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		<title>Following the Master&#8217;s Gaze</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 17:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With this post I am beginning a new thread of my life. That is the one that I have with my horse. He came to me when he was 2 years old, twenty years ago. He was unbroken and very much self-absorbed and his life revolved around himself. It was up to me to arrange [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vissfam.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10985784&amp;post=210&amp;subd=vissfam&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re Back at It!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 04:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are Ally and I at our lesson last week. A bit of a goal accomplished here actually. . . because I am trusting her enough to walk and look forward, having my back to Allison and the sheep. Trusting her to do her job keeping the sheep a following me!  We bungled most of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vissfam.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10985784&amp;post=188&amp;subd=vissfam&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fooled by a False Pregnancy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am sad to inform my readers that there are no puppies! She was late in delivering them so we took her to the vet, only to find that she had a false pregnancy. I had never considered that she would be a candidate for this as she is six years old and never had [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vissfam.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10985784&amp;post=170&amp;subd=vissfam&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Soundness Testing . . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The photo of Allison was taken when she was about a year old and didn&#8217;t have her full coat of fur. It is a good shot I think because it shows her conformation. Allison may not be spectacular to everyone&#8217;s eyes but to me it shows her beautiful angles built for speed and agility, endurance, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vissfam.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10985784&amp;post=121&amp;subd=vissfam&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are you Border Collie material?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They are undoubtably the smartest dog. The newest listing of the 10 smartest breeds of dog just came out again.  And again the Border Collie is number one! This makes for both the easiest to train dog, the easiest to live with. . . .or the hardest. Just like everything they do&#8212;it seems that it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vissfam.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10985784&amp;post=109&amp;subd=vissfam&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dog Gestation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From: http://dogs.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Canine_Gestation Canine Gestation Calendar Week Changes Zero to One * Breeding takes place. * Within a few days, the sperm reaches the eggs and fertilization occurs. Two * The fertilized eggs make their way to the uterus for implantation. * You may notice behavioral changes in your dog. She may become moody or more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vissfam.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10985784&amp;post=95&amp;subd=vissfam&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My own dog food!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this photo, Allison is probably just 6 weeks old and obviously accepted by everybody in our family. Our old Lab, Wilbur took her under his wing with firmness and kindness. The hour she arrived at our house it was &#8216;naptime&#8217;. I  just know he said to her, &#8220;Look it&#8217;s naptime, Kid &#8211;get to sleep, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vissfam.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10985784&amp;post=74&amp;subd=vissfam&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>As I promised, the issues are:</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps if I list them all, you won&#8217;t get so irrate at me because there might be one that you like! First of all, don&#8217;t assume anyone takes a side because they are negligant. On the contrary, it is usually because they are concerned and have researched for themselves. As in &#8216;people&#8217; health issues, a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vissfam.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10985784&amp;post=67&amp;subd=vissfam&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Password protect on this dog!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My son Joseph says that I really should get some sort of password protect on Allison. When people like my husband, Ken can walk into the sheep paddock and with one word  &#8220;OKIDOCKI&#8221; can get Allison to bring him the sheep just like easy and then make the sheep follow him just like that and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vissfam.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10985784&amp;post=51&amp;subd=vissfam&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The girl is:</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the top photo, Ally is just 7 months old and has already been at work with me &#8216;fulltime&#8217;, for 2 months. At the bottom, the photo was taken this December at 6 1/2 years old. The girl, my Allison seems to be a contradiction of character, but really it is just her depth of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vissfam.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10985784&amp;post=42&amp;subd=vissfam&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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