I have a 3 to 5 year old border collie, BUDDY, or sometimes, "Mr. Buddy", who we rescued off death row last month. He is learning lots of tricks, as well as-- just adjusting to his new home and us. I will post pictures of my dog soon as i find our lil wire thing to upload.
Our dog was a "gangsta" dog, :dogcool: had a "tough guy" attitude, kept his distance somewhat, had a lil glare in his eyes the first week or two, which he has lost, rarely a trace left of it, and Buddy arrived with bite marks, blood, and twigs and cockleburs all over him, but is pretty well behaved and all now, and is a real sweetie pie. He also used to bite/nip a bit when he was new, but that is our fault for not understanding his boundries while he gained trust in us. He hasn't bit us since that first week.
Buddy was all underweight and very malnourished, his coat felt like wires, we think he was a 'ferral' dog or a scavenger dog, his 'predator' drive is off the hook, but we'll never know, he isn't talking about it. We found him 'online', he was 8 hours away in Tennessee!!! It's much warmer there, he mighta have lived in the woods or streets...
We think we are his first family ever, Buddy knew ZERO words when we got him!!! And acted like he'd never been inside a house before, nor ever seen a TV, nor rode in a car before, lotsa lil hints Buddy was never a pet before...
IT'S SO FUN SPOILING HIM ROTTEN!!!:dogbiggrin: