Maybee the border collie pup update...

[MontanaMama]

She’s 3 months old now. Potty training is going well….still has an accident here and there…but those are mostly my fault when I’m not paying close attention.We’re sleeping through the nights for the most part. She loves to play rough and tumble with our 6 year old lab who is a very patient big sister. She’s a herding machine and has no problem moving our chickens around the yard with just a stare. Maybee herds me around the house which has led to me tumbling to the ground with a laundry basket full of clothes…we’re working on what to herd and what not to herd. She is obsessed with knots in the wood floors and in the kitchen cabinets..that’s a work in progress. Maybee’ s favorite toy (holee roller ball) was the favorite of the border collie I lost in August. I think that’s just the best…

[elleng]

1. Good luck on what not to herd!!!

Those holee roller balls are very popular.

[tblue37]

2. Darling little pupper!

[cilla4progress]

3. Howdy - our border collie - was SO good at rounding up the chickens.

We used to say he counted them once he got them into the chickeen yard!

He was loyal to the day he died at 17!

Maybee is adorable!

[MontanaMama]

4. 17?!?!

That’s amazing for a BC. Howdy must have had the best life.

[cilla4progress]

5. Oh man -

He and his friend Coda, a lab Greyhound looking mutt who idolized him, were comical terrors ripping around here during our daughter's childhood years.

Many happy memories and great photos. We swear Howdy would pose !

[lisa58]

6. What a beautiful girl...

I loved my collies…such a special breed

[hermetic]

7. Hi Maybee!!

Who's a good doggie?

So cute. Just watch your step.

[niyad]

8. She is turning into a real little beauty.

[SheltieLover]

9. Gorgeous Maybee!

How do you train not to herd? 😳🤯

Enjoy!

[MontanaMama]

19. I'm working with her to stay at my heel

Instead of running around my legs. I’m a klutz when I don’t have a border collie ripping around my feet!

[SheltieLover]

20. Klutzy here too lol

Balance isn't where it should be.

Great idea!

[Karadeniz]

10. She looks like a joy to have around!!!

[llashram]

11. good dooog

[FoxNewsSucks]

12. She is so cute

Border Collies are the best

[wendyb-NC]

13. She's so cool

I love border collies. We had one when the 2 youngest sons were growing up.
He was so good. Very loyal, and great companion for the whole family.

Herding is in their blood. Ours herded or tried to herd squirrels in the woods.

[calimary]

14. Awwwwwww... what a cutie!

[nuxvomica]

15. Watch out for ankle biting

The herding breeds can have that habit as puppies and I was told by a shepherd in Ireland, who was giving demos of his dogs' herding skills, that you need to break that kind of behavior when they are young. It comes from their impulse to herd the humans as well. The first dog my family had that I remember was Poppy, a BC/beagle mix, who always followed us kids around to make sure we didn't get into trouble, but she had some bad herding-related behaviors like chasing cars, for example. Years later we had Andy, a purebred Sheltie, who was so "smart" that he would lift his leg like it was limp whenever he tipped over the garbage can or did anything requiring scolding because he had sprained it once and that maneuver brought sympathy. He once lifted the wrong foreleg and I told him "You, idiot! It's the other leg that you sprained!". So he drops that leg and lifts the other, like he completely understood what I said. I love Shelties and border collies because they are so smart and playful but sometimes they are scary smart.

[jaxexpat]

17. When I was very young, my dad had a BC which handled the cow-from-the-pasture-to-the-milking-stall..

routine so well that she and my dad would walk out the back door together and by the time dad had thrown a beat of hay into the manger the dog had the cow in place. While we had her, she had 2 pups that lived. One was a car chaser and he caught one, just the one. The other was a lie-in-wait, sneak and a bad nipper. We kids were afraid of him. Neither ever showed any inclination to do "good dog" things. I expect it was because their mother was pretty old and died soon after they were born. My mom hand fed those two survivors. Possibly they're so naturally smart, that without companion example and purpose training they gravitate toward the wastrel side of dogdom.

[LoisB]

16. She's a real beauty.

[liberalla]

18. Aww sweet Maybee! It's so good to see new photos of her, and get an update!

Thank you!