Bobby uses his dew claw as an opposable thumb...
He locks his chew toy between his dew claw and the paw... as if he was holding it...
I am amazed!!!
Now on a more serious note:
We have found a behaviourist close by and Bobby has been visited twice already by him... I am amazed at the way Bobby responds to him, he is absolutely brilliant. We can see a different dog.
The only problem that is not being tackled is Bobby's possessiveness over Mr. C, the behaviourist does not believe in us, when he comes around for a session with Bobby, Bobby gets so relax and well behaved that the behaviourist says that he only wants to take part in what is happening even if I complain that Bobby gives me warnings with teeth (he never bit me thou).
We will be visiting Portugal for a couple of weeks and we have already arranged for Bobby's holiday as well, we asked Jason (the dog behaviourist) if he could have Bobby for the time we are in Portugal, to which he agreed. Our decision to do this was Bobby's well being while we are away. We were afraid that a regular kennel would set Bobby back as he could see it as another abandonment (as he would be kept in his own kennel bored most of the day and we know how border collies are intelligent), but if he is placed with a behaviourist that will be working with him daily and challenging him daily he will have no time to wonder what happen to us. Because Bobby is very shy and needs to learn how to be a house pet (opposite to what he knows as a working dog), he needs to learn dog etiquette and he needs to learn with other dogs, and of course Jason has his own balanced dogs that will help Bobby come out of his shell.
I must confess it will be a bit expensive but we believe it is the best option for Bobby.
