Dog Days

Dog Days at Mid-Atlantic Border Collie Rescue

21 August 2008

now the Terrorists..er Puppies

I had forgotten how much fun getting up at 6am Mon - Sun was and want to thank them greatly for the refresher course.
No they are a delight and endlessly entertaining. They are pretty much house broken except for the occasional mis-communication ending in an accident. Both if in the ex-pen or crate will bark and cry if they have to potty. They are little tornadoes flying through the house and steal every toy in sight dragging it back to the "Troll Hole" aka the ex-pen for further inspection.
They have discovered cats and I am totally amazed at how tolerant Chaos is with the frequent face washings she gets from Lila, letting the pup know enough is enough with a gentle clawless tap on the head. The other two cats prefer distancing themselves Spike simply hisses in disgust, and C.C. heads for the hills or meows (whines).
They have a natural sit when they come up to you and have discovered the joys of chicken on doing so. Outside in the field they will follow as you walk off leash and are pretty good on leash. L is the more athletic and daring she figured the stairs going up and down on her own, B is a little more tentative and took some convincing that YES you can do it.
They now happily stamped up and down on their own. L is definitely the leader and will initiate wrestling sessions, despite her smaller size usually coming out on top although B gives as well as he gets They have in the the style of 99.9% of puppies, yet to meet a stranger. They already dash happily through a tunnel at full length in the back yard.

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