Monday, April 16, 2007
Collie Colamity :)
Max is a collie and as such he is very quick and a bit too intelligent for his own good. LOL
He is known by the neighbours as a previous regular visitor. Jumping through 1 side just after we leave to raid their garden and say hello to Elaine, then back over to our other neighbours to eat the bread left out for the birds and say hello to anyone in the house by popping up to the patio doors and having a quick look in. ;D
He is now confined to his own garden by our new 6 ft close board fence and is quite content to open all the doors in the house, then snooze with the cat on our bed. They now have their own duvet with an old cover on it that we put on the bed when we go out.
As oe of the trainers pointed out on Dog's Borstal collies are very intelligent and when you live with one you see how intelligent and quick they are.
Great dogs to have, with such a responsive gentle nature and a dog that as far as I have found is always thinking about something.
Collies are not dogs that need hours of walking and acres of space. All they need is to be walked twice a day... we try to do 30 mins in the morning and an hour in the evening and longer at weekends. They need a secure garden, a place to snooze and lots of input in the form of training. I would also recommend investment in some boredom toys for any dogs left for a few hours at a time. Fill the toy with dry kibble (their breakfast or tea) and leave them to work out how to get it out of the bone, cube, ball or molecule.
He is known by the neighbours as a previous regular visitor. Jumping through 1 side just after we leave to raid their garden and say hello to Elaine, then back over to our other neighbours to eat the bread left out for the birds and say hello to anyone in the house by popping up to the patio doors and having a quick look in. ;D
He is now confined to his own garden by our new 6 ft close board fence and is quite content to open all the doors in the house, then snooze with the cat on our bed. They now have their own duvet with an old cover on it that we put on the bed when we go out.
As oe of the trainers pointed out on Dog's Borstal collies are very intelligent and when you live with one you see how intelligent and quick they are.
Great dogs to have, with such a responsive gentle nature and a dog that as far as I have found is always thinking about something.
Collies are not dogs that need hours of walking and acres of space. All they need is to be walked twice a day... we try to do 30 mins in the morning and an hour in the evening and longer at weekends. They need a secure garden, a place to snooze and lots of input in the form of training. I would also recommend investment in some boredom toys for any dogs left for a few hours at a time. Fill the toy with dry kibble (their breakfast or tea) and leave them to work out how to get it out of the bone, cube, ball or molecule.
# posted by Vici : 12:49 pm
