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Problems training Border Collies:Inconsistency is the top reason why Border Collies do not obey commands. If you are sloppy in giving commands, tell the dog two commands instead of one, or give one command and before the Border Collie can obey it you give another order, letting the previous command to be disobeyed and the result is a confused Border Collie.
Also if the trainer gives two orders for the same command, which we understand as the same, the Border Collie picks up as two completely different words. If the command is given with an emphasis on a certain letter and not the particular letter the next time, to the Border Collie it is not the same command.
Voice Tone: Raising the voice tone spurs the Border Collie on with more excitement, and the dog thinks it is doing something right, according to the trainer's voice. So the trainer should deepen and lower his or her voice.
Too Natural or absorbed: Sometimes Border Collies can get so absorbed into what they are doing they do not hear the command. For this kind of situation, the trainer needs to ask the Border Collie to obey a order that has become so habit-forming, and natural that it is considered part of the dog's subconscious. For the reasons mentioned "smarter dogs" can be harder to train than "less smarter dogs" because they pick up on virtually everything, but taking note of all the inconsistencies their trainers make it is amazing dogs know what the owners are saying.
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