My most movement driven dog.
Only 9 months old.
Trained from day 1 with kindness, positive reinforcement, play and boundaries. He adores me, respects me, wants to work with me. We donât have to fight, he has clear that I never take away I always give. He knows that I will allow him things if he does what asked and itâs without pain or struggle because our relationship has been built on trust.
You donât need âtoolsâ to train your dog but you need time, commitment, knowledge, access to opportunities and resources!
I can give you knowledge, opportunities and resources but you need to put the time and the commitment. I canât make that up for you.
Are you up to have this recall with your puppy? Comment with â Recallâ and I will send you the link to sing up to my FREE week training week on facebook, I will show you how I teach my puppy!
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đ¨ **New Podcast Episode!** đ¨
Ever wondered if itâs good to let your Border Collie stare at things? đ¤ In this episode, I dive into the natural instincts of Border Collies and whether itâs healthy to encourage or manage their staring behavior. đž
Hereâs what we cover:
- Should you allow your Border Collie to stare?
- Tips for pet dog owners and sport dog owners (even if you donât have a farm).
- Why itâs important for working-bred dogs to express their natural abilities.
- The fine line between healthy instincts and obsessive behaviors.
- Real-life examples of when staring is okay and when it can cause problems.
- How to maintain control and balance your dogâs behavior in different situations (like during walks, playtime, or around livestock).
Tune in for some practical advice to keep your Border Collie happy, healthy, and mentally balanced! đ§đđŹ
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Fulfilling your breed needs is important to make sure that your dog can function correctly in everyday life. As a Border Collie owner, you might be asking yourself how much can you allow your border collie to stare at things?
This is where it gets confusing for a lot of owners out there.
Let me give you a some tips!
âď¸ If you allow your border collie to stare at things, you donât want them to obsess about or start controlling and fixate then donât allow them to stare.
âď¸ Any behaviour they rehearse using innate traits is going to be reinforcing to your dogs so itâs important that you decide what is your Border collie allowed to stare at.
âď¸ If you have multiple dogs and your border collie stare at your other dogs as a hobby without causing any trouble and without being out of control, then staring at your other dogs is not a problem.
âď¸ If your border collie stare obsessively at your cats or at a toy and cannot function when that element is present then thatâs not a healthy staring behaviour.
âď¸ If your border collie is staring at insects waiting for them to move or cars or bikes or your own kids then probably you want to distract them and not allow them to stare as a habit.
yes, giving your border collie an outlet for staring could be a good option but YOU need to decide what is allowed and what is going to develop as a habit that doesnât suit your life.
The reason is straight, yes or no answer every situation is unique and needs to be addressed differently.
have you got any question about your border collie? Staring behaviour? Drop them in the comments!!
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Remember, I would never teach you something that I canât train with my own dogs and this is why itâs important for me to show you what I can achieve with my own dogs so you can see what I can teach you.
How to achieve a perfect distance emergency down :
âď¸ make sure your dog understands lie down on verbal cue
âď¸ practice down in different environments and keep rewarding it with high value rewards
âď¸ start introducing a rewards that you can throw so that you can deliver that reward away from you
âď¸ surprise your dog with a request of down when they are slightly far away from you and increased that distance each time
âď¸ remember the reward should be coming to the Dog where they are lying down and not from your hand or with the dog coming back to you for the reward
âď¸ achieve a good distance down recall the dog to you to reward the dog
Who wants to teach distance down to their Border Collie?!
We are working on exactly this training program right now on my online Academy the Collie Club!!! do you want to join us? Let me know in the comments.
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Basic behaviours like sit down and stand can become very valuable if trained correctly. First they have to be fun for the dog and the dog has to perform them with some speed.
Second they have to be proved on cue in order to be really useful so the dog has to learn not to follow just a treat.
Third the dog should be able to perform them at distance so they become useful for listening games and you can transform them into an emergency down.
in order to gain that level of training we are not talking about basic skills but some advanced knowledge of dog training and behaviour is needed.
would you like your dog to have better listening skills? Would you like to teach them how to perform behaviours at distance? Would you like a well-trained and fully positive emergency down to stop them from chasing or interacting with something at distance?
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Whistle Training for Recall Training is it better? Do dogs respond to the recall promptly? And what whistle is best to use? Let me answer these questions!
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New podcast episode!
Kite is now 8 months old and we have grown to be a good team!
But it wasnât always easy and I didnât like him all the time! đ¤Łđ
In this episode Iâm talking about his quicks, behaviours I worked hard on, behaviours I didnât bother working on, how I improved our relationship, how I felt when he was hard work and how Iâm feeling now.
Iâm not going to hide behind my profession, dog trainers are still humans and we do feel overwhelmed at times!
Have fun listening đ
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Puppy Diary episode!
https://open.spotify.com/show/3n3nV51SQ2NdGfn2o0UI4B
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Moss is 13 years old and although he has not been working sheep for at least 10 years he is always scanning the fields to look for them, stare at them, he still wants to work them. He used to train and work but we have stopped and dedicated our life together to do agility.
If you donât work on specific skills to improve your dog behaviour they will not simply go away. Dogs with strong instincts will not just forget or get used to it.
Some strong behaviours are always going to be managed and some are going to improve and become more reliable but donât believe people that tell you they can make your Border Collie become a Labrador Retriver.
Donât believe who promises quick fixes.
Unless you are preparare to fight your dog genetic composition, use intimidation, force and punishment.
I can teach you to embrace the Dogs they are as Border Collies are beautify creatures.
They deserve to be treated respectfully. If you decide to welcome one in your life you canât erase their ancestry, that is abuse.
Who else feels the same? Who has accepted what they are despite their quirks? Tell me in the comments!
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Did you know that border collies move sheep and other livestock using the intensity of their eyes? a border collie with strong eyes can control, stop, move, and challenge any type of livestock. Border collies really believe to have superpowers so they think they can control anything around them with the power of a stare. đđđľâđŤ
Me and my Border Collie in our favourite place in the garden â¤ď¸
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There is a huge difference between biting, nipping and growling.
đąA puppy nipping: using their mouth to explore and interact, itâs normal. Children go through a mouth phase and we are not even predators, while dogs are. Using the mouth is NORMAL predator behaviour, they have to exercise it and learn how strong it can be for hunting and killing preys and dogs although are now domesticated still have a huge hunting instinct.
đ˘ Biting or growling as in reacting to their human when telling them off, taking things away from them, touching them, getting close is still very normal dog behaviour BUT it also a says there are big and uncontrollable emotions that the dog has to communicate with âaggressive behavioursâ in order to be clear as previous smaller and less obvious behaviours have not been respected by the owner/breeder/carer. These behaviour have to be addressed and the dog needs help to feel different, better and safe.
These dogs are scared and feel pressured and donât know how else to tell you.
đThere is also the option of dogs being aggressive as their parents were the same and they have learn thatâs the way we talk to humans, so itâs a learned behaviour and possibly a wrong or a lack of proper socialisation in the right time has caused these dogs to not know how to interact with humans the right way.
âď¸In any case please contact a professional, they are the one spending their life studying this and can help you :) make sure they have credential!
If you are experiencing this let me know!
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Chewing everything they can
doesnât stop when finished teething.
Itâs something Iâve been asked many many times from students and followers why their puppy once finish teething itâs still chewing a lot still wanting to destroy furnitures, stealing shoes and socks or any object they can get hold of. The realities that dogs donât stop wanting to chew as soon as they finish teething and chewing after 6 to 7 months old is not about teething anymore itâs more about making sure that their mouth and their jaw are strong enough to actually eat and crush bones, so itâs perfectly normal for a dog that is a predator and supposed to eat or be able to eat a carcasses including bones, to keep that jaw in exercise. Also, if a dog should be eating carcasses and bones, but we are probably feeding them either kibbles or wet food or already prepared raw food we are still missing out a very important part of their nature which is the element of crunching on bones.
How can we help our young Dogs (but even our older) to feel satisfied so they have enough chewing without destroying our possessions.
âď¸ Provide them with things they can chew and leave them available or give them things chew multiple times a day . My puppies have things they can chew available like cardboard a sacrifice my old plant pots, plastic bottles and of course toys there are designed to be chewed
âď¸ by natural chews in bulk so you save some money and you can have them always available. I give dried animal ears or dried skin pretty much every day even twice a day.
It is not going to be too much for them if thatâs something they shouldâve had in their diet anyway, and if itâs too much for them then cut them in small pieces feed them throughout the day instead of giving them big chew multiple times a day.
âď¸ freeze some dispenser toys like Kong or SodaPup container with any kind of good food you can think of from simple dog wet food to proper fresh food like scrambled eggs, sardin
Who is going on holiday? Where are you going? Are you taking your dog?
If you need some help to decide where to go on holiday, how to find the right accommodation and what to bring, listen to my last podcast episode coming out today!
As usual you will find it on your favourite podcast platform on The Border Collie Geek Podcast!
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Anyone else has a Border Collie that likes to sunbathe?!
This is Tay the moment the sun comes out 𤣠he is flat on the lawn with his eyes closed in complete bliss đđ
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