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I thought I would update you all now that Kea is grown up. She is going be 8 months in a week and she seems to be done with her growing. We took this picture in our back yard. Nice spring flowers in Seattle. It was hard to get this picture because Kea kept wanting to bite the heads off the...

I am pleased to report that we have made good progress with Kea. She still pees when excited, but the scardy behavior has started to fade. I think she just got really scared when I jumped up after she peed in my lap. I have been trying to call her with a soft voice, or if we are outside, with...

Kea's recall is actually really strong. I am always amazed that she comes to us when we are at the local off-leash area. You always see owners yelling their dogs names as they completely ignore them. We are always careful not to call her if she is in the middle of something fun. The...

Thanks for the responses. To answer a few questions: Yes, she is spayed and the vet said that there is nothing physically wrong with her. The only time I can think of that really got her scared was when I was petting her on my lap and she peed on me. Without thinking I jumped up and...

Kea, our 8 month old border collie female has a pretty bad problem with submissive urination. Every time she meets new people she runs up to them, and immediately pees. This happens even when the person completely ignores her like we tell them to do. Then after a few minutes to let Kea calm...

Sad story, but they might as well go stand on the street with their hand out. People used to be ashamed to beg. Now I see this all the time. It disgusts me. I know if our dog needed surgery that cost that much we would probably go and get a loan or a credit card. I know the kid is 14 but I...

It seems that more times than not when we take Kea (6 mo old border collie) to the off leash area this happens. This lady comes up to us and starts by complimenting us on how cute Kea is. Then she announces that when we get sick of her, she will take her from us! :mad: To me that is like going...

Now that my wife and I aren't tearing our hair out trying to figure out how to potty train and crate train our puppy I thought I would introduce her. Kea is a 5 month old female border collie. She has lots of energy, but so far we have managed to channel it into good activities. She is...

I am really excited to get Kea (our border collie puppy) into frisbee. The only trick is teaching her to catch things that are thrown for her. Even with a tasty treat she watches hit the floor, even if it is headed right at her mouth. She is 5 months old so I know she still has a lot to...

Here's Kea at about 4 months old. It is tough to get a good photo of her tail as it is alway wagging! :)

It has been a while and I wanted to update you all on our progress. Kea finally stopped crying after about three weeks. The trick was to keep her in the crate in the office with me while I worked. She got used to being in there. Finally we brought the crate in the bedroom with us and as long...

I get what you mean about the punishment. Is it ok to say no in a stern voice though? I have to do it when she is chewing on wires and biting our heels, but it seems like at least showing displeasure when she goes inside wouldnt hurt. I know that when she goes inside it is my fault but it is...

One thing I dont understand and perhaps someone could help me with is, why does everyone say to not use punishment in training for a 7 and a half week old puppy? By punishment I mean saying NO in a stern voice and not petting or praising for a couple of minutes. Also, I just picked her up...

I work from home, so I pretty much spend every minute of the day with her. Could this be causing trouble? Could she be so used to constant companionship that at night it is too hard? My wife and I have been walking her several times a day and playing with her when we can. Thanks to everyone...

I think it is #2 as well. The only problem is that she cries without stopping when she is in the room with us. I think she mostly doesn't like to be confined. We can't let her just sleep on a pillow because she seems to like chewing on wires. She definitely can't sleep in or on the bed with...