ONTARIO BORDER COLLIE CLUB

By Fiona Robertson, Cert A.C.N.

Please read part 1 of this series, which talks about weight gain and osteoarthritis:  Feeding Senior Dogs: Part 1

While standardized diagnostic guidelines are yet to be defined, Canine Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome (CCDS) is diagnosed…

By Tania Costa
(AI generated photo)

When you work your dog on sheep — whether that’s on the farm or at herding trials — you already know how physically demanding it is. These dogs are doing tight turns, sudden stops…

By Fiona Robertson, Cert A.C.N
Photo Credit to Carolyn West

Our dogs give us their all, and they deserve special attention when they retire from work. Proper nutrition is an important contributor to healthy aging in dogs and is often…

By OBCC Board of Directors

*Photo credit to Carol Guy

Over the past year, the OBCC Board of Directors did a deep dive on the topic of trialing in Ontario. There is a sense that members want more trials, and…

By Tania Costa

In a 2015 OBCC newsletter I wrote about “Fitness in Working Border Collies”. I discussed balance, strength, endurance, and flexibility as the pinnacles of proper fitness. Fast forward 10 years with several years of new training under…

By Kate Ash

As a veterinarian and caring dog owner, I carry a number of items with me on the road in a first aid kit.  Dal, my husband, jokes that I could do open heart surgery!!!  Well, perhaps my…

By Victoria Lamont
*photo credit to Victoria Lamont 

If you went to any of the Ontario novice trials last year, you might have noticed me and Tosh at the post. You might have seen Tosh run around me in circles…

by Joyce Geier (first published OBCC Newsletter 1996)

*Photo credit to Kris Kiviaho and Lynn Johnston

Seems like there's a great debate about novices to our sport. Not that there's much to debate; they're wonderful, we need more…

By Viki Kidd

*Photo credit to Viki Kidd

Emmy. Reese. Pride. Nina. Lynn. Gill. Rime.
These are the names of well-bred pups, over the past years, that had me dreaming of being ‘THE ONE’.  ‘THE ONE’ that will not only…

By Anne Wheatley (*Photo Credit also to Anne)

Rye is out of Mary Thompson’s Teagan and by Kevan Gretton’s Bud. There are plenty of good dogs behind this boy. People say when you’re thinking about a puppy, start with good…

Author unknown - OBCC newsletter 2001  

How many times have you bought a puppy, or raised one from your own stock thinking, man, this one's going to be a real winner! It shows all the right stuff from the start…

By Joyce Geier  - Originally published OBCC newsletter 2000

It began as a simple training day in June 1996. It ended when Troy went down from heat stroke. It resulted in a lifelong heat intolerance and dog management issue. I…