Its still dark outside when I hear the quiet thump of a tail on the bed, this is followed by a cold nose on my cheek. I usually role over trying to continue sleeping, at which point the regal Border Collie in bed with me just lays on my face. I try to remember he is doing it out of love… I hope. At this point, the overly large Maine Coon we own hears the commotion. While still trying…
Jeff went out fly fishing yesterday and decided to take our border collie Gus with him. In my mind I imagined this beautiful scene of my handsome husband casting his line into the rippling stream as a light snow fell. Gus our regal border collie laying on the bank patiently waiting for his master to be done fishing. Well, apparently this is not how Gus’s first fly fishing trip went. When Jeff came home I asked how he…
Jeff and I ate some of my canned chili for dinner last night. We also had some biscuits that I had made last week and stored in the freezer. Gus and I were sitting on the couch together patiently waiting for the biscuits to be done. Jeff got up to check the biscuits when something terrible happened! Gus and I heard this horrible BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP…you get the idea. Well, the biscuits weren’t burnt but they…
Its time for you to meet all the members of Cacia Farms. We name our pets with nice strong good names and yet, that never seems to be what we call them daily. As our pets grow and their personalities shine they get many nicknames to match their personalities. Meet Aengus this is our border collie he comes from Ireland so we spelled his name the Irish way. We never call him Aengus. Aengus quickly became…
I finally convinced my husband last year that we were in fact going to get a border collie. Well,,, neither of us had owned a purebred border collie before. We had a border collie mix but he seemed to lean more towards to lab side. I remember growing up watching my Papa’s herding dogs work the cows. I thought that it was so amazing that such a small creature (in comparison to the cow) could move so many…
We went yesterday to Cherry Hill Training Center where our border collie and I are learning to herd. In the video above Amanda our trainer is handling Gus so I could see what I was doing differently. I have not been to our herding lessons in several weeks since I sprained my ankle. Gus of course, preceded to be amazing and herd like a pro. I often joke with Amanda that Gus probably thinks he could do better herding without…