Rehabbing an Aggressive Australian Shepherd

I had sent a link of this blog to my aunt, my dad's sister who new Stewie also. This is her reply to me. She talks about the devotion dogs have for their owners. I think that you will find this interesting...Nice. I think he (Stewie) was your dad's guardian angel. He KNEW your dad had cancer. That's why he devoted his own life to guarding him. He KNEW Rocket (my aunt's boxer) had cancer. I've never seen him react with any other dog the way he did with Rocket. He would just lie beside he …

Stewie was an Australian shepherd. He died today at the ripe age of 16 years old. He was my dad's dog who started taking care of and adopted him from my brother a mere 14 years ago. He was always a gentle soul with a calm spirit. Years ago I tried him on sheep with no luck, he wasn't interested at all. Not bred for herding, he settled into being my dad's companion and running partner, and a calm inspiration to the grand children.He had a side kick, BC, who some think he thought as his m …

The ASCA Nationals were held this year in Bakersfield CA. A mere 2 1/2 hours from my place. A couple of years ago, a friend of mine recruited me to work at their trials, and set sheep for them. They wanted Border collies, at the time, because there would be no qualms about what dog or who's dog was "getting the advantage" in the back pens. Actually, was advantage that might be gained, can also be lost, by wearing out the dog prior to his run. A few of my friends who had been told about …

While we were at the National Finals, the coordinators were able to have our local veterinarian Dr. Angie Untisz, fellow herder, draw blood samples for genetic eye diseases. And the test were cheaper this way, since Optigen gives discounts for groups.Since I have been thinking that I would like a pup out of Tam, and I have already had her hips Penn Hip tested, I thought I would have the rest of her tests done, so when the time came, there was nothing holding us back. I ordered three tests to b …

I was anxious to go, as I have never been to the Finals before, and had been herding for 10 years now. Several years ago, Tam was qualified for them in the Nursery class. But when I went to a certain trial, where both Kate and Tam and I didn't do well, and I decided that none of us were ready yet in our training, for that level of competition.Two years later, things have changed. Especially this last year. Both Kate and Tam have been running real well for me. I just had a feeling that we mi …