i always wanted a Border Collie..now not so much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTHV6J5HSL0

[tcar]

Originally Posted by KC911

....but those are two good looking dawgs....what breed?

Siberian Huskies, look like... blue eyes are common.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by tcar

Siberian Huskies, look like... blue eyes are common.

I've only been around a couple...decades ago...cool dogs...pretty rare in the south

[masraum]

Originally Posted by KC911

I've only been around a couple...decades ago...cool dogs...pretty rare in the south

I always wince when I see folks here in Houston walking their Huskys and Malamutes. It seems almost cruel to have those sorts of dogs here in Houston.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by masraum

I always wince when I see folks here in Houston walking their Huskys and Malamutes. It seems almost cruel to have those sorts of dogs here in Houston.

Cruel is when humans walk their dogs in the middle of the afternoon and especially on a black top road or path.

Especially in the sunbelt.

[Geronimo '74]

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by svandamme

BC's need a couple of acres and 30 sheep to burn off their energy.
If you haven't got the acres and sheep, you'll have to find other ways to burn that off...

Dear friend has a BC she trained for her agility hobby. Husband is a car nut pal.

I stay at their house for long weekends every once in a while. Ever feel like you are being watched or not trusted?

I throw the stuffed toy from the couch out ten feet. Dog gathers and returns. After about twenty of these volleys I tell her I am trying to wear him out so he will sleep. Bwa ha ha ha. NOT!

Also they have a big Macaw parrot. Dog will stare at it without moving right at the base of the parrot's perch. It's unnerving to witness.

[Tervuren]

Something to keep in mind is that a rancher's border collie is probably the best of multiple litters rather than representative of the average border collie.

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

It's unnerving to witness.

This is how border collies have herding power; their stare unnerves the herd and gives the otherwise smaller animal ultimate power.

A bigger herding dog a like a Pyrenees doesn't have to have the stare, they can just lump around in a carefree posture.

[vash]

my mutt has the same stare, and that forward crunch-crouch. he will fetch until he dies.

but his energy is diluted by something much more slow. thank goodness. he's quick enough.

[Mothy]

Once saw a Border Collie at a local Soccer field when there was an under 5 game on.

We call it magnet ball - 20 players all following the ball around like its magnetic and two goalies watching planes fly overhead.

Add one Border Collie who thinks they need herding into the goals and it's great entertainment for about 10 minutes until the parents realise the dog is nipping their heals to get the stragglers to move.

[Mothy]

Can't believe nobody has posted this one yet.

[Bugsinrugs]

Kirk, a female Border Collie, watching herself win the 2017 Purina Pro Challenge

[svandamme]

my uncle has a mutt collie, not 100% pure, it waits for me to show up because then it get's to do more tricks that his own hoomin don't do.
The dog never tires from learning tricks, or doing tricks.. you can't ever tire it cause he don't have the acres or the sheep There are 'some" signs it might be slowing down a bit now it's 11 years old.. but we are slowing down too, so the nett result is the same

[Tim Hancock]

Originally Posted by KC911

I've only been around a couple...decades ago...cool dogs...pretty rare in the south

Yep they are Siberian Huskies. I had one in college and when we had to put the Border Collie down, my daughter decided I needed another dog and surprised me with a male Siberian puppy on my 50th birthday. One of my wife's coworkers had a female the same age that had been given to him and he was getting tired of the shedding in his garage so we agreed to take her as a companion to our male.

They live outside in a kennel with a doghouse by day while we are at work and then have free run of our 5 acre yard with pond (underground electric fence and shock collars) until night time when they stay in cages in our garage. They seem pretty happy both when it is -5 degrees and windy in the winter and when it is 90 in the summer. They both swim in the pond when they want and always have shade/shelter available.

Bodey #1 in about 1991

Bodey #2 2016




Very rarely do they use their doghouse no matter how cold or windy


They both like to swim

[asphaltgambler]

Great pix!

[Sunroof]

Lily was a recovery dog! A pure bred apricot Sher Pei. Who would toss out an expensive breed out the door as a puppy? We ended up with her and she is definitely a ONE PERSON dog. Plagued with several health issues (poor skin, folding skin in the eyelids leading to surgery - Entropion, crazy temperament, etc), this bread was used as Chinese Temple Guard Dogs for centuries. They can be tough to socialize, insanely dedicated to the owner and probably the best guard dog on the planet, these costly dogs are not for everyone. But if you ever consider one, make sure they come from a loving family. All they want to do, is protect you!