Socializing your Border
Collie
The trick to having the best relationship
with your Border Collie, is to train it at a young age. It
needs to know what is right and what is wrong, there are
guidelines which it should adhere to. If this is done, then you
will find that the two of you will have a long, and prosperous
life together. One of the most important things you need to
remember, is that socializing your Border Collie is important
to ensure that he or she gets on with other dogs, children and
family members.
Border Collies are very responsive and
highly intelligent and you will find that training them is not
only easy, it is also fun. The best time to train your Border
Collie, and this applies to other breeds as well, is as a
puppy. Socializing your dog as a puppy will
prevent shyness and irritability in later life.
You need to teach your dog etiquette, how you would like
them to treat other people, and also, how not to! Try teaching
your dog “Sit” and “Stay” commands first, and this will impress
your family and friends, but it will also ensure that your dog
does not harass your guests until they are ready to pay him or
her some attention.
You should allow your puppy to play with
other healthy, vaccinated dogs. Once they have learned the
basics, you can slowly increase his manners in more demanding
environments. The way that your Border Collie will react to
certain situations and other people is dependant on many
things, and one of these will be the way his parents were
brought up. You can modify a dogs instincts but you can’t
really change it, and that is something that both you and your
dog will have to live with. Some Border Collies are very
sociable, whereas some don’t get on with any other dogs or
people. Some are fine with adults, but do not like children, or
vice versa. It is all dependant on the life they have already
lead before they came into your household and the way you
decide to train him.
Obviously, if you get a dog at a young age,
and you have children, the time of the them will learn to get
along, and will respect each other. The same applies to other
dogs, cats etc. If you brought an adult Border
Collie into a situation where he is competing for your
attention against other pets or your children, you may find
that you have problems.
All in all, you will find that the happier
your Border Collie is, the happier he will be with other
people. If you let him know that he has nothing to be jealous
of, and nothing to worry about, he will not be anxious every
time your doorbell goes off of your children walk into the
room. If your dog does act differently around people or
animals, use the training techniques you have used to house
train him etc. like the use of a training stick or pinch
collar, and you will soon find that he will get on perfectly
fine with everyone and everything!
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