It did actually start out as a Dry dog food debate but when you get to my age you lose the plot................

__________________

You can't have lost it too much to pick out such a gorgeous pup!

Speaking of which, take a look at these YouTube - 8wk blue merle border collie tricks and YouTube - 10 wk blue merle border collie tricks.
Tried to post them in my gallery but the files too big

__________________

Good videos! She's a clever pup!

we feed our dogs butchers tripe with wainwrights dry food they clean bowl up every night they look well cost about £ 5 00 aweek for two one lurcher and one bedlington

shes really clever for a pup her age and beautifull

wow do you think you could training Tootsie like that she is beautiful, what a lovely dog.

Thanks for all your lovely comments! If your poochie is eager to learn go for it! We are clicker training her at the moment and it works for us.
We just viewed other peoples videos on youtube and went from there. Saying that, I took Izzy to her first training class last night, mainly for the socializing, expecting her to be top of the class (what a proud mum!) and she went crackers! Firstly she wasn't keen on the tiny Shitzu, we got sin binned and sent to the other end of the room for distracting the Spaniel next to us, she smelt the liver treats the trainer had on the table from a mile away and tried to snaffle the lot! She wouldn't sit or lie down, basics she was doing at home on the first day we had her! She then did a spectacular 'crawl' all the way across the hall, I think she was expecting everyone to go "wow! What a clever dog" and the only reaction she got was the lady next to me asking if she had a problem with her legs?!!!! We did get a free clicker, training lead and Kong so I suppose we came away with something! It was her first trip out so I suppose there were distractions around which she hasn't encountered before. She is 'allowed out' officially tomorrow so hopefully by next weeks class she will have calmed down.............

__________________

I wouldn't be disheartened by that at all. You're very lucky that she has picked all those things up so quickly and obviously learnt them very well. She's bound to be distracted her first time out!

Back to the subject of the thread......... we feed Izzy Nutro Choice puppy and, ahem, Hills Science. Basically the breeder told us to get the Nutro if possible because all her dogs were on it and as they were all in stunning condition we took her advice. We order a 15k bag , from Germany (it was cheaper than the uk) and after a week she went completely off it! We tried her on Hills (vets recommendation...suckers!) and she has gone off that too. I vowed to stick to dry food. we fed our dear departed Zoe (Yorkie, we lost her in Jan, she was 16) on tinned and she was such a nervous eater she used to be so messy (we took her in when she was about 18months and she had food issues). Anyway, am now thinking of putting her on a raw diet............got as far as thinking about it, just not as far as the butchers

__________________