Yep. I worked with a chick who had one. She was constantly going home because her collie had jumped the fence and was down at the school or at the shops. Looking for interaction is my guess.
When I was a kid, my border collie would somehow get out of yard every day at around 3 o clock and come down and meet me at school.
He figured out how dig a small tunnel and squeeze under the fence and he knew the route because my mom had walked me to school with him. So even when my parents were at work, he'd know it was time for school to get out and he'd come find me.
My parents poodle tries to heard people. He noses people or tries to get people to follow him. He's constantly trying to get everyone in the same room. And he has preferred rooms for everyone to be in.
Yeah, poodles are so smart. Mine seems to have realized that I typically wear my sunglasses when I go outside, so he'll grab mine off the counter if I'm not humoring him when he paws at the door
My parents poodle has learned that if someone is sitting down and he wants something from them he doesn't bark. He'll sit right at your feet but so he's still in your peripheral view. And he'll patiently stare. Just maintains If you ignore him then the tail wags and he softly whines.
The best thing you can do is get 4-7 toddlers loose in a field and set a well socialized and exercised border collie to go get them. Its a fun time for everyone involved. Especially as the kids get older every year and try to trick the dog but they can't, they need to be at least 12 to get away from the dog and only then working together by running in multiple directions at once.
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u/Hetstaine 2d ago
Yep. I worked with a chick who had one. She was constantly going home because her collie had jumped the fence and was down at the school or at the shops. Looking for interaction is my guess.