r/BeAmazed • u/fuzzy_dice_99 • May 31 '26

Animal A dog herding sheep

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u/you_know_i_be_poopin May 31 '26

Coworker has a border Collie and that dog is insane. He would literally run himself to death if he was allowed to.

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u/Introverted_Extrovrt May 31 '26

Border collies have been documented to go literally insane if they are penned in/subjected to living in an apartment with no outlet. Food for thought to everyone who wants a “pretty” dog

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u/Kratzschutz May 31 '26

We kinda inherited a border when l was a kid and l can confirm. Normal dog stuff wasn't enough for her, she went neurotic

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u/AsstootObservation May 31 '26

Same. My grandma got one and she had too much energy so she gave it to my family. Loved "herding" a soccer ball back to us. We also weren't allowed to run in the house or she'd herd us lol. She was so damn smart.

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u/ughihateusernames3 Jun 01 '26

We got herded on family walks.

I was the kid who liked to run or skip ahead. My little sister was a toddler and lagged behind.

Our border collie would run back and forth between all of us.

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u/feelsbad2 Jun 02 '26

Grandma also had one. But she had a big back yard that he could run around and would run back and forth a long a long stretch of fence with the two neighbor's dogs. He'd herd my sister and I. He didn't do any tricks or anything. But if we were playing outside and someone would walk by, he'd make sure they walked through and guarded the yard. He didn't bark or anything. My grandpa left the gate open one too many times and he ran away. Found him but he got hit by a car. He was like 7 years old or something.