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Seizures in Dogs: Dogs With Epilepsy

· 1 Comment · in All About Dogs, Collie Health

Author: Dr. Andrew Jones I recently had an email from a former client who has a dog that suffers from seizures. Percy is a 4 year old yellow Lab with epilepsy. He has been on traditional ant-seizure medication, and is not responding very well now. He is suffering from seizures once a month, even on [...]

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Dog Vaccinations Defined

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by: Debbie Ray Knowing what to vaccinate for and how often to give your dog vaccines are two very important questions that every dog owner must deal with. It is very important to vaccinate your dog. This is also a very important part of any dog health care program. Regular vaccinations can prevent your dog [...]

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How Long Do Dogs Live

· 2 Comments · in All About Dogs

by: David Beart From the time we bring them home as wriggling bundles of joy, we all want our puppies to live forever. As they bond with us and grow into full fledged family members, we tend not to think about the end of their life or how many precious years we have with our [...]

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The Collie’s Nose

· 2 Comments · in Collie Looks, Fun Articles

A lot can be said for the collie nose. It’s big, strong, dominant, and sometimes downright cute. The nose provides health and fresh air. It holds up their elongated mouth, and stands proud in tribute to the breed. Some are striped, some are light brown, and (unfortunately) sometime pink. It accepts kisses with ease and [...]

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Breeding for Coat Variety

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In America, the collie is considered one breed and interbreeding between the two coat varieties is allowed (and will still produce a purebred collie). Understandably though, people still wonder how smooth and roughs are both born to in the same litter. The best thing to remember is that The companion collie story (Shamrock collie story)

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Intro to Breeding

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What is Breeding? Breeding, in its most common form is the mating of a female dog (bitch) to a male dog. This can occure naturally among any member of the dog species (Canis lupus familiaris), although dogs usually mate to those of the same size (a Collie will not mate to a Yorkshire Terrier). In [...]

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Intro to Collie Temperament

· 7 Comments · in Collie Personality, Intro to Collies

The collie dog has a very wonderful calm, even temperament. Original collies were used to herd sheep, and they were highly trusted to gather the flock and bring them in without causing any harm to the animals. Therefore, shepherds needed dogs that had keen hearing (to listen to signals from their master across the hills), [...]

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