Asplands Border Terriers

23/01/2024

Litter due end of January '24 from Dora.

Sire CH Brumberhill Backatcha dam Tythrop Tally for Asplands.

Dora has beem mated to CH Brumberhill Back T'Future featured in the photo, he really is a beautiful boy, hoping for some blues....

Enquiries welcome.

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13/08/2023

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31/05/2023

Just don't do it

19/02/2023

https://www.facebook.com/1171728244/videos/1536746553513517/

18/02/2023

Sometimes our little darlings can be a bit reactive, if so watch this

03/02/2023

Asplands Fredy Wilinanable on the move, he's uncle to the current litter

01/02/2023

two weeks tomorrow.

31/01/2023

It makes sense....

25/01/2023

Dora's babies. 1 week old today 3 boys 1 girl. Dora is so happy with them and doing them proud

06/01/2023

Budge up give a pup some space...

📸credits to Red and Howling

29/12/2022

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/12/22/1139781319/can-dogs-smell-time-just-ask-donut-the-dog?

After decades of wondering, an NPR reporter finally figures out how her husband's family dog knew when the school bus would arrive every day. She did some digging — and now it all makes scents.

26/12/2022

A fun visual representation of what your dog sees (smells) every day. Look at how noisy it is and how many tracks there are intertwining. The different animals, people, and dogs movement in just one area. The snow lets us humans see the history of this area and what animals and people have passed through. A dog will smell this every day and know who and what animals have passed through. Smellavision!!!!

Dogs are incredible.

Imagine tracking and detection dogs needing to filter out all this noise and track a single scent down. Amazing!

(Note this is a fun representation, not accurate)

26/12/2022

BOWLS ARE BORING
Observations show that many animals, including dogs will prefer to forage, hunt and actively seek out food rather than just having it freely available or presented in a bowl.
This behaviour is known as Contrafreeloading and is an occurrence where an animal will choose to put effort and work into seeking out food rather than eat food that is available for far less or no effort.
This may not make any sense to us – why go to all that effort when you could just have the food that is presented to you? Or why make my dog work for a basic need, you may ask? Surely that’s just not fair?
Foraging, hunting and seeking out food are natural, instinctive behaviours which are vital for the survival of any species. Even though our domesticated dogs don’t have to worry about this, this innate need for seeking is still a part of who they are.
In addition to this, seeking out food creates an increase in Dopamine – the feel-good hormone. It’s the pursuit of an opportunity, the excitement, the satisfaction and the sense of achievement and not the actual eating of the food that causes these feel-good emotions.
We control so much of our dog’s lives and in our modern lifestyles and environment many dogs have very little opportunity to engage in natural behaviours. Why not use food as an outlet to provide enrichment and allow them to engage in a very natural behaviour while increasing feel good hormones?
Contrafreeloading may not be true of all dogs. Dogs that are already provided with lots of opportunities to engage in natural behaviours may not gain any additional benefit as those needs are already being met. Some dogs may be really hungry or tired and prefer to have instant gratification. Every dog is an individual, but it’s worth considering the advantages of providing a simple outlet for this natural and instinctive behaviour. It will make your dog feel good!

05/10/2022

And the newest Asplands baby doing well with her owner and trainer Cristen

07/09/2022

That’s…. oddly specific..

23/08/2022

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/roundup-world-most-popular-weed-102033594.html Do not use this in your garden!

Scientists say it is ‘concerning how little we understand’ about impact of glyphosate on nervous system

20/08/2022

Horrific...

The Kennel Club warns the cost of living crisis combined with the pandemic puppy boom has led to a 'perfect and terrible storm'

18/07/2022

Be mindful of your dogs in this hot weather