Here are my 3 girls........

[Lonewolfblue]

Here's my Betty. She came from the Spokane Humane Society, and have had her about 1 year now in September. She's an Australian Cattle Dog, has her AKC ILP. About 2 1/2 years old.



Betty with her trainer....




Here is my Nell. She's ABCA and AKC Registered, and just turned 1 year old. I got her from a gal that had purchased her from a breeder and could not keep her.

This was a pic of her as a pup that the previous owner sent me...


Here she is now.....






Here is my Chloe. I just recently rescued her from the Wenatchee Valley Humane Society. She is over 4 years old, and is a Sheltie. She is great with people and other dogs as well. She was picked up as a stray, but wasn't her first time. This last time the owners said to keep her because the kids kept leaving the house doors open. She came from a very good home they told me, it's just the parents just got tired of bailing her out because of the kids. The kids need more training than she does, lol. She's had no training from what I can tell, I just taught her Sit, and am working on Down. She also loves playing ball, and will bring it right back to you and set it in your hands. She's pretty cool. Here she is.....

[k9hullio_sam]

Wow, you have a lot of energy in that house! They are all super adorable!

[Lonewolfblue]

hehehe....

And Nell is going to be spayed on Thursday, I wonder if she's going to survive not playing frisbee for a few days, lol. She is so energy-packed, lol. Chloe is more mellow, loves sitting on laps, lol. And Betty has her few issues being a Cattle Dog. I'm beginning to think that she's possibly been abused in the past, or has been attacked as a pup. She's very reactive to other dogs when on leash, and will attack any smaller dog on sight. Larger dogs she's got no issues with.

[Radar_Love]

You have some awesome dogs. I love the ACD, her markings and coloring is just stunning. All your dogs are lookers, for sure.

[IceyBlueSibes]

Beautiful group you have there! Kudos to you for rescuing all of them! I bet you love all of that excitement... no time to sit down in your house! lol

[Lonewolfblue]

I just wish I had a larger yard, lol. Thinking of cutting my driveway in half and make a bigger front yard, lol. I live in a fairly small place, and most of our exercise is walking down at the Riverfront Park. Sometimes we do the entire loop, which is 11 miles I believe, or possibly 13. Can't remember which, but I do know it's an odd number, lol.

Edit:
Just looked it up, it's 13 miles. Check it out...
Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail - Wenatchee,Washington

[Swiftwind]

Hey, welcome to Global Paw! Your dogs are stunning!

[Lonewolfblue]

Originally Posted by Swiftwind

Hey, welcome to Global Paw! Your dogs are stunning!

Thanks..... They all say hi........

[Lonewolfblue]

As for training, both Nell and Chloe are starting Obedience classes. Neither have had any Obedience training at all.

As for Betty, when I got her, she barely knew Sit and Down. But within 4 months of Rally training, she's learned the full Rally Novice in 4 months.

Here's Betty's current list of commands......

Sit - Voice/hand command
Down - Voice/hand command
Stay - Voice/hand command
Come - Voice/hand command
Stand - Hand Command, Voice still needs work
Heel - Voice Command, Hand still needs work

Good Dog
Bad Dog
Potty
Up - Voice only
Jump - Voice only
Let's Go
no - Voice/hand command
ah-ah (Goes with no)
Betty - Her name
In the house (She goes in her kennel)
Out of the house (She comes out of her kennel)
Go for Walk (To go for a walk)
ball
toy
Get the ball - Brings the ball.
Where's the ball - Goes and touches the ball with nose, returns with no ball.
Get the toy - Brings the toy.
Where's the toy - Goes and touches the toy with nose, returns with no toy.
Off
Out

Words she's currently learning...
Crawl
Place
Watch me - Learning Voice/Hand Command

Rally things she does.... These are done on leash, but does better off leash with no distractions. Still sloppy on some of the things, we are now in the phase of tweaking everything in.

*May be used multiple times on a course.

1. START – Indicates the beginning of the course.
2.FINISH – Indicates the end of the course - timing stops.
3. HALT – Sit. While heeling, the handler halts and the dog comes to a sit in heel position. The team then moves forward toward the next exercise sign (station), with the dog in heel position. (Stationary exercise)
4. HALT – Sit – Down. While heeling, the handler halts and the dog comes to a sit. The handler then commands the dog to down, followed by the command to heel forward from the down position. (Stationary exercise)
5. * Right Turn. Performed as a 90º turn to the right, as in traditional obedience.
6. * Left Turn. Performed as a 90º turn to the left, as in traditional obedience.
7. *About Turn – Right. While heeling, the team makes a 180º about turn to the handler’s right.
8. * About “U” Turn. While heeling, the team makes a 180º about turn to the handler’s left.
9. * 270° Right Turn. While heeling, the team makes a 270º turn to the handler’s right. 270° turns are performed as a tight circle, but not around the exercise sign.
10. * 270° Left Turn. While heeling, the team makes a 270º turn to the handler’s left. 270º turns are performed as a tight circle, but not around the exercise sign.
11. 360° Right Turn. While heeling, the team makes a 360º turn to the handler’s right. 360º turns are performed as a tight circle, but not around the exercise sign.
12. 360° Left Turn. While heeling, the team makes a 360º turn to the handler’s left. 360º turns are performed as a tight circle, but not around the exercise sign.
13. Call Front – Finish Right - Forward. While heeling, the handler stops forward motion and calls the dog to the front position (dog sits in front and faces the handler). The handler may take several steps backward as the dog turns and moves to sit in the front position. The second part of the exercise directs the handler to move forward while commanding the dog to change from the front position to the handler’s right, around behind the handler and to heel position, as the handler continues forward. The dog does not sit before moving forward in heel position with the handler. (Stationary exercise)
14. Call Front – Finish Left - Forward. While heeling, the handler stops forward motion and calls the dog to the front position (dog sits in front and faces the handler). The handler may take several steps backward as the dog turns and moves to sit in the front position. The second part of the exercise directs the handler to move forward while commanding the dog to change from the front position to the handler’s left and moving to heel position, as the handler continues forward. The dog does not sit before moving forward in heel position with the handler. (Stationary exercise)
15. Call Front – Finish Right - HALT. While heeling, the handler stops forward motion and calls the dog to the front position (dog sits in front and faces the handler). The handler may take several steps backward as the dog turns and moves to sit in the front position. The second part is the finish to the right, where the dog must return to heel position by moving around the right side of the handler. Dog must sit in heel position before moving forward with the handler. (Stationary exercise)
16. Call Front – Finish Left - HALT. While heeling, the handler stops forward motion and calls the dog to the front position (dog sits in front and faces the handler). The handler may take several steps backward as the dog turns and moves to a sit in the front position. The second part is the finish to the left, where the dog must move to the handler’s left and sit in heel position. Dog must sit in heel position before moving forward in heel position with the handler. (Stationary exercise)
17. * Slow Pace. Dog and handler must slow down noticeably. This must be followed by a normal pace, unless it is the last station in the class.
18. * Fast Pace. Dog and handler must speed up noticeably. This must be followed by a normal pace, unless it is the last station in the class.
19. * Normal Pace. Dog and handler must move forward, walking briskly and naturally.
20. Moving Side Step Right. While heeling, the handler takes one step diagonally to the right and continues moving forward along the newly established line. The dog maintains heel position. The exercise may be performed just past the exercise sign.
21. Spiral Right – Dog Outside. This exercise requires three pylons or posts placed in a straight line with spaces between them of approximately 6 - 8 feet. Spiral Right indicates the handler must turn to the right when moving around each pylon or post. The first pass is going around all 3 pylons, then the 2nd pass you go around only 2 pylons, and the final pass you just go around 1 pylon.
22. Spiral Left – Dog Inside. This exercise requires three pylons or posts placed in a straight line with spaces between them of approximately 6 - 8 feet. Spiral Left indicates that the handler must turn to the left when moving around each pylon or post. This places the dog on the inside of the turns. The exercise sign is placed near or on the first pylon or post where the spiral is started. The first pass is going around all 3 pylons, then the 2nd pass you go around only 2 pylons, and the final pass you just go around 1 pylon.
23. Straight Figure 8 Weave Twice. This exercise requires four obstacles (pylons, posts or people) placed in a straight line with spaces between them of approximately 6 - 8 feet. The exercise sign is placed near or on the first obstacle where the exercise is started. Entry into the weaving pattern is with the first obstacle at the dog/handler’s left side.
24. Serpentine Weave Once. This exercise requires four obstacles (pylons, posts or people) placed in a straight line with spaces between them of approximately 6 - 8 feet. The exercise sign is placed near or on the first obstacle where the exercise is started. Entry into the weaving pattern is with the first obstacle at the dog/handler’s left side. It should be noted that in this exercise, the team does not weave back through the obstacles as they do in the Straight Figure 8.
25. HALT – 1, 2, 3 Steps Forward. The team halts with the dog sitting in heel position to begin the exercise. The handler takes one step forward, with the dog maintaining heel position, and halts. The dog sits when the handler halts. This is followed by two steps forward - halt, and three steps forward - halt, with the dog heeling each time the handler moves forward, and sitting each time the handler halts. (Stationary exercise)
26. Call Front – 1, 2, 3 Steps Backward. While heeling, the handler stops forward motion and calls the dog to the front position (dog sits in front and faces the handler). The handler may take several steps backward as the dog turns and moves to a sit in the front position. With the dog in the front position, the handler takes one step backward and halts. The dog moves with the handler and sits in the front position as the handler halts. This is followed by the handler taking two steps backward and a halt, and three steps backward and a halt. Each time, the dog moves with the handler to the front position and sits as the handler halts. The handler then commands the dog to resume heel position as the team moves forward toward the next station. (Stationary exercise)
27. Moving Down. While moving with the dog in heel position, the handler commands the dog to drop to a down position, as the handler pauses next to the dog. Once the dog is completely in the down position, the handler moves forward commanding the dog to heel from the down position. (Stationary exercise)
28. HALT – Fast Forward From Sit. With the dog sitting in heel position, the handler commands the dog to heel and immediately moves forward at a fast pace. This must be followed by a normal pace, unless it is the last station in the class. (Stationary exercise)
29. Left About Turn. While moving with the dog in heel position, the handler makes an about turn to the left, while at the same time, the dog must move around the handler to the right and to heel position. The dog does not sit before moving forward in heel position with the handler.
30. HALT – Walk Around Dog. With the dog sitting in heel position, the handler commands the dog to stay, then proceeds to walk around the dog to the left, returning to heel position. The handler must pause in heel position before moving forward to the next station. (Stationary exercise)
31. HALT – Down – Walk Around Dog. With dog sitting in heel position, the handler commands the dog to down and stay, then proceeds to walk around the dog to the left, returning to heel position. The handler must pause in heel position before moving forward to the next station.The dog heels forward from the down position. (Stationary exercise)

[DogLover8]

Your dogs are Gorgeous!

[Lonewolfblue]

Here's one of my fav pics of Betty......



And here's her funny face.....



And one more cool pic.....



And here's Nell's evil eyes.....

[Swiftwind]

Betty is adorable! I used to be a bit weary of ACDs because when I was younger one of my best friends had one and every time I went over to her house her dog would get so excited and hyped up that he'd grab me by the wrist with his teeth and try to lead me around the house and get me to play with him! He was a sweet dog though, but not when he did that!

[Doggedly Determined]

lots of mud!

[Dangels]

Your babies are just beautiful! I loved the pictures!

Welcome to Global Paw!

[Punkygirl0101]

I just love Betty! So pretty!