Meet our new Collie puppy
Discussion
I thought I'd start a new thread following on from the advice I received on here about getting an older puppy.
After a few months of reading up, preparing and finding the right one we finally collected "Gryffie". We wanted a Welsh name and the O/H is also a bit Harry Potter obsessed so in her mind it is short for "Gryffindog" - I'm not so sure about that!
He is a 10 week old blue merle border collie and we made the 8 hour round trip to pick him up from Powys on Saturday. He coped with the journey brilliantly and subsequently spent most of the day sleeping and getting to terms with his new surroundings. This morning he was bounding with energy and seems to have settled in very quickly. The O/H took him to the vets this morning to get him chipped and he was given a clean bill of health so we are so far very happy! He'll be spending his days at work with the Mrs at her agricultural college so hopefully lots of stimuli and hours of running round fields and chasing sheep.
Anyone have any good Collie training tips? He's showing all of the classic collie traits already so he may be a bit of a cheeky handful growing up. We're trying to get him toilet trained as soon as possible but finding it hard to react in time to take him outside!
Cheers
After a few months of reading up, preparing and finding the right one we finally collected "Gryffie". We wanted a Welsh name and the O/H is also a bit Harry Potter obsessed so in her mind it is short for "Gryffindog" - I'm not so sure about that!
He is a 10 week old blue merle border collie and we made the 8 hour round trip to pick him up from Powys on Saturday. He coped with the journey brilliantly and subsequently spent most of the day sleeping and getting to terms with his new surroundings. This morning he was bounding with energy and seems to have settled in very quickly. The O/H took him to the vets this morning to get him chipped and he was given a clean bill of health so we are so far very happy! He'll be spending his days at work with the Mrs at her agricultural college so hopefully lots of stimuli and hours of running round fields and chasing sheep.
Anyone have any good Collie training tips? He's showing all of the classic collie traits already so he may be a bit of a cheeky handful growing up. We're trying to get him toilet trained as soon as possible but finding it hard to react in time to take him outside!
Cheers
My tip would be to take him outside as soon as he wakes up. I would tell my dogs to "hurry up" and then give a lot of praise when they did pee. If you catch him peeing in the house pick him up mid pee and he should stop - take him outside and carry on with the "hurry ups".
I gave up on puppy pads - most of the pups were more interested in shredding them.
Good luck with him - he looks lovely
I gave up on puppy pads - most of the pups were more interested in shredding them.
Good luck with him - he looks lovely
Not specifically collie-related, but Gwen Bailey's books are frequently recommended:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Perfect-Puppy-Take-Britain...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Train-Superpup-Unleash...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Perfect-Puppy-Take-Britain...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Train-Superpup-Unleash...
Yes 
. Whilst they obviously have physical needs to be met, it's the mental stimulation that people forget to provide for Collies, this is so so important for them.
My old collie was still learning new tricks etc at 7/8/9 yrs old and she would pick them up really quickly!
HE is gorgeous btw,have fun
. Whilst they obviously have physical needs to be met, it's the mental stimulation that people forget to provide for Collies, this is so so important for them.My old collie was still learning new tricks etc at 7/8/9 yrs old and she would pick them up really quickly!
HE is gorgeous btw,have fun
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