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We did all of the typical things mentioned in the previous two replies but this never had any affect on our border collie that was born last December! He would back off from water spray as he didn't like it, but it never stopped him biting! You could oooh and ahhhh at him whenever we liked, he never moved an eyelid! Collies require some special handling - I've had them for close to 20 years.

The pup is probably not aggressive - just nervous! Agressive behaviour normally involves attacking something and not letting go until they believe you have submitted, whereas nervous dogs will go in and nip, back off and then go back in and nip again. Some Collies are extremely nervous dogs and just rememeber they are bred to "nip" the cattle they herd, so its what they do naturally by instinct.

We spent over a £1,000 on training ours since March this year - the dog got worse not better and the vet told us last Friday that he posed a real risk to children in our neighbourhood and so we were advised to put the dog to sleep, which we did. It was a sad day but we knew it was the responsible thing to do. The vet is dead nuts against putting dogs to sleep but felt strongly in our case that it wasnt a case of "if" but "when" he would bite someone and do some serious damage.

Don't spend a penny on general training - spend good money on specialists, people who have had specific dealings with training border collies - they are a breed of their own!


Good luck and I hope you can resolve the problem with the right help