Vintage update

Yesterday Vintage turned 11 months old! My puppy isn't so much of a puppy anymore. She's such an amazing dog and truly all I had hoped to gain from the Marley x Abigail breeding.

She's incredibly high drive but she is not high arousal. She's driven in the way that nothing makes her hesitate to do the things she's driven for, no matter what's going on or who is around. She will play with me and engage in any setting I've put her in so far - busy parks with kids screaming and running around, near people playing sports, dogs playing, in stores and public settings, at trials. True drive is something amazing to see. Her herding drive is definitely her primary drive and most intense. I love what I'm seeing there so far and I need to get back into herding classes with her. It's a struggle when the trainers I would prefer to go to are far away and also very busy. My own schedule is tight as well so it's a poor combination and will likely lead to me having to do classes with the more local trainers which are still a full hour away. Downsides to living in the middle of nowhere and running your own business! Long drives and little free time.

Vintage is such a non reactive, confident, even keel pup. She really is so stable and it's a beautiful thing to see. Exactly what I think a Border Collie should be! She's friendly and outgoing but she isn't incessant and I have a feeling as she continues to mature, she will have mostly eyes for me.

She's impressively coordinated for such a baby and snatches disc's out of the air and lands so precisely on her feet, like she was born to do it. I have not seen her lose her footing. When she was little, she would jump onto and stand on our window sills which are probably 4-5 inches wide, like a cat!

To top it all off, she is so affectionate and obsessed with me. Like her mama! She is a perfect combination of her two lovely parents and I couldn't be happier with my Vinti bean.