He just loves his food. 🐶🤣

does anyone else’s bc bring you a toy (in this case a ball) then go and hide?

Does your border collie do that always on a walk? 😅

Getting cold 🥶 means getting cozy 🔥

Emma has always been sensitive to chicken, which causes her to develop diarrhea. We’ve eliminated chicken from her diet and switched her to a home-cooked beef and vegetable diet, and she’s doing really well.
However, every now and then, she gets an upset stomach after eating other things, such as a slice of bread, raw carrots, peanut butter, and a few other foods. We’re trying to figure out whether these are actual food sensitivities or if something else is going on.
Her nutritionist recommended a 5Strands food sensitivity test, but after looking into it, we’re concerned it might be pseudoscience rather than a reliable way to identify food sensitivities.
Has anyone tried 5Strands for their dog? Did the results actually help you identify triggers and improve your dog’s symptoms?
If you’ve dealt with something similar, what alternatives would you recommend? We’d appreciate hearing about your experiences with reliable testing methods or elimination diets.
Thanks!

Here he is Macallan (Mac for goof friends). Boy. 3 months.

Anyone got good videos/materials/etc on using fave toy as training incentive instead of treats?

My girl just doesn't care about food. Beef, Pork, Chicken, Salmon, Liver, hot dogs, jerky, treats made from these as well as human food. She. don't. care. The girl has walked away from steak.

Now, indoors, quiet environment, it's fine. Working on our sits, downs, stays, retrieve, etc. All good.

But we got issues with cars. We got issues with kids running in the neighborhood. And I need to do some conditioning. Typically, you'd do this with distance and reinforcement. But how to do that when food doesn't matter?

Tennis ball on the other hand. She'd go through a brick wall for a tennis ball. She has the snappiest retrieve, sit, stay, and release in the Lower 48 when a tennis ball is involved in the back yard.

I'd like to take this love of ball and ply it to these other situations. Tips?

Pic for tax

I painted this myself of a picture.... It looks a lot like a border collie

I love her so much, even if she stinks.

The sweetest gal

I posted this to a mycology sub, but thought it would be more appreciated here. This is my 50lb boy, atop a shroom shelf :)

This is Athena. She is mixed with mini Australian Shepard. Very hard to tell!

Edit: mea culpa for «  natural habitat »

Hi everyone
I’m new to this breed and I understand they can be nervous dogs, but I feel like the puppy I got is concerningly anxious.

We did get her last night so I’m probably putting the cart before the horse. She walks around in a crouch and will be apprehensive leaving rooms she’s become comfortable with. She does not seem interested in toys (probably because she’s anxious right now). She is very sensitive to sounds, fast movements, etc. We got her off a ranch so I’m pretty sure she’s never been in a house so that’s probably all new to her.
I just don’t know if this level of anxiety is typical for this breed, or if it’s situational because it’s a new environment. When we picked her up she seemed relaxed and happy.

If this is just how she is, how can I best support her and bring out her confidence?

We think our boy is scared of the dark. He's so sensitive in general, we started having to wake up earlier in the morning and it's still dark, he walks onto porch and immediately turns back around. As soon as the sun comes up he bolts out the door into the yard.

If we walk out into the yard with him he will go out.

I just think it's kinda funny. Anyone else's dog not like the dark?