A Brief Talk on Border Collies - For Novice Owners Who Are Preparing to Raise Border Collies
Nowadays, more and more pet dogs are raised in cities, and border collies are becoming more and more popular as pet dogs. There are also many novice shit shoveling officers who are going to decide to choose Bian Mu as their first companion dog. Below, I will share my experience of raising Bian Mu in the past 5 years with the future shit shovel officers.
Border collie, English name Bordercollie. It is a kind of Collie, which originated in the borders of Scotland and England, and is generally called border shepherd and border in China. Ranked first in the IQ ranking of dog breeds, smart, cute, alert, lively, athletic, master of Frisbee, and the king of agility.
Next, let’s analyze the advantages and disadvantages of border shepherds:
Disadvantages, let's talk about the disadvantages first. Other articles start from the advantages, but here we start from the disadvantages, because I wanted to raise a border shepherd at the time, and I read the information on Baidu Border Shepherd. After reading the advantages, I couldn't wait to decide that it must be it, but whether a dog can live in the owner. It is not the advantages but the disadvantages that determine the survival of the family well, so let's talk about the disadvantages first.
Disadvantage 1, hair loss! Horrible hair loss, there is a saying that my Bianmu loses hair twice a year, once for half a year. Another sentence, my border shepherd sheds four times a year, spring, summer, autumn and winter. In fact, the advantages are exaggerated. The period of severe hair loss is the molting period twice a year, once in winter and once in summer. It was really scary back then. Eat hair until hair, sleep and fall asleep and take out a hair from mouth. There's hair on your pants, clothes, shoes, socks, wherever you can see it! hair! hair! Therefore, friends who are obsessed with cleanliness can consider giving up border shepherds and raising some dogs that do not shed hair, such as Guibing dogs.
Disadvantage 2, the amount of exercise is large. The amount of exercise and energy of Bian Mu is quite terrifying. Once he doesn't let him play, you can see a black lightning jumping up and down at home, going up the mountains and the sea, flying over the eaves and walls. My dog, Coke (hereafter called Yi Coke), was 1 and 2 years old when he walked the dog home every day. All the other dogs in the group were sleeping. Looking back, he was still looking for me to play with his toys. Performing flying over the eaves and walls, flying dogs in the air... Therefore, friends who are usually busy with work and have a lot of entertainment, and who don't have a lot of free time to play with him, can consider raising some dogs that are less active and less active, such as French bulldogs.
Disadvantage 3. Maybe the Border Collie is a working dog. The reason for its work is that the genes of fighting and provocation are buried in the genes. When Bian Mu became an adult, he liked to pick things up and made things happen, but he couldn't fight, and he was the one who never lost in picking things up, so he needed the owner to spend time training him to obey, otherwise it would be very painful, and walking the dog was like watching a neuropathy. , the nerves are tense.
Disadvantage 4, smart! Yes is smart. This can be said to be a disadvantage or an advantage. The advantage is that he learns things quickly. You will find that this guy can get it after teaching a few times, but just because he is smart, he will have his own little brains, but he will not cooperate with the training. For example, the master If you can't perform the right action well, it will only give you a reward, and it will know what to do if I don't do it anyway. Don't you think it's exaggerated, but it's mostly true. After you touch it, you can understand what a clever ghost, a little devil, is. So why don't police dogs in all countries have the highest IQ Border Shepherd, hey, you taste, you taste carefully.
Disadvantage 5, love servants, enthusiasm! If you go to any local dog walking group and ask, you will get this answer. Bian Mu loves his servants, and they rush over one by one, and the rain and the dew are all untouchable. This also requires the owner to take time to correct, otherwise it will be another disaster if the elderly and children are afraid of dogs.
After talking about the shortcomings, of course, we have to talk about the advantages. This guy has the advantages and disadvantages.
Advantage 1. The body odor is very light, so light that you can hardly feel the dog at home. Bian Mu, whose personality has stabilized after the age of 3, exaggeratedly said that he basically has no body odor if he does not take a bath for a month. So you never have to worry about the so-called dog smell at home because of raising a dog. My friends come to my house and say that there is no smell, it's amazing.
Advantage 2, less saliva. Bian Mu's saliva is not much, including not much in summer. Compared with those dogs whose saliva is like paste in the summer, Bian Mu is an angel, always clean.
Advantage 3, good athletic ability, handsome. The running Bianmu is the most handsome time. In the dog rankings, the shepherd is not the strongest in straight-line acceleration, nor is the jumping ability the strongest. But try adding a sharp turn in a straight run. Hey, it's not who I am targeting, everyone here is rubbish. I have personally seen a golden retriever chasing Coke, and at the moment of catching up, Coke stopped and turned around and easily got rid of it. And the big golden retriever rubbed against the grass all the way on the ground and rubbed out. Therefore, in the agility competitions of major dog shows, Bian Mu is the last king.
Advantage 4, clever, good at observing words. A glance from the owner and the tone of his voice, this guy can get enough information from it to change his attitude towards you. Sometimes I really think it can understand what you say, although I know what we say in its ears is barking... But this does not prevent it from loving you, and trying to adapt to you and cater to you in order to make you happy .
Advantage 5, smart, smart as mentioned in the disadvantages. This is a double-edged sword. If the owner uses it, it is a good sword. If you don't use it, you will easily hurt yourself. This guy is too smart, and often you train it with a try attitude. You don't have any hope, and it will surprise you, teach it 3 or 5 times. The sense of achievement was really overwhelming.
In short, the Border Shepherd is a very good dog breed. It is half angel and half devil. It makes you love it and hate it. Love it's smart, sensible, empathetic, hate it's naughty, go to the house to uncover the tiles. Friends who are still considering whether to raise a border shepherd or who are interested in a border shepherd can refer to mine to understand the shortcomings and judge whether they can accept it. Don’t force it. Raised for ten years. You have to accommodate its shortcomings for more than ten years.
Once you hold its hand, it's a lifetime.
