Having a Border Collie
Posted: Wednesday 8 March, 2006
We love our Border Collies. They are fit, healthy (being, to all intents and purposes, mongrels), not too big, not too small but they are both totally bonkers. Tonight, Meg is playing "seek". She has a red rubber ring about 4" diameter. It was the first toy we bought Tess six years ago and Meg loves it. I hide the ring, she seeks it. She can keep it up for ages. Tess, meanwhile, is shadowing Felix.
They'll take as much physical exercise as you'll give (actually, for Tess, that's not that much) but it's the mental stimulation I think they enjoy too, and the interaction with their "pack". They seem to really enjoy weekends when we all just mess in the garden. I did obedience training with Tess and agility with Meg but didn't have time to pursue either seriously - Tess and I still do our "Crufts" stuff in the garden.
They wouldn't be everyone's choice (nor should they be, and I can understand why many end up in being placed for rehoming) but I think they're just great.
Oh, here comes Meg with her ring again. Must go and find somewhere really obscure to hide it!!
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Mongrels?
I've just been watching Border Collies at Crufts, they weren't mongrels, were they? They looked fantastic, smooth coated and long haired.
Rosemary
No, I'm sure they weren't. I would think most of the Border Collies at Crufts, and certainly all those being shown, are KC registered with pedigrees as long as your arm and adhere to the breed standard. These are real BCs. Ours are what are called in the agility world "working collies". These are dogs that look like collies but you only have the breeder and the bitch's word for who the father is.
We knew Meg's mum and her litter sister lives at the farm along the way. At best there is a passing resemblence between the three - no sign of a breed standard to be seen. Sally's (Meg's sister) is a lovely dog, though.
In calling them mongrels, I was really alluding to the vast gene pool that contributes to collies, particularly of the "working" type and, therefore, their predisposition to avoiding many of the hereditary problems that beset their "better bred" relatives.
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Karen & Jock
Thursday 9 March, 2006 at 2:49pm
Hi!
Border Collies are just BRILL!
We have 2 black and white Border Collie pups, Kile, 21 weeks and Elsa 17 weeks.
They are a bundle of laughs, joy and entertainment! They are both really affectionate and Elsa loves a tummy tickle!
They are just getting used to our Gloucester Old Spot, 'Trish the Pig' and love tormenting her!
Keep up the great website and keep smiling! XX