Jon update

J​on is my first personal male dog in a long time. We have Pancetta, the APBT, but he is my partners dog and we got him at 7 months so it was a bit of a different experience. Not to mention a very different breed!

One of my first personal dogs was a male and he was my first service dog as well. We had a deep bond and he never gave me any of the typical “boy dog” troubles! After training many an adolescent male dog and with how much I like girls, I have been hesitant to have a boy. It’s very early to say yet how it will go with Jon and if he will be a teenage delinquent like most boys are, but so far he’s really been a pleasure! The main differences I’ve been seeing are that he’s more affectionate, more into me, calmer and more easily redirected to me off exciting things (think calling off playing with the other dogs), and overall he’s just a really great, perfect puppy. He loves playing, loves training and is picking things up FAST, and is such a lover! He hasn’t had any real hormones hit yet so we’ll see how things go as he becomes a teen, but I’m hesitantly very optimistic. He’s been nothing but a dream so far. So confident, outgoing, sure of himself, biddable, friendly, sweet, and the cutest thing I’ve ever laid eyes on!

I am so eager to get into sports with Jon. It’s going to be awesome having a dog who won’t have to take time off for reproductive things like heat cycles! He’s showing great signs towards service work so far and he’s taking to his agility foundations so well. I can’t wait to get him herding! I want to pursue a lot of different sports with him whenever I have the chance to do them and hopefully make him into a great representation of what type of Border Collie I want to produce. A versatile working dog who can still be an amazing companion.