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So this weekend was a repeat of my first-ever trial. The Highland Games down in Vista This is a border collie only trial and the field is very narrow. So on the outrun it is important that your dog hug the sides to not move the sheep too early off the hay. On Saturday I [...]
Recently I ran into a couple of great blogs. First is a blog about dogs and dog behavior. Also, as you might imagine, it features a lot of info about border collies as well as of other working breeds. It’s written by a rather famous dog trainer / behaviorist Patricia McConnell and can be found [...]
Funny comparison of my two border collies. Beag who I’ve had since was a puppy and Scot who I’ve had a year this month. They are the same age, just a few days difference. I just gave each a greenie. Beag put it away in about two minutes flat if that. Scot amazingly took his [...]
As I was trolling through my Twitter stream this afternoon I ran across a link to this story: http://elkana.info from @border_collies. It’s short but excellent post about some of the issues surrounding getting a border collie, particularly a border collie puppy. I agree on all points. I would especially emphasize the one about a first [...]