Tamarani Border Collies in Glengarry, Tasmania, Australia | Pet breeder

Tamarani Border Collies

Locality: Glengarry, Tasmania, Australia

Phone: +61 420 230 449

Address: Loop Road 7275 Glengarry, TAS, Australia

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23.01.2022 Especially important info for border collies.

23.01.2022 Ever noticed those slits at the sides of a dog's nose? Why do dogs have them? Once again, nature proves her elegance in the design of our dogs. When we humans ...inhale and exhale, air comes in the same way it goes out. Any smells that come in through our mouths are forced out as we exhale, if we exhale out our mouths. When a dog exhales through his nose, however, the exhaled air is released through those slits and off to the side so that nice, smelly air going into the dog's nostrils doesn't get diluted with the outgoing air. Put another way, the slits allow the dog to avoid smelling what he just exhaled. The slits help the dog hold scent particles in the nostrils even as exhaled air passing out the slits creates a swirling air turbulence allowing interesting odors to be inhaled directly into the centre of each nostril. Since dogs breathe faster when trying to sniff a certain smell, they widen their nostrils to pull in more air which makes it possible for a dog searching for smells to have a steady stream of air coming in for up to 40 seconds, maybe even longer. The slits also allow dogs to wiggle each nostril independently which gives them the ability to know which nostril a smell entered. This is how a dog can pinpoint where a smell is coming from, and why a dog searching for smells on the ground will weave back and forth as he follows a trail. We all know the superb smelling abilities of dogs, but let's use an analogy between scent and sight to really put it into perspective: If our eyes were our nose, what we as humans can see at a third of a mile, our dog can see more than 3,000 miles away and still see as well. Just wow.

20.01.2022 Take your dog’s toys away! A lesson I teach over and over is this: For dogs that love to play with toys, you probably need to take them away when it is not play... time. . The classic example is a Border Collie or similar herding breed who just loves to play ball. There is always a ball somewhere to be found - under the sofa, in the yard, in the toy box, next to his bed. Many times a day - often 20 or 30 or even more - the dog gets a ball and comes to solicit play from his human. . While this seems cute and it’s flattering that your dog wants to play with you all day long, it is not healthy for the dog to be in constant expectation of playtime and to feel that it is HIS TASK to make it happen. . These dogs have problems to truly relax and they are always ready to spring into action should someone walk past their beloved toys. It actually puts quite a burden on the dog: To think that he is only a couple more minutes of begging away from playing ball again. To think that if he only brought you the ball another 5 times and dropped it in your coffee mug or on the keyboard of your laptop, you would probably play with him. This is not a healthy mindset and is likely to lead to stress and overarousal in already highly excitable breeds. It creates and maintains an obsession that makes it tricky for the dog to really calm down and settle. . Of course, you should play with your dog whenever you want to play. But when you are done, put the toy away so that your dog has a chance to calm down. Do not put him in charge of guaranteeing playtime by leaving toys out and waiting for him to pester you with them. IT IS NOT YOUR DOG’S TASK TO MAKE YOU PLAY WITH HIM. . Try it out - put the toys out of his reach and only get them when it is playtime. Your dog might become a whole lot more relaxed when he does not have to obsess about his next playtime 12 hours a day! . Happy Training :) See more

18.01.2022 https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=u_BEXER4lGo

17.01.2022 As promised my article on - The Young & the Hyperactive dog - How should they be managed? I've been living with Border Collies now since 1992 and there have be...en many!. Over the years I've learnt lots about "Hyperactive adrenaline junkies" as I call them. Every time someone new sees me with the dogs they say "Gee I bet they need a lot of exercise". Its funny how everyone just assumes high energy breed ='s must have lots of high energy exercise! Well this is often the first huge mistake new owners of high energy breeds make! Why? Some dogs get a "high" off the adrenaline that is released by high energy exercise & this is very addictive to these dogs! These high energy dogs often have the ability to go all day once their fitness is built up! So wearing them out becomes impossible! What happens when you can't give them their Adrenaline release for a few days or a few weeks?? They go crazy! Breaking an exercise routine can also cause high stress levels in these dogs. Some of these dogs will have high arousal levels that are redirected to Car Chasing or reacting to dogs barking behind fences etc. So what should we do? The first thing I teach my Border Collie puppies is how to just chill & do nothing! This means I food reward being still & I do this often. I teach them how to be happy & relaxed in a Puppy Pen & Crate. I try & keep exercise calm. Don't let them develop into "Exercise Junkies"! Control high energy exercise like ball throwing & racing around with other dogs. I don't develop a Routine! We all know those dogs who start running around & getting worked up, because they know 5pm is the time you take the dog out for their exercise! I'm very unpredictable when I take the dogs out for exercise & also the type of exercise. Direct your exercise depending on the dog. If your dog is "high as a kite" then going out to the park & throwing the ball for them over & over... Is only going to increase their adrenaline release! Controlled on lead walking maybe a better choice? I want adult dogs who have excellent 'OFF" switches & this is learnt best in the first 12mths of their life. I call it teaching my dogs to be "Lazy" Just lie about on the lounge & do nothing! I can wear a dog out much easier by doing training & working their mind. Dogs need mental stimulation. This is why I love trick training. I also use lots of different food dispensing toys to keep them occupied. I however do require some of my dogs to be very fit for the work they do & hence they do get a huge amount of exercise! But I'm prepared to have high energy Adrenaline Junkies that do require a lot of training. I don't think most people want this...So be careful what you create!! but still my young dogs only get controlled exercise with a "when I feel like it motto" to enhance my OFF Switch when nothing is happening!.

11.01.2022 BEHAVIOR TALK - A Facebook Live Series Live Q & A with Dr. Tu and Jeanne You worked so hard with your puppy, and they were doing great. Suddenly, they’re actin...g like you don’t exist. When you find yourself calling your pup stubborn, lazy, or just plain unruly your pup might be in the middle of doggy adolescence. Yes, doggy teenagers can be rebellious too. This period falls between 6 and 24 months of age, or until sexual and social maturity. Behavior Vets invites you to join Dr. Tu and Jeanne for a discussion on taking your aggravating adolescent to an amazing adult! What can you do to address unruly behavior in your pup? What games and enrichment are appropriate at this stage? What do you do if your pup shows new fears towards things they were not afraid of before? How do you turn your frustration with your teen pup into a time of enjoyment and working together? What does abnormal adolescence look like, and when should you seek professional advice? Dr. Andrea Y. Tu (DVM) is the Medical Director at Behavior Vets. She currently serves as a board member and veterinary consultant with PAWS NY, an outreach group working to preserve, support, and nurture the human-animal bond for New York City’s most vulnerable residents. Jeanne Clune (CPDT-KA) is a Behavior Consultant for Behavior Vets. She was also the Director of Behavior & Enrichment at the SPCA of Westchester. Join us for a Live Q & A on Thursday, October 22nd at 1:30-2:15pm EST, right here on our Behavior Vets Facebook page!

11.01.2022 Pretty much , and it's why we love them so much

09.01.2022 A good recall is super important for border collies, teaching it in a fun way works the best.

06.01.2022 UNDERSTANDING THE BORDER COLLIE: WATER OBSESSIONS Today we are going to talk a bit about water obsessions in Border collies. On a sensory level, water has every...thing to hit those 'working' mental collie buttons - i.e. movement, light and noise. This is why they can become so obsessed with hoses, sprinklers, taps or any body of water they can agitate, bite or generally react to and move around. It is important not to let these obsessions get so out of hand that the dog gets hyper-aroused - and thus pretty stressed - for longer periods of time. Also be aware of the dangers of collies ingesting too much water while they are playing with it or agitating it in this way, as this can lead to potentially fatal water toxicity; symptoms of which include lack of co-ordination, nausea, bloating, vomiting and dilated pupils, all of which can then progress on to seizures and collapse. Of course most sensible owners would never let matters get this far, but it is a condition that can sometimes sneak up fast on dogs who minutes earlier seemed fine. Hence the warning. All text Carol Price 2020.

05.01.2022 SO JUST HOW LONG DO YOUR PET’S SHOTS LAST? Definitely longer than a year! According to the top pet immunologist (aka vaccine expert) in the world, Dr. Ronald Sc...hultz, Ph.D. Annual revaccination provides no benefit and may increase the risk for adverse reactions. What the heck are adverse reactions (or side effects)? Well according to the other rock star pet immunologist Dr. Jean Dodds: Side effects from dog vaccinations can occur anywhere from instantly up to several weeks or months later. Vaccines can even cause susceptibility to chronic diseases that appear much later in a dog’s life (Dodd, 2001). Severe and fatal adverse reactions include: Susceptibility to infections. Neurological disorders and encephalitis. Aberrant behavior, including unprovoked aggression. Vaccines are linked to seizures. Distemper, parvovirus, rabies and, presumably, other vaccines have been linked with poly neuropathy, a nerve disease that involves inflammation of several nerves. (Dodds,2001) SO HOW LONG EXACTLY DOES YOUR PET’S VACCINE LAST? According to the recommendations of the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA), (basically the dudes who set the standards for the vets): Among healthy dogs, all commercially available [core] vaccines are expected to induce a sustained protective immune response lasting at least 5 yr. thereafter Here’s the breakdown of the core vaccines from Dr. Ronald Schultz: Minimum Duration of Immunity for Canine Vaccines: Distemper- 7 years by challenge Parvovirus 7 years by challenge Adenovirus 7 years by challenge Canine rabies 3 years by challenge The moral of the story here, if you have no idea when your pet is due or has been vaccinated, then just run a titer test and this will confirm if you are due, rather than over-vaccinate your poor pet, setting the stage for future problems! What’s a titer test? A titer test (pronounced tight-errr) is a laboratory or in-house veterinary test measuring the existence and level of antibodies (necessary to fight off disease) in your pet’s blood. Basically, it’s a test that will tell you whether or not you actually need to vaccinate your pet. It’s also super useful when making a decision about vaccinating a pet with an unknown vaccination history, or for determining if pets have received immunity from vaccination. Vaccinating your pet is super important so don’t lose the overall message here: VACCINATE, JUST DON’T OVER-VACCINATE! According to Dr. Dodds: Vaccines have achieved many important benefits for companion animals, and has saved more animals' lives than any other medical advance. Want more on titer testing? Check it out: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153271303942028&set=pb.509362027.-2207520000.1461100680.&type=3&theater Rodney Habib "An educated, informed and well-researched community of pet owners can only put more pressure on the pet food industry to be better! When pet owners know better, they will only do better!"

05.01.2022 In the last week, I had two clients who I gave my positive does not mean permissive talk to. Maybe it is useful for some of you as well :) . If we commit to t...raining our dogs positively and through reinforcements rather than corrections, we can quickly go down a slippery slope of changing *our own* behavior in order to avoid difficult training situations. Did your expectation of your dog’s behavior ever keep you from doing something, or made you change plans considerably? I had a client in the past who would for example not sit down in the afternoon to have a cup of coffee and read (something she really enjoyed doing) because her dog would pester her incessantly when she attempted it. I had clients who had been trained by one of their dogs to *always* let him out of the car before the other dog of the family as otherwise he would wreck havoc (and once he even broke loose and raced off when he was not let out first). I had a couple who could not have breakfast together on the weekends because the dog would annoy them until one took him outside - so they rotated who was allowed to have breakfast and who was entertaining the dog. . All of the above owners approached dog training with the very best intentions of not being punitive and not making the dog sad or disappointing him. Positive training does not mean never disappointing your dog. Every dog owner is allowed to have breakfast, to read and to let whichever dog he wants out of the car first. . Positive training does not mean instant gratification for every need and desire your dog has. It does mean teaching him patiently and consistently - without getting upset - that there are certain boundaries in our lives and that there are times to be wild and have fun, and times to wait one’s turn. It means teaching impulse control to our dogs in a smart and effective way. And ultimately, it means treating ourselves with the same respect and consideration that we have for our dogs! . Of course we need to pay attention to our individual dog’s needs. If your dog would rather train for chicken than for hotdogs, then give him chicken! If your reactive dog cannot go for a walk in the city center without crossing his threshold, don’t do that. But if your dog cannot let you have your morning coffee?? Then it is time to make a small change :) . Ultimately, our dogs will be the happiest if they have happy owners. Don’t fall into the trap of viewing positive training as permissive training and enduring certain situations because you don’t want to address them. Chances are facing them is not going to be as bad as you think, and you will be happier afterwards. . Happy (positive, not permissive!) training! See more

03.01.2022 Especially with puppies!

03.01.2022 Are you your dog’s driver? . Does your dog make a clear distinction between places and situations in which he listens to you, and others in which he has no inte...rest at all in what you have to offer? Maybe you take your dog to doggy daycare or a park and he cannot wait to be taken off the leash and run with his friends? While it is fun and enriching for dogs to engage with a variety of dogs/people/environments, you don’t want to simply be your dog’s driver. . If you have a dog who cannot wait to get away from you and have fun without you, I suggest this. Let’s take the doggy daycare as an example (you can apply it easily to any situation or place in which your dog is distracted by external reinforcement). Advance from one step to the next once your dog has mastered that step (it will take different amounts of time for different dogs). The idea is to shift where the dog finds his reinforcement and sees value. . Step 1: Park at the daycare. Have a couple treats ready for your dog. Simply feed your dog the treats without asking for anything in return. If your dog refuses to eat, just wait. Don’t move towards the daycare, don’t scold him, wait and offer the treats repeatedly. You can move away from the daycare. I guarantee that if you have enough patience, he will eat them. After he ate them, go into the daycare. (The reasoning behind this step is that if we need our dog to take something from us FOR FREE before we can ever expect him to take something from us in exchange for WORK.) . Step 2: Park at the daycare. Have the treats ready for your dog to eat. This time we want him to eat them just a tiny bit closer to the entrance. After he ate them, go in. (We are challenging his commitment to eating our treats by decreasing the distance to the distraction) . Step 3: Today we are going to ask for a super simple trick. Whatever your dog can do the best - sit, down, shake, spin left or right but we want him to do something for us first, then eat our treat, then go inside. . Step 4: Time for several tricks - they can also be the same trick a couple times in a row if you prefer. We want to increase the dog’s focus on us and value for what we have to offer before he goes off to have fun without us. Over time, go for 2, 3, 5 or even 10 tricks before going in. . Step 5: Enjoy a dog who doesn’t just see you as his driver :) See more

03.01.2022 Always be aware of potential hazards, and collars on dogs.

03.01.2022 As promised: INTRODUCING NEW PUPPIES OR DOGS TO EXISTING DOGS Will they get on - and if not why?... Bringing a new puppy, or dog, into a home where there is already an existing dog, or dogs, can rightly be a concern for many owners. For in terms of how well, or not, this will go, or how quickly the new dog is accepted by others, so much can depend on the nature of the dogs concerned. And luck! Because it is only in putting together the wrong mix of canine characters that sparks more commonly fly. I have always been fortunate enough to own dogs with more socially accepting natures. Though I also breed or choose dogs more deliberately for this particular characteristic, as it tends to keep animosity in any canine household to a minimum. However, when you have dogs like these, you also have to be aware of the fact that introducing any new dog with a more pushy , controlling or domineering nature into the mix is likely to cause the other dogs great stress. So if I am going to get a new puppy, or keep one back from any litter I have bred, it must have a nature that gels completely with that of my other dogs, in terms of gentleness, kindness and overall greater willingness to socially cohere and avoid conflict. Because nothing else would work. But this still doesn't mean that the new puppy shouldn't also have to work hard to earn their rightful place in the pack, with a suitable mix of more respectful and submissive behaviours to their elders when required. Before bringing any new puppy or dog into your home, it is actually crucial to think about the nature of your existing dog or dogs and how amenable or not they might be to some canine stranger suddenly intruding upon their territory and normal domestic set up. Because I have known existing dogs physically attack a new young puppy; a pretty traumatic scenario which could have been avoided with a better pre-assessment of this possibility. But you also do not want new puppies themselves to be the bullies. And one of the less pleasant things you will ever see, or have to experience as an owner, is your gentle and meek older dog being constantly harassed and bullied by the pushier new youngster you have brought into your home. Puppies usually work better as new canine housemates, if only because they are infinitely more socially adaptable, and thus adjust that much quicker to the necessary social etiquettes, routines - and tolerance levels! - of existing dogs. However if you have gentler, easier going dogs at home, still try to pick a new puppy with similar characteristics to ensure a more successful start to their relationship. With an older dog their adult characters may have become more set, or established. Which is why it is critical for them to meet your existing dogs, as often as possible, on neutral territory, to see how they get on, before deciding to take them on. Be aware that it can be challenging for any existing dog to have a new one, of any age, suddenly thrusted upon their territory, and you must respect this. In the case of any new puppy or dog I would also recommend initially setting up a completely separate territory for the newcomer to live in, shut off from your existing dog(s) with a dog gate. This means your existing dogs can decide when, and on what terms, they want to interact with the newcomer, and also when they can return to their own space, untroubled by them, when they want to. This not only makes the acceptance of a new dog a more gradual process, but also makes existing dogs feel far more in control of what is happening. Whereas new dogs given unlimited opportunity to pester existing dogs in their precious former peaceful territory and space is a recipe for far greater tension and conflict. Over time, you will know when it is right to introduce your new dog into your existing dogs' quarters. Sometimes when a new puppy is brought home existing adult dogs may teeth bare or growl to tell the puppy when he or she is being more rude or annoying - as seen in our illustration. Do not be alarmed by this as it is normal, and puppies need to learn for the future the consequences of ruder behaviour towards adult dogs. Only intervene if you really think more serious aggression could occur, and in general, supervise all early interactions between new and existing dogs, who need to know that you will take charge immediately should either party show disrespect or hostility towards another. Never forget the part you should always play yourself in establishing 'rules of conduct' and harmony within your own pack. All dogs must have the same rules, set by you, to follow every day, otherwise resentment can occur. Similarly puppies so often demand and get more attention from owners than existing dogs, which again can lead to resentment, so ensure this doesn't happen either. Make time for them all. Also never let a new dog steal an existing dog's food - another flashpoint. Feed your new dog somewhere away from your existing dog(s) if there is a risk of this happening at mealtimes. Often people will be recommended to get a bitch next if they have a male dog, and vice versa, to maximise the chance of them getting on. And there is much truth in this. However, I still go back to my earlier point that it is usually the right balance of canine characters, rather than the actual sex of dogs, that holds the key to the forging of successful new canine relationships. And dogs are often better than you think of finding a way to get on eventually, even if at first this never seemed possible. Meanwhile, our illustration shows a male dog none too thrilled with a new girl puppy jumping all over his face when she first arrived. But nowadays they simply adore each other. Which so often happens. All text Carol Price 2020

03.01.2022 This is a brilliant group, so much information in the units, and not just for puppies. https://www.facebook.com/groups/pandemicpuppy/?ref=share