Border Collie Appreciation Thread!!!!

[ShrekDawg]

Glad to hear that!

He seems like a happy boy!!

Mine took his “job” of protecting the family (including the other animals) and the property seriously.

 

[CrazyCrttr75]

Do you have any pictures? There are a lot of people on here (including me) who love to figure out what some mixes are!

I will find one. Give me a min or so. They are on my phone. Brb.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I have a great pyrenees/ anatolian shepherd mix puppy. I know she's not a border collie but she's a herding dog who will protect my sheep when she's older.

She sounds adorable!!!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Do you have any pictures? There are a lot of people on here (including me) who love to figure out what some mixes are!

I love figuring mixes out too!! Haha

 

[tizabel_]

@KDOGG331 , do you have a BC? If you're thinking of getting one just know that while they're fantastic, they're also smart. And intelligence in an animal is like dynamite; no substitute for it if you have a use for it and know how to channel it. Otherwise, just a destructive force. Thunder was on local TV once and twice was in the paper. But he also needed about 8 miles a day to stay sane and once when I went to the mailbox without him, he pulled up the living room carpet and shredded the paddin underneath. You get a lot out of them but you have to put a lot into them too.

Very true! My dog was super destructive for about a year until he mellowed out, I do feel bad for putting in a home that’s not quite as active as he would like. But now he’s satisfied with a mile walk every day! The rescue said that he was the “old man” of the litter

 

[CrazyCrttr75]

Here’s my granddog

 

[ShrekDawg]

@KDOGG331 , do you have a BC? If you're thinking of getting one just know that while they're fantastic, they're also smart. And intelligence in an animal is like dynamite; no substitute for it if you have a use for it and know how to channel it. Otherwise, just a destructive force. Thunder was on local TV once and twice was in the paper. But he also needed about 8 miles a day to stay sane and once when I went to the mailbox without him, he pulled up the living room carpet and shredded the paddin underneath. You get a lot out of them but you have to put a lot into them too.

I don’t have one but I’ve always wanted one. Between that and an Aussie though. Or English Shepherd haha also considered just getting a Golden or Lab since I know retrievers so well and love both breeds

But I do think I would enjoy a herding type breed like a BC or Aussie.

I know they can be a bit intense which is why I’ve been hesitant to get one but I absolutely LOVE training and working with dogs so they’d get plenty of mental stimulation which I’ve read is also important or possibly even more important? And we also have a massive yard and lots of walking, hiking, swimming, and running areas and my brother and his wife live down the street with 3 dogs and a large fenced yard so I think I could handle one.

It’d be a lot of work but I actually like the work

It’s weird maybe but training is seriously so fun to me haha

I also want to get into dog sports too so we’d probably do agility and nose work and possibly rally or obedience. Plus of course trick training.

 

[RiverOtter]

Here’s my granddog
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A stellar example of the aforementioned Small Black.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Very true! My dog was super destructive for about a year until he mellowed out, I do feel bad for putting in a home that’s not quite as active as he would like. But now he’s satisfied with a mile walk every day! The rescue said that he was the “old man” of the litter

Yeah I feel like a lot of dogs especially the more active or intelligent ones like the herding and sporting ones are crazy until 2 or 3

 

[ShrekDawg]

Here’s my granddog
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He’s so handsome.