Dog breeds vary significantly when it comes to their needs and desire to be active – not least one breed in particular from the herding category, which always has a willingness to “work”.
Artist Daze Livingstone, who is an owner of the breed has taken to TikTok to reveal how she puts her canine friend to good use around the house. “You may or may not know that Border Collies need to work,” Daze began.
“But I don’t have any sheep so these are some of the household chores I make my Border Collie do.” Daze’s clip continued, with her asking her pet to take a piece of paper rubbish to the bin – and her furry friend duly obliged.
“Good boy,” Daze declared as her dog then followed instructions to “put the shoes away” in the laundry room that had been left on the floor of their hallway. The dog even helped grateful Daze with the washing too – taking each item of clothing she handed him and placing them in the drum.
“Please may I confirm that this good boy is getting financial compensation for his chores?” one TikTok user joked in response. To which Daze affirmed: “Yes! He demands payment in dog treats.”
Another recalled the antics of a Border Collie, penning: “I once stopped in a B&B and the Collie kept bringing me leaflets for all the local attractions! What a genius.” Whilst a third looked back fondly: “I used to give my Collie jobs – she loved it and sometimes she would predict and just do the jobs.”
“These are almost an exact match for the tasks my toddler does!” a fourth person added. “She also helps unload the dishwasher, but I don’t think that would be appropriate for a dog.” Daze quipped: “Haha mine only wants to help clean the plates before they go in the dishwasher.”
On a more serious note, meanwhile, someone else revealed how their late pooch’s “work” helped in a health capacity. “My Collie was a therapy dog and trained in helping mental health. She could perform tasks such as deep pressure therapy. She saved my life.
They continued: “Once she retired as my dog I kept her, but she would go to work with my mum who worked in dementia care homes and sit with the residents all day. She loved it.”
Earlier this week, a vetinary nurse shared the dog breed that scares her the most at work is in fact the Border Collie. When you ask a vet which breed they are most apprehensive to treat, you might assume they’ll answer something like a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, German Shepherd or Rottweiler, but for nurse Eve, that isn’t the case at all.
“They unnerve me,” she admitted on TikTok, before explaining that they are also “so clever” that they would “outwit you straight away”. Eve went on to reveal the breed have a very small tolerance level, which means they would “nip you” quite quickly. “If you have a nice Border Collie, there’s nothing nicer,” she added.
“It’s the nicest dog you’ve ever met in your life.” However, if they aren’t, she said they can be “unhinged”.
