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Hey! I'm back and if some of you remember me, I did keep the pup, its a girl and her name is Leia. And thank you so much for your kind answers. Things have been going smoothly I think, she's sleeps in her crate at night, doesn't whine, bark or cry. She's nippy as hell and I'm trying to teach her out of it like I did with my GSD, but she's more stuborn than the GSD was. My problem now is the growling, she started growling after a couple times of playing some tug of war, I stopped, and after a few tries, she kept growling so I just stopped all tug and hid the rope. Problem is, she assumes everything is a tug of war, she grabs my clothes, I grab the clothes: she growls. She grabs my snickers, I pull back: Growling and doesn't let go. I know she's only a pup but my GSD only growled at my once or twice and learned that it was not a good thing to do, but Leia just grabs everythings and as soon as I also grab that thing: Growling. I don't want to be creating some bad behavior that will turn into her growing up and star seriously growling and attacking me. Thank you in advance.

My neighbor that found the dog already did that, 3/4 days ago, turns out there were more of them, 4 pups that were abandoned and something scared this one and separated him from his little brothers/sisters. I can totally do that, I had that in my mom's house and I would have no problem in building one in my own. Yeah I guess so, my german sheperd stayed alone all day and he was/is a super happy dog, really lovely and loves sleeping with us, but offcourse we give him tons of exercise and attention in the morning and evening. I was a little more fearfull because it is a BC and they're different from GSD. Thank you so much for your amazing anwsers. We probably will keep him and hire a dog walker so he won't stay alone all day! We love him too much

Hey! Thank you for your feedback. My question now is, If I get my pup used to walks during the day and so, won't that stick with him for the rest of his life? When he grows up, won't he be expecting that routine of walks in the middle of the day? Thanks.

Thank you both for your great information. To anwser your questions D'Elle, I usually train in the morning before work, I jog to the local park and do some exercise there and after work aswell. So exercise is something that I really love and I will never stop doing. In the weekends we usually do some small car trips, to the beach, forests or mountains, we like to explore so I guess that would fit with any (active) dog. As I've said, I had dogs, and my last dog (still alive) but my mom refused to let him go with me is a german sheperd and I was the one that trained him from a pup (4 months) I read a lot and watch hours and hours of training tutorials and was able to train him into a awesome (not show biz or competition) dog, a good boy . Also I love spending time with animals, I would spend hours playing with him after work, sometimes I would even lost track of time!! They are incredible animals if trained properly. I understand BC require much more attention and I know that I can give him that and a lot of exercice. I'm just afraid that him being alone for some hours that will transform him into a sad and angry pup. Also, something that really scares me, is going to a dog pound or an animal association and leaving him there, not sure if he's going to be adopted or by who. Any other questions or feedback I would be delighted! Thank you again.

Hey there, I've recently joined this forum in hopes of some expertise. I grew up with dogs but ever since I've moved with my girlfriend, I've never even thought about adopting one or having pets, but it is something that I really enjoyed. Coming up to the main topic, so, my neighbor that has 3 dogs recently found a small puppy ( 3 months) abandoned near her garage and she asked if I wanted to keep him, I said I wasn't sure, I needed to speak to my girlfriend but I offered to take him to the vet and pay (she's a really nice lady so), so I did and the vet then said "he's such an handsome boy, where did you buy him? who was the breeder?" I got really confused, I said I didn't, my neighbor found it near her garage, the, he said " congratulations, you have a healthy border collie pup" and then he said I should talk to an expert, trainer, breeder or online forums could be a big help, giving the specifications of the race. And so here am I, both me and my girlfriend work 8 hours a day, me 8-17 and her 9-18, though she sometimes comes home for lunch because she works near our house, we have a big ground level apartment with a medium size garden, but the pup would've to stay alone for a big part of the day, thought I never owned a border collie, I owned some 3 or 4 dogs troughout my life, so I know what is like to live with dogs, I've recently started to read lot of topics in this forum to get acquainted with the race and the big problem is.. we're really starting to love the pup!! But seeing our long hours away from home, do you (experts) think we should keep this lovely pup? Sorry for the huge post, I just wanted to really explain the situation Thank you.