Border Collie Appreciation Thread!!!!

[ShrekDawg]

We had a wonderful Border Collie named Kelly. She never barked she made herself understood by her intense stare. She was all business....

When our farm was in Upstate NY we were at a cattle sale, they were selling a litter of Border Collie pups. We came home with a female and when the time was right we had her spayed. She lived with us for almost 13 years....

Once while we were at the weekly cattle sale one of our Holstein Bulls decided to go for a walk after jumping through a barn window. In NY it's illegal for a bull over 6 months to be out of a barn. We had been at the sale most of the day buying heifers. We were shocked to see Kelly had cornered the 500,lb+ bull along the fence line. The grass was tore up and poor Kelly was exhausted! We opened the barn door and she escorted the tired bull back to his pen. Then Kelly gave us a dirty look as if to say, "ABOUT TIME YOU SHOWED UP"....View attachment 3992693

Our last dog was a working Great Pyrenees named Freddy. He protected our weaned Goat kids. He would be dozing under a tree and there would be over 50 kids curled up next to him.View attachment 3992701

That’s amazing!!!! They both sound like they were great dogs.

 

[ShrekDawg]

My friend has a VERY energetic pup probably 6-7 months old now he is a red merle named Humphrey he is so cute, she is training him for dock diving since we live 10 minutes away from a lake

Awwww that’s awesome!!!!

 

[my spoiled chickens]

Awwww that’s awesome!!!!

Yeah! he is so cuteeeeeeeeeee

 

[ShrekDawg]

Yeah! he is so cuteeeeeeeeeee

Awwww I bet!!!

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

I love Borders or any type of collie!
They are probably a tad to much energy for me. But if i ever do get one it would be to dog agility!
Everyones borders are beautiful from the last few pages.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I love Borders or any type of collie!
They are probably a tad to much energy for me. But if i ever do get one it would be to dog agility!
Everyones borders are beautiful from the last few pages.

Agreed!!!!!

 

[ShrekDawg]

@chickentrains

 

[Kristee]

Hey all. I'm just bringing this back to introduce my newest member of the family, Nami. She'll be 7 months old in about a week and she's simultaneously the sweetest and most chaotic girl ever. Now full disclosure, I'm not an expert by any means, but I am very experienced with BCs as I've had two previously over the last 2 decades, and let me tell you, their teenage phase has not gotten any easier, not even on the third pup, despite me fully expecting the focus and drive each time.

This girl, at 8 weeks, learned that if she had an accident during the night, she simply needs to push the tray out of the crate and she'll remain dry herself. Nevermind the potty splatters I had to mop up outside the crate as a result. At 10 weeks, she decided the locks on her crate were annoying her, so she learned to unlatch them and let herself out whenever she wants. The first night I thought it was a fluke, the second night, after I put her to bed, I watched her unlock her crate, on purpose. Lol. It certainly hasn't been easy, but months later, she's accepted the crate as a safe spot for sleeping, as long as I wake up early enough to let her out, because otherwise she'll let herself out and come wake me up instead.
Let's see... She decided to forcefully remove one of our window blind segments so she always can look outside at any time. Just the one though, the rest have been safe for now fortunately. She also enjoys removing shoe laces from shoes. Overall though, she also learns incredibly quickly, aims to please (usually), and she's absolutely brilliant.

All that said, I'm very blessed to be working with my favorite breed again, and I can't wait to start agility with her. She's only 5 months old in this picture, by the way, but it's one of my favorites to this day!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Hey all. I'm just bringing this back to introduce my newest member of the family, Nami. She'll be 7 months old in about a week and she's simultaneously the sweetest and most chaotic girl ever. Now full disclosure, I'm not an expert by any means, but I am very experienced with BCs as I've had two previously over the last 2 decades, and let me tell you, their teenage phase has not gotten any easier, not even on the third pup, despite me fully expecting the focus and drive each time.

This girl, at 8 weeks, learned that if she had an accident during the night, she simply needs to push the tray out of the crate and she'll remain dry herself. Nevermind the potty splatters I had to mop up outside the crate as a result. At 10 weeks, she decided the locks on her crate were annoying her, so she learned to unlatch them and let herself out whenever she wants. The first night I thought it was a fluke, the second night, after I put her to bed, I watched her unlock her crate, on purpose. Lol. It certainly hasn't been easy, but months later, she's accepted the crate as a safe spot for sleeping, as long as I wake up early enough to let her out, because otherwise she'll let herself out and come wake me up instead.
Let's see... She decided to forcefully remove one of our window blind segments so she always can look outside at any time. Just the one though, the rest have been safe for now fortunately. She also enjoys removing shoe laces from shoes. Overall though, she also learns incredibly quickly, aims to please (usually), and she's absolutely brilliant.

All that said, I'm very blessed to be working with my favorite breed again, and I can't wait to start agility with her. She's only 5 months old in this picture, by the way, but it's one of my favorites to this day!

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Oh wow!!!!!! She sounds like simultaneously amazing and a handful!!!!!!!! Hahahaha she’s gorgeous!!!!!!!!

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

Hey all. I'm just bringing this back to introduce my newest member of the family, Nami. She'll be 7 months old in about a week and she's simultaneously the sweetest and most chaotic girl ever. Now full disclosure, I'm not an expert by any means, but I am very experienced with BCs as I've had two previously over the last 2 decades, and let me tell you, their teenage phase has not gotten any easier, not even on the third pup, despite me fully expecting the focus and drive each time.

This girl, at 8 weeks, learned that if she had an accident during the night, she simply needs to push the tray out of the crate and she'll remain dry herself. Nevermind the potty splatters I had to mop up outside the crate as a result. At 10 weeks, she decided the locks on her crate were annoying her, so she learned to unlatch them and let herself out whenever she wants. The first night I thought it was a fluke, the second night, after I put her to bed, I watched her unlock her crate, on purpose. Lol. It certainly hasn't been easy, but months later, she's accepted the crate as a safe spot for sleeping, as long as I wake up early enough to let her out, because otherwise she'll let herself out and come wake me up instead.
Let's see... She decided to forcefully remove one of our window blind segments so she always can look outside at any time. Just the one though, the rest have been safe for now fortunately. She also enjoys removing shoe laces from shoes. Overall though, she also learns incredibly quickly, aims to please (usually), and she's absolutely brilliant.

All that said, I'm very blessed to be working with my favorite breed again, and I can't wait to start agility with her. She's only 5 months old in this picture, by the way, but it's one of my favorites to this day!

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She is adorable! And sounds super smart!

My golden knows how to unlock his crate so we have to double lock both sides