HRFL Tiger rules the roost!

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Just stop this stuff right now, Helen. Clara (what happened to the
L?) is a middle-aged dog. Yes, okay she is a border collie and they can
be
absolutely difficult with hyperactivity when they are young.
But she isn't young. Leave her alone, let her settle quietly into her
new
home. There is no need at all to provide her with extra activities until
she
shows from her behaviour that she needs it.
Maybe after whatever she's gone through just a nice warm home with a
comfy
bed and a couple daily walks will suit her fine. Sometimes it's not
necessary to delve into the border collie psyche.

You might be over-doing it with the best reasons.

Yes, I actually quite agree about the exercise and with what you told
me.

To be fair to me though, her 2 hour walk this morning was done at a
fairly slow pace with her on the lead a lot of the time and we only
covered about 1.5 miles in total. Most of the 2 hours was spend
throwing sticks into the river for Bonnie to wear *her* out while Cara
watched on the river bank. Bonnie is used to covering 6 miles+ a day
and is a very fit collie X and so I have to run her ragged and wear
her out when I walk her!

And our training session this afternoon was purely an *assessment* so
that I could work on recall and basic commands while someone watched
my body language with her and corrected *me* when I was giving
commands. ) I didn't realise how much I was giving conflicting
signals to Cara until it was seen by someone who knew what they were
looking at. And I've dropped the "L" because I find "Cara" trips off
the tounge better and she seems to respond easier to it. )

Phots will be en-route soon. )

Helen M


Doesn't Cara translate in some language to something like "my heart" or "my
love"?

I like it.

Jo

Christina Websell wrote:

I will look forward to the photos. We need to talk again about Clara. Of
course that is not her real name and it will be a while until she answers to
this new one.
I would hate it if someone decided my name was Louise, or Catherine or any
other name that wasn't mine.

People often (maybe usually) rename a dog or cat when they adopt them
from a shelter. It doesn't seem to cause a problem with most pets.

Also, it's not like Helen has been calling her dog "Clara" for very
long. So a change to another name at this juncture isn't very significant.
(Unless her name was Clara with her previous humans - in which case
this point is moot.) But in any case, the difference in sound between
"Clara" and "Cara" is not very big, and I think Cara will figure it out.

Of my 3 cats, Licky responds the best to his name. I wonder what would
happen if I said "Micky!" ? (Don't worry, KFC, I am *not* changing his
name!)

Joyce

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I thought it might be the case, as I know the imperious catitude of
His Royal Feline Lordship Tiger.....

HRFL has trained Cara to get in her bed! I almost PMSL earlier. Cara
was sitting in the kitchen chewing a bone when HRFL marched in,
smacked her upside the bum and herded her into her bed!!!!! Once she
was sat there he sat in front of her and looked at her as if to say
"THAT'S where YOU belong!"

To be fair to Cara, she didn't murmer, she just did what the cat told
her to! She then sat in her bed and watched as Miss Lily Whiskers and
Robbie wandered around the kitchen and helped themselves to her
dinner! No aggression, no growling, nothing apart from a look of utter
resignation on her face!

She sounds like a very kind and mature dog. I hope the others will
come around to her too, both kitties and ferrets, and any other
species you may have.

jofirey wrote:

Doesn't Cara translate in some language to something like "my heart" or "my
love"?

Yes, in Spanish it means "dear". (It also means "expensive". )

Joyce

Christina Websell wrote:

As it is, if someone mentions my name I am alert. How awful if I was a lost
cat and someone decided on a different name for me. If I was called inside
I would take no notice, and yes, I believe cats know their names from
constant repetition.

Oh, they KNOW them, all right - that doesn't mean they
bother to respond to them!

jofirey wrote:

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Just stop this stuff right now, Helen. Clara (what happened to the
L?) is a middle-aged dog. Yes, okay she is a border collie and they can
be
absolutely difficult with hyperactivity when they are young.
But she isn't young. Leave her alone, let her settle quietly into her
new
home. There is no need at all to provide her with extra activities until
she
shows from her behaviour that she needs it.
Maybe after whatever she's gone through just a nice warm home with a
comfy
bed and a couple daily walks will suit her fine. Sometimes it's not
necessary to delve into the border collie psyche.

You might be over-doing it with the best reasons.

Yes, I actually quite agree about the exercise and with what you told
me.

To be fair to me though, her 2 hour walk this morning was done at a
fairly slow pace with her on the lead a lot of the time and we only
covered about 1.5 miles in total. Most of the 2 hours was spend
throwing sticks into the river for Bonnie to wear *her* out while Cara
watched on the river bank. Bonnie is used to covering 6 miles+ a day
and is a very fit collie X and so I have to run her ragged and wear
her out when I walk her!

And our training session this afternoon was purely an *assessment* so
that I could work on recall and basic commands while someone watched
my body language with her and corrected *me* when I was giving
commands. ) I didn't realise how much I was giving conflicting
signals to Cara until it was seen by someone who knew what they were
looking at. And I've dropped the "L" because I find "Cara" trips off
the tounge better and she seems to respond easier to it. )

Phots will be en-route soon. )

Helen M



Doesn't Cara translate in some language to something like "my heart" or "my
love"?

In Italian, for certain - also Spanish, I think (and
probably several other romance languages).

When we first got Tigger DH decreed that we should only call her by her
proper name. After a while he gave up and Tigger responds to Baby Tigger,
Tiggy, Tiggers, Tig, Boo Boo Tigger, Baby Girl, Little Girl, Miss Tigger,
Missy Tigger, etc, etc.

Tank, still being very kittenny even though he is almost 2, responds to
nothing, except possibly GET YOUR BUT DOWN FROM THERE. To which he turns and
responds with a mirpp. Maybe he thinks that is his name :-)

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