12 Realities That New Border Collie Owners Must Accept

Border Collies are intelligent, loyal, and athletic breeds, so if you just recently got yourself one, you should know these 12 realities and what it is that you're getting yourself into!

Time to slowly accept it, fur parent.

#1 The border collie is a working dog that will stop at nothing to do a job — even as a pup

#2 They naturally demand attention and will get it constructively or destructively

#3 You will get a lot of looks when you leave the house

#4 Your bed is no longer your bed

#5 And your couch is no longer your couch

#6 Your car will start to feel smaller

#7 Your TV will become “our” TV

#8 You will no longer be the crazy one in the house

#9 Border collies are the world’s most intelligent dog breed (you’ll even gain some IQ points just owning them)

#10 They are all-terrain dogs that will go where ever you need them to go

#11 Your kids will have a new best friend

#12 Once you own a border collie, you’ll know that no other dog is a better forever friend