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Likes: Trampolines, Agility, Training, Music
Favorite Toy: Ball!, Oz!, tug toy....well anything you wanna play fetch or tug with
Favorite Food: Chicken Hot Dogs and Chicken Hearts and Gizzards
Favorite Walk: Up at the "valley"
Best Tricks: Sit, come, "Ready, Set GO!", jump, down, hoop, shake-a-paw, High-five, woof, BANG, shake-a-hind-paw, leg weave, through the legs, high 10, Get the keys, Get the pills, Fetch the paper, Bite, Skateboard
Arrival Story: We looked around for a while for Border Collie breeders in Ontario. We searched many places, but none had litters available at the time. Some had litters due at the end of the summer, which wouldn't have been fair for the puppy to be home all that time when he's that young.
We were originally looking for a tri-coloured border collie, (one to match Oz), but could not find any. Finally, I saw that Hollowshot border collies had puppies ready to go. So I contacted the breeder and asked to come visit. Originally, I was going to get a black and white female who was ready to go that day, but someone had gotten to her before us. Though the trip was not a complete waste! Maxine told us that she had 2 litters, and we could see the one (the other litter was just a few hours old). We considered either Coby, or the tiny black an white male, the female was already spoken for. We chose Coby because of his unusual colourings, as he really did not have much of a personality at 2 weeks old.
Bio: A lot of people don't seem to know that YES Border Collies can come in colours other than Black and White! You wouldn't believe the arguments this leads to. Haha Ah well.
Coby isn't as intense as most Border Collies we have encountered. He does not focus on certain things, and taking a Frisbee away from him and putting it away causes no issues.
He is equally happy laying around all day or practising agility.
He also knows that he is just too ridiculously good looking for a dog, and uses that to his advantage.
His trainability is the best I've seen in most dogs. I taught him to fetch the newspaper, car keys, tissues, and pill bottle in the matter of a few minutes.
Forums Motto: Don't Litter, Spay and Neuter Dogster Local Spots I've Marked: Over the Edge Agility The Groups I'm In: •Dogs and puppies in Southern Ontario•, **Dogster Estates**, *~*JoyRiders*~*, ..:: Herding Breeds Association ::.., *Agility*, Downtown Dogster, Me & My BC♥, Vote Fur Me!, BCs of Canada, Border Collie Mania, Brainy Dogs, Canadian Service Dogs, Canine Good Citizens and Neighbors Group (US, Chow Chow's and their friends, Dog Genetics, Dog Sports - Agility, Dogs In Action!!, Dogster's Most Musical, Durham Region Doggies, Got Agility....We Do!, Not The Beagle!, Save the Starving Street Dogs, Somethin' tells me I gotta herd!, The Kings and Queens of Dogster!!!, Therapy Pets
The Last Forum I Posted In: Jon & Kate Giving Up Their Dogs!
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Name Origin: Alright here's what my name signifies:
Well, the Cobain portion is rather obvious, Cobain as in Kurt of Nirvana's last name.
Now "Boddah." Anyone that listened to their music in around 1994 would have the association of Boddah linked to Kurt's alleged "suicide" note.
Boddah, in depth was Kurt Cobain's childhood imaginary friend. Boddah started off being a little mischevious, (Kurt would always say "Boddah did it"
when something was amiss). Kurt however later described him as the "perfect" being. He did not judge one based on ones looks or actions, but rather the person's
true personality.
Aright well Cobain because Kurt Cobain is mom's hero pretty well.
And Boddah because, Boddah was Kurts only true friend and was always there when he needed him. When Kurt was young Boddah was his imaginary friend but as
he grew older he knew Boddah as his soul, a vision of this perfect person, a model for how everybody should be. I think this is how Kurt invisioned the interaction
with his own mind. Boddah was the only person he could ever count on, after so many others had hurt him.
And I think that's how mom feels about me
1. I really like Agility, and went to my furst trail with less than a years worth of training
2. I am fed partially raw
3. Yes, I am a purebred border collie BOL
4. I love to pose for the camera
5. I am too handsome for my own good
6. I'm also too intelligent for my own good
7. Mom seems to assume that I think I'm human, since I am not overly high strung, or calm either. But in truth, I know I'm a dog, and I know I'm smarter than any human too ;)
I Tagged Kaiser, Bonzer, Fling, Karli, Monty, Buddy, and Odysseus!
So Mom's taking care of this really old Irish Setter, who so far, I have yet to identify as a real dog. Maybe mixed with some sort of cat... hmm...
Mom came home today and was just sitting with me watching some TV, when she thought she saw some sort of yellow blur out the back door.
She got up to look, and sure enough there was another dog in our backyard. She went outside to check if he was friendly, and to check for tags. Which he only had one and it didn't have a name or number on it.
She let me and the beagle outside to see how we'd get along with this dog (to keep him in the backyard).
We were fine, and did a good job of keeping him there, not that he showed much interest in leaving.
Mom realized that he was not neutered, which was probably the cause of his wandering.
Mom decided to take me and the runaway up the street to look for his home. On our walk a golden retriever/lab decided that he was going to follow us. So now Mom was up to 3 blonde dogs BOL.
Then she heard someone calling a dogs name, so after she told the new dog to go home, she asked the people if she had their dog. The lady said "no but we've lost our lab!"
So the new lab and I walked down the road a bit with Mom to see yet another lab running around someone's yard. The dog ran up to us and Mom got a hold of his collar. That dog belonged to the lady we had just spoken to. So Mom held the dog until the lady came and got him.
Then as we were walking down the road a car pulled over and asked if the lab was our dog. Mom said no, and the lady jumped out and said "Timber!" Turns out that he is her "granddog" BOL. But before mom could tell her that the reason he was probably wandering was because he wasn't fixed, she left. She was very grateful though :)
I have an upcoming Therapy test on April 20, and what started out as a nice walk in the woods, ended up being the pawfect test preperation!
After my walk with Mom, Grandma, and Oz; Mom decided to take us up to a camp that her aunt was holding with the "Girl Guides" (inside a building).
We only intended to be a few minutes, so Oz and I were left in the truck whilst the hoomans went inside. Then Mom's aunt mentioned a tasty deer carcass in the back woods on a trail. Mom, being quite excited about my free food oppurtunity, let Oz inside the building and took me out back.
Unfortunately, after the hour of searching, Mom and I were unable to find it.
We went back inside and to my surprise, there were about 20 little girls all running around!
I've never really had this experience before! Needless to say I was quite excited, so Mom took me over and got me to sit as all these little girls came up calling me "Toby" BOL, and petting me. Now we all know little girls aren't always the most gentle haha (though these ones were pretty nice to me) but I was very patient :).
Then one little girl came up to ask if she could walk me around, Mom was a little hesitant because if I decided to run, I could pull someone over, or possibly play nip someone.
After a bit though, Mom gave the leash over to the girls and I ran and played with them (supervised by mom of course!). Then when they all went to bed, I came back to lay beside Mom.
Mom said I was a very good boy today! And I had a blast! I hope my Therapy Test is just as much fun!
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