When bred correctly by knowledgeable breeders, their self-assured, gentle, obedient personality will always shine though. Their bred-in instincts of wanting to obey their shepherd masters have made the collie of today prized as one of the most easiest to train breeds in the dog world. Because of this gentle, obedient nature, collies also make excellent family pets. However, even though they can be used as watch dogs, they rarely make good guard dogs simply because the attack gene has been bred out of the majority of the breed.
Below are traits that collie owners use when describing their own collies:
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I have a male collie that is 3 years old we got him when he was 6 months. He quickly turned into head of the househould (yes its our fault but who can say no!) the one big problem that has turned into a battle of the minds is his barking. We tried to ignore him but he usually wins out especially in the morning when he is in bed nose to nose with us and barks none stop until we give in first. the longest i have held out is 20 minutes. I have gotten tickets from animal control and complaints from the neighboo0rs, what can i do. He will hold out indefinitely until he wins?
We have had our 12 week old collie Laddie for about 3 weeks now and I forgot just how much hard work and fun a puppy can be. Laddie can be a handful and a perfect little gentleman. We are learning both how fast he can learn and how sensitive he is. He does bark a lot, but we have started him the “two barks to be polite” game. We keep little bags of treats in every room. When he has barked twice we hold the treat in front of his nose (can’t lick and bark) and tell him “that is enough, thank you”, then wait 3 seconds and give him the treat. he may not always get it perfectly but by gosh he is getting it. Bless that little gentleman!
We got our 12 week old collie a month ago and I am so happy that we picked a Rough Collie. We did a lot of research on the different breeds and decided on a collie. We were worried about the barking. But surprisingly, he does not much of a barker. We crate trained him. Initially he barked but he got used to the crate and he loves to sleep in his bed! He is sweet, patient and was so easy to potty train! We brush his coat every day and he enjoys being groomed!We are working on the nipping part and hopefully that will go away soon.
I have a 3 year old collie, Jake, that I rescued from the Dogs Trust. He is an excellent do IN the house, when I take him out he turns into a maniac. He is very protective, which is sweet, but he wants to attack everyone. I have already had the police at the door about him and I am worried. Any ideas on how to tame this? I have noticed if I take a ball with me, he is more tuned to the ball than his surroundings, but overall I need him to stop chasing and barking at people!!!
I got my collie (gwen) 3 yrs ago when she was 8 weeks old. She was easily potty trained, fully by 5 months old. This is the best dog I have ever had. She”ll bark when my glen terrier barks, but I just tell her “go look at what your barking at first” she’ll then go look out the patio and quit barking. I’ve never had as much fun with a dog as I have with this one. Her personality is huge and she has many funny quirks that keeps a smile on my face all day. Her day is complete when I come home from work and we sit on the couch watching t.v. together. My 70lb collie thinks shes a 5lb dog. It’s rather cute how she has small dog syndrome
The ability to control barking or other behavior has to be controlled by creating clear rules of pack structure. Here’s a good video segment I liked:
http://leerburg.com/playem.htm?name=flv/308-1commercial.flv&utm_source=nlist&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=09302010
I also recommend this video: http://leerburg.com/308.htm
another good video: http://leerburg.com/playem.htm?name=flv/219.flv
I’m not affiliated with this company. I’m not paid any endorsement fee or anything like that. I simply feel it’s a good foundation. I simply recommend these because I find them very good training videos.
I grew up with collies and have fallen in love with them. My husband and I got our tri-color collie for our son. She will be a year old next month. She is wonderful with our 6 year old son! Very protective of him and of us. All of the work we have put into her has paid off and I wouldn’t trade her for anything!