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Teefs at play time

Kelpie and a Koolie at play. Can only snap these on slow motion video.

u/electrofunkit — 24 hours ago
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The sky is on fire and the air is exploding. Have a safe Sky Boom Day!

Maverick has decided we are staying inside until the booms stop. He didn't freak out last night but made it very clear that I must remain close and stay inside where he can protect me.

u/WallOpen8662 — 2 days ago
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Kelpie (9) rushing in door, sliding across floor and getting super excited for the first 30 seconds.

How do I slow my Kelpie down when he's coming inside ?

He's very obedient, he will wait by the door until he's invited in. He doesn't try and push past or force his way in. However for some reason he gets very excited runs through the door at full speed, slips on my new wood floor and then settles down after a minute.

It doesn't seem to matter what I do, he won't slow down. We firstly tried making it a non event when we got home, walking inside by ourselves and leaving the door open for 10 minutes and then inviting him in for a few weeks. Which didn't seem to help.

I tried letting him in first, then making him come in behind me.

I've tried holding his collar and walking him in, I've tried making him wait at the door for multiple minutes. We put away his inside food bowl except for during normal eating times thinking he was running towards the bowl for water/food.

I have tried telling him to settle, be quiet, etc (he has quite a few commands he's learnt)

I know he's just excited to be allowed inside.

After a few minutes he's back to his usual very obedient self.

I'm just worried he will either hurt himself or will damage my new floors.

He runs down 4-5 km of dirt road behind the car most days. Sometimes before or after we get home.

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u/CameronsTheName — 3 days ago
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A collection of photos of my Jimmy. Notice how I can only get photos when he is tired.

Well... Not tired but the Kelpie equivalent of "oh the human is tired I will try match them"

Unless he has a bug working day even our family with 4 kids under 14 who ride dirt bikes and play all day cannot exhaust the pups. It always surprises me when visiting dogs get exhausted midway through a run or early in the day.

Also he still hasn't learnt his lesson about how close he can sit to the firepit, like he singed his tail multiple times but unless you offer him a camp chair he will sit as close to a fire as possible.

Bonus story: he got out when they were painting new lines on the road and came back with a stripe. Also he once got his head stuck in the lid of a bin.

Just a dump of photos of my youngest Kelpie Jim.

I can't figure out how to re-order the photos in Reddit but the last one is my favourite.

u/Beginning_Beat_5289 — 3 days ago
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Best Muzzle

My dog needs to goto vet but she gets hyper stimulated barking and snapping, anyone have any good muzzle recommendations.

u/No-Nature7955 — 4 days ago
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Small kelpie question

Hello!

I have a 2 year old female kelpie who we adopted from a rescue when she was about 3 months old.

Apparently she was the runt of the littler but she is soooo tiny and thin which to me is pretty normal for a kelpie but sometimes I worry she isn’t getting any bigger.
She is sooooo active and eats 3 meals a day. Home cooked meals and good dry food as well.

She weighed about 13 kgs last time we went to the vet.

Sorry, I forgot the question! Are there many others with tiny little kelpies like mine who don’t weigh much but are otherwise happy/ crazy/ beautiful? 😂

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u/Neat_Accountant4231 — 5 days ago
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Kelpie? 25lbs at 10months

Some pics are a month or 2 old

u/wowyop1 — 6 days ago
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My baby if a kelpie/cattle dog/pitbull mix per her dna. I don’t see kelpie in her

u/givemeadragon23 — 6 days ago
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Boing Boing Boingg 🎈 // Fern 🌿

She’s giving Springbok!! I hope this playfulness never subsides 🥹

u/KOZiii94 — 7 days ago
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My giant puppy

First pic is when we got him at 9 weeks old. Second is today. Kelsie just turned 5 months old.

u/Real_Life_Drama — 7 days ago
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my horrible beast who i love

this is kandi, my seven year old rescue kelpie!!!! i love her more than anything im so lucky she's in my life she's horrible and fat and i would die for her

shes the first dog i've ever had and i don't know how to cope with the idea of her passing in a few years.

u/meatdotcom — 8 days ago
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Extra sweet around wake up time.

My kelpie sleeps with me. Every dog Ive ever had did. With Lex, my kelpie I noticed just how extra-sweet he is in the morning when I wake. He seems to go into an extra gentle, cuddly mode for a few mins. He'll come lay directly on me. It absolutely melts my heart

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u/TheHendryx — 7 days ago
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Beanie is getting old and I am struggling with it

This is bean and she's about to turn 11. She's getting slow and doesn't have as much interest in playing anymore. Her face is turning gray. I know it's the circle of life and that it was always going to be a finite amount of time with her, but I am struggling with how fast it seems to be happening.

Just a reminder to hug and cuddle and spoil your babies while you have them 🫶🏼

Beanie & I would love to see your kelpies, to know we're not alone, if you're interested in sharing!

u/-spicyshark — 11 days ago
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She couldn’t care less that I’m pregnant…but my pillow on the other hand😂

When I tell her to move she refuses to make eye contact…as it’s obviously a nest I got for her comfort

u/Responsible_Data7336 — 12 days ago