1. Timed and Quantified Feeding

As the saying goes, whether human or animal, food is essential. When we start raising a Border Collie, we must control its food quantity and feeding times without arbitrary changes. This helps develop good eating habits in the sheepdog. Nowadays, many owners buy lots of treats for their dogs, but it is not recommended to feed the dog snacks, as this benefits the Border Collie's growth. We must pay attention to this: the dog's eating habits depend on it, so never give up halfway and waste past efforts.

How to Train Our Intelligent Border Collie?

2. Toilet Training

As owners, we definitely don’t want to see our Border Collies relieving themselves everywhere, which not only affects us but may also impact others. We can designate a specific spot for the dog to relieve itself, such as a corner of the living room, a corner of the balcony, or a corner of the bedroom. From the moment we bring the dog home, we should start this training; otherwise, it will be difficult to correct later. In the early stage, we should frequently take the dog to the chosen spot to relieve itself. This helps cultivate the habit earlier, better, and more easily and also benefits cleaning.

3. Good and Bad

At first, the dog definitely doesn’t understand our human world's recognition of certain things or whether what it does is right or wrong. So, at the early stage, we must constantly pay attention to what the dog does. When the dog does the right thing, you can convey your approval to it by speaking or using certain specific gestures, letting it know your recognition. If the dog does something wrong, you should promptly use another specific gesture to communicate with the dog: you made a mistake, this is not allowed. This will help the dog form a language with you.

4. Action Training

When we start training the dog basic commands, we need to patiently teach simple things first, such as asking the dog to stand at attention, sit down, come over, go over, and so forth step by step. Let the dog remember these actions and corresponding language.