Border Collie Puppies
Lock-Eye
Puppy Page
This Page Last Updated On
May 4th, 2008
|
NEW!!
The info page was created to help
prepare you for the pup's arival and
|
Border Collie puppies bred by Lock-Eye Border Collies are in training
around the world! Lock-Eye Border Collies produce awesome puppies for a variety
of activities. We offer border
collie puppies for sale that are selectively bred for their
intense work ethic and endurance. Our dogs excel at herding and work cattle,
sheep and ducks. We have also sold several dogs that work as "Goose Control
dogs." These dogs scare off ("Herd") wild geese that refuse
to migrate and are a health hazard to the public. Lock-Eye Border Collies
also compete in top level Canine Sports, such as Agility, Flyball and Obedience.
There are also many Lock-Eye Border Collies around the country doing Search
and Rescue and several puppies in training. We are proud of them all! We are
located in North Eastern Oklahoma. (Westville,Oklahoma)
Feel free to Michelle Weese at: 918 723-3052 if you would like to talk the
"Old Fashioned Way."
I
especially have a soft spot in my heart for Search and Rescue dogs. The dog
pictured left and right is a Smooch x Bronze daughter born 1-14-02. Dessa
is an acronym for Drive Energy, Search for the Scent
and Alert. Dessa is owned and trained by Kelly Pontbriand. Dessa
was certified with Maine Search and Rescue Dogs as a wilderness search dog
in May 2004. Since that time, she has responded to five searches with
her handler. Although she did not locate the missing people, she did an excellent
job covering her search area. During several other searches, she located and
indicated to her handler several potential clues. In another search, she picked
up a scent pool and worked confidently under a low hovering helicopter that
flew over to see if they could spot the missing subjects. Winter 2005 did
not bring any calls, but Dessa continued her training throughout the winter
and will be ready to go when the next call comes along. Kelly
works for the National
Park Service and have been using border collies for search and rescue work
since 1987. Dessa is her 3rd Border Collie she has trained in
this lifesaving work.
Dessa also "talks"
on command. It's guaranteed to bring a smile. (Click on the link to the left
to hear her talk.)
Our Border Collie puppies for sale are the result of a breeding program which is a very selective process. Many people expect to get the perfect dog by just putting two Border Collies together. Nothing could be further from reality! We study each potential Dam and Sire objectively to determine what qualities each might bring to the gene pool of the puppies. Temperament is as equally as important as herding ability, for without a biddable nature, the working relationship between human and dog suffers.
*Ask for a free copy of DVD "Pup-TV!"*
(Limited time offer)
Send your name and postal address to: lockeye@hughes.net
Email ALERT! Hughes.net, my server, is totally unreliable. Please CALL for
any information regarding pups or DVD's.
918 723-3052 You can try to email, but if you don't receive a reply, call!
Border Collie Puppies for SaleThis Page Last Updated On
--------- --------Deposit/Waiting list procedure We have a Deposit/Waiting list for
pups. To get on the Deposit/Waiting list, you will need to fill out
one of the puppy contracts and mail it with a deposit. (Or you can use
paypal and then mail a copy of the contract.) -------------------------------------------------------
|
p
|
Why a Lock-Eye?
|
Our puppies are raised in the house with human interaction. The advantage of working at home raising Border Collies is that I am there to mold their minds in these critical first 8 weeks of life. This is my "day job" - (24/7 acutally). You can never make up for lack of socialization at this stage, so I take my work very seriously! When the puppies are 2 weeks old, they are fed "fresh squeezed" goats milk from a bottle. This has an amazing effect on the puppies. There is a vast difference in a puppy that is bottle fed and one that isn't. Feeding pups from a bottle imprints them on humans. They are still allowed complete access to mothers milk, of course.
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
We take each puppy out individually and clicker train
them as soon as they can take a treat from your hand. When they go to their
new homes, Lock-Eye Border Collie puppies have already learned commands such
as Come,Sit,
Down,
and Wave. They are Leash Trained, play ball, AND tug
like Pit bulls. Some learn fetch
before the leave also! If you aren't familiar with clicker training, it is
a totally positive method of training, adapted from the way Dolphins are trained.
Instead of a whistle, we use a "Clicker." It is so easy, it could
be mistaken for magic! I refer to my clicker as a "magic wand!"
With your new puppy, we send our Lock-Eye Clicker Video or DVD on how to Clicker
train.
For more information on clicker training, read our class handout from Ain't
Misbehavin' Clicker training classes and visit Gary Wilke's web site at:
http://www.clickandtreat.com.
I highly recommend all of his video tapes! Corally Burmaster also has an excellent
video on Clicker training pups! Visit her web site at: http://www.clickertrain.com.html
pppp http://www.click-l.com
/Gems/
We crate train our puppies starting
at 5-6 weeks old. We do this by first leaving an open crate in the puppy play
area.
They naturally go in it when they are sleepy. We then close the door for 30
minutes, or until they wake up and need to go potty.
Right outside the door to the crate, we put a "litter box" (a large
wooden frame with shredded paper). The puppies learn to use it!
They potty as soon as they get out of the crate, and I gradually move the
box to a corner of the pen. This keeps the play pen very sanitary.
Dinah x Colt puppies in the play pen at 3 1/2 wks. (With Beth)
All are grown dogs now!
|
|
Above is another version of my puppy play area.( Smooch
x Lazer pups--all grown dogs now!) They are 4 1/2 weeks old in this photo.
Between 4-5 weeks of age they use a potty box for eliminating. They go to
it on their own! It has shredded newspaper in it.
The benefits of the potty box is tremendous. It makes clean up a breeze for
me and the pups
learn to keep their play and sleep areas separate from potty places. This
helps house train them
and keeps the puppies clean. When the puppies are larger, I will replace the
wooden frame with
a plastic "under the bed" storage box. It needs to be low enough
for the pups to hop into it.
It is amazing to watch a 5 week old puppy in mid-play stop and run to the litter box!
This is a Smooch x Lazer puppy named Zing! ownned by Mary Rimmer. In this
clip Zing! was 7 weeks old.
Here is another example!
CLICK
for video clip!
New owners can continue this method and it makes house training a breeze. Just change the litter box to a plastic box and move the box closer to the door to outside. The biggest problem when house training a puppy is not knowing exactly when the puppy has to go potty (it seems like ALL THE TIME). With the litter box method, the puppy goes to it, so you can gently pick it up and take it to the door and say, "Wanta go out?" You then click and treat when the puppy eliminates outside! No problem at all. The new owners could take this one step further and have a "designated potty area" outside. Wouldn't it be nice not to have to hunt for those "tootsie rolls"?
As the puppies grow, they can "hold it" longer, so we increase the time they are in their crates. By the time they are 6 weeks old, they are being fed meals in their individual crates. They are totally crate trained by 8-9 weeks.
Starting at 4 weeks, the puppies are given rides in a vehicle and also in our "Puppy wagon". This early exposure to movement prevents them from getting carsick later when they go to their new homes. The puppies that fly to their new homes are rarely stressed when they arrive. This is because all the noise isn't new to them! I place a rawhide in the crate when they fly and usually it is chewed on. Puppies that are stressed, don't chew on rawhide. Generally Lock-Eye puppies come out of the crate a licking and a wagging! We have shipped puppies to Switzerland, Canada, Denmark, Korea, France, Mexico and Brazil. Even with these extremely long flights, they have faired well and are frisky and friendly with their new families!
We take our young puppies to the local nursing home and also to Cooksen Hills Christian Ministries. The latter is a Children's home. They all love to play with puppies! This early socialization with children sets a positive tone for the puppies relationship with "little people". My own daughter, Beth loves puppies and has been known to "Camp out" in the puppy play pen. Too cute!
The health of our puppies is very important to us. Having worked at a Veterinary Clinic as a Veterinary Assistant for 7 years was valuable in teaching me how to provide the best of care for my dogs.
Our puppies start out eating a gruel of Bil Jac frozen dog food (thawed of course) mixed with goats milk. As they develop teeth, we add dry kibble for puppies made by Diamond. We send a sample of Diamond puppy food with our pups. New owners can feed this food or switch gradually to a quality food of their choice. NOTE: You will need to switch to ADULT dog food at the age of 4 months old--or large breed puppy food to prevent the puppy from growing to fast.
At 3, 4, 5 & 6 weeks old our puppies are wormed with
Drontal suspension. It is very safe for the puppies. Worming the puppies at
3 weeks old is critical. Even if the dam is worm-free, worm larvae is encysted
in the dam and they are passed through to the puppies via the placenta. (encysted
worms can't be killed by giving the dam worm medicine) If the puppies aren't
wormed at this age, there is a very real danger of the puppies having seizures
from the worm larvae migrating to the brain. At 6 weeks old or before if needed,
we give the pups a dose of Baycox (Toltrazurl) to treat for Coccidiosis, which
is very comon in puppies. At 8 & 1/2 weeks old we worm with Paratak plus,
which gets all types of worms. We get these medications from Vet-N-Pet in
Austrailia. Shipping to the US is fast (7-8 days) and is not expensive. Also,
you can get Heart worm prevention without a prescription. http://www.vetnpetdirect.com.au/home.php
Another excellent place to order medications is: http://www.kvvet.com
We give the puppies their first vaccinations at 4 weeks
old. The first shot is Parvo only. Neo-Par.
(Neo Par is the safest and most effective parvo vaccine for
puppies. It is a modified live vaccine containing a high antigenic mass of
a highly immunogenic strain of canine parvo. Neo Par overrides moderate to
high antibody levels such as maternal antibodies or from pre-existing vaccination.
High levels of IgM and IgG antibodies are generated in puppies. Safe in puppies
3 weeks of age or older.)
At 6 & 8 weeks we give Duramune Max 5 - CVK (Protects against canine
distemper, canine hepatitis, respiratory disease caused by adenovirus type
2, canine corona virus, canine parainfluenza and canine parvovirus.) The
puppies go to their new homes at 9 weeks old with a health/shot record.
Follow up shots need to be given at 10 weeks, 13 weeks and 16 weeks old. Please
write it on your calendar! It's critical to either get the proper shots or
have your vet do an immunity titer to determine your puppie's immunity status.
The vet will also worm the puppy and it is common for the puppy to pass dead
worms. Rabies should be given between 4-6 months old.
In addition to providing the best possible environment and stimulus
for the puppies first 8-9 weeks, we continue to be available for any questions
the new owner might have regarding training the puppy and/or problems that
might arise. (Please call for help as it is an easier way to communicate!)
This is just as important to us as breeding and raising our puppies. 918 723-3052
Questions or Comments about this site
E-Mail
Me (lockeye@hughes.net)
Email ALERT! Hughes.net, my server, is totally unreliable. Please
CALL for any information regarding pups or DVD's.
918 723-3052
You can try to email, but if you don't receive a reply, call!
(Michelle Weese)
(back to top)
