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Thanks to all who have posted. She really is an excellent dog in all other respects. When we got her we were told at the pound she was an Aussie Shephard. It wasn't until a visit to the vet that we found out she was a Border Collie. I would still have gotten her from the pound but at least I...

Thanks Bustermom, I'll check it out.

Hi, Roxanna. We were keeping three dogs. When Somba left us we rescued a Border Collie from the local pound. You can read my post about the troubles I'm having with her in the "Other Pets" forum, titled "Need help with Border Collie behavior." She is quite an intensive dog and at this time...

I had a box turtle I kept in our backyard when I was growing up in Maryland. She never left, we would feed her and I could pet her head. One year she never reappeared after the winter hibernation. I found her shell in the ground along the fence line a couple years later. Old girl must have died...

Well, a couple times I could see a trigger, but a couple times it just appeared to happen out of the blue. The first time the BC, Sweetie, was eating when the S/C, Baby was coming around trying to eat out of her bowl. Sweetie snapped at her a couple times but I guess Baby didn't get the...

OK, when we lost our Somba earlier this year we went looking for a dog to rescue. Of course we had a boxer in mind but they are hard to find in the pounds. Anyway, while searching the pounds I came across this very forlorn looking young adult black and white Border Collie. She was just so sweet...

Some of you may remember when we lost our Somba girl back in April. Now we've had to put our oldest girl Buddy down too. She was a great girl, 11 years old. I'm really sad to have lost both my girls in the same year. I miss them every day. angelicon Buddy at The Bridge...

angelicon Somba has passed on to The Bridge carrying messages of love for all your furbabbies there. I know we did all we could for her, and I'm glad she can now run free. I miss her already and look forward to seeing her again.

You have all been so kind, I can't thank you enough for your expressions of sympathy and support. Somba's appt. is at 11:45 this morning. Not to diminish her worth to us in any way....but we'll be looking for a soul to rescue that can fit into our little clan here. Our skinkids are older, 13 &...

Update 04/03/02: The news was not good, I have no idea how to spell the medical terms so I'll do the best I can. Thyroid carcenoma. A rapidly matastasizing type, already shedding cells and found in the fluid in her chest. Surgery would buy her 6 months tops, and much of that time would be...

Yes, she,s a female. She lookx totally like a sheppard except she's a little smaller with some red hair(long) and some black patches on her tongue.

:lol: I don't mean just when they want something, or when they are doing the woo woo song. But I mean consantly talking to you in some form or another. The reason I ask is because we recently rescued a sheppard/chow mix 1 year old and this dog won't quit. It's not barking but constant humms...

:eek: I have to tell you this but it's not pretty so if you are sensitive please don't read. While we were gone one week day some one forgot to lock the pool bath door. One of my boxers opened it(it's not the first time and I don't know how they are doing it) and they caught a cat in the...

The exact reason why I prefer to rescue my fur babies either from a shelter or from going to the shelter. Buddy, brindle spayed female, 10, rescued at age 2 Somba, fawn spayed female, 8, rescued at age 3 Baby, soon to be spayed sheppard/chow mix, rescued at age 1

:rolleyes: Both boxers 8 & 10 have free run of the house, there is no doggie door in the house but there is one out into the backyard from the screen enclosure. Our new 1 year old rescue sheppard/chow mix has needed to be crated though, she was still chewing up everything. Just recently though...