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Tafia	Aug 29 2009, 03:39 PM
Total Gas Bag! Posts: 5,824 Group: Full Members Member #134 Joined: November 17, 2005	I spent my childhood with border collies and the biggest problem I had when I made the transition over to terriers was I expected them to respond in the exact same way as a BC. They really couldn't be more different, especially when training. I liken training with a BC to sitting down, drawing a flow chart, agreeing on the expected behaviours and that's it - agreed on forever and ever and ever. Any deviations from the expected behaviour will have to be discussed. They do not free think, totally incapable of it. Every single person I know with BC's finds it practically impossible to sympathise with the free thinking gene in terriers - they like an automaton dog which is why they have BC's. Actually, any idiot can train a BC to a good standard with a little time and patience.


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