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Old October 15th, 2011, 06:46 AM
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Winston Winston is offline
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Welcome to the site! Sounds like you have a pup that has a lot of the border collie energy!

I think in my opinion you dog is definatley not getting enough exercise based on the border collie in him..they need alot more excercise than you are currently giving. Can you try other types of things for him to use his mind? Maybe an agility class or tracking. Is he left alone in the home at all? how is he with that? maybe you could block off the stairs so that he cannot obsess over them. When he barks at you you need to encourage him not to do it. Does he listen to you if you correct his barking behaviour?

There is a saying I heard once and it really rings true! A tired dog is a happy dog! so lots of excercise really helps with that.
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