My dog is part border collie, she does this all the time.
Sometimes she gets going so fast, her back-end starts passing her front-end.
I've never seen a dog that can corner as fast!

Now imagine, you need to catch the dog so you can put her outside, and she doesn't want to go out.
Almost impossible to catch if she doesn't want to be caught!

And her favorite game outside is tag and you're it!

I have that same coffee table. Just thought you all would like to know that.

Better clean that baby's face from the dog's yuckiness. I thought that baby was going to hit his head on the table.

Delightfully bonkers dog.

Good dog.

>> ^therealblankman:

Good dog.


Bad Robot!

this dog is a bit too excited and a bit too uncareful with that kid.
i'd want this dog to show more respect to this child, as one of the leaders of that pack.
such behavior could lead to long term problems.

I'd also like to remind everybody that kronosposeidon has that same coffee table.

I've heard collies, through overbreeding, have become an incredibly mediocre breed of dog, due to hyperness.

I'm sure this comment will piss off a ton of collie owners, but this video seems to reinforce that.

Also, what responsible parent lets the dog run free around a child that small like that? Can you talk to the dog and have a conversation about acceptable and unacceptable behavior? Can you predict whether the dog will suddenly snap? No? Then keep it away from your infant!

^They'll be buds for life. I'd trust that collie sheltie around that child before I'd trust most people. It's not the dog you need train (well, not THIS dog). It's the child. No tail-pulling, no fur or ear-grabbing, no hitting, etc.

When I watched this vid with my other half before I read the comments I was singing praises about the dog. Yes he was hyperactive but never once did I think he was dangerous.

He seemed to understand boundaries (rather than like my friend's dog who would actually crawl all over visitors claws stratching all the way). Never once did he hurt that child and when he got up close he showed very gentle affection by licking.

Good dog indeed!

Dog = (baby's agility)10

Anyone else recognize Leo Kottke's guitar playing in the background? "Embryonic Journey", originally by Jefferson Airplane. That's good *music.

Invocations (music) cannot be called by elrondhubbard because elrondhubbard is not privileged - sorry.

That was awesome, good puppy. Knew exactly where to stop all the time!

Maybe bad timing considering the baby who was attacked and killed by Huskies a couple of days ago in Quebec.

My dog is part Boarder Collie and part Shepard.
She has the collie's shape and temperament and the Sheppard's colouring.

She can be very hyper, especialy when it's time for a walk.
If she doesn't want to go outside, she lets us know by dropping to the ground just like the dog in the vid.
She loves to play and often includes my grabbing at her while she nips at my hands.
When she does nip, she never bites down - she is amazingly gentle - it's more like a hand hold.

She is amazingly smart. She has never picked up anything that wasn't hers and in a house with kids and toys all over the place, that's quite amazing. If her toy lands to close to child's toy she'll just stand there and wait for you to move it further away.

Our dog absolutely flips-her-wig if you even mention the word "walk", and this is true of a lot of dogs. They know and understand. Our dog takes it a step further. If we spell walk, she still knows and understands. We have to use code-words for "walk". My kids are in charge of inventing a new code-word about every two weeks. She just understands everything we say.

What I am trying to point out is a dog that is excited and playful is not necessarily dangerous to a small child. in fact, I'd trust our dog to watch over an infant with no regrets at all. Some dogs are just amazingly smart while others are amazingly stupid!
>> ^Arkaium:

I've heard collies, through overbreeding, have become an incredibly mediocre breed of dog, due to hyperness.
I'm sure this comment will piss off a ton of collie owners, but this video seems to reinforce that.
Also, what responsible parent lets the dog run free around a child that small like that? Can you talk to the dog and have a conversation about acceptable and unacceptable behavior? Can you predict whether the dog will suddenly snap? No? Then keep it away from your infant!