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Thanks! I just found it on Direct TV and placed it in my queue. Looking forward to watching it.

Glad to know my boy isn't the only one who does this. I find he is often too busy looking at other things to take time to stop and pee. One of his white socks is longer than the rest and he is always hitting that leg. We tease him by calling him "yellow paw"

We are looking forward to that day when we can have him do as he pleases at night. We thought he was ready and we tried it last week. Unfortunately the dresser took victim. We were both so tired, we didn't wake up when he started chewing on one of the drawers. So for now, we are back to the crate until we sure he is ready.

I can appreciate your comment. I am currently working most Fridays from home and we are spending every waking moment with our pup. Until we can trust him on his own we are doing the best we can.

Thanks for the advice. I tend to agree that we need to teach him have his own quiet time. We tend to be guilty about being at work all day we want to make up for it at night. I almost think he believes it is his job to keep playing with us and his toys at night. We need to find a way to teach him to keep himself occupied.

I have been watching this board for a long time and really appreciate all of the valuable information especially as a new border collie owner. I have been searching for some help to my problem, but haven't been able to find the answer so I thought I would ask for some advice. I have a 8 month old BC. He has been crate trained since we brought him home. My husband and I work so he stays in his kennel during the day with someone coming to play with him at lunchtime and late afternoon and one of us is home by 6pm. From the time we come home we are active with him playing, taking a walk, catching tennis balls, etc. The problem is at night. We go to bed around 10pm and every night he wakes up at 1am and again at 4am. When he wakes up he starts whining, barking, and digging in his kennel to get our attention. At 1am, I am usually able to tell him to quiet down and he will go back to sleep. However lately when he wakes up at 4am he is doesn't give up. I have been letting it carry on until 5:30am then I let him out. He immediately wants to play. We are starting to think that he realizes we will be going to work and the earlier he wakes up the more he can play. He can sleep all day so no worries for him, however my husband and I are sleep deprieved and worried this pattern may not end. Any advice?

My mom lives in Greenville. I was really hoping to visit her and attend the Scottish Games with my 7 month old BC. I was just looking at the website and noticed they don't allow dogs at the event. Just curious if anyone has attended this event before and knows whether there are other ways of viewing some of the event from the outside or if there are any other options. I really don't want to drive that far and have to leave him at home. Thanks!