way to force myself to stay clean in my bedroom. Haha. I even managed to put all my dirty clothes in the basket and put in the closet, too or in the bathroom under the cabinet.

P.s. Reese is dreaming right now. She's barking in muffle(sp) kind of way in her sleep. Now she stop barking but still asleep.