Fairfield Border Collies

28/11/2025

Hello from the new puppies!

28/11/2025

✨ Teaching the ‘Off-Switch’ in Border Collies ✨

Because calm is a skill too! 🐾💚

Border Collies are famous for their intelligence, drive, and work ethic and we love them for it! But with all that brilliance and energy comes something many owners don’t expect:

👉 Border Collies don’t naturally come with an off-switch.
It’s something we teach. Gently, intentionally, and consistently.

Here’s how you can help your pup or adult BC learn to relax:

🌿 1. Reward Calm Behaviour

Calm isn’t “boring” - it’s a behaviour!
When your Border Collie chooses to settle, lie down, sigh, relax, or enjoy a chew, quietly reward it.
Small treats, gentle praise, or a calm “good dog” builds the association:
Relaxing feels good.

🛋 2. Use a Designated Settle Space

A bed, mat, crate, or comfy corner helps create a cue for relaxation.
Teach a simple “on your bed” or “go settle,” always pairing it with calm, predictable rewards.

Border Collies LOVE clarity. Give them a clear job, even if that job is resting.

🧩 3. Provide Mental Work. Not Just Physical

A tired brain is calmer than a tired body.
Puzzle feeders, scent games, shaping sessions, and controlled training help reduce frantic energy and prevent the “go-go-go” mindset.

🐕 4. Structure Matters

Border Collies thrive on routine.
Regular rest periods throughout the day teach them that life isn’t all excitement.
Intentionally alternate:
Activity → Calm → Activity → Calm

This rhythm helps their nervous system learn to downshift.

💛 5. Model Calm Energy

Border Collies read your body language like a book.
If we’re hyped up, they’re hyped up.
If we slow down, breathe, and soften our movements; they do too.

🌙 6. Don’t Wait for Exhaustion

Many people think “a tired dog is a good dog,” but with Border Collies, that often backfires.
Over-exercise can create more adrenaline, not less.
Teaching calm is more effective than trying to burn energy endlessly.

🌟 Remember

A Border Collie with a strong off-switch isn’t just calmer, they’re more confident, more secure, and better able to think clearly in training and in life.

Teaching calm is one of the greatest gifts you can give your Border Collie.
And it starts with small, simple daily habits. 🐾💚

- Donna Williams,
Emerald Park Border Collies.

" My mission is to make life better for at least one dog today!"

27/11/2025

Happy Birthday babies! November 27, 2025 ♥

26/11/2025

Babies due any day now !! Exciting !!

17/11/2025

🐾 Every breeder knows this moment, that little buzz on your phone a few days after a puppy goes home.

The message starts sweet:

“We love him, but…”

And you already know what’s coming next. But he barks. But he nips. But he cries at night. But he’s just “a lot.”

And it breaks your heart a little every time, because what they’re describing isn’t a “problem.”

It’s a puppy.

A baby learning the world outside of their mum and littermates. They’re confused, overstimulated, excited, and scared sometimes all at once, and that’s normal.

But people today want easy. They want the version they see online the one that sits calmly, never chews a shoe, and somehow knows “sit” by eight weeks.

They forget that behind every well-mannered dog is someone who put in the work, the patience, the boundaries, the grace.

When someone says, “He’s adorable, but I don’t think we’re a good fit,”

What they often mean is: I wanted the love without the learning curve.

Even the most beautifully raised puppies don’t come pre-programmed. They come ready to grow with you. To learn your rhythms, your tone, your energy. They don’t need perfection they need patience.

Some people confuse an easy puppy with a good one. But the truth is, every puppy is good they’re just new.

And new things are messy before they’re magical.

As breeders, we see it all. We comfort the ones who come back scared, unsure, wondering what they did wrong. We remind them softly: “You didn’t do anything wrong, baby.”

Because it’s never their fault that someone wasn’t ready for the hard parts that make the best parts possible.

Raising a puppy isn’t instant. It’s sleepless nights, puddles on the floor, little teeth on fingers and the sweetest bond you’ll ever build.

A puppy isn’t a project, or a phase, or something to “try.”

It’s a commitment. A piece of your heart on four legs.

If you’re not ready for the messy parts of puppyhood, that’s okay, just wait until you can give your whole heart.

Because these little souls deserve nothing less 💜🐾

Shared from another breeder 🐾 with thanks from Duszah Border Collies

05/11/2025

04/11/2025

Found this at the beach ♥

03/11/2025

🎅 Somewhere beyond the stars, there’s a place called the Rainbow Bridge. It’s said that Santa visits it before Christmas each year, gathering love from the pets we’ve lost. He whispers to them that they’re still missed and still loved. 🕊
Every holiday season brings a mix of joy and ache. For those grieving a pet, that empty spot under the tree feels heavier than any gift could fill. Yet love never leaves—it just changes form. ✨
Imagine Santa kneeling among them, surrounded by wagging tails and soft purrs, reminding every soul that love is eternal, and reunion awaits. 🐾🎄

31/10/2025

How cute is this picture

26/10/2025

23/10/2025