subject: Border Collie Obedience [print this page] Out of many breed of dogs, Border collie is one of the best trainable dog who can perform in different activities like fly ball, Frisbee, and agility trials. If you are going to adopt this dog as your pet, then involving him in just physical exercise will not be enough, he should be kept busy with other tasks to lessen their high energy.
It would be good if you have open space in your home so that your dog gets enough places to run and play. It can be dangerous if you make him stay in one place for a long time. He can be destructive with his high energy. Training him obedience is an easy and simple task as this dog is extremely intelligent and agile.
Border collie obedience includes cleaning the dog with care. You need to brush up the water resistant coat of the dog each day instead of bathing the dog often. Bathing can be harmful as it may cause the strips of the coat to lose its protective oils. So brushing will be good as it will keep the coat healthy and clean. To keep your your dog healthy, you need to have emotional bounding with him.
As compared to other dogs, Border collie obedience training is not very difficult. He can be trained easily as search and rescue dogs due to his higher intelligence level. They have stable temperament and aren't quite shy with the people. They are faithful and very friendly with the humans. They respond quickly and eagerly to the commands of their masters and complete the given task willingly.
You need to be positive and need to praise him in the time of training because study says that a positive training approach with rewards have been more successful than any other approaches. When a reward is given to him for the fulfillment of the command or the task correctly, then it motivates him to react quickly when such commands are given again. A positive training with rewards is remembered by the dog for the lifetime as it makes positive influence in the mind of the dog. So, praise and get the best results from your dog.
