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Lots of things you can do to prepare. Start working out to get yourself in shape, source all the stuff you'll need like a crate, beds, endless toys, grooming stuff, a pen, food, a nearby vet, insurance, and watch endless videos about clicker training with people like Zak George, Kikopup, Michael...

Mine is a border collie poodle cross. He's taking a lot of training, and really keeps me on my toes. I'm always thinking of ways around problems I encounter. At 25 weeks he needs constant mental stimulation or will dig, chew, and bark. My friends border collie was a nightmare for nearly two...

I have a border collie cross and have two friends with border collies too. They are not easy dogs. They can be stubborn, sensitive, over excitable and are difficult to tire out. But they are beautiful dogs, very loyal, often enjoy training and incredibly athletic. I love mine to bits but he is...

Just tried that. Put a treat on the floor and said 'wait' (he's very good at that), put the lead on and then said 'OK' and he went for the treat. That was a success, no biting. We'll see how that goes. I'll do it for a couple of weeks and go back to seeing if he'll let me put the lead in without...

I've just tried the sniff method with the leash and it works well for taking a leash off. That's because you can take the leash off easily with one hand. However putting the leash on requires two hands as the ring on the collar needs to be lifted in order to clip the lead on. I'll have to think...

Yes, he's smart alright. This is my worry, he's smarter than me.:mad: I like your idea of sniffing the treat and only eating after the paws are wiped or the lead attached. I'll give it a go.

I always give the 'OK' after a sit or down is finished. And he's not unsure whether he can eat food or not when he counter surfs. :cool: Been working on that for some time, but he has a mind of his own

Yep, wish I'd got a compliant pup. I love him but so much hard work.

Don't get me wrong, I know my puppy likes me, he follows me about a lot and loves it when I play fetch, hide and seek, find the food, and a host of other games with him. But . . . I prepare his food, call him into the utility room, ask him to sit and shake a paw and put the bowl down. He then...

Yeah, thought about getting a tray outside with water on it, then throwing a towel on the floor for him to walk through. He actually scratches at a towel, so it might work. The groomer didn't need to think up devious plans though. :eek:

We've had dogs before and we are very calm. But finding difficulty getting mud of paws in this terrible weather has presented a real problem. There's a balance between being too forceful and creating a phobia, over being too timid and allowing him to run mud all over the house.

Thanks. He loves his short training sessions and wags his tail the whole time. He always comes to our feet and settles. So we treat him to stay and enjoy being touched, and he does. Touching him when he's not distracted by treats, though, and he starts play biting. We've backed off a lot on...

Thanks. Yeah, we're pretty chilled and never do anything to upset him. We move slowly and make quiet reassuring words. The only time we allow ourselves to become excited is sometimes when we laugh at his funny antics during playtime. His fetch is superb and he loves gentle tug of war. His 'drop...

Thanks. Yes the clicker training is going really well, he's very smart. We like Kikopup on Youtube and have been trying most of her stuff.

Yes, he was very worried when he went in. But seemed very relaxed when we arrived, she was stroking him so well on her knee and he seemed to be enjoying it. When my wife and I stroke him, it seems too much for him and within 20 seconds or so he's trying to nip us and it just gets worse if we...

Thanks for the info. That's pretty much what we've been doing. But why did the grooming girl get a pass?

Yeh, I know that. But the internet seems to be full of the opposite . . the unfamiliarity of the stranger bringing out the worst in dogs. Our dog seems to be a bit special in that regard ;)

Just the same lol. Except he wasn't touchy at all with the teenage girl!!!

I tried to google that, but 99% of posts are about dogs behaving badly towards strangers.

We love our new Borderpoo puppy, at 13 weeks his training has been coming on well for the last 5 weeks, he sleeps all night, he's intelligent and funny BUT handling him is a nightmare. He won't let us wipe his paws when he comes in or cut his nails and if we try to be affectionate to him he...