She’s a bundle of fun, that’s for sure. We had her in obedience class, and she excelled above every other dog in the class. She’s very smart, and we mentally train her all the time. That’s never enough, of course, but it’s a good start.
We take her out daily to run around. She either gets to run with me on the bike, usually for 5-10 miles; or she goes to my mother’s house to play with her catahoula leopard hound, who works her pretty well; or we take her out for 30-45 minutes to “dot” with the laser pointer. On the weekends, we often have to do at least 2/3 of those tasks daily.
She’s calmed down quite a bit now that she’s out of her puppy years, but she’s still very amped up. We feel bad we didn’t research the breed before getting her (she was an outside-the-pet-store purchase), but we’d never trade her for anything. She’s a fiercely loyal, intelligent dog.
Aussies are a lot less edgy than BC’s but they both have the same demeanor.
They MUST BE WORKED.