Early on, Chloe showed so much of that Border Collie intelligence that amazes people. My stepson worked a little bit with her with the "down/stay" command and she almost taught herself. Housebreaking was a breeze, and I don't actually recall her chewing anything. I couldn't imagine ever owning another type of dog. At the time, we owned a Doberman and a Malti Poo. The Dobie (Foley), was Chloe's first playmate. Foley was a great companion and I am sure his calm demeanor contributed to her amazing personality. We lost our Foley in November 2009 and 4 months later welcomed a Pitbull/Bullmastiff (Lou) into our pack.
By now Chloe has already shown a strong herding sense and basically had free run of our horses. This taught her some very bad habits, and knowing what we know now, could have cost her alot more.
We wanted to leave her unspayed in case she showed promise and we wanted to breed her. It became apparent quickly that we had no business owning an unspayed dog. We lost her overnight twice when she went on little jaunts down the road when we weren't paying attention. We had to start kenneling her at this point. We have a rather large run and a smaller sleeping kennel.
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