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Dunwurkn Border Collies

Locality: Gympie, Queensland

Phone: +61 428 186 053

Address: Dunwurkn Border Collies 4570 Gympie, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.dunwurknbordercollies.com.au

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25.01.2022 They are getting big... 5 weeks old today... check the comments on this photo for some video of them munching on chicken necks :)

25.01.2022 As promised for all of you wanting to know more about teenage collies: UNDERSTANDING THE BORDER COLLIE: LIVING WITH A COLLIE TEENAGER Most of us appreciate that... adolescence - or the transition through puberty to adulthood - can be a time of considerable physical and mental upheaval for humans. But not all of us realise that the same can apply to dogs, as they leave their more puppyish dependency on us behind, and begin to develop - or experiment with - more independent ways of thinking and behaving. Canine adolescence, too, can be tough for dogs. And something of a watershed moment, where all the different growth pressures, as well as neurological and hormonal changes, going on in their bodies may more strongly expose any deeper weaknesses in their physical construction (such as Hip/Elbow Dysplasia) or inherent nature. If a dog is going to show more marked tendencies towards fear, aggression, more obsessive behaviour patterns or heightened social anxiety when out, it is likely to be around this time. Adolescence will typically begin in collies around 6-7 months, and will be more obvious in changes like bitches having their first heat, or male dogs beginning to cock their legs and scent mark. Thereafter it can last until up to two years. However, in every dog adolescence can be a different experience, in terms of the changes it brings in them, and how long these will last. Some dogs will sail through their adolescence barely changed in any way, whereas other collie teenagers may present you with more challenges. They may, for instance, seem to have suddenly 'forgotten' all the earlier training you did with them, or no longer come back to you so readily when called. It can be easy to view this as the dog becoming more 'defiant' in outlook, when really the dog's capacity to maintain greater focus/concentration/responsiveness is being greatly compromised by the pressures of growth. Every day the dog's body is growing, their brain needs to make new neurological connections to all the new cells and tissues that are developing inside. This can render their brains like constantly overloaded power stations, and poorer memory, focus, or even more impulsive and reckless behaviours can all be the result. Dogs can suddenly seem much clumsier too. These behaviours should all right themselves again once growth is complete, and providing the quality of the earliest training you did with your collie, as a puppy, is really sound. Because adolescence, alas, can also highlight any flaws inherent in our own earlier training of our dogs. Sometimes, at adolescence, collies may seek to more actively avoid doing something you are asking them to do, not just down to teenage 'brain fog', but because this is an aspect of their deeper developing nature - i.e. one that is more obsessed with control, and a fear of losing or surrendering this control to others in any context. As outlined in my books, this is a part of some collies' inherent wiring that you must know how to recognise, and work with, in all elements of their training and daily management, if you are not to have a far more frustrating life with them. My books also highlight how a better evaluation of any collie's basic nature - and more personal strengths or vulnerabilities - in puppyhood can make you that much more prepared for the dog's adolescence later, in terms of what is likely to become a bigger issue for them as they grow, and what you might do, in advance, to stop this happening. In truth, no matter how bad it can sometimes seem for some owners, most collies do get through the trickier waters of adolescence, to become far more civilised adults later on. Expect some bumpier moments inbetween. But never lose faith that the lovely dog you had before adolescence, won't return to you again if you just hold on tight and see the journey through. One thing I have not had time to mention here is the impact of neutering procedures on dogs, and the effect these can have their later physical and psychological development or health, if done too early; including before or around adolescence. But this will be the subject of a later feature. All text Carol Price 2020

25.01.2022 If you haven't yet discovered or followed the collieology page, go and take a look.. some great articles on our beloved breed, here is their latest ...

24.01.2022 Sitting watching the storm... we are right on the edge but we did get hail... Decoy likes ice

24.01.2022 Learning to relax after a paddock run :)

23.01.2022 Some recent photo updates of Kallie (Groot) & Kicks

22.01.2022 And then there was one... it’s very quiet in the puppy pen right now... Google left us yesterday to start new adventures... Fukko has handled being the only one left the only way he knows how... not bothered at all ... slept through the night in his crate in the lounge room and enjoyed a quick walk with the big dogs this morning...

22.01.2022 When your just home from an evening canine Disc competition.. it's Roo tails for dinner.. while the human enjoys a coffee..

21.01.2022 Don’t know about this lot, lazing around while I rake rocks and level dirt

21.01.2022 Getting so big 3 weeks old now

21.01.2022 Dam adventures for the remaining two ... coming down to help start the pump ... yep Fukko fell in the dam

18.01.2022 When it’s a lovely sunny QLD day it’s Bath day for all 12 adults and 3 puppies hydrobathed ... #wontstaycleanforlong

18.01.2022 The towel is for a pillow apparently

17.01.2022 Check out the deals ... Dunwurkn dogs love there Stance PetTec products .

14.01.2022 These popped up in my FB memories ... taken back in 2017 at the QLd state titles .. great memories of Logic, Decoy & their two sons Bonus & Rehab in action ... Decoy was the 2017 QLD state champion for Open Women’s throw & catch and Games :)

13.01.2022 Just hanging out with my Great Grandma GT

11.01.2022 Is your border collie a licker? I have a couple in my crew who are...

11.01.2022 Someone is off on an adventure today...

10.01.2022 Early morning shenanigans followed by a trip to Bunnings ... he got lots of pats and wanted to help at the checkout

07.01.2022 Two very different ways of snuggles on the couch

05.01.2022 The joys of being an only puppy a temporary stay in the kennel whilst the rest were let out of the gate and then a paddock run and a swim, and now in the puppy pen for an afternoon nap. Video in comments

05.01.2022 This crazy muppet turns 4 today happiest of 4th birthdays to all the Lark / Focus babies ... Extra, Gus, Ace, Time, Twix, Blink & Presto

03.01.2022 As promised - our breed expert's feature on impulse control in BCs: UNDERSTANDING THE BORDER COLLIE: THE IMPACT OF IMPULSE CONTROL ON YOUR DOG'S BEHAVIOUR Often... we will talk about Border collies being more reactive and excitable dogs, when really this is just down to the whole way their brains are wired. And their more specific levels of impulse control. Impulse control basically concerns how rapidly a dog will feel the urge to respond, physically, to a specific mental stimulus. Or anything that suddenly exerts a sensation of greater mental pressure on their brain. Emotional states like fear, excitement, frustration, anxiety, anticipation (i.e. of something good or bad about to happen) or a sense of threat are commonest examples of these greater mental pressures, which propel a dog into wanting to make some more immediate physical response. What then separates one dog from another is how much of a brake he can exert on the process of a thought, or emotional sensation, turning into a physical reaction, and how severe that reaction is. Some collies have hair trigger brains, and thus the slightest form of external mental stimulation is sufficient to launch a more immediate physical reaction in them. Others will need far more in the way of mental or emotional provocation to mount a similar kind of response, if they mount one at all. This is what basically forms the difference between dogs with poorer, or greater, impulse control. To complicate the picture still further, some collies may also have much poorer sensory filters. Meaning the level of sensory input crashing into their brains daily from their environment is so unremitting and overwhelming that their brains keep them in a more constant state of physical reactivity. And such dogs will need far more ongoing support and help from owners to keep their stress levels down. Poorer impulse control in collies, and the kind of reactivity issues (e.g. lunging, nipping, chasing, whining, barking, spinning, hyperactivity) that so often accompany it, tends to have a genetic root. In that it is the inevitable by-product of continually breeding dogs to have more heightened levels of sensitivity, reactivity and responsiveness for their traditional livestock working role. They are also dogs who more readily fire adrenaline into their systems, and keep these levels sustained for some period of time. It is also important to realise that collies, themselves, can really struggle to better check their physical responses to mental stimulations or pressures, as so much of this process, and behaviour, will be purely instinctive. As opposed to something they can more consciously control. The worst thing you can do with any collie who becomes more excitable or reactive in their behaviour, is to get more hostile or reactive yourself, as this simply piles even more mental pressure and provocation on the dog, meaning their physical reactions get even stronger or even more defensive, and will last even longer. It is far better to keep absolutely calm and quiet - if you are out - and just wait for your dog's excess physical response to wind down eventually by itself. Or, if you are at home, put them in another room or place where they are immediately removed from whatever source of stimulation was winding them up, and again wait for them to wind down again. Younger collies, in particular, can have a greater struggle with impulse control, but you can still greatly improve the impulse control levels of any dog, with the right training. This training teaches dogs to ever expand the gap, or time delay, that exists in them between a mental sensation and a physical reaction. So that they eventually become less excitable and reactive in many other areas of their lives, too, as their brains get ever more adept at self-calming, or mastering greater emotional self-control. Conversely, the less impulse control training a collie gets, the ever more reactive and excitable a dog he may become, because he lacks the ability to know how to be anything else. The specific exercises you will need to teach your dog better impulse control are all outlined in BOOK TWO (red cover) of my BORDER COLLIES:A BREED APART trilogy, entitled ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS & LEARNING. For better impulse control really is one of those life lessons, or skills, that no Border collie can ever be worse off for learning. All text Carol Price 2020

02.01.2022 Some pics of the Dunwurkn crew at Saturday’s Halloween Howlers Canine Disc Games Competition... thanks to the talented photographers for these memories .. Dogs had fun no matter how bad my throwing was ... Bonus came home with a qualifying card for Accuracy in 6th place out of a 41 team field ... the rest just had lots of fun

01.01.2022 Then home to help plant some shrubs