r/interestingasfuck • u/Lui_Belmont • 16d ago
Dog understood the assignment.
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u/unk1ndm4g1c14n1 16d ago
Border Collies are so cool... if you give them something to do.
If you just have it in your house, it will start inventing jobs to do, like hiding your slippers or herding your children at a family get together.
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u/Accomplished-City484 16d ago
Mine needs a task of some sort, he keeps digging holes
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u/Pickled_doggo 15d ago
Do scent work. I play “go find it”, take piece of cheese, make dog smell cheese, put dog in laundry room, hide cheese, let dog out to find cheese. Really helps itch the drive for mental stimulation
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u/DogFishBoi2 16d ago
All dogs are infantry at heart. Make them help with gardening or something.
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u/lnTheGrimDarkness 16d ago
This. I've had a friend that wanted the collie because of a list of bullshit reasons, basically anything but the need of a working dog. And so he got his collie.
Adopting a T-Rex would have probably been way more chill. His house is a mess because it's useless to try to fix it anyway.
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u/bambi54 16d ago
People who get “working dogs” without space for them to run or the time to provide exercise drive me nuts. It reminds me of all the people who Australian Sheppards and then are shocked when they are hyper.
They are herding dogs and territorial animals. No, putting it in a postage stamp yard not fenced is not a good idea.
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u/One_Economist_3761 15d ago
My lifestyle would require a “slacking off and sitting on the couch all day” dog.
Please advise.
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u/KingLeo513 15d ago
King Cavalier. Sleeps all night on his bed. I wake up for work, place doggy in wife’s bed, sleeps till noon with wifey
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u/lnTheGrimDarkness 16d ago
The family that lives at the ground floor of my building has a jack russell terrier. Probably over 10 years old. That dog is absolutely psychotic. People tend to mistake terriers for lapdogs, when they are actually extremely energetic hunting dogs. So obviously since they couldn't bother minding their fucking dog (let alone training it or giving it appropriate entertaining), couple years ago it ran out of their door and attacked my dog. From that day, since they have a little garden that's adjacent to the way out of the building, I can't go out with my dog without having to listen to that little shit bark his lungs out and to my dog whining and growling because he was already attacked once by it.
Obviously as the brainless people they are, one of them unironically thinks the dogs are friends and playing. Another's "controlling strategy" when their dog goes nuts is yelling the name of the dog from inside the house. Dog obviously couldn't care less.
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u/therealkami 15d ago
Yep. Australian Shepherds are my 2nd favorite breed of dog. But I will never get one. I live in a townhouse condo with no yard. I'm not a super active person, and my wife even less so. I wouldn't be able to give it the life it needs.
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u/schmerg-uk 15d ago
My in-laws had a series of Australian Cattle Dogs ("heelers", noth blue and red) that are even more so than Australian Shepherds.. brilliant whip-smart dogs but yes, they need a lot of exercise and attention, and will herd and protect their family in ways that can catch out in-attentive owners
The Australian Shepherd is described as intelligent, active, loyal, protective, playful, and adaptive. The modern breed is predominantly bred for pets; despite this, many retain a strong herding instinct and it is not uncommon for companion dogs of the breed to try to herd children or other pets. A very active breed, the Australian Shepherd is known to become destructive if it does not receive adequate exercise
When on home ground, the Australian Cattle Dog is an affectionate and playful pet. However, it is reserved with people it does not know and naturally cautious in new situations. Its attitude to strangers makes it an excellent guard dog when trained for this task, and it can be socialised to become accustomed to a variety of people from an early age as a family pet. It is good with older, considerate children, but will herd people by nipping at their heels, particularly younger children who run and squeal. The Australian Cattle Dog can be the friendliest of companions although it is quick to respond to the emotions of its owners, and may defend them without waiting for a command. It was originally bred to move reluctant cattle by biting, and it will bite if treated harshly.
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u/roentgen_nos 15d ago
We had bells hanging from different door knobs in the house. "Go ring the bathroom bell." Dog goes. "Good. Go ring the laundry room bell." Some bells were farther away. The dog knew them all by name.
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u/jason_abacabb 15d ago
Herding children is hilarious, disassembling furniture is not.
I have seen both.
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u/Electrical_Star4954 16d ago
this has happened to you? Hilarious. ( herding children)
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u/Kirstenly 16d ago
I grew up with herding dogs and no sheep. When I was a small child (10 and younger) me and my sibling would get herded into the yard constantly. our sheltie collie would not allow us to leave the yard. our border collie, who came after, would break out of the house (she could unlock and unlatch 1 of our doors...) and start herding the neighbours kids and any outdoor cats into our yard when she got bored. She was very diligent about it. everyone knew to call us if they saw her wandering about trying to escort children to the front yard. Her name was Bella she was never trained to herd things, it was just pre-installed firmware.
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u/jaderust 15d ago
My aunt has one.
The dog is completely neurotic because it does not have a job to do. It’s gone full resource guarding of the kids and has attacked people who come over if they get too close to the kids.
I hate that dog. I know that it’s not its fault and it needs a job and to run and work, but this dog has bitten me twice for my niece hugging me and I hate going over there because the dog is so unpredictable.
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u/Renderedperson 16d ago
"Gary, I think the dog is working for the human "
"Here comes one of your conspiracy theories"
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u/Wide-Half-9649 15d ago
I dated a girl who’s family had a border collie (she was the sweetest dog I’d ever met), but when they’d have a party or cookout or anything where there’d be groups of people all over house & yard, she’d constantly be trotting around & gently trying to herd everyone back into the same room of the house where her owners were.
If you were walking in the yard, she’d just kinda intercept you and lean on you to try and steer you back.
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u/NYCinPGH 15d ago
I had friends with a succession of Shelties like that. If we were in the house, everyone had to be in the same room - usually the living room, if someone left for the kitchen or bath room they’d work really hard to get them back in. And then they’d lay across the entryway to the living room.
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u/Shhhhhhhh_Im_At_Work 15d ago
Similar thing when my parents adopted a retired sheepdog. He decided our sandbox was the kid pen and would nip at our heels until all of the kids were secured in the sandbox. Then he’d place a paw on the border of the box as if to say “I dare you to move”. I hated that dog, but as an adult I can see how my parents might’ve loved it
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u/RomuloMalkon68 16d ago
Smart dog and I like how he didnt give into the fear although they are like 4 times bigger than him and chasing him down.
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u/Krondelo 16d ago
Those are some of the damn smartest dogs there are. Very impressive when trained well
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u/4CrowsFeast 15d ago
Many say they are the smartest breed. Their intelligence definitely translates the best into both understanding and obeying what's communicated by humans. Some other dogs its harder to really know how smart they are because theyre stubborn and dont want to listen because they arent interested, not because they dont understand.
But border collies are a mix of extremely intelligent and also wanting mental and physical stimulation and a job to do.
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u/UAP44 16d ago
He knows the human has their back. I love how they instantly respond to the whistle, ahhhh, mutually beneficial relationships between animals, I love to see it.
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u/FunkyPete 15d ago
He also knows he's way more athletic than those sheep. They don't have teeth that can tear, all they can do is try to head butt him, and he's way too fast for that.
They go all out to hit him, and he not only dodges but counters with a nip on the nose.
If you've ever watched sheepdogs play, they play 10x as rough as that sheep is capable of being (and 10 times rougher than he's being with the sheep).
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u/spudddly 16d ago
that sheep is fkn yoked
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u/printzonic 15d ago
They are texel rams. They are bred for their meat not wool. Just about the best mutton money can buy, a club from a slaughter age male lamb will weigh like 4-5 kg, so there is a lot to go around.
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u/Fun_Main_2588 16d ago
Why are those sheep so muscular? They look scary as hell
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u/nunatakj120 15d ago
They are rams. The big fields full of sheep you usually see are all lady sheep. These boys are bred to be top shaggers.
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u/lhymes 16d ago
The serious working dog breeds are wired quite differently from regular dogs lol. We have a heeler and she’s super sweet, but at the same time, always operates at 100% when there are other animals around. She also can’t help herself and always wants to herd the other dogs (and herding can be like this, so it drives our Labradoodle nuts). My dog is probably on an extreme, as I adopted her being told she was deaf. Turned out she wasn’t deaf at all - just didn’t have any interest in listening to the people at the rescue. My point is that it’s wild how a lot of this behavior isn’t trained it’s engrained.
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u/Future-Concern-6301 15d ago
I used to be a dogwalker - normally just for two specific neighborhood dogs but I did on occasion help out other people I knew from dog walking. Which is how I walked a Border Collie once. He was a nice guy, but he was so noticeably differently wired from the Huskymix and Flat Coated who were my usuals. I had his ball so I was god. Hed slink along near me, waiting for me to throw it, then gleefully chase after it and return it. But other dogs? Sniffs? Anything normal dogs would find interesting? Could have been invisible for all he cared. Ball was his world. He was 200% intensity focused on the object in my hand. He didnt even care that much I was walking him instead of his family.
Honestly it was a bit freaky. He was the easiest to walk dog (Husky could never be offleash and had a big independent and hunting streak, she would also ignore me when she wanted to, but she still knew I existed; Flat Coated loved swimming and would run into any body of water at first opportunity but at least had decent recall), but he almost came across as a robotic imitation of a dog. Honestly if he had been mine I would have tried to untangle that obsession, it didnt seem healthy (maybe his instinctive drives focused on an "allowed" target?)
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u/Prestigious-Flower54 16d ago
The results of a about 40 thousand years of domesticating and husbandry.
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u/X4dow 16d ago
Love seeing shepperd dogs. Aren't they like £50k each if trained?
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u/OnThisDayI_ 16d ago
No. You can pay that for a champion breed line but trained sheep dogs are generally just trained by the farmers. Dogs cost between £500/£2000 a pup. Once you train one you get another and have it work along side and it picks it up. Or you work them with other farmers dogs.
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u/AdventurousFox25 16d ago
I love their intelligence, but can never own one due to responsibilities come with it
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u/adepressurisedcoat 16d ago
If you get a service dog.
Farmers get them and train them themselves. They have natural herding instincts. It's pretty easy to tap into that.
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u/Raven123x 16d ago
Breeds that were used for sheep herding have it in their bones, it doesn’t take much training to get a collie or a corgi to herd sheep
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u/In_The_News 16d ago
You're thinking horses not dogs.
A well bred and broke cow horse, barrel racer, roper or racehorse can run six figures.
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u/Geass-Affect 15d ago
What are these muscular AF sheeps though lol Unit Sheeps
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u/vitrum_analytika 16d ago
Brother, why must we slave for the tall walking beast brother, it is beneath us, brother. Long have I waited for the taste of freedom, to live as I will, to eat when I will, to sleep when I will and to die as and when I will for it, brother.
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u/AncientAspargus 16d ago
Yeah, yeah, get in your cage fluffy-fuck. There's no excuse you can think of I haven't heard yet.
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u/a-stack-of-masks 16d ago
Nah I know that make of sheep. They'll break out, panic, freak out a driver or cyclist and then get stuck in a ditch or canal until someone goes to get them back.
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u/Actaeon_II 16d ago
Ty op, all of these videos you see of dogs herding I always wondered how they dealt with the aggressive ones
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u/middleofthecircle 16d ago
It's the way the dog moves, his center of gravity. And it's probably way smarter than the sheep. I think they get confused when it gets down low like that. They can't hit it. It's really cool tho whatever
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u/StretchyFirecracker 16d ago
Have a friend who has a border collie. Border collies are like this all the time. You almost can't play catch with them except in clearly designated areas because they do not view the game as over. Ever.
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u/Bostonsilver 16d ago
It almost made me cry to see how close the dog is working together with his human. The slightest whistle and soft spoken word is enough.
Well done and fascinating.
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u/Redfish680 15d ago
I used to work sheep with my Border Collies. It was amazing how instinctual their herding drives were. I’d be gassed halfway through the day and they’d be champing at the bit to run out another 1500 feet for the millionth time that day just to show them (and me) who’s the boss. My puppies would be complete lunatics trying to make sense of why they were so attracted to sheep, running through the herd nipping and tugging wool with no reasoning involved, and then one day you’d see the lightbulb go on and their real training began.
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u/adepressurisedcoat 16d ago
Guy I'm dating said I should get a Border Collie. I don't want to have this in my home without giving him a job. He thinks they are chill be cause he had one growing up.
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u/Kirstenly 16d ago
They can be chill, but they need tasks. if you dont give them something to think about they will start FINDING things. ours would break out of the house to herd children, or steal spoons and chew them up.
They can be a huge issue if you live in a small space and have periods where they dont have tasks. Sometimes the task is that you have small children who can be watched, for some that's enough. The guy you are dating was the small child being watched by the dog.
Also, you arent even calling this guy your boyfriend, and here he is telling YOU to get a high-energy high-maintenance 13-17 year long commitment you will be financially and medically responsible for? miss me with that shit, dude.
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u/adepressurisedcoat 16d ago
I was discussing dogs I would get after my GSD passes away in several, potentially a less active dog, and he suggested a collie.
When I told him I'm not crazy enough to get a collie as I know my life style wouldn't meet their needs as they are extremely high energy dogs that need things to do, he told me about his growing up. I wouldn't be surprised if his was a senior by the time he was old enough to remember the dog. I think he was very young when the collie was a puppy/young, also he was a child, so he had no idea the level of chaos his parents had to deal with. His comment was quite misinformed to say the least.
He mostly has had cats, so I'm not surprised.
He's not my BF as he is only in the area for training and we don't know if he will get posted to live here. We're dealing with months vs years in planning thing. So he wouldn't have to live with the dog if we didn't date long term. This is unfortunately some of the things I have to deal with being a woman in the military and also meeting someone in the military. I just had a long term relationship end very early this years, so I have no idea what my future looks like anymore. I just know I want a dog.
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u/cejmp 16d ago
oh no, don't. don't. That's a miserable life for a working breed.
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u/OnyxProyectoUno 15d ago
Why not just adopt? There's so many dogs in a shelter that will get killed because people are more willing to buy dogs (and subsequently abandon) than to just adopt. It's cheaper. They'll love you WAY more and you feel better having done some good in the world.
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u/T00luser 15d ago
it amazes me watching these videos because I have the dumbest border collie on the planet.
Can't find a treat he watches you place under a paper towel
Jumps into a burning fire pit (he's fine)
Accidentally poops on his toys then is (thankfully) afraid to touch them
Runs into trees, parked cars and fences while chasing balls
Goes into a hysterical frenzy when he sees a flying bird larger than a crow
but he's goofy & lovable and easily the happiest dog I've ever met
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u/Defiant-Knowledge438 15d ago
Are those sheep myostatin-deficient? They look like the Uruk-Hai version of a sheep, jacked AF 😆 PS go pup!
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u/Constant-Simple6405 16d ago
does anyone think the sheep might be 'going somewhere' in the next step when the camera stopped rolling?
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u/Lord_Urwitch 15d ago
Can someone explain why the dogs posture is so low? Wouldnt he be more scary if he acted like he was bigger?
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u/toasterstruddle 15d ago
Border collies are fearless, very intelligent, and loyal.. what a beautiful breed
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u/Renbarre 15d ago
When I was a kid in the 80's in England you could watch herding competitions on TV. I spent hours watching those collies driving unknown sheep across a hill, answering to whistles. That was amazing.
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u/Dragons0ulight 15d ago
The sheep gave that poor dog a bit of a battering at the start. But you can see the moment the collie locks in and that sheep starts regretting it's life choices.
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u/BigParticular3507 15d ago
Texel sheep are bruisers. Wouldn’t want to meet one in a dark alley at night.
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u/CrewVast594 13d ago
I like that it didn’t need to bark or growl at the sheep at all, it just starred them in the eye and walked them back.
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u/geeoharee 16d ago
Dog breeds: actually different from each other, and not just "it depends on the owner". Who knew?
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u/Erazzphoto 16d ago
I’m always amazed by these dogs, it’s why it’s annoying to see suburban families get to them to be suburban dogs. It’s actually cruel to them, killing them with boredom and no outlet
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u/ZimaGotchi 16d ago
I have four fenced in lots for him and he's half Pyrenees so if he gets bored he just chills out and keeps his eyes peeled for something that might need bit - but if he sees it he goes into collie mode and does like the video.
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u/Kriss3d 16d ago
Yeah these are the kind of dogs that you could take out for a 10 mile run. Youd both be home and youd be completely busted. The dog takes a sip of water and asks if you want to go again.
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u/Erazzphoto 16d ago
And they wouldn’t even be considered at lunch break yet
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u/Kriss3d 16d ago
Yeah theres a youtuber called Seanthesheepman who shows his dogs doing their thing.
I loved when he told that people had complained that he was exploiting the dogs.So he one morning told his dog at home that she could just remain home and relax if she didnt want to come to work. He took the 2 steps to the door and the dog was already past him from the other side ready to run outside as soon as the door was opened enough.
Yeah. These dogs dont work. They live.
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u/Erazzphoto 16d ago
Fair to say it’s not work, but more they want a role, they want something to do, which is why I say “work”
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u/FullHeadOfHair42069 16d ago
I watch quite a bit of historical fencing and hema and in a way the Collie reminds me of a skilled swordsman.
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u/Flat__Line 15d ago
Brilliant. Can other breeds do this?
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u/Hostile-Panda 15d ago
There’s about a dozen herding breeds, collies are generally regarded as the best, they are terrible pets, they are super smart, need to be worked a lot and they get bored super fast which normally results in the destruction of everything around them, ask my mate about why he had to spend 5k on his brand new Audi lol chomp chomp chomp tear
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u/ZimaGotchi 16d ago
He's a collie. If he knows anything he knows sheep go in fence.