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Quote: Originally posted by Lee  | Might as well add my 2 centavos.
Trained my 9.5 y.o. Lab to fetch a ball or frisbee and drop it in my hands. If I don't accept it, she stands there until I do and follows me if I'm
walking waiting to give me the ball/frisbee.
She figured out what I wanted through past plays. Early on, she'd return the ball/frisbee and not let it go until I said ''drop it.'' Then it
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Lee - you're not wrong about being able to train a dog through repetition and consistency. Despite being highly food-motivated, Poppy won't eat from
her bowl until I tell her "okay." Without a backyard, we just don't get enough reps playing fetch to make it reasonable.
I'll also add that while some Australian Cattle Dogs are highly biddable, most of them are "independent thinkers," which is a nice way to say
"stubborn." Trainers familiar with the breed advise against some of the techniques requiring dominance on the part of the human over the dog,
including alpha rolls, choke chains, etc. Being highly intelligent, they are most likely to remember the offense and act out accordingly. Again, we're
taking the long view, trying to overcome her lack of socialization and bad training.
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I'll add another 3 centavos (inflation adjusted). Despite the general characteristics or traits of any given breed, if you raise a litter of puppies
to canine adolescence, you will see different personalities develop.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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| Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo | I'll add another 3 centavos (inflation adjusted). Despite the general characteristics or traits of any given breed, if you raise a litter of puppies
to canine adolescence, you will see different personalities develop.
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We don't know too much about Poppy's formative first 2 years. We do know that she was born to a Cattle Dog-specific breeder that produces a lot of
litters. Here is a picture of Poppy around the time of her first adoption (or should I say "purchase") at 8 weeks old.
She was purchased by a known hoarder in Mississippi who used an alias. As per terms of a previous arrest, she was not permitted to own any dogs, but
purchased Poppy and a male ACD for the purpose of getting right back into backyard breeding. Fortunately, an investigator suspected as much and tried
to put together a case to put the owner back in jail and place the dogs in rescue. By the time this finally happened, Poppy was probably a year and a
half old, and had spent much of her life in a crate hidden from the public. After the bust, Poppy went to an all-breed rescue in Mississippi before
being fostered by a breed-savvy vet in New Bedford, MA. By the time we were in the picture, she was in Portland, Maine for a "foster-to-own" that
didn't work out.
She was not quite two when we finally adopted her, but she certainly missed out on a lot of important socialization. That's not to say we're off the
hook for her anti-social behavior, but we think it will take longer than you average dog.
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Good on you for giving her a chance! I would do the same thing, and in fact, I did that ten years ago.
My current dog is a lovable challenge that I agreed to "foster", but the owners never came back to take her home.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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Here's the latest forecast for southern New England.
I should point out that "low confidence" for 12 to 18 inches still means a mess! I hope the roads are clear enough for us to fly out to Cabo on
Wednesday morning.
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