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Border Collie
High-drive herders with the intelligence of a toddler and the stamina of a marathon runner.
Border Collies need jobs. A bored Collie is a Collie who opens latches, leaps fences, and follows the family car for three miles. Their intelligence is an asset and a liability — especially when fireworks or unfamiliar sounds spook them.
What makes them, them
- 30–45 lb adult; agile and fast, not built to bulk up.
- Herding drive kicks in around 8 months — watch for nipping at runners and cyclists.
- Border Collies thrive in structured sports: agility, flyball, herding trials.
- Sensitive to high-pitched sounds — thunderstorm phobia is common.
Safety — what actually goes wrong
- Fence height should start at 5ft — they jump higher than you'd expect.
- Keep fireworks season indoors with enrichment toys; Collies are the #1 breed admitted to shelters after July 4 and NYE.
- If they escape, they run in a straight line — post your lost-mode alert immediately and widen the radius by the hour.
How Boop helps Border Collies stay home
Boop's lost-mode broadcast auto-expands a 1km → 5km → 10km alert over 24 hours — matching the way a spooked Collie actually moves.
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