Audacity update

A post about Audacity!

Most of the time I sing her praises and there is much to praise! But no dog is perfect, so I want to touch on a few of her "issues."

Daci is high drive and high arousal. She's driven out the ears, will always focus and engage, no matter the environment. But even when she isn't in drive, she's easy to hype up. If the dogs are all racing to go outside, she barks at them like a bossy girl and if you act silly at her she will run into your space and shove you with her feet! It's not hostile behavior, but it is high arousal. Which has it's positives and negatives!

Audacity is also not the most coordinated dog yet. She's not a total klutz but she will sometimes launch herself and miscalculate. Like at agility class a few weeks ago, when she ran up the A frame and just kept flying! She missed nearly the entire down side and crashed and slid in the dirt. However she is very resilient because she had no hesitation to get right on it again, so that was good. Some dogs would have been traumatized!

She's such a love with people but really couldn't care much less about dogs aside from the ones she lives with, who she gets along great with. But I don't think she'll be the dog to toss into most any situation like her mother Calypso is. She's not afraid to correct a dog if they invade her space and she can be snarky!

I think Audacity is on track to being a great little sport dog, she may end up doing some tasks for me, and of course she's a beloved companion. If she is eventually bred, I think it would be to a working line BC. The more Border Collies I meet, the more I recognize that the working variety is my favorite and the best representation of the breed in terms of historical relevance. But there are several confo dogs I love and I have been very pleased with the Space litter and how well they are turning out! We're seeing a little reactivity in a pup or two but nothing extreme and I have a feeling maturity is going to look very good on all of them. I hope one day I get to see what Calypso can produce if bred differently, too! I also love purpose bred mixes, so that option is in consideration as well.