[Vinnie]

We had a BC for a few years. She died of IMHA.

Anyway, they are fantastic dogs if..

You exercise their brains and brawn. They love puzzles, hide and seek etc.
If you don’t they chew.
Love to run, go for walks.
I swear she could read my mind.

Ours loved kids, car rides, TV. (lock out Animal Planet though)

Only downer, they shed.

[mlizzy]

You exercise their brains and brawn. They love puzzles, hide and seek etc. If you don’t they chew. Love to run, go for walks. I swear she could read my mind.

Explain "puzzles" to me. Because, while we are exercising Addy pretty well (and I do obedience train her, although it could be heavier), she still does chew. And I love your line about reading your mind. I very much think that myself. I know this isn't proper training protocol, but sometimes I train Bella, our lab, to continue heeling, which she is quite good at (with treats of course), but Addy will be on another leash at the same time and she makes very sure she is not "in the way." It's the most remarkable thing I've ever seen. It's like she's a human that stays out of the teaching process, not to disrupt Bella, and she never does.