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LOL, thank you for clarifing. No, he is not trained to bite my wife. And actually all of the dogs papers are only in my wifes name so she is the owner of a biting dog.......
So my comment was taken way to serious and nobody watched Bones ! Anyway relief
) Am surprised tho that a border would have that kind of control problem. Not wanting to start another off the wall post but would there be a reason that he does not see you as leader of the pack ?? because that makes your wife #3 and would explain his behavior.??
I can accept the fact that I did not see the humor in the comment, mostly because I have zero respect for domestic violence offenders and just didn't want to be catagorized as one. But, I now do get your comment and no harm no foul.
For the control issue of the dog. I don't know if you have ever owned or been around a border collie before. They are super super smart. I mean compared to my lab mix and others I have owned, they don't come close to the level of intelligence of my border collie. It is absolutley amazing how smart these dogs are, I mean, you can see them thinking and planning. That being said, they have a mind of their own. My dog knows a ton of tricks and commands. He knows hand signals as well. When he is in the mood to listen and work I have 100% control of him. BUT when he wants to do something contrary to my command, he will and to top it off he knows the correction process that is coming as a result of him not obeying. Case in point, When I train him, he has a pinch collar on. When he does not follow a command the correction is a "NO" followed by an immediate tug on the lead to pinch him. If he "chooses" to not follow a command I give him, the second I start to say the word no, he turns and tries to bite me. In some cases he even starts to bite before I say no because he knows it's coming.
Now, why does he choose not to follow a command. Well many reasons, one being another animal or something else he is intrested in doing. So if I am out healing him around and he sees another dog or a person and he wants to go greet them but I won't let him he will disobey the command and go his own way. If I try to correct he attacks. He also has redirected aggression issues which is something that I have tried to fix but no luck. An example of that is one day he and my other dog were in the backseat of the truck. Another dog is walking up to my truck on the right side (the side my border collie was on). As the dog starts to walk by my truck my border collie is barking at him. As the dog passes by from right to left my border collies field of vision also goes right to left. As soon as my lab mix (who is seated on the left side) comes into vision of the border collie he attacks her. No reason what so ever except the fact that she is there and he can get to her.
Like I said, this is actually a fairly common temperment for a border collie. My neighbor has one too and he has some issues like mine but his does not bite as easy. He keeps his dog in the garage, he never goes inside. During the day however the dog is out free but is very good about staying on his own property but I would not go on his property or it won't end well. Also a very friendly dog most of time, he loves to play fetch and will bring you a stick to throw. You just really have to respect them. I admit that my border collie is a little over the top but still fairly in line with the breeds temperment.
Border collies are amazing dogs, temeperment aside. They are everything I always wanted in a dog as far as capabilities and playing go. He is an amazing frisbee catcher and ball catcher. Very fun to play with. Very fun to show off his skills as well when he is in the mood. From high fives and bowing to flipping treats off his nose and catching them and playing dead and speak and all that stuff. Just a ton of fun. He is also great in the pool and the lake and stuff. When he listens, nothing compares.....
) Am surprised tho that a border would have that kind of control problem. Not wanting to start another off the wall post but would there be a reason that he does not see you as leader of the pack ?? because that makes your wife #3 and would explain his behavior.??
