Flying Angel, Border Collie Puppy, Clown!

[WriterofWords]

I've never had that problem myself. They are great with the birds to include the chicks and ducklings,, they are terrified of Pudster the guard cat and the Chihuahua makes them scream at times.

 

[bock]

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Oh my gosh! I HAVE to get one!

I really want another dog, but my parents say 3 is too many.

Even though I am the one who takes care of them, and I do a good job. They just have to pay.

 

[ShrekDawg]

awww, she's adorable! i was thinking of getting another dog, there are many breeds im considering and the border collie's one of them, are they good dogs? ive heard theyre real smart and stuff but have to have a "job" or something to do and lots of exercise and stuff or they can be destructive, that because they are herding dogs they sometimes try to herd things like children and stuff and can sometimes nip at their heels (if the herding instinct is strong enough in them), that they can sometimes have a high prey drive (and therefore not nessicarially be good w/small animals/cats and/or chase them), but that they are/can be very good family dogs and great compaions if you can handle/know how to deal with them, is any/all of this true?... we have a cat and a rabbit so they must at least be good with the cat (the rabbit's upstairs so they dont nessicarially have to interact as they can be easily seperated if need be, this applies to any dog we get, not just BC). also there not really any little "children" around (except maybe my 8 yr old cousin who lives in PA and sometimes might visit in the summer, or if we go up to PA for holidays and/or to visit and we decide to take the dog and whatnot), but aside from that its just me (16), my 13 yr old lil bro, and my 19 yr old older bro who's back from college for the summer ( i think he got out like may 11) but there are kids in the neighborhood as well as other dogs so any dog we get would need to be good with kids and other dogs, or at least tolerate them. until now we've only had a golden, and (then) a lab and are currently dogless as our lab passed july 1 2009, (almost a year ago), we had to put him down due to age and stuff he was 13 yrs old, he was a great dog. its been almost a year though so we are thinking of maybe getting another dog realatively soon. we have a huge yard though and lots of places nearby to exercise said dog and ive always wanted to try agility and/or flyball or something andwere prob gonna take some sort of obediance/socialazation class or something and i helped to train our last dog and we/i love animals so that (exercise, training, and loving/caring for the dog, and stuff) shouldnt be a problem so, are BCs good dogs (for this type of situation) or not?, and sorry, didnt mean to hijack youre thread here, but anyways adorable dog and good luck with them!

 

[WriterofWords]

I think they are great dogs in any situation and they do require a lot of attention but then if you are going to have an animal they all need that. I've never had trouble with nipping at heels unless they are bringing in a duck who doesn't want to come. They don't go herd unless you tell them to. My Great Pyrs used to bring Steven and Michele to me on command when they were little just by pushing them the way they needed to go.

 

[Becky89*]

i love border collies they are awesome dogs! She is such a cutie

 

[PineappleMama]

Oh what a beauty. Our Mattie's ears had the same thing happen. Randomly one decided to just stand on end for MONTHS. Then we learned that in Chihuahuas (she's half? we think) during teething their ears do this, then after they're done they flop back down... kinda like a turkey timer... so you know when your shoes are safe.

I figured since Matt was only half (the other half Terrier) that that was shy she only had half her ears participating.

Wonder if this breed does that too or if it was just the Chihuahuas... can't recall now.