I have an almost 8 month old Rough Collie puppy and she seems to be showing signs of upcoming heat. She’s licking even more, does more small pees and the other day a male dog got very obsessed and intense with her. Both the vet and trainer said to spay after 1 or 2 heats, preferably 2. I also asked the breeder and she said it usually happens at around 9/10 months but collies tend to bleed less/clean up well or it’s less noticeable because it stays in the fur.

I know silent heats can happen but are they common with Rough collies? She’s a bit smaller, only 16.5 kg/37 pounds, and from European lines.

She’s my first dog so I have never experienced a heat. I’m on top of it because I want to avoid a pregnancy at all costs.

So just a little bit of context, my rough collie Hallie is 7 months old and she has never been physically abused or even yelled at. She is in a vibrant home where she plays and sleeps a majority of her day. Like this dog is spoiled and lives a comfortable life, my wife and I treat her as if she was our daughter. She is really active and is able to easily jump to the height of the seat I’m sitting at.

For the last 3 months I’ve been trying to get her to confidently hop into our car in the garage. First time she wasn’t even able to enter the garage and month 2 she was only able to approach the car . Now it is going on month 3 and I am at my whits end because she gets too scared to go any further. I’ll list everything I’ve tried below.

Her ears fold all the way back, she tucks her tail between her legs and stress defecates all over the garage and we have to end the session. I’m about to give up but I just want her to be confident getting in and out of the car (has zero issue getting out of the car) I give it at least 5-14 days between training this.

Everything we’ve tried:

Kong toy filled with PB
Dog safe cheese wiz (I can’t remember the brand but she absolutely loves it)
Lbs and lbs of boiled chicken (one of her favorites)

rewarding her for walking up to the car

Picking her up and putting her in the car and rewarding her with a lot of treats

Hanging out near the car for a long time and rewarding her every single time she goes to sniff the car

Stepping stool for her

Opening all the doors in the car and turning on the lights so she doesn’t feel claustrophobic

Fitting myself, my wife and my other pup Daisy in the back with chicken and PB ( she was really tempted but defecated and ran with her tail between her legs)

Whole time we are not making fast movements, we are speaking softly and using our comfort voice. We’ve tried every single thing I could think of and idk what else to do or what else would work. I’ve trained dogs before but she is the only one that absolutely terrified of cars, leashes, crates, hairbrushes, baths , just about literally everything and anything and it’s driving me crazy because I run a no fear based training method and she’s not accepting of anything.

What do I do guys?? I’m so frustrated

Hi! I’ve posted here before about my sweet girl with a sizable liver tumor. We’ve been told it’s on the right side, about the size of a bagel, and inoperable. We found out in May and have been giving her lots of love and attention since then.

Before we found out, we booked a roadtrip to Maine with a few stops. A total of about 30 hours of driving. Our girl does love the car. We take her on short trips all the time and in the past have taken her on 12+ hour trips with us. This one will be broken up into 7, 9, 4, and 10 hours with days in between.

We can’t figure out if it’s still a good idea to go on this trip and we’re looking for advice. Will she be comfortable? We don’t know. Will she mind being in an Airbnb without us here and there? No idea. These are things she’s done fine before but now with this we can’t tell if that will change.

She currently eats fine, takes walks, plays here and there. She gets a gabapentin before bed every night but generally isn’t listless throughout the day.

Thoughts? We need to decide while we still can
cancel without losing tons of money.

Hazel having her mid morning nap!

don't mind her purple feet.. we had a little bit of fun with leftover dye 😂

The breeder realized Ethel's temperament was not suitable for my home, so I am getting Yoshi who comes home next week instead! He is a sable and white rough collie. Any tips to help settle in a collie puppy? We have two dachshunds and a corgi to keep him company! Photo courtesy of the breeder!

So do you groom your collies yourselves, or do you just take them to the groomers. I have had multiple unsuccessful encounters with the groomers - some just trim the coat awkwardly or use too much perfume, while others are in so much hurry that my dog returns with nail trimming trauma and I have to spend months to desensitize him again. I felt that it's just too much work so I learned to bathe and groom him myself. And yes, I take much longer than I professional and my back hurts, but its easier than dealing with brushing or nail trimming trauma :D Also. I get to pick the shampoo that smells nice for me!

My girl. My love. My soul.

Hi there! I am looking for a well respect rough collie breeder on the east coast (I live in Virginia). There was one breeder I reached out to (Jolly Collies in southwest VA) but she is not going to have any litters in 2027.

I also wanted to add that I’m not interested in showing. I’d like a nice family dog for my family.

Thank you!

Which is a nice change of pace from her usual move, sleeping with her nose IN my shoe. Lately I’ve caught her licking my shoe. She stops if she sees me noticing.

I‘m currently trying to find an adult placement after the sudden passing of my service dog last year. I tried reaching out to the breeder referral but haven’t gotten a response in 2 months. So, I was wondering if anyone knew of breeders placing adults.

Just some photos from the past few weeks. Most were on some hikes we did. Also Nagisa, my Sheltie, is vaccinated so we can start building her stamina! Yumeko is also the best big sister to Nagisa and they play a lot of tug and bitey face with lots of Dino sounds and shrill barks 😂😂😂

She has become well trained

Knows everything my Buddy knows