The term Collie began as a real breed in the early 19th Century to help shepherds mind and control their flocks. At first they were also trained to collect stray flocks and bring them back to their places from the hills where they grazed in the mountains of Scotland and England. A good site to start learning about this breed is http://www.bordercollie.org/core.html.
This group is dedicated to the public and educating dog owners on how to train and evaluate a good Border Collie. They look at this breed a much more skilled working dog, and are highly valued for their superior qualities in working livestock. These traits are valued by shepherds and cattle owners, who consider them to be skilled in the ability to manage and control flocks and herds. A good Border Collie is “an obsession with cattle,” they say. These dogs have a purpose beyond grace and speed. It is worth the work. Anyone who has a working dog, as I have, has recognized this type of dog as a treat as a pet or show dog, not just an animal. insult, but he will also break his spirit and deny that life was active and purposeful agent to – true cruelty.
An energetic working dog, highly alert and apt to be destructive unless trained and allowed to exercise his skills daily. It’s in the DNA. Trying to ignore the individuality and nature of the animal is futile and will result in a miserable dog and unfortunate owner. The best type of person for a Fringe Collie is someone who is very active, who can take the time to exercise with the animal every day and enjoy it and who commits to doing some real work with the dogs on a regular basis, whether dog sports are good or herd. People who are active hikers or joggers make good Collie owners. Dogs require attention to the strongest training and ready to put the dog through daily tasks so that he can. let the natural instinct fill. To do otherwise would be a real service both to the animal and to oneself, that is, it would be simply useless.
Because many dogs bought or adopted are not suitable and later find out, many Collies are languishing in beds across the country, from irresponsible owners , who wanted a house dog, abandoned it and instead realized that they had an active and attentive animal, which was unwilling and unable to adapt to the more sedentary lifestyle of a non-working dog.
Tennessee has huge support for border collie rescue. One site in West, TN, where I live, is of particular interest;
http://www.tnbordercollierescue.com/. If you click on the “links” icon to the left, you’ll find tons of links for all kinds of specialized rescue services for all kinds of animals. This URL link is worth visiting if anyone cares at all about animal rescue and wants to get involved or adopt an animal. Perutile gives a link on his site to ten stories about Collies that are required reading for anyone using or even getting a dog, as they provide suggestions on real-life experiences of people with new puppies or dogs. They also have an online “store” where you can order gifts or paraphernalia for dogs and a percentage of them will be donated. religion Delicate
There are over a dozen websites that can be accessed for help with a border collie shelter anywhere in TN, but I will include only three in this article. They all have links to other sites and you can navigate from them to the whole site.
Tennessee is three states, politically, geographically and somewhat socially. West TN includes Alcia and Memphis. It is flat and really the end of the Mississippi Delta. It is a cotton farm and a stronghold of Democrats in the state, Middle TN is a mix of Democrats and Republicans, but mostly Republican. East TN includes Chattanooga and Knoxville and is heavily Republican and mountainous. Each section is well represented by websites with phone numbers and contact information.
I gave West TN at the beginning of this article. Another for East TN;
http://bordercollierescuetn.com/index.php.
Although I am not aware of any specific locations in Nashville and the surrounding area of Middle TN, you can search for a location near you by going to this website: http://adopt-a-border-collie.1-800-save-a-pet.com/. Simply put in your zip code and you should get a site that can serve your needs.
The East Tennessee site is also fun. It has a link posted which is interesting and some downloadable adoption forms that you can go to take with you to their nursery. Their icon links are so interesting. There are many articles on that site that provide you with plenty of breed information and interactive sites that you can use to answer questions. answer or meet with locals to trade experiences and stories with other Collie lovers.
It is incredible how popular these herding dogs have become in just a few decades. You would think that with the huge growth of cities and urban areas this type would really die out. But in a way, that’s part of the problem. People buy these dogs because they are cute, the puppies are adorable, and they are watchful and fun. Then they dislike the dog who doesn’t really start to “gentle” until well over two years later and then turns all that energy into a bad thing. Thank you for the people who love and admire this species and want to offer their time to save and protect this magnificent animal. .
