Hi Scooby,

You might want to put a leash on your Border Collie to lead her to the door vs leading her by the collar. That can me a very demotivating gesture to some dogs. I know with Oz, I did that a few times to lead him up to the start line in agility and I saw quite a noticable change in his desire to go to the start line. He was acting like he was being punished. So I changed methods pronto, when I realized the effect it was having on him. I started leading him upto the line with treats and he was immediately excited again about it.

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