All you need to know about Border Collies, Tales with Tails, Episode 5 

I have one but he's a mix of border collie and collie. No excess energy problems at all. He's an amazing, gentle, affectionate soul!

Got my pup when he was 6 weeks old. He will be 8 years old this Christmas. Best dog I've ever had. I love my Jake.

I brought my BC home 3 Christmas's ago and he was just a baby then, we had always raised labs, lots of them, but this little guy was a challenge, but in good hands, because both me and my husband are both real dog lovers, Riley is his name and he has been such a loving addition to our home, he is so gorgeous and smart and we play and play and train him, we are lucky we have a lot of land out here, and he is able to experience the countryside. I just love him so much, it is hard to put it into exact words, but he is one of the best dogs we have ever had. I find myself smiling on my way home from work because I am thinking I am on my way to getting to see my boy!

I've used body language when my BC companion was a puppy to tell her that loud noises like thunder and fireworks are ok. Now she is totally chill about that.

I grew up with dogs and have dogs my whole grown up life. Never had a border collie, but I have always been drawn to this breed. Now I am in a place in my life where I am finally able to give a border collie the life it needs. So hopefully within the next year I will be the proud dad of a border collie

Had Border collies all my life. Lot of good advice here. Best dogs ever.

Excellent video on Border Collies and as a dog trainer for over 20 years I see all the time people have this breed cooped up in the house and then call me when they develop problems. I have 2 Border Collies myself and they both get run not only with playing fetch, but chasing me around the neighborhood at least twice a day and sometimes I see that still isn't enough for them.

This is a very intelligent appraisal of the breed. Very good.

We have a border collie, and he is a very intelligent and loving dog. We throw the ball for him because he loves to chase after it, then he brings it back for us to throw over and over and over again. We also take him on a daily 2 mile walk which leaves him ready for his evening meal and finally allowing him to relax for the evening. He lives indoors with us, but with a lot of exercise and love, they are just fine. Remember; they need a purpose. Something to do, so be sure to play with them and allow them a lot of exercise. They make wonderful companion dogs.

I've had five border collies in the last 18 years (currently have two). I wouldn't consider owning any other breed. My first was unfazed by fireworks, but wasn't keen on shotguns. I'd leave the back door of the Land Rover open, and if he got bothered, he'd just and lie in there, like it was his den. My second hated fireworks, and would tremble and look for comfort, but she got very excited by the guns when I took her shooting and enjoyed it immensely. All five of my collies have had very different personalities.

My boarder is 8 years old and has been adorable ever since she arrived at 3 months old. She does suffer during thunderstorms and is terrified of gunfire (which is quite often in Switzerland).

you have to remember that B.C. know what you know. And they'll always remind you if you forget.

Our Border Collie is 11 months old. This video explains a lot of the behaviors we see every day. Thanks for posting.

hands down best breed in the world

Thanks for great video and good information- love border collies ( and Golden retrievers)

My BC was a rescue and around 2 yrs when I got him...Apparently he had little socialization or playtime..I got him lots of toys and balls to play with??? a frisbe and when I threw them ...he would just look at them land and ignore them BUT !!! he had developed a fettish for his food bowl......LOL and he throws it up in air and catches it and herds it on the ground all over the place.....all the while growling & barking at it..... he refuses to play with any other toys? He is a beautiful and sweet dog !

Thanks for sharing that was very informative .. what a gorgeous breed :)))

My Border Collie is funny. She's scared of thunder and lightning but not the crack of a rifle

Agree they are so nice, smart

Hahaha. This Border collie dropping her toy and then circling, coming back, circling----she makes our Border collie mix look TAME. Of course, our B.C. gets 9-mile hikes and LOTS of play time on the beach, joyously playing with other like-minded dogs.

My border collie love being outside by herself

Just bought border collie puppy (2 months old) already was able to teach him tricks. Awesome dog.

Very good video, watching this video I feel like your exactly describing my dog.

good video. I love my border collie Bexley and Sydney before her.

I have an Aussie/Border collie cross, she is amazing, a lot of work but she is my therapy and service dog, she has saved my life. Plus she has a family that keeps her busy. Not a breed for a first-time dog owner or with lots of little kids. I have used her play as my therapy and my training with her otherwise with my disability this would be impossible. She is very smart, regular smarty pants. I have her tire herself physically and mentally but not totally otherwise she can be a bear running on fumes, I make her wait and use it on me when we are out in the city, she is getting it she is young but she does so much. We also make our dogs go outside with us in all weather so they know they have to.

We have a new collie puppy, 10 weeks thks this is helpful.

The loves of my life

Have a Border Collie, also had a standard Poodle, very similar.

Thank you for this video 🙏 Lots of people don’t take into consideration the BC characteristics when getting a puppy. I’ve seen BC in a condo in downtown, I believe is just crazy for both the dog and the owner. This breed needs to have a job, a daily strenuous job or they could make your life difficult.

had 3 all of them great dogs, they are a great breed but they have so much energy. mine are currently running through my house chasing each other barking. make sure you can accommodate a strong willed dog that needs to be walked a lot and excercise at least a hour minimum a day. I try to walk mine 2 hours and play ball for 2 hours every day. these are very special dogs and they all need to be with owners that love them and can handle them. they can be the best thing in your life but they can also be destructive if they do not have a job or do not get enough excercise. they need training and love to train. they are so special please do not get this dog if you cant handle this breed. they have such a big heart you are going to break it when you rehome them after building a bond with them.

I know that pose! My Tess would get into that pose when she spotted the hens and roosters from the farm behind us settle in the peach tree behind our deck. When they got down to grabble for food, she'd take off and scatter them and they'd fly back home. She never hurt them. I took to a park that had ducks and geese and she'd run around the pond, not only herding them into it and not letting them out or not letting them into it. The kids thought Tess was funny til she decided they needed herding too. I put a stop to it and said "time to go home, "Tess". Wore her out and she napped til dinnertime. She also taught my new pup how to be my diabetic therapy dog before she died at 16.

I LOVED THEN SINCE I WAS SIX #TEAMBORDERCOLLIE

nice wee video

I got a border collie for my daughter. BC IS A HANDFUL! But, we LOVE HER VERY MUCH. SHE MAKES US VERY HAPPY! This lady is right. Border collie requires a lot of exercise, time, attention and love. If you don’t have it, don’t get one.

Yo quiero uno..!!! Ese perro es hermoso.

I live in the innercity with my 3yo Border, so it's is very possible to have one on a tighter living space. But you're gonna need to make up for it. So we go hiking in the woods every day to meet his requirements and we play a lot of games and puzzles together at home to challenge him mentally. I love to spent so much time with him. They are sweet, loyal and extremely smart dogs. But if you are not able too meet the required amount of attention and excercise this is really not the breed for you.

Great video. Pay attention apartment dwellers, townhome owners or those who keep their pets cooped up all day while they work. Not the breed for you.

Thanks for the video. What kind of work can I give my BC? I have nothing to herd but my BC does have a large space. We play a lot and he’s never destructive but I always here people say you need to give your BC “work”. Never seen anyone explain “work” other than herding sheep.

Thanks for sub-titling the video for DEAF, hard of hearing, and hearing impaired persons.

I need the name of the shampoo these doggies are using.

hes cute inteligent,

Hello! Very good video! I was wondering how much work they need every day? I mean, everybody says they are born for work, but what's the amount of work they need to be healtly and happy? 8 hours of herding work it's a bit different from 2 hours of walking and playing, or doing some agility in the weekend. What do you think about it?? =D

i have a border collie , and she’s the best, SWEETEST dog i’ve ever met. and we have A LOT of dogs in the family, but we found her when she was almost a year old in the mountains. she was extremely skinny and didn’t understand things like a normal house dog. she was afraid of lots of things like shovels, trash bags, anything weird like that. well she’s about 5 now and WILL NOT put on a collar or let me come anywhere near her with a collar, it’s insane. i’ve tried to sit with her and make her understand this thing will not harm her, etc but she still doesn’t understand and it sucks cause she lovvvvvvves runnning & i wish i could take her running 😩😩 !

I love my Jake

How do you calm a border collie during storms? My girl comes to me and paws my arm awhile before a storm approaches. My other dogs are fine, storms don't bother them. But she is much more sensitive than they are. I tried a thunder shirt but it doesn't help. And I cuddle and pet her during a storm until it passes. This helps her some. She wags her tail, stops pawing at me. But sometimes she walks around me or lays down on me for a little bit before getting back up and repeating this process. I know she's scared. I've even tried playing music to drown out the sound of the rain. But it doesn't help her. Is there a better way to handle a border collie during storms? Thank you

0:35 What does she say here? pee pee coolings out of swimming pools?

nice

Best breed in the world if you love dogs, second would be labrador.......however both are totally different, border collies require a lot of attention and a lot of being busy all the time, labs need lots of love and are big softees, we have raised both.

I guess you become part of their pack, not their flock ...

Oh my god. Coco was given to us when she was a pup, herein the Philippines puppies that hasnt got any breed is just given away for free for adoption. I always wondered how smart she is. I never taught her a thing she just seems to understand. Always so energetic and just restless. But then we got her leashed bc our neighbors gets pretty scared she runs so fast and so much (Our neighbors just gets pretty scared if they see dogs on a leash, little do they know she is harmless :( ). She is about 4 years old now. I never knew she was a Border Collie until i looked all possible breeds up. I never trained her, made her run so much outside, never gave her the things that her body needs. T_T Is she too old to do all these? she's sooooo used to being inside the house. Never outside the gates, or if we take her out its just very minimal ground. I feel so badddd someone help me out, what more could I do for coco? TT

Everyday my wee Scots mum was, very quickly taught by her collie, Sam just how smart, loyal and loving he was......they became inseparable, he her shadow, she his.... and when he was recalled for gods new tasks, my mum was devastated but she quickly realized that the two of them would be reunited when she too was recalled, he would be waiting at the gate for her arrival and then off they would go.....! He collected walnuts off her walnut tree, setting them at her feet, then she opened a few and shared them and then gave him other tasks which he happily accomplished. She it his Canada Post “saddle bags” on him and sent him to wait for at the very end of her driveway to lay down, greet the mailman and accept the mail, it being placed inside his “saddle bags” and then bringing it to her front door, using a paw to ring the doorbell to tell her of the arrival of her mail. His reward was her praise and a bowl full of cool fresh water....

Great advice but none of mt Border Collies have ever reacted to thunder or any storms. Mind you I think its often down to how humans react around collies. Many thanks.

You don't want to piss off a Border Collie. If a Border Collie can tackle a grown cow, just imagine what they do to a measly human. I had one for ten years until some son-of-a-bitch poisoned him and another dog. My Border Collie Patches was incredibly smart. If he got bored, he liked to sneak up on me and poke me in my calf muscles. He knew how to do it just right so I would fall. He thought it was funny. He argued with me and argued with me for ten years. And he was very bossy. Most of my back yard was fenced in and I had a doggy door in my back door. The doggy door was big enough for me to crawl through; which I had to do a few times because I managed to lock myself out of my house. When I was home and Patches wanted to go outside, I'd have to open the back door so he could go out. He could go through that doggy door; but no, I had to open the door for him. And if I didn't open it fast enough for him, he'd jump up on me and bite me. He would just nip me. He never broke the skin. Every once in a while, he'd bite a little bit too hard. He didn't mean to. But I would have to scold him, "Don't bite so hard." I never yelled at him. But if he bit me a little bit too hard, and if I scolded him lightly, he'd fall down and I'd have to rub his belly and tell him, "You didn't hurt Papa. Papa going to be OK. Papa not mad at you. Papa still loves you. You didn't do a bad thing." Then he'd be OK. Border Collies get some of their skills from wolves. My brother's wolf Ricky died this past July. Ricky just loved me. Ricky was fourteen and a half years old. Ricky just loved to bite my right elbow. He never bit hard, and he never drew blood. Back in July, I went to a funeral. I had a wolf, Sara. She died in June 2018. She was twelve and a half. My brother had Ricky and his brother, Rocky. All our wolves are dead now. Anyway, I went to this funeral this past July right after Ricky died. The guy my brother and I got our wolves from was at the funeral. And when we get together, we always talk about wolves. Ricky, Rocky, and Sara's daddy's name was Spirit. He was an Arctic wolf. Well at this funeral in July, Art happened to mention that Spirit always liked to bite Art's right elbow. It's a love bite. I miss my Border Collie Patches and my wolf Sara.

i jog about 5Km a day i work 20/32 hours a week over 7 days and am willing to spend at least 5 a 6 hours a day playing/running or having him chase a ball or Frisbee can i have a border Collie there my favorite dog breed but don't want to be unfair to the dog

Everyone ist saying 'they need lots of exercise, throwing ball etc'. Beware of throwing to many balls, otherwise u get a ball junkie, which is seeking for the kick. Most importantly the first thing ur border needs to learn is to rest.

How to get low energy border collie that is not from showing line?

LOST MY FRIEND IN 2007...WOULD LOVE TO GET ANOTHER BUT JUST CAN`T........................

Always helps if your are smarter than the dog.

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I think she has more energy than a border collie...pause & take a breath lady.... hahahahaha!!!

I’m going to go buy a JEEP now

Do collies dog do well in hot weather?

My Border has caught & ate 6 smaller iguanas, caught a squirrel, eats various small fish, and he still chases trucks, motorcycles, police cars, garbage trucks, any big loud object he wants to chase, he is almost 7 years old when will this craziness stop LOL

the border collie could be a gourd dog?

There are dogs and cats, and then there is my dog Bonnie

in 2:34 there is a brown dog. Is it also a border collie? My dog looks similar.

My right ear does not agree.

WHAT is up with her eyebrows

So basically . . . Im in trouble

Dog are dog, you should see my young Brown Labrador going, she is worse than any other dogs as to ENERGY. I have a young Border Collies and she his find s far

I get it....Border collie is not for urban areas...needs lot of time hence not for everyone. If you have urban life, stick with labradors.

Not all BC's are working dogs nowadays...luckily not....Lots of people forget that a dog als has to understand the command : STOP It's total nonsens that a BC can't be a nice family dog...

With you being South African, have you trained the border collies to attack the black by any chance?

Border Collies are Irish true bred, and then the Brits nicked Ireland.. Bold Brits..Very Bold

Does she need to talk that fast? Understood 1 in 7 words 🤨