Greatest American Dog

Galaxy is a BC-Pointer mix.

I wish I could keep Leroy and Galaxy straight! I misread your post...sorry about that.

ahhhh...thanks, agile!!! That makes more sense.

Leroy is all BC. I meant Galaxy. She doesn't look BC to me. Maybe she is BC/Pointer but I still don't see it. That's ok.Either way . . . still not impressed and no one, not Leroy OR Galaxy herded the pups. They did well but still no herding!

Now I'm getting the names mixed up! lol.. but I don't think Leroy looks pure border collie. I'm not disparaging him...he's just built a little differently than the borders I've seen.

It was slanted toward the brighter dogs. There was no herding but the winning dogs did communicate with and lead the puppies. Anyone who says it was a fluke or that border collies aren't far and away the brightest dogs in that crew simply has never raised or lived with a border collie.

A1Tess, I totally agree about borders! Borders and Aussies are scary-smart. It's just that he wasn't herding them. It doesn't matter...I'm delighted they won.

I don't think that challenge had anything to do with dog intelligence, breed or anything like it. None of the dogs except Presley (the Boxer) seemed interested in the puppies. They all could either care less or they wanted to get away from the pesky fluffballs. They clearly either just ran the maze to respond to the recall their owner had or to get out or both. I actually thought Preseley did great as he had a great recall! He just happened to lose because the puppies couldn't keep up with him and chase him to his owner at the end!

Yes and then the "brighter dogs" sent a silent message to the Starship Entrerprise to come pick them all up and carry them to Disney Land!

Itsnotthedog,We'll have to agree to disagree. This challange was a herding dogs dream. It's just funny that he didn't herd them and won anyway.

I have a BC/Aussie cross. I know herding breeds well. I also train them (other people & theirs). It's not a herding dog's dream to herd puppies. Now put them in a pen with goats or sheep and you'll see their eyes light up!

LOL!!! I'll give you that one!!!

And children!! LOL

My two minis try to herd my 9 yr old grandson when he comes to visit. It's hilarious! What really is cool is when the smaller of them herds my 16+yr old half deaf anf half binld cocker mix. She goes outside with her and then leads her back in after she does her business. Both of the minis really look out for her....and alert me when she needs to go out too...as I said earlier...scary smart and instinctive too. My niece told me about aussies before giving me one (and I bought her sister so got the 2 sisters at once) but I didn't realize just HOW different they are from any other dog we've ever had. All of the good qualities times two....then there's the energy level...lol that's more like times 10!

What idiot comes up with this stuff! Obviously not a dog person! It should have been clearly stated that it was about the realtionship not the getting the puppies back. The whole thing was stupid! When the judges started fighting, I could just hear the producers telling them to make up because it looked bad! Side note: Leroy looks pure to me. He may not be conformation perfect, but he looks like other border collies I see at agility trials. He looks a bit like the working BCs instead of the conformation BCs. Working BCs tend to be more rangy and leggy. I'm looking for a new agility dog and have been spending a lot of time on BC rescue sites.