Posted by Doreen Simpkins
on November 2, 2009, 8:54 am, in reply to "Problem with a dominant Border Collie"
Hi,
It might be best to go back to basics and train/exercise her within your garden area for a while to improve basic obedience,and her trustin you, that is sit/stay and recall on the lead at first and then off. My experience of working with Border Collies, is that they are so intelligent they need gentle but firm handling to know who is in charge!
You may not know much of her history but she has perhaps had insufficient training and in a vacuum has decided she is in charge! I would introduce clicker training to encourage the behaviour you are wanting... her to focus on you instead of outside stimuli. There are some very good books by Karen Prior on how to use clicker training.
The other approach you could use is Tellington Touch groundwork or obedience/agility which will help harness her intelligence/exercie her in a positve way. Let us know how it goes. Doreen www.haveahappyhound.co.uk
--Previous Message--
: hello,
: I have a problem with a female border collie
: brindle.
: I have took her from the Doghouse when she
: was only 1 year and half. Now she lives in a
: hill, free to doing all she want.
: I don't have other animals and I have
: noticed that she runs after cars and bycicle
: (there are few in the hill where she lives).
: I have proved to train her, but she is very
: dominant and she listen only when she wants.
: what can I do?
: With love,
: Aisa and Buba
:
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