Originally posted by kobieeli:
<STRONG>True, BCs and Aussies are NOT laid back! But I wouldn't say they're "extremely hard to train." They are lightning fast learners who almost train themselves. The problem with them is that they always need to learn new things, and to use the skills they've already learned. They're not easy dogs to live with if you don't constantly train them and exercise their minds AND their bodies!
</STRONG>
I didn't mean that Borders and Aussies are not intelligent and that it is hard to teach them.

What I meant is for a person like myself who is used to the generally slow and laid back world of a Rottweiler it is difficult to adjust to such a different dog.

I've had the experience of training a Golden and a Shepherd in agility because one owner has Parkinsons and the other is 80 years old and has an artificial hip, both dogs were already trained at least to the Intermediate level, but it took a long time to adjust to being behind the dog instead of in front of him. These dogs went so fast!