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I have bought pig ears before for my first dog, they seem to be just about the same thing as the rawhide, but they dont expand I guess....this is so confusing.

Hard too because I grew up with dogs that lived to be elderly that ate rawhides everyday but I guess there were not so many manufacturers back then?

Puppy seems bored today...must be the weather....she has already attacked the dishtowl in the kitched and the stuffed tiger in the living room (its a chair) and is now working on the old dog....poor Buddy he is such a Saint with her!

OK so all my life my dogs have had raw hides. I do not buy the ones with knuckles and when they get to a small size I throw them away.

I was told by someone that they are totally against feeding rawhides to their dogs and its the new wrong thing to do.

What do you all do? They seem to be saving my furniture right now!

Well I guess noone knows about ears here

Wow I was suprised to come to this board which is very new to me and find this thread. I just got a Border Collie pup two weeks ago. She was born Sept 4.

While I fully understand her requirements for her breed I am shocked that some people think this hard working breed would not work for families?

I too believe that good training is at the root of any family dog. If your family is not close and the kids spend more time away from home at friends and activities than they do at home then this dog probably will be hard for you. However in our case we own a small farm, we have three children that are home that help take care of her.

She has not offered to "herd" them yet but you can rest assured that this will be corrected. The only thing she has herded so far is the cat and its been a small herd so she can touch her nose and that was the end of it.

Anyway I certainly hope that like with every other breed there are the worst and the best case scenarios. Education is the final factor that judges if these dogs are "good" family dogs or not.

Thanks for the welcome

We live in Maine on a small farm. We dont have cows or sheep but do have horses and chickens.

My daughter and I ride our horses, and show them. They are both retired Standardbred race horses (the ones that pulled carts racing)which make great riding horses when they retire

We are looking for any advice with our new addition. Its been 12 years since we had a puppy and boy its exciting and sometimes stressful

I want to teach her the right way to do things especially with the kids. Seems like training ways have changed since 12 years ago when we took obedience. Does everyone use food now to teach their dogs?