My border is 4 now. He was slow to house train, much slower than our old dog who was a cockapoo (we got him 2007, so one of the earlier ones).
but he has an absolutely brilliant temperament. He’s so in tune with me it’s ridiculous. I’m just starting to train him as my assistance dog. One of his litter mates is and assistance and therapy dog. And another is in training to be a therapy dog. He Has never shown any aggression to other dogs. He lives with two cats happily, one came when he was 1 and other when he was 2. He is very happy to just lie about, and also very happy to go for a walk and will happily run along side a bike. He loves paddling and but if swimming in calm water and while he loves the beach he hates sea water. Honestly last time we went to the beach I left him on the beach with a family member and went in the sea swimming, and he was a bit anxious as he thought I was in trouble, so I had to come out. So can have a brilliant temperament.
But also on the other, recall is not the most reliable in borders. My dog has no recall currently, he had reasonable recall when he was a puppy but lost it over Covid as we didn’t let him off, and I haven’t quite got round to reteaching him, until now. Hopefully we’ll get recall back, but probably still won’t let him off.
While two siblings are therapy dogs and he is assistance dog in training, a couple of his siblings are a bit reactive and his mother has major issues with other dogs, not humans though.
he was very bitey as a puppy, they are affectionately known as land sharks. Not aggressive biting just mouthing and puppy excitedness, very common in puppies.
he’s the perfect dog for me though.
i would have 10 if I could.
i paid 800-900£ in 2019. So I imagine if it’s a responsible breeder who hasn’t inflated the prices 900-1200£ now.
I found mine on the kennel club website. They luckily had a puppy left, after circumstances left the other people not able to take one. So super lucky.