Border Collie Appreciation Thread!!!!

[ShrekDawg]

I want one SO bad now but then again, I got puppy blues SO BAD with Brew and literally cried several times because he was SUCH a handful as a baby and an adolescent LOL at one point I thought he was part Malinois before I did the DNA tests LOL because of his sheer drive and energy levels. But he’s not, BTW. but he’s finally really chilled out within the last year or two LOL he will be 4 1/2 in July. And probably chilled out around 2 1/2 or 3 LOL MAYBE at 2 after his neuter. But even then, he still had some more energy than he does now lol

Now he’s VERY chill. Sleeps all day except for a couple walks a day, usually some outside time on his long leash while I’m at the Clubhouse (if it’s a nice day and my family is home), and usually a nighttime potty break before bed depending when his last walk was. And sometimes we’ll play fetch with the Chuck It! balls or his Jolly Ball or play with the flirt pole or bite rag if he’s in the mood for any of those but even those, lately he just hasn’t been in the mood to play with those much LOL he prefers his stuffies and chewies now… things he doesn’t have to run for. but yeah.

Anyways, my point being, long story short, is that a Border Collie would probably be more like Brew as an adolescent 24/7 for their whole lives and NEVER be as chill as Brew even if I got a super chill (for a Border Collie) one and since I could barely handle Brew, I’m not sure I could handle a Border Collie or at least not sure I WANT to LOL I know I CAN because I have all the tools (flirt pole, bite rag, tug toys, ball launcher, slow feeder bowls, freezer bowl/enrichment bowl, Kongs, chewies, etc.) AND we have a hiking trail/field/beach (it’s all 3) accessible right from my neighborhood that I could go to regularly for free running/sniffing as well as a large loop on the street for walking long walks on leash and plus I LOVE like LOVE training so I could very easily do TONS of training and enrichment/mental stimulation with them and teach them all sorts of tricks and tasks like finding their toys and me name all of them, or hide and go seek with people, etc. etc. plus we have a very large yard and I have Brew for them to play with and be with all day unless I crated them when I wasn’t there which I would probably do but even then, I’m home morning and night so that’s hours to play LOL so it wouldn’t be hard at all for me to provide for one but it’s just, I’m not sure that I WANT to have to do ALL that just for one dog LOL I mean yeah, they’re family but still. It’s a lot mentally and physically on me to do all that so IDK. LOL I mean, I CAN, like I said, but it’s just hard for me. AND I would prefer not to. So IDK. Maybe a Border Collie is not the best choice for me after all… LOL

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

I want one SO bad now but then again, I got puppy blues SO BAD with Brew and literally cried several times because he was SUCH a handful as a baby and an adolescent LOL at one point I thought he was part Malinois before I did the DNA tests LOL because of his sheer drive and energy levels. But he’s not, BTW. but he’s finally really chilled out within the last year or two LOL he will be 4 1/2 in July. And probably chilled out around 2 1/2 or 3 LOL MAYBE at 2 after his neuter. But even then, he still had some more energy than he does now lol

Now he’s VERY chill. Sleeps all day except for a couple walks a day, usually some outside time on his long leash while I’m at the Clubhouse (if it’s a nice day and my family is home), and usually a nighttime potty break before bed depending when his last walk was. And sometimes we’ll play fetch with the Chuck It! balls or his Jolly Ball or play with the flirt pole or bite rag if he’s in the mood for any of those but even those, lately he just hasn’t been in the mood to play with those much LOL he prefers his stuffies and chewies now… things he doesn’t have to run for. but yeah.

Anyways, my point being, long story short, is that a Border Collie would probably be more like Brew as an adolescent 24/7 for their whole lives and NEVER be as chill as Brew even if I got a super chill (for a Border Collie) one and since I could barely handle Brew, I’m not sure I could handle a Border Collie or at least not sure I WANT to LOL I know I CAN because I have all the tools (flirt pole, bite rag, tug toys, ball launcher, slow feeder bowls, freezer bowl/enrichment bowl, Kongs, chewies, etc.) AND we have a hiking trail/field/beach (it’s all 3) accessible right from my neighborhood that I could go to regularly for free running/sniffing as well as a large loop on the street for walking long walks on leash and plus I LOVE like LOVE training so I could very easily do TONS of training and enrichment/mental stimulation with them and teach them all sorts of tricks and tasks like finding their toys and me name all of them, or hide and go seek with people, etc. etc. plus we have a very large yard and I have Brew for them to play with and be with all day unless I crated them when I wasn’t there which I would probably do but even then, I’m home morning and night so that’s hours to play LOL so it wouldn’t be hard at all for me to provide for one but it’s just, I’m not sure that I WANT to have to do ALL that just for one dog LOL I mean yeah, they’re family but still. It’s a lot mentally and physically on me to do all that so IDK. LOL I mean, I CAN, like I said, but it’s just hard for me. AND I would prefer not to. So IDK. Maybe a Border Collie is not the best choice for me after all… LOL

I understand exactly the mental and phsyical needs that border collies need can be overwhelming,and even sometimes Tuckers needs are overwhelming.
Except he has had a upset belly lately, going to try for a walk dont know how far he will want to go.
It started after i gave them new bones so i took those away.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I understand exactly the mental and phsyical needs that border collies need can be overwhelming,and even sometimes Tuckers needs are overwhelming.
Except he has had a upset belly lately, going to try for a walk dont know how far he will want to go.
It started after i gave them new bones so i took those away.

Ahhh that sucks!!!!!!! But yeah, he was a real challenge sometimes when he was younger.

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

Ahhh that sucks!!!!!!! But yeah, he was a real challenge sometimes when he was younger.

So was Tucker, he was a huge challenge especially when he started becoming reactive.

 

[ShrekDawg]

So was Tucker, he was a huge challenge especially when he started becoming reactive.

Aw sorry