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Hello. I posted about a year ago about my now three year old lab/bordercollie mix Sage. I'm happy to say she is doing great behaviorally and her joint issues are causing her no problems at all. We had a health scare this weekend I had a question about. Last Friday we noticed that Sage was a...

Does anyone know about luxation of the patellas? Sage was diagnosed with a mild grade one medial luxation of both patellas's(dislocating kneecaps) last year soon after we got her. We found out because she held her leg up briefly 3 times in a month during play, and the vet said she could feel...

Is it possible that Sage can be misbehaving in order to get praise when she stops misbehaving and behaves correctly? Example, she has a big problem with pawing us when we are sitting on the couch or when the alarm goes off in the morning. She's a fairly tall dog with strong arms, so pawing can...

I've started Sage on clicker training and she is now responding normally to it after some initial hesitation and guardedness(I think when I was sending her to the target she thought I was sending her away from me as a punishment, maybe her previous owners would do that or something, I changed to...

I''ve continued to work with Sage on clicker training. She is picking up on everything very quickly, but still seems very hesitant and reluctant to do the tasks. She is thrilled to get the treats, she is very food oriented, but for example slinks reluctantly over to the target 10 feet away...

Does anyone have any thoughts on DAP(Dog Appeasing Pheremone). I am thinking of using it for Sage's fearfulness and related anxiety.

I posted a few days ago about Sage, who's aggression was getting better but her fear worse. Her fear is getting even worse. She is usually great in obedience class, confident, happy, has not aggressed in months, even when other dogs get in her face. Today a big Newfoundland jumped on her and she...

So Sage's interdog aggression is taking an interesting turn. We have been really working with her, identifiying where we were letting her be in charge and changing that, doing tons of obedience work at the river which is where she behaves worst, keeping her on leash all the time so she can't...

Hello all. A different kind of question about Sage. I'm trying to find things to interest her and give her some fun. She is a really intense dog, very serious about everything, and seems to get bored so easily. If we work on something she can only stand about 10 repetitions before her brain...

I posted a few days ago about my border collie/lab mix Sage. I thought she was doing really well with on leash aggression, but yesterday she met a dog she has always lunged at and despite my best efforts she was a lunging snapping fiend again. She really seems to be doing better with dogs she...

Hello. I posted back in April about 2 year old my border collie/lab mix Sage. I rescued her from the pound in January. She was fine for a few months of her honeymoon period, then started chasing, snapping, stalking,nipping and grabbing strange dogs we met off leash. Then she started developing...

Hello, I'm new to this site. I'm writing about Sage, a 1 1/2 year old lab/border collie mix I rescued from the pound 3 months ago. She is generally friendly with people, never aggressive although sometimes shy with strangers and sometimes plays too rough. With other dogs she was initially quite...