Rose Creek Bordoodles

19/01/2024

So today all
Puppies moved into the big dog yard whilst their yard was mowed. Here are some photos of them in the big yard.

19/01/2024

Have we told you that our Aqua Girl loves to sleep??

Most puppies are hard to weigh cause they wiggle around so much NOT this girl🤣

19/01/2024

PUPPY UPDATES - All puppies are now enjoying a raw chicken tip - and some are nearly ready to advance to a whole wing.

Our poor Aqua Girl learnt a hard lesson today and that is not to pounce on a Hoppy-Joe. She is a trooper though, an ice-pack and a cuddle as she was soon asleep in my arms.

Crate training has also started with all puppies spending a little time in a crate on their own - some didn't bat an eye some are a work in progress :)

With all the puppies 6 weeks old on Sunday we have been very fortunate that Dr John is making a special trip here to give everyone a Vet check, their first vaccination and their microchips.

Don't forget we still have ONE GIRL and THREE BOYS looking for their forever homes.

18/01/2024

YOGI - just look how grown up he looks now.

Thanks for the photos - we love seeing them

18/01/2024

The gorgeous NASH watching Muster dogs - who else’s dogs watch TV?

18/01/2024

Our Wheaten & White BOY is looking for a home.

Here are some photo's to show how he has grown over the last 5 weeks.

The biggest and boldest of the bunch, our tree climbing adventurous boy who also loves to cuddle. Sporting the best mustache we have ever seen. With a wonderful wool coat we expect this boy to mature 8-10kg and be Non-shedding. He will be available for his new home from the 3rd February 2024.

18/01/2024

Our Chocolate & Tan BOY is looking for a home.

Here are some photo's to show how he has grown over the last 5 weeks.

This little boy is the quietest of all of the boys available. Sometimes he does need a little encouragement to face new situations. Expected to mature around 8kg and be non-shedding he will be available from 3rd February 2024

18/01/2024

Our Red & White girl is our last GIRL looking for her forever home.

Here are some photos of her from day 1 up until yesterday at 5 weeks.

This snoozy girl is usually the last to wake up and always the first to go to sleep. She loves cuddles and playing when awake, being a Red head she does have an opinion on certain things so will need someone who is able to resist her charming personality to set boundaries. Currently she is fluffier than her Black & White brother but not as fluffy as the rest of her litter-mates.

We expect her to mature around 10-12kg and be Low-shedding she will be ready to head off to her new home from the 4th February 2024.

18/01/2024

Our Black & White BOY is on the hunt for a family of his very own.

Here are some photos showing how he has grown in the last 5 weeks.

He is a happy, friendly and well adjusted young man who will look more like a Border Collie when he is grown up - added bonus he won't need and much grooming as his fluffy siblings.

We expected him to mature around 10-12kg and be low shedding.

17/01/2024

Chocolate & Tan BOY - Looking for a home of his own.

Gorgeous inside and out this young man loves cuddles not adventurous as his big bro a sensible soul. Very easy to love with a wool coat.

17/01/2024

Wheaten & White BOY - Looking for a home

Our tree climbing, fun loving, adventurous and cuddly boy with a lovely wool coat expected to be Non Shedding.

17/01/2024

Black & White BOY looking for a family of his own.

This young man is affectionate, playful with a delightful personality we are expecting him to look like a Border Collie once grown and be low shedding.

17/01/2024

Beautiful GIRL - Looking for a home of her own.

17/01/2024

Photo time - All of these puppies have homes

17/01/2024

A change of scenery today as puppies moved to a bigger pen. Here are just a few candid pictures.

Maisey continues to mother all of Millie's babies - she also helps Rebel out with hers 💕

13/01/2024

Just one GIRL left looking for her new home.

Red & White - Aqua collar
F1 Bordoodle available 4th Feb 2024 expected to mature around 10-12kg and be low shedding

13/01/2024

We still have three boys looking for their new homes.

Chocolate & Tan - Brown collar
F1b Bordoodle available 3rd Feb 2024 expected to mature around 8kg and be non shedding

Wheaten & White - Dark Green collar
F1b Bordoodle available 3rd Feb 2024 expected to mature around 8kg and be non shedding

Black & White - Lime Green collar
F1 Bordoodle available 4th Feb 2024 expected to mature around 10-12kg and be low shedding - this boy looks more like a Border Collie

13/01/2024

Rebel's Puppies are 5 weeks old today and
Millie's puppies will be 5 weeks old tomorrow.

All puppies had a bath and nail trim today.
Then they got to watch the lawn get mowed and then had a ball playing in the sprinkler.
NOTE to self let puppies play in sprinkler before bathing them 😜

13/01/2024

The "Off Switch" teaching a dog that is it not always go time, is something that try really hard to cover with all of our puppy owners.

This article helps explain how the working breeds can wind up like a top that never wants to stop and how important the "Off Switch" is.

We have no affiliation with this company and we are only sharing to help Bordoodle owners with their dogs.

TODAY OUR BREED EXPERT looks at the common problem of mental over-arousal in collies, and how to better manage it in your dog.

FINDING THE ‘OFF’ SWITCH IN A BORDER COLLIE
A common concern owners have about their collies is that they appear to have no ‘off’ switch and find it very difficult to settle or wind down, despite having had “loads of exercise”. So I am going to look at this issue in more detail in this feature, as well as what might be done to give people calmer dogs to live with.

CHRONIC HYPER-STIMULATION
First, often what owners may label a ‘crazy’ or ‘hyper’ collie is just a dog who is being more chronically over-stimulated. It is important to understand that Border collies are dogs with exceptionally sensitive arousal mechanisms. Meaning it takes very little in the way of external sensory stimulation – particularly sound and movement, but also light – to trigger more active physical responses in them, which will then continue as long as the stimulation sources exist.

This level of sensitivity, in turn, is part and parcel of their whole inner wiring as sheepdogs, where they constantly need to be one step ahead, physically and mentally, of the livestock they control; always trying to out-think or outmanoeuvre them or anticipate what their next move might be, in order to counter-balance it well in advance with the right response of their own.

However, sometimes owners will read this ongoing responsiveness to any surrounding sensory stimulation as the sign of a dog, instead, who needs far more exercise to wear them out. So they then try to give them even more physical/mental stimulation in the way of exercise or ball games only to find that at the end of it their dog is even more ‘buzzed’ than before. Because what the dog actually needs is LESS sensory/physical stimulation in order to better wind down and not MORE. (More on this a bit later).

ADDICTED TO AROUSAL
It is also important to understand how quickly collies can become addicted to the state of higher mental arousal, because of all the feelgood neurochemicals that accompany this. So you may find yourself with a dog who is constantly trying to prompt you into giving them more physical/mental stimulation to better maintain this state of arousal.

A typical example of this may be a dog who comes back with you from a long walk, then goes straight to get a toy and wants you to keep throwing it for them. You may read this as a dog who is not yet tired enough, whereas I would read it as a dog trying maintain their higher state of mental arousal.

Conversely, some dogs may become more hardened self-stimulators; seeking out different sources of sensory stimulation for themselves, which is how many more obsessive patterns of behaviour – like constantly eyeing/chasing anything that might move – take off in them, and can then become increasingly more addictive or compulsive.

PUPPIES

Border collie puppies can be particularly easily over-stimulated, not just because of their increasingly higher energy levels as they grow, but also because they are yet to learn how to better check their own arousal levels, through more persistent impulse control exercises or training (covered before on this page).

Moreover the ‘over-excited’ mental state in a Border collie puppy is what then also triggers all the other less desirable behaviours like nipping or destroying things, as the pup constantly seeks some outlet or target on which to vent their excitement upon.

It must also be realised that Border collie puppies tend to be at their most ‘manic’ when they are most tired. And when this state is reached in a puppy they must not be stimulated any further. Rather, they should be put in a darker, quieter place until they are finally able to wind down again.

BREAKING THE AROUSAL HABIT CYCLE
If you are to have a dog with a better ‘off’ switch, in general, then several things need to happen. The first is improved training, as earlier highlighted, which teaches your dog to not only exert better control over their own emotional states/arousal levels, but to also find a more controlled mental state – as opposed to a more aroused one - far more rewarding.

The kind of both Focus and Impulse Control training you need to do with your dog to achieve this – as well as other basic Control exercises – are outlined in my book on training collies at the end of this feature.

For if you cannot get your dog to do basic things like lie down and stay down when asked, or go to their bed when asked, or stop doing whatever it is they are doing when asked, or be quiet when asked – instead of barking/whining etc. – you will always struggle to own a calmer dog.

ROUTINE AND ‘UP’ AND ‘DOWN’ TIME
Another crucial factor in owning a calmer collie is establishing a more set routine of ‘up’ and ‘down’ times during the day, from puppyhood onwards. For if your dog learns that at roughly the same times every day there will be physical/mental exercise on offer (e.g., walks, training, play) and at other times there will not, this makes it that much easier for them to train their minds to rest during the non-activity times.

Conversely, greater unpredictably and uncertainty about what will happen and when in their lives makes dogs more restless and stressed, and thus far less likely to settle.

Also get out of arousal-prolonging habits like throwing toys for your dog during periods – such as after a walk, or during the evening – when you really need them to settle instead.

THE STRESS FACTOR
Some collies are less able to settle because they are carrying particularly high stress loads, which can be common in rescue dogs, or suffering from greater sensory over-loading. The same factors can also make many collies far more phobic or reactive in their daily behaviour. They may also be more likely to indulge in increasingly obsessive behaviour patterns as a coping mechanism.

Dogs like these may need greater time to return their minds to better balance, and dogs suffering from greater stress/sensory overloading may also benefit from a special Sensory Detox programme I have devised for collies with such issues. This appears in BOOK THREE of my BREED APART trilogy on BEHAVIOUR. All you need to know about training collies from puppyhood onwards – including focus, impulse control training and wider control training – appears in BOOK TWO – ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS & LEARNING.
All text © Carol Price 2024

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12/01/2024

All puppies had some one on one time inside today.
New collars if required - some of them needed the next size up.
Sorry didn’t manage to get decent photos of all of them.
We will try again tomorrow.

We still have some puppies available.

09/01/2024

Wheaten & White BOY - Dark Green collar

This lovey chunky boy that sports the best mustache is an F1b Bordoodle (Bordoodle x Toy Poodle) expected to mature around 8kg maybe a little larger and be Non-shedding. He is a super happy tree climbing boy that loves life, toys and cuddles. Simply cannot believe that no one has snapped him up yet.

I am still looking for a home.

09/01/2024

MILLIE SPRINKLES Red & White GIRL - Red Collar

This lovely little lady is an F1b Bordoodle (Bordoodle x Toy Poodle) expected to mature around 8kg and be Non-shedding. She is super friendly and playful. The pigment on her nose has just about all closed in and will keep developing over the following weeks. She will be available from the 3rd February.

I have a family 💕

09/01/2024

Chocolate & Tan BOY - Brown Collar

This stunning boy may be difficult to photograph due to his colouring (dark chocolate and deep tan) but he is simply divine. He is an F1b Bordoodle (Bordoodle x Toy Poodle) expected to mature around 8kg and be Non-shedding. He is a sensible young man and so far has taken all new things in his stride. He is a super cuddly friendly boy.

I am still looking for a home.

09/01/2024

Red & White GIRL - Aqua Collar

This lovely little girl is an F1 Bordoodle (Border Collie x Toy Poodle). She is expected to mature around 10-12kg and be Low to Non-shedding. She has a sweet nature and LOVES to sleep - we can't see this young lady being an over active dog later in life - unless she is getting in all of her sleep now.

I am still looking for a home.

09/01/2024

Black & White BOY - Lime Green Collar

This handsome little man has the classic Black & White Border Collie colouring. He is an F1 Bordoodle (Border Collie x Toy Poodle). He is expected to mature around 10-12kg. He is a calm, adventurous, friendly. Loves his toys and to cuddle.

I am still waiting on my new home and will be ready from the 4th February.

09/01/2024

TILLY - Light Chocolate Merle GIRL

I have a family 💕💕

09/01/2024

REMI- Black Merle GIRL

I have a family 💕💕

09/01/2024

NESSA - Black & White GIRL

I have a family 💕💕

09/01/2024

ETTIE - Dark Chocolate Merle GIRL

I have a family 💕💕

09/01/2024

ARES - Red & White Parti BOY

I have a home 💕💕