10/30/2026
A Border Collie doesn’t lose hundreds of years of working genetics just because they live in a suburban neighborhood instead of a 500-acre farm.
Herding is a hardwired predatory motor pattern - stalking, staring, chasing, and controlling movement.
On the farm, that biological urge is channeled into livestock.
In the city, if you don't give that drive a structured outlet, your dog will assign themselves a job using whatever is available in their environment:
• Cars passing by on walks
• Bicycles and skateboards
• The neighbor's lawnmower
• House cats or running toddlers
Your dog isn't being "bad" - they are simply fulfilling a biological need to control movement.
Mindless fetch or longer physical walks won't fix it because physical exhaustion doesn't satisfy a herding brain.
If you don't give them a job, they will find their own.
🐑 ⚽ Learn how to channel your dog's natural drive into structured herding games instead of unapproved household "jobs" at collieswithyen.com/better-than-fetch
