If you’ve never understood why your Border Collie reacts to joggers, bikes, kids, cars, or even planes - it’s their herding instinct at work. This need to control movement looks like reactivity, but it’s not fear or aggression. It’s instinct. 🚗 = 🐑 That’s exactly what Better Than Fetch™ and Herding at Home™ were built for - to give that same instinct a real job and the satisfaction it’s been craving, no sheep required. 🐑⚽️ #herdinggames #bordercollie | BorderCollies With Yen

From Chaos to Control 🧠🐾 This 4-year-old Border Collie came in highly reactive, lunging, barking, and completely disconnected from his handler. What you’re seeing here is the power of balanced training in real time: 👉🏾Clear communication through the lead 👉🏾Precise corrections followed by calm reward 👉🏾Engagement replacing reactivity We’re not suppressing behaviour, we’re reprogramming it. The moment he learns that calm focus creates clarity and reward, everything changes. This is what ha

Working with a fear aggressive border collie mix at the vet's office. Betsy Ross has fear aggression toward people and dogs. This leads her to be very reactive in the waiting room and aggressive with the vet during exams. It's our job to change how she feels about visiting the vet, and all the obedience in the world won't be able to do that. The first thing we tackled was our relationship with each other. At first, Betsy lunged and snapped at me. Then, after she warmed up to me, she tried to use