Everyone learns at their own pace. No one clarified that better for me than my Smooth Coat Collie, Joxer. I adopted Joxer through a Collie rescue group in October of 2001. He had been in rescue for eight months when I adopted him. They believed he was in the 2 to 3 year old range. [...]
Jahzara was one of our Greyhounds. She was born in April 2002. We fostered her starting in October 2003 and officially adopted her two months later. We lost her in May 2012. She taught me a lot. And I like to sometimes reflect on the things I have learned from my dogs. The I am [...]
Joxer had a lot of issues when I brought him home. One of which was that he would excessively groom himself. Primarily, he would lick is forelegs. Licking and licking and licking. I adopted Joxer through a Collie rescue group in October of 2001. He had been in rescue for eight months when I adopted [...]
Joxer was my Smooth Collie. When he came to me, he was lacking in social graces when it came to other dogs. He was friendly but his social skills were just not there. I adopted him through Collie Rescue back in 2001. We think he was around 3 years old or so at that point. [...]
Jahzara was one of our Greyhounds. She was very unsure about everything when she originally joined our family. She was afraid of people, other dogs, pretty much everyone. When she joined our family, we had Joxer, our Smooth Collie. She settled in ok with him. She attached to me quickly. She was very unsure about [...]
