I saw an interesting show on Animal Planet the other day that featured a border collie rescue. The man who ran the rescue retrained all the border collies as herding/working dogs, then adopted them out to ranches, farmers, law enforcement agencies, etc.
They were not adopted as housepets. The guy believes that border collies are extremely intelligent with an instinctive need to work, and need jobs to be happy. He said that's why so many pet border collies develop behavior problems and are given up to rescue, and that border collies are not really suited to being housepets.
What do you think? Right or wrong? I've never owned a border collie, so I wouldn't know.
They were not adopted as housepets. The guy believes that border collies are extremely intelligent with an instinctive need to work, and need jobs to be happy. He said that's why so many pet border collies develop behavior problems and are given up to rescue, and that border collies are not really suited to being housepets.
What do you think? Right or wrong? I've never owned a border collie, so I wouldn't know.