Border Collie Rescue - Pip Dreams Of Electric Sheep

Pip came to us as a stray. A smooth coated BC - this type are the racers and chasers of the Border Collie breed.
She was hit by a car (who drove off) and picked up and taken to a vet by the driver in the car following.
The Council would not take her into the pound as her hind leg was shattered so the vets asked us if we would help her by contributing a bit towards the cost of the operation to amputate her leg. We put in some money (so did the council) and the vets staff had a whip round to raise enough to cover the cost of the materials and drugs needed. The vets worked for free.
Pip stayed with one of the vet nurses until her stitches were out, then came to us to convalesce.
Being a lean, mean chasing machine we wondered if her close encounter with mechanical death was due to her chasing the cars rather than running innocently in front of them.
As soon as she was fit and strong, we took her to sheep, introduced her, then let her loose.
This video is what happened then. She is fast - we have not speeded it up.
She is a natural sheepdog with strong instincts and drive to work.
She knows what she is doing, just needed a bit of training to work of the rough edges.
She has been rehomed to a smallholding with a few sheep and a lot of chickens to keep her busy. She lives in the house and is also a well loved companion. She would be off chasing cars again if she had no work, but too much work would wear out her good legs and later in life she would regret it.
This is a good compromise. She is a happy dog.

The Border Collie is designed to be a sheepdog and was originally used for herding livestock in the English and Scottish Borders. Border Collie Rescue assesses all dogs coming into our care for herding ability and will rehome them as stockdogs if that is what they need to do but we also assess and rehome for scent discrimination skills to the Police, Prison Service and Excise to detect drugs, explosives and firearms -- to SARDA and other rescue organisations for mountain rescue and search and rescue work -- to help deaf, blind or otherwise disabled people as well as for working trials, flyball, agility, obedience and other interactive sporting disciplines and many of our dogs have qualified for Crufts in these disciplines. Those that show us they do not need or want to work are rehomed as PAT dogs, pets and companions.

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[Supercucu123]

From far away it is impossible to tell that she is missing a leg. Her speed is unbelievable! She is as good a stock dog as any.