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i am getting a dog and wanted to know which is better in your opinions. what do i want in a dog? by want i mean need lol. i want an active dog (as i am VERY active myself), i want a smart dog (i need challenges too! ;D ), i want a dog that loves to go on walks and runs (i do cross country at school in september then it stops, so i need to stay in shape all year around ;P ), i want to be able to walk without a leash (allie and misa do so it's not hard to teach for me), want a dog that loves swimming (we have a big pool, but if the chlorine does anything - by the way it wouldn't even be until june in the summer then i'll get it it's own pool). i will do everything an active dog needs as that is everything i need too. i picked these breeds because i find they have everything alike with what i like! i love to run, i love to swim, i love to play, i love to learn, i love new things, i love challenges, i love dogs, and i love my parents. :) <3
i don't want the dog as a guard dog, but if needed it would be inside and not fully, not even half. allie (14 pound schnoodle that turns 2 feb 22nd 2012) acts like a guard dog, but she's pretty small. misa (a fully grown - now - 6 pound pomeranian chihuahua that turned 5 months on dec 6th 2011) is very small. they are the family dogs, and my parents (stepmom and dad because my mom and stepdad can't have pets - my mom doesn't like cleaning after them and my stepdad is allergic to all animals - but it would be at my dad and stepmoms since we are there more) said i can get my own pet if i earn it, if i pay some money (i can earn it from shovelling snow, doing chores, anything that needs to be done)
and if i clean after it, bathe it when needed, take it on long walks and runs at the dog park and school (school is about 1km perim. and path in front is about the same length), feed it, give it water, train it (basics and extras - like allie can walk without leash same with misa, allie knows car, van, truck -we have a truck for my dad, a car for my stepmom, and a van for my dad when he goes to work so his truck doesn't get messy or dirty- she knows upstairs, downstairs, get down, go lie down, come (without command, only when we snap our fingers), faster, heel, wait (i tought her faster heel and wait, and some others, but i tought her those ones myself and i'm the only one that commands her those since no one else knows but me :D ), food (when we call her for food), pool (she swims sometimes in the summer maybe once a week), oopy, al, (her nicknames from me, i call her allie oup -like how people say ALLIEOUP! when they jump in a pool? lol. anyways:...). she doesn't really know shake a paw or hi 5 nothing like that because we never thought about her knowing that. but the aussie or border would (whichever i get) know all of the above, basics, and probably agility things with body -ie. weave (weaves through legs), frog (when you stick out your tounge and your dog mocks you lol i find that one cute), bang! (plays dead when you put your finger shaped like a gun and say bang then they fall down playing dead lol adorable), roll over (hand signal and command), get your tail (when you pretend to throw a frizbee and the dog pretends the tail is the frizbee), come here (finger movement when you pull your finger back like saying come here but with your finger?), kiss (when you put your mouth up to the dog, say kiss and the dog licks you), stand (stands on hind legs), high 5 (high five), standing high five (stands on hind legs while hi fiving), speak (say speak and the dog barks), count (lifts paw once when you say one, lifts it twice when you say two, etc), up (to jump into your arms on cue when you lift your arm up and say up), dance (i tought misa dance - it's when you put your finger up say dance when you have a treat in your hand make sure the dog can see it, and then the dog stands on its hind legs and walks backwards to dance then spins), sad (when you frown and say sad the dog puts their head heavily on the bed, your lap, your hand, or the couch near you if you're sitting on either, or whereever you are sitting, like a therapy dog does sustained chin), give me a beat (i wanted to create this one, it's when you say "give me a beat" and the dog drums on the ground dum dum dum dum in a rythym, then when you say "cut!" they stop), and fetch (everyone knows fetch is just throwing a ball or frizbee and the dog chases after it grabbing it lol).
SORRY FOR HOW LONG THIS IS!!!! :/ (not yelling, just so people can see)
so guys, please put your opinions, feel free to list your favourite dogs, your favourite tricks, maybe some tricks i didn't list that you think are cool, if you think i'd be a good owner to one of these dogs, and which one i should get. btw i'm 13 so i still go to school for 6 hours a day then i'm home the rest but if i go out the dogs would come. and no i won't neglect allie and
Answer
PHEW! I got through most of it, but dropped dead when you made your hand look like a gun...
You should look into adopting from ARPH Aussie Rescue.
There are some lovely dogs waiting for homes, all up to the task.
A Border Collie is more apt to be focused on a ball, and not on you - Aussies want to be in you, not just with you - they become a part of your mind. Once you have an Aussies, it will change your outlook on all other dogs. Sounds arrogant, but it's true. It's usually a profound experience.
Aussies were bred to be a replacement for a farmhand - so they are a bonded working partner. BC's are focused on long distance work, not the master, and while they listen for commands, they do not ahve eye contact with anything but a tennis ball or sheep (or cars or bikes or cats...).
Aussies are more often than not brilliant and love to learn tricks and tasks - so you will go far with one. Consider doing something like freestyle, which will keep you both more than busy.
Here are contacts for Aussie rescue:
http://www.aussierescue.org/ContactUs.aspx
PHEW! I got through most of it, but dropped dead when you made your hand look like a gun...
You should look into adopting from ARPH Aussie Rescue.
There are some lovely dogs waiting for homes, all up to the task.
A Border Collie is more apt to be focused on a ball, and not on you - Aussies want to be in you, not just with you - they become a part of your mind. Once you have an Aussies, it will change your outlook on all other dogs. Sounds arrogant, but it's true. It's usually a profound experience.
Aussies were bred to be a replacement for a farmhand - so they are a bonded working partner. BC's are focused on long distance work, not the master, and while they listen for commands, they do not ahve eye contact with anything but a tennis ball or sheep (or cars or bikes or cats...).
Aussies are more often than not brilliant and love to learn tricks and tasks - so you will go far with one. Consider doing something like freestyle, which will keep you both more than busy.
Here are contacts for Aussie rescue:
http://www.aussierescue.org/ContactUs.aspx
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