What are the advantages and disadvantages of the Border Collie? The advantages of the Border Collie are high intelligence, high obedience, beautiful appearance, unity, enthusiasm for people, ability to judge independently of strangers, quick response, and strong jumping ability. The disadvantages of the Border Collie are that it is too smart, timid, energetic, needs a lot of exercise, and has unstable genetics.

Advantages:

　1.Smart

This is the biggest advantage of the Border Collie. The IQ of the Border Collie is ranked first among dogs, and this is also the starting point for most pet lovers to know the Border Collie. But even among humans, IQs vary widely. Therefore, even though they are both border shepherds, they cannot be generalized.

　2. High obedience

Just like smart children, they may not necessarily be obedient. IQ is innate, while obedience is determined by personality. Therefore, a dog with a high IQ does not necessarily have good obedience; or a dog with high obedience must be smart. However, the Border Collie has both of these advantages. This is why working dogs like Border Collies can become very suitable family companion dogs.

　3. Beautiful appearance

The Border Collie is known as the canine panda because its black and white pattern is similar to that of a panda, especially puppies under 60 days old. Their round body shape and staggering gait make them more like a red panda. Of course, Border Collie also has other colors and white combinations, such as red and white, blue and white, yellow and white, merle, etc., but usually the black and white combination is considered the most basic and standard.

4. Unity and strong sense of hierarchy

Dogs belong to the phylum Chordata, the class Mammalia, the order Carnivora, the order Canidae, and the genus Wolf. However, in the process of continuous evolution and being raised by humans, many dog ​​breeds have lost the unity and clear hierarchy that social animals should have. concept, but Bian Mu still maintains this character. No matter what kind of fights there are internally, they are very consistent externally, and they have the effect of responding to everything. Dog owners who have raised more than two Border Collies at the same time will have personal experience of this.

　5. Passionate and cautious

The Border Collie is very enthusiastic towards people. Except for the normal care of the puppies by the lactating mother dog, it will never take the initiative to attack strangers. Border collies (that is, they are not ignorant puppies) who already have the ability to make independent judgments will never get lost by following strangers. Although they are enthusiastic about people, they do not have no reservations about strangers. This is also the best thing about border collies. One of the characters.

Other advantages: quick response, perfect jumping ability

The reason why Border Collies are suitable for Frisbee and agility training is precisely because they have the characteristics of quick response and strong jumping ability.

Disadvantages:

　1.Smart

A high IQ is originally the greatest advantage of a Border Collie, but everything has advantages and disadvantages. For example, a place that can hold other dog breeds may not be able to hold a smart Border Collie.

　2. Timid

SideShepherds can dominate in their own territory with their intelligence and intelligence, but almost 50% of border sheep even have the experience of urinary incontinence after being frightened. Even larger adult border collies will pucker their ears or even turn their bellies to show complete surrender when faced with the touch of a stranger in a strange place.

3. High energy

Border collies are very energetic and require a relatively large amount of exercise. Dog owners need to provide them with enough space and time to move around.

Other disadvantages: genetic instability

The genetic inheritance of Border Collie is very unstable. It is worth considering whether there are stable genes behind good appearance! Just like beautiful parents may not give birth to cute children.