The Border Collie is a large dog, and I believe many of my friends must have this kind of dog in their homes. Only by feeding them properly in life can we ensure that Border Collies have adequate nutrition and a reasonable dietary structure every day, and can they grow healthily. But what should Border Collies eat?

1. Border Collie Diet

What a Border Collie eats has a lot to do with its age. If the Border Collie is only two months old, it is actually best not to start eating dog food right away, especially dry dog ​​food. Because an unreasonable diet will cause great harm to their teeth. If you eat dry dog ​​food, you will easily get diarrhea. If it reaches two, the dog is in the transition period between milk and dog food. You can eat some milk cakes and nutritional pastes, which are relatively soft and suitable for the stomach. Only by ensuring its reasonable diet can it grow healthily. If you really want to feed your dog dog food, you need to soak the dog food in water. It must be soaked until it is soft, so that the dog will eat it healthier.

【Border Collie Feeding Method】

Puppies under three months old should be fed four times a day, puppies between three and six months old should be fed three times a day, puppies after six months old should be fed twice a day, and adults should be fed once a day. During the growth period, pay attention to supplementing calcium and trace elements, and the feeding time should be fixed. If there is no food left after one feeding, and the dog does not leave the food plate for a long time, add a little food the next time he feeds, but there should be no leftover food.

【Border Collie Feeding Precautions】

Do not feed border collies seasonings, such as soy sauce, salt, MSG, sugar, pepper, aniseed, etc.

Do not feed some foods that are not easy to digest, such as soybeans, sesame, etc.

There are also squids and other things that cannot be eaten.

The water supply must be sufficient, and a clean container must be prepared. Do not feed raw water. Change the water from time to time, and do not go several days without changing the old water. Let your Border Collie drink water freely.

2. Characteristics of Border Collie

The Border Collie is a kind of dog that people love very much. Its biggest feature is that its body is very well-proportioned, medium-sized, and tall, usually between 43-53 cm. Females are slightly shorter than males. .

1. Amazingly smart

If the IQ of some dogs is equal to that of a kindergarten child, will the owner wonder: Is this a dog? Border collies have such an IQ. Intelligence is probably the trademark of border dogs.

Canine behaviorists have shown through extensive research that Border Collies areThe smartest dog in the world, it is born to herd sheep. It only needs to repeat a new password no more than 5 times. The most amazing thing is that the probability of it obeying the first password is as high as 95%. A psychology professor from Columbia, USA, combined 208 dog training experts from all over the world, 63 small animal veterinarians, and 14 experts who study alert dogs and guard dogs to conduct in-depth interviews and observations on various famous dog breeds, and published it in Vancouver Dog Obedience With a large amount of valuable information provided by the Club, a very complex and huge questionnaire was filled out to rank the world's famous dogs in terms of work obedience and IQ. The dog ranked first in the world is the Border Collie. These excellent characteristics make Border Collies often the biggest winners in obedience competitions. So people have to sigh: Border collies are geniuses in the dog world!

However, the intelligence of Border Collies has caused them learning difficulties. Because dogs have strong learning abilities and cannot distinguish right from wrong, they often accidentally learn some bad habits that their owners don't want them to know or learn. Also, they are indeed very smart, but they are not smart enough to train themselves, so the owner must spend more time learning and growing with them to let them know what to do and what not to do.

2. Rich expressions

Border collies are excellent companion dogs, alert yet gentle, beautiful but not proud, and they have an amazing aura of communicating with people, and they do not hide their fullness of joy and sadness, their exquisite facial features and rich branches Body language is full of strange expressions, and we can deeply feel their joys and sorrows without complicated conversation.

【Excitement and happy expressions】

When a Border Collie squints its eyes and sticks out its tongue, it means it is in a happy mood. They also express happiness by wagging their tails vigorously, twisting their bodies from side to side, and walking lightly. In many cases, the Border Collie will also use "laughing" to express itself. It will wrinkle its nose, raise its upper lip, show its teeth, close its eyes slightly, and sometimes even squint into a slit (just like the expression when a person laughs) ). When it "hums" from its nose, it is also a symbol of happiness. When they get close to people, they will raise their tails and swing them horizontally, stretch their necks, and trot briskly. Their eyes will shine and they will jump constantly. Their whole bodies show uncontrollable happiness. When it sticks out its tongue and "haha" to act coquettishly to its owner, it is also a happy time for it. Might as well share this happiness with it.