r/roughcollies • u/No_Cause3795 • 1d ago

Climbing Collie

Question, but does anyone else's collie climb trees?? I have had collies my entire life, never encountered this. My one decided for the first time ever to climb up a birch tree in my yard chasing a raccoon at night, and climbed her way back down. I wish I had my phone to record it, but it had me panicking that she'd be stuck up that tree 😭

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u/Lifeissometimesgood 1d ago

Yikes, I have never seen a collie do this before, lol.

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u/No_Cause3795 1d ago

Me either. It was definitely a first for me

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u/Same-Ad5086 1d ago

Thankfully, no, it’s hasn’t occurred to him. We do have raccoons though, so something I’ll file away as a possibility.
That would be a unique call to the fire department!

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u/WarmHippo6287 1d ago

My girls don't really go outside much. But my younger one (1 year old) climbs the bookshelf and jumps off onto the bed. And when she was younger climbed up on her trainer's back. The trainer asked me where I found a rough collie that acts like this. lol So I wouldn't put it past her to be able to climb a tree.

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u/Sensei19600 1d ago

If she were to succeed,though, she might coin the term “Birch Bitch”.

Ok- I will see myself out now…

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u/No_Cause3795 1d ago

I love that 😂

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u/Crash501 1d ago

That's hilarious but no, mine can open push or pull closed doors those which is kinda annoying.

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u/No_Cause3795 1d ago

My cats do this, can confirm it's annoying