Nothing like a BC. You are so right about early training. Crate training essential in my opinion, I crate train all my dogs, no matter the breed. Keeping their mind occupied is just as important as physical exercise for these very smart and devoted dogs.
I had to put my Aussie of 9 years down 3.5 weeks ago and got a new Border Collie pup. He is 10 weeks and already knows to go potty outside, and when he needs to go he will whine at the door (sometimes in the house but it's my fault for not letting him out), he can sit, give me left and right paw, lay down, and knows to not take treats out of my hand until I say "good boy". My Aussie was incredibly intelligent, but this pup is making me think he may be even more so.
My border colie told me to set playback speed to 1.25x but I disagreed as it was still "molasses slow", so we settled on 1.5x and still didn't learn anything. 😅
Just got a pup 3 weeks ago they said it was 8 weeks old but the weight disagrees, she is now 3.9kg which is about the 8 week mark. So far she sleeps a lot, she had fear when we took her home, bad pet shop. It’s taken a while to break the bad habits and have her trust, I’m training with food and only feeding from the hand, she is house broken now 3 walks a day, she’s crate trained but has escaped several times. No treats but she’s paid for good behaviour and training exercises out of her daily dry food. We have her second vax in 4 days and then rabies in a month. It’s been hard with the biting but so far she’s only bitten me hard, nobody else has had blood drawn but they don’t interact with the dog as much as I do. I’ve taught recall, I have let her of lead several times and when I call her back she usually comes when she doesn’t come she will lie down. I have a clicker, that works well. I have had a collie before she was 18 months old and my daughter was also 18 months, she was too much dog to have around a child that small, we re homed her to a family with three grown children and checked after a year and she was doing great with them. Hopefully the fear in my current pup goes soon enough because she is a really good natured dog when she’s feels safe, highly trainable when she isn’t pancaked out on the floor, anyway what I have done so far is: “Toilet” command when outside paid with kibble when she goes and lots of praise Crate training. I lock her out of the crate with a bone in there for her. She goes crazy trying to get in when she settles I open the door and make her sit. “In ya bed” she goes in and I close the door, she used to bark immediately now she can be in there overnight in another room and only barks when she needs to go out for a toilet. “Come here/ here, sit, down,” I used the words from the moment I got her home she gets fed only when training. She eats a lot because she is highly trainable, I use the food to lure her into positions, clicker or “yes” to mark and pay. We are forking on fig 8 and spin but she’s not quite there yet, still a bit clumsy. “Walk on” “come on” I use walk on when she can be “”free”” on lead and not have to walk next to me and “come on” when I expect her to walk in proximity to me. Later I will teach a heel command I use the marker yes and pay for the behaviour I want “walk on” being exempt because that is a treat in itself Everytime I open a door or enter a room I make her sit but she usually goes into the down position She’s fed from the hand by me but my wife and kid feed her with a bowl the make her “wait” until she can eat which is the same as doors room and roads I have a teddy bear that looks like a border collie, any time she exhibits behaviour I don’t like and want to punish I take her to the crate get the teddy mimic the behaviour and punish the teddy which I also call the same name as the pup. She sleeps with the teddy and it is the only toy she has access to 100% of the time
"If you don't stay one step ahead of your pup, you will train the dog rather than being taught by it" - well we can't have that, can we, I'd never learn to fetch a stick, lol
I never trained mine. Shes 2. The only thing bad she does is jump on me. Shes awesome. I would never crate train my dog. They are insanely hyper. You need to walk them and they have to run.
My border collie is lot smarter than lot of people. He runs my farm, works harder than a farmhand. Your dog is a reflection of you.
Nothing like a BC. You are so right about early training. Crate training essential in my opinion, I crate train all my dogs, no matter the breed. Keeping their mind occupied is just as important as physical exercise for these very smart and devoted dogs.
I love meeting these dogs, they are gorgeous!
I had to put my Aussie of 9 years down 3.5 weeks ago and got a new Border Collie pup. He is 10 weeks and already knows to go potty outside, and when he needs to go he will whine at the door (sometimes in the house but it's my fault for not letting him out), he can sit, give me left and right paw, lay down, and knows to not take treats out of my hand until I say "good boy". My Aussie was incredibly intelligent, but this pup is making me think he may be even more so.
border collie dogs they are beautiful wise dogs .
My border colie told me to set playback speed to 1.25x but I disagreed as it was still "molasses slow", so we settled on 1.5x and still didn't learn anything. 😅
lol my goodness 😅
They are so beautiful
Just got a pup 3 weeks ago they said it was 8 weeks old but the weight disagrees, she is now 3.9kg which is about the 8 week mark. So far she sleeps a lot, she had fear when we took her home, bad pet shop. It’s taken a while to break the bad habits and have her trust, I’m training with food and only feeding from the hand, she is house broken now 3 walks a day, she’s crate trained but has escaped several times. No treats but she’s paid for good behaviour and training exercises out of her daily dry food. We have her second vax in 4 days and then rabies in a month. It’s been hard with the biting but so far she’s only bitten me hard, nobody else has had blood drawn but they don’t interact with the dog as much as I do. I’ve taught recall, I have let her of lead several times and when I call her back she usually comes when she doesn’t come she will lie down. I have a clicker, that works well. I have had a collie before she was 18 months old and my daughter was also 18 months, she was too much dog to have around a child that small, we re homed her to a family with three grown children and checked after a year and she was doing great with them. Hopefully the fear in my current pup goes soon enough because she is a really good natured dog when she’s feels safe, highly trainable when she isn’t pancaked out on the floor, anyway what I have done so far is:
“Toilet” command when outside paid with kibble when she goes and lots of praise
Crate training. I lock her out of the crate with a bone in there for her. She goes crazy trying to get in when she settles I open the door and make her sit. “In ya bed” she goes in and I close the door, she used to bark immediately now she can be in there overnight in another room and only barks when she needs to go out for a toilet.
“Come here/ here, sit, down,” I used the words from the moment I got her home she gets fed only when training. She eats a lot because she is highly trainable, I use the food to lure her into positions, clicker or “yes” to mark and pay. We are forking on fig 8 and spin but she’s not quite there yet, still a bit clumsy.
“Walk on” “come on” I use walk on when she can be “”free”” on lead and not have to walk next to me and “come on” when I expect her to walk in proximity to me. Later I will teach a heel command I use the marker yes and pay for the behaviour I want “walk on” being exempt because that is a treat in itself
Everytime I open a door or enter a room I make her sit but she usually goes into the down position
She’s fed from the hand by me but my wife and kid feed her with a bowl the make her “wait” until she can eat which is the same as doors room and roads
I have a teddy bear that looks like a border collie, any time she exhibits behaviour I don’t like and want to punish I take her to the crate get the teddy mimic the behaviour and punish the teddy which I also call the same name as the pup. She sleeps with the teddy and it is the only toy she has access to 100% of the time
You sound like a fun police!
Oh my gosh!! What great ideas!!❤
I really need this, i might get a dog after this years summer so i need to take full care of him or her.
amazing video thanks so much!
"If you don't stay one step ahead of your pup, you will train the dog rather than being taught by it" - well we can't have that, can we, I'd never learn to fetch a stick, lol
I never trained mine. Shes 2. The only thing bad she does is jump on me. Shes awesome. I would never crate train my dog. They are insanely hyper. You need to walk them and they have to run.
I hate crate training with a passion.. but I do not like a dog jumping on me.. all I do is lift my knee or turn my back on them and it seems to work.
How did you prevent her from chewing up your house when away? Curious. Thinking about a puppy soon. Thanks!
I want one!
I like to get a border collie for a service dog
"Stay one step ahead! Be consistent! Be a good leader!" Wtf
LMFAO
Since when is a cage and sleeping in the room a good training thing? What??
Crate/cage training is the most effrective method.