Border Terrier 'Obedience'

[Coco8398]

@Macdogald do u think If u had a cat u would be able to bring ur dog up to be nice to cats, cause I've got a cat and I'm about to get a border terrier?

[MacDogald]

@Coco8398 Of course! Just make sure the puppy never has a chance to realise that chasing cats is fun. You should try to teach your puppy that cats are pretty boring. :) Good luck on your new puppy!

[CCNutella]

@Coco8398 , our Border Terrier lives with 4 cats, and they are all friends! We got him as a 6 month old, but he never behaved mean to them.

[Exzear]

border´s are quick learners love that race

[Muruagogo]

Very nice little dog and obviously a happy worker.... well done to you both. Do you do obedience trials or agility with him?

[MacDogald]

@Muruagogo We have done obedience trials before, but not anymore. He's quite a stressy dog around other dogs, and I've decided he doesn't fancy it enough to continue.

Mac is eight years old now!

Thanks for your comment. :)

[smizz215]

nice fanny pack....lol

[lfamilytube]

WOW!

This dog is pretty good :D really impressive, actually. I'm usually fond of JRTs but I love Borders after watching "Good Boy!" (That was Hubble in the movie.)Anyways, I found this video very inspiring.

Do you mind telling me, how long did it take for you to get this cute border terrier up to this level?

[trixie123123123]

I trained my border terrier to a similar standard by the time she was a year old. And then we start agility trials with her. They learn very fast

[MacDogald]

@lfamilytube I've been training Mac since I got him at 8 weeks, though most of this video was achieved by about 6-8 months.

[trainfrog]

How well does MacDogald do around distractions such as squirrels, dogs, cats, other people, etc?

[MacDogald]

Mac doesn't really care about other people, is okay when working around dogs (sometimes will get distracted watching recalls in the next ring when we are supposed to be doing a recall!), LOVES to chase cats. ;) Mac is not really distracted by much when he is 'working', as he is here. However, he will chase cats, harass passer-byers, and confront dogs when he is not in 'work mode'.

[canEHdian1988]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Janeway1269]

Pretty impressive. How long did all this take to teach him?

[dogbreedforum]

Nice video, I've added it to our forum

[JohnnyType2]

amazing i can hardly get my border to sit never mind all that... well done

[chupis21]

I have a terrier too. He's name is Beckham and he's alittle dumb. He's not so obedient but loves playing soccer. I guess every dog is different, I still love him

[clgtrev]

One day I will own one of these. What a treat to watch. And I am sure the Border Terrier is enjoying it as much as me :)

[shortylainen]

My dog is also a borderterrier and she can do better then that :P

[rebut509]

ohh my dog is opposit he once at the obeace class he dragged to a husky rewing the place including knoking the teacher!(down

[becca199212]

Wow! Amazing! I can't belive he just did that for you! Our dog is 4 years old and we still haven't mastered getting him to do a simple 'sit' without having a chunk of cheese in our hand! I would love some tips on training them!

[fakitol]

Seeing this dog work, can you imagine this, we have a 2 year old borderterrier, who changed of owner three! times.(dog wouldn't listen) We're the lucky ones to have her now!

[unclenelvis]

good on you. I've had border terriers for years. I find them pretty untrainable but so long as they can keep up with my horse I'm happy

[jillianwood]

mine can sit and lie down on command, but he's too intelligent to learn the come command :)

[1999gnome]

I have 2 borders they are smart dogs and really easily trainable. Keen to do good too! The only trick I see in this video is the food! LOL they'll do anything for a treat! this one is a great little ambassador for the breed - terriers can be trained!

[RoscoeWhale]

Wow, that's amazing. Is that magic? Or digitally edited? There must be a trick to it!