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(47,992 posts)glinda
(14,807 posts)Flaxbee
(13,661 posts)neat video, thanks much!
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)Her main trick was to be an empath. She was so good at it, that I didn't see her for months at a time when people would borrow her to help them recover from some crisis, usually a death.
UtahLib
(3,179 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,439 posts)Fortunately, our girl thinks staring at you, waiting for something to happen, is serious work.
UtahLib
(3,179 posts)She loves family gatherings so she can spend all day herding grandchildren. I think they're actually practicing mental telepathy with that penetrating stare. Eventually, they'll have us all trained.
mrs_p
(3,014 posts)by laying in bed next to me completely LAZY!
GiveMeFreedom
(976 posts)What a good dog.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)There's a new movie documentary out recently... "Away To Me" it's about Border Collie herding competitions. Their page is www.sheepdogmovie.com . It's a nice film. I was in the audience of the final competition during the filming as I go to these sheepdog competitions every year at Soldier's Hollow.
cliffordu
(30,994 posts)Had a border collie when I was a kid - Mingo - best dog ever.
Silver Gaia
(4,544 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Silver Gaia
(4,544 posts)One's full BC, and the other is part Brittany (rescue). Love 'em both!
RVN VET
(492 posts)The 2 girls, I mean. Zoe must have had to work overtime to get them to learn all those tricks!
(Yep, Border Collies are the best of God's creatures. Her masterpieces.) (Mistresspieces?)
shenmue
(38,506 posts)So neat!!
Smll_Ax3
(24 posts)Dakota, my Australian Shepard (border collie/Dingo mix)
she was so smart......
ewagner
(18,964 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)The border collie's pretty cute too.
ashling
(25,771 posts)not that it is a bad point ... maybe they could train my little terrier
Scuba
(53,475 posts)cp
(6,633 posts)And superb trainer. Lovely video. Thank you all three who created it.
Just a JOY.
ProfessionalLeftist
(4,982 posts)And very pretty too - different colored eyes.
indepat
(20,899 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)Best damn smartest dog I've ever had. Never have to tell her twice to not do something and if I take a nap and I get a text message or a call she will come touch me with her cold nose to let me know. I love our Pet, simple as that. Its like she knows that I only have one working ear as when theres a noise she will look to see if I'm trying to see where it came from then she will turn and face the direction, overhead or not.
She's watched me drive so much I'm not sure she couldn't do it in an emergency if there was a way for her to reach the pedals.
born dec. 21,1998
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)Love hearing about how your Border Collie lives... all their little quirks and talents, are so great. Love that the herding dogs I've had never required more than a speaking voice command to get them to do what you want. Actually, my aussie Cooper, tries to figure out what I want, before I want it.
madokie
(51,076 posts)AmBlue
(3,111 posts)DANG!! That is one smart pup!
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)obxhead
(8,434 posts)ashling
(25,771 posts). . . unless, of course, you are talking about the dog.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)She just chooses not to.
Zoe is a beauty--what a sweetie! Gee they're gonna put up tutorials.... cool!
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)I am a herding dog fan for life. Will always have an aussie or border collie. Zoe looks like an aussie/border mix. Now I want to try some new tricks with Cooper. He can remove the cardboard tube from the paper towel holder, and do some other silly things.
Thanks for sharing!
grasswire
(50,130 posts)I have never tried to teach him tricks per se.
midnight
(26,624 posts)Granny M
(1,395 posts)So cool. Thanks for posting.
tblue37
(65,377 posts)time interacting with and enjoying her pup.
I wish she would avoid back flips, though. I had a cat who liked to do back flips, but the back flips in her youth caused her to develop painful compressed spinal discs in her old age that made her limp and forced her to be on pain meds.
That doggie is as gorgeous as she is smart. Such a cutie. Border collies are so smart.
My daughter and her husband have a 6-year-old mutt that is part Border Collie--a rescue from a pound at 9 months old. When she was first adopted, she stressed out when left at home alone, so she went all instinct on them. For her, as a herding breed, instinct meant: herd. When Becky and Matt would return home, Phouka (pronounced "Pooka--it's Irish, meaning mischievous imp) would have all their furniture rearranged.
Apaprently, herding dogs are bred to "contain" the livestock in a compact group, so Phouka would push all the movable furniture into a small area in the center of the room--"corral" it, as it were. Then she would push any other loose item she found on the floor--shoes, books, etc.--into the area, as well. Once her environment was rearranged according to her comfort level, she could relax and wait for her people to come home to her.
At first we didn't realize why she was rearranging furniture, for goodness' sake, but when I mentioned the behavior to a friend who knows quite a lot about dog breeds, she asked me, "Is her dog a herding breed?"
I said, "Yeah, part Border Collie. Why?" Then Melissa told me that is normal behavior for herding dogs. Very funny. Also very cute.
On edit: I just remembered--Phouka is not part Border Collie, but part Australian Shepherd. For some reason I always get that mixed up with her.