Border Terriers are for life, not just for Christmas

Show us your borders 🙂

So we’ve been debating getting a dog for a while now and finally decided on a border.

Can someone please show me the difference between blue and grizzle?

From copious amounts of googling I’ve come up with blue is the darkest, then grizzle, then tan and then wheaten? But I’m still not sure.

I’m going to view some in Huddersfield but they seem to be really dark all over. I’m after a dark with tan markings I think.

Also if anyone has any pics of their Black and Tan borders now and when they’re were a puppy I’d be really grateful.

What they look like now will probably bear no resemblance to how they’ll be when they grow up. Not borders but you’ll get the idea.

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/puppies-1

And it solves the puppy pic drought…

I wouldn’t worry about the colour though. More important is how nosey they are!

Pretty much all borders are black when born.

Jake is a grizzle.

Sorry no pup pics as he was a rehome.

Homer

Thanks for the pics 🙂

Drac – that is what I was worried about. The puppies I’ve seen have been pretty much all black. I wanted more tan on their face.

They will change you can’t tell what their markings will be as pups.

What’s Homer’s superpower then?

Here are the four separate puppies that we’re going to see.

Puppy 1
Untitled by ChuckMorr1s[/url], on Flickr

Puppy 2
Untitled by ChuckMorr1s[/url], on Flickr

Puppy 3
Untitled by ChuckMorr1s[/url], on Flickr

Puppies 4
Untitled by ChuckMorr1s[/url], on Flickr

What’s Homer’s superpower then?

Eating catshit..

Say Hi to Elvis 🙂

Hello Elvis! – Angus approves…

How active are Borders compared to a Working Cocker?

How active are Borders compared to a Working Cocker?

Look at the bottom pic above!

They are as active as you want them to be – they’re fine with 15 minutes walk if you are pushed for time, or will walk for hours. They sleep a fair bit.

I’m assuming with a Terrier I’d need to take dog-proofing the garden to a whole new level???

I’m assuming with a Terrier I’d need to take dog-proofing the garden to a whole new level???

Yes – they like to explore.

Our garden has chicken wire at the bottom of every hedge.

He pops over the wall to see our neighbour though – he’s an old chap who used to have Borders and it’s like a second home to him.

Our Border Terrier Smudge is 12 yrs old now, lovely little dog, but she suffers from this
http://www.canineepilepsy.co.uk/cecs.html
Daily tablets (side effect has now impacted phone her bladder control)
Will chase anything from cats to squirrels (typical Terrier) so care needed off the lead

You’ll have to make your garden better than Colditz.

They’re very active Jake has joined me on a few challenge walks, he’s done 42 miles in one go before. Or they will be happily sleep all day too especially if you have a log burner.

These threads do not help.

We’re not in a position at the moment unfortunately.

How long are they happy being alone? Few hour?

8 weeks old, picked up last weekend

Won’t stay still for her photo

Elvis looks great. Which one of the four/five puppies you were going to see is he?

Hi Elvis 😀

Here’s Margot at home after a day or twoIMG_1569 by mark shepherd[/url], on Flickr
Here she is with her favourite thing in the worldIMG_3998 by mark shepherd[/url], on Flickr
And here she is today, massively in need of a stripping!!IMG_5821 by mark shepherd[/url], on Flickr
She’ll go all day chasing the ball, or equally as said above she’ll lay infront of the fire and not move 😆
Great to have another addition to the STW border terrier club 8)

Congrats OP 🙂

I always imagine a dogs name shouted out, Elvis is going to be a good one

Sonic (and I had to shout that for ages to get “lost boy” back in the woods last week) is 2yrs old now. Black and Tan. They all start much darker and get lighter for the first 6months. They gradually get lighter as they get older so our two previous BT were light by the time they were 15.

Our Patter(devil)dale is much harder work in terms of exercise and training.

Had a couple of borders twenty years ago now… seeing this thread has made think of getting a couple more, lovely dogs, and as said they loved chasing all day and equally sitting in front of the fire all day… awesome dogs

Taken 2 mins ago. He won’t stir much now until tomorrow morning when we are up.

This is our little guy Mort. He is a border terrier mix we think(rescue dog so we are not entirely sure)
Mort instagram page[/url]
We have had him about two months now and he is around 18 months old as far as we know.
Crate trained, house broken and seems very smart. He also seems to hear us and follow commands when it suits him. We don’t have a garden but I can say Mort doesn’t like to be on a leash if other dogs are not, he also likes to sniff and get underneath bushes.
I haven’t been out for long bike trips with him yet but the short ones I have been on he seems to like.
He runs really fast but not sure on his endurance.

We’ve been really lucky with ours. Great recall. Doesn’t chase anything we don’t want him to. Loves his crate. Hasn’t got an aggressive bone in his body, some borders we meet out and about can be a little snappy. Not really cycled much since I got him but had him out with me tonight and his stamina is definitely getting much better since I last had him with me on bike around 3 weeks ago. He is totally obsessed with balls. I have to take two with me to the park as he won’t let go of one unless I throw the other.

bigshep – I can’t believe the transformation in colour. Margot has gone so much lighter. So cute. Elvis has very similar colours.

I can’t wait til the 19th.

deejayen – Puppies 4. I think he’s the puppy on the right.

So last week was pretty rubbish. After picking Elvis up, I had him booked in at the Vets for his first vaccine. On checking the puppy, and getting a second opinion from another vet, he dropped the bombshell that he the poor little fella had a heart defect. 99% sure it was a PDA defect. The positive, it was fixable and if successful he would lead a normal life. The negative, it could cost anywhere from £2k to £6k. His four week insurance from his microchip wouldn’t cover birth defects and due to an admin error, his kennel club insurance wouldn’t cover it also. The breeder hadn’t sent the forms off in time for us to pick him up. I spent two days phoning around different practices to find the most reasonable and spoke to many different insurances companies to try an get cover before and after the surgery. Nobody interested in the animals welfare. I simply didn’t have the money for his treatment and whats worse, I’ve been told if I was on benefits, his treatment would have been paid for. So I took the difficult decision to make the five hour round trip and return him to the breeder, who gave us a full refund. She took him to a practice where they confirmed the heart defect but one of the vets has agreed to take him on and fix him up. Absolutely heart breaking but I’m glad he’s getting the treatment he needs.

[/url]Elvis at 8 weeks old

Are you keeping him?

Are you keeping him?

No, he’s returned him for a full refund. Just like a faulty telly.

loddrik – no he is staying with the vet.

suburbanreuben – Member
No, he’s returned him for a full refund. Just like a faulty telly.

Suppose I could of kept him and let him suffer and die.

suburbanreuben – Member

So the guy couldn’t afford to pay for the treatment but manages to ensure the pup will be looked after. What justifies your pish posted above?

Well that sounds horrible, but you were left with only one option so the right call to make.

Very unlucky as well as BT’s are traditionally hardy little things with few ‘defects’.

Are you going to get another?

So the guy couldn’t afford to pay for the treatment but manages to ensure the pup will be looked after. What justifies your pish posted above?

^fully agree.

If I was in the same position – and a solution couldn’t be resolved, the puppy would end up being put-down.

Not many people can afford to spend up to 6k on vets fees.

If I’d have kept him I’d have been forced to have him put down, I couldn’t bare to see him suffer and lost the money I paid for him. I don’t have that kind of money to pay for the treatment which wasn’t a fixed price either. It would need £850 to determine the severity of the defect and then it could spiral up to £6k. There was a place in Swindon that would cap the cost at £2400. I got declined for a loan for that amount.
I’m confident I made the right decision as tough as it was due to getting so attached to him.

Yes I’m definitely going to get another.

The breeder has since contacted me and recommended me someone not far from where I live who has a litter that will be ready in the new year.

Hope it all works out Chuck, and you made the right decision.

here is Archie, nearly 9 now and a great dog, loves kids, walks when asked and sleeps the rest of the time.

P1030099 by eastham_david[/url], on Flickr