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__Thursday 2nd June 2011__

__**Labradors**__

There are two types of labradors the english labrador and the american labrador. The english labrador has a thicker heavier and sometimes wavy coat, The american labrador is tall lanky with no waves and a smooth coat. The colors of the coats come in black, yellow and brown. The nose is thick, black on black dogs and yellow on yelloe dogs and brown on chocolate dogs. The eyes are brown in yellow dogs and black dogs are hazel or brown in chocolate dog in some dogs they can have greeny yellow colored eyes.The feet are strong and compact with webbed feet which are good for the dog when swimming.

One of the most popular breeds is the Labrador Retriever is is loyal, loving, affectionate and patient, making great family dogs. They are highly intelligent, good-natured, very willing and eager to please, they are among the top choices for service dog work. They love to play, especially in water, never wanting to pass up the opportunity for a good swim. These lively dogs have an excellent, reliable, temperament and are friendly, superb with children and equable with other dogs. They crave human leadership and need to feel as though they are part of the family. Labs are easily trained. Some may be reserved with strangers unless very well socialized, preferably while they are still puppies. Adult Labs are very strong, train them while they are a puppy to heel on the leash, and not to bold out doorways and gateways before the humans. These dogs are watchdogs, not guard dogs, although some have been known to guard. They can become destructive if the humans are not 100% the leader and/or if they do not receive enough mental and physical exercise and, and left too much to Their own devices.

__Friday 27th May 2011__

__Thursday 26th May 2011__

__**Border collies**__

The Border Collie is a medium sized dog in most cases used for working. Dogs they are intelligent and are able to be trained to a high degree. There coat colors come in black and white, tri-color, red & white, black & gray, yellow, yellow & white, sable, and all black. There are two coat varieties: a short, sleek coat (about 1 inch (2.5 cm.) long) and a coarse, rough coat (about 3 inches (7.6 cm.) long).

The Border Collie is not recommended for apartment living. They are very active and do best living on a farm. They will do fine in a kennel although if it has daily activity and sees plenty of its owner. These dogs are not suited to life chained up in the back yard all day as they need to be active.

Border collies litter sizes are from 4 - 8 puppies - and have an average of Average 6 puppies per litter. They have a of about 12-15 years. The female dog is about 46-53 cm tall and males are in between 48-56 cm. Female dog can weigh between12-19 kg males between 14-20 kg.

__Thursday 26th May 2011__

__**Border collies**__

The Border Collie is a medium sized dog in most cases used for working. Dogs they are intelligent and are able to be trained to a high degree. There coat colors come in black and white, tri-color, red & white, black & gray, yellow, yellow & white, sable, and all black. There are two coat varieties: a short, sleek coat (about 1 inch (2.5 cm.) long) and a coarse, rough coat (about 3 inches (7.6 cm.) long). The Border Collie is not recommended for apartment living. They are very active and do best living on a farm. They will do fine in a kennel although if it has daily activity and sees plenty of its owner. These dogs are not suited to life chained up in the back yard all day as they need to be active. Border collies litter sizes are from 4 - 8 puppies - and have an average of Average 6 puppies per litter. They have a of about 12-15 years. The female dog is about 46-53 cm tall and males are in between 48-56 cm. Female dog can weigh between12-19 kg males between 14-20 kg.

Border Collies are a representative in the following sports, obedience, sheepdog trials and Frisbee. These competitions are just what they like, and they are commonly used and often won by this particular breed. This is the perfect dog breed as dog exercise and sports are what they love and live for. Some health problems that they are prone to is hip dysplasia, deafness. and often allergic to fleas. The Border Collie needs regular combing and brushing to keep the coat fresh and beautiful.They will need more care when they are shedding because of there thick dense under coat. Check the ears and coat regularly for ticks. Border collies are an average shedder.

Herding sheep is in the border collies blood and is has been for 200 years or so which is the reason for there high amount of energy. They have been known to be an extreamly intelligent and great dog for herding sheep.



The most common reasons why people get border collies are that they are really intelligent and easy to train. The other reason is that they are absolutely great with small or big kids. The main reasons why they end up at the spca is because they may not have showed the ability to be up to the sheep farmers expected standard so they give them into the care of the rescue center a larger proportion is because there sheep farming instinct has taken over and they have bitten someone most probably a child so to a border collie is basically a sheep with out much wool thats how they think of kids.

The border collie is a great pet to have if you love exercise or need a great sheep dog they would al so make a great family pet they also loves to impress you with it’s great skills.

These are a variety of different colored border collies.

__Tuesday 12th May 2011__

__Cats poem__

C ute A adorable T iny S moochy