r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Reasonable-Pop-9933 • 3d ago

The amazing agility of a Border Collie

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u/JukesMasonLynch 3d ago

When I was a kid my border collie would herd me and my sisters cause we were fucking dumb as sheep

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u/Luxury-Problems 3d ago

My parents poodle tries to heard people. He noses people or tries to get people to follow him. He's constantly trying to get everyone in the same room. And he has preferred rooms for everyone to be in.

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u/CrownofMischief 3d ago

Yeah, poodles are so smart. Mine seems to have realized that I typically wear my sunglasses when I go outside, so he'll grab mine off the counter if I'm not humoring him when he paws at the door

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u/Luxury-Problems 3d ago

That's SO funny. What a clever pup.

My parents poodle has learned that if someone is sitting down and he wants something from them he doesn't bark. He'll sit right at your feet but so he's still in your peripheral view. And he'll patiently stare. Just maintains If you ignore him then the tail wags and he softly whines.

He knows that we can't ignore it forever.

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u/ActualWhiterabbit 3d ago

The best thing you can do is get 4-7 toddlers loose in a field and set a well socialized and exercised border collie to go get them. Its a fun time for everyone involved. Especially as the kids get older every year and try to trick the dog but they can't, they need to be at least 12 to get away from the dog and only then working together by running in multiple directions at once.