Breed....BOB!!

Introducing you to a "Mix of breeds" dog - BOB! In this picture he is "in touch with his Border Collie side"!! And here he is with 3 Tennis Balls...each one is "Bob's Ball"!!! Bob ...check out his colour and markings .... you will not grow up to be a real Border Collie ... you are 6 yrs now!

Thankfully Cesar believes dogs as "Animal first" then "Species Dog" then "Breed" then "name" = which means that I can fulfill all my dogs through exercise even if I do not know their true breeding!

So how do I fulfill Bob's "breed"? Bob who is Border Collie (BC) mixed with a Jack Russell Terrier (JRT) ...well he goes on two walks every day - one where he seems to be more BC so he plays ball over and over again, the other with the Terriers brings out his JRT side so he sniffs around, goes under vegetation searching, digs holes in the sand and much more that Terriers do - today he chased a hare across a field..no chance of catching up with this fast animal but he tried - totally in tune with his JRT instincts!

All my breeds for sure see themselves as animal then dog, but will "breed pack up" when resting - the Setters lie together and the Terriers next to each other as well as on top of each-other!

There are so many ways we can fulfill our dogs or their breed through exercise without having to "give-in" to their more primal instincts or behaviour! I mean though I do work some of my Terriers to catch rats I am not going to turn this into a sport by giving them a bunny each day to fulfill their instinct! So instead I drain their energy through walks and far more appropriate sport like chase it games - back to that trusted tennis ball...oh man do I get through bags of tennis balls thank goodness they are sold in a £1 shop!! Oh and Bob just loves the squeaky toys but they do not last long - he gets the squeak out in seconds! He will go into a pet shop and not act like most dogs he leaves the food and treats alone but picks up all the toys he can to see if they have a squeak!

To end with a little humanizing between us Human Pack Leaders - if I could say what Bob's dream would be it would be - Wimbledon - a job as a "ball boy"!!!