why did you choose a beardie

[jenny griffiths]

hi all
what made all of you choose a beardie above any other breed?

[Yvonne Mulcaster]

Good question! I fell in love with a beardie whom we babysat over a Christmas holiday. His owner worked for my husband and they had planned to fly him quite a distance because they didn't like kennels. We agreed to look after him. After that first day, he won our hearts and spent many "vacations" with us. He had quirks, lots of quirks. He countersurfed. He hated any camera and would lunge at it. He opened all the xmas presents before we got up in the morning. He was a snuggler and a talker. He wanted to do whatever we were doing. We fell for beardies! Thanks to him we have had beardies for 14 years+.

[jenny griffiths]

That really is a great reason . You were won over straight away

[jenny griffiths]

reading all these things about beardies makes me sure i want one

[Scetwee]

i believe my parents chose a beardie for a number of reasons:
before us kids were born my dad had a beardie x border
they liked the temperament of the breed
also needed a dog that wanted to be part of a family and good with young kids (the youngest was 7 at the time)
they wanted an active and intelligent dog as we go on lots of walks
the dog needed to be adaptable and relaxed as we did a fair bit of travelling to Northumberland and to France and Italy with him

Some of these are more specific to our boy but they were just what fitted the family :)

now i think i am the one who is hooked on the breed :)

[Yvonne Mulcaster]

Welcome to the club. We are all "hooked on beardies."

[Alison Ransom]

I fell in love with a beardie 30 years ago. I just saw one floating along the pavement and leapt out of the car to ask what it was. Not many beardies around then and the dozy owner said he couldn't remember where she came from so it took ages to track one down! I joined the SCBCC and went to their first Spring Frolic. After an afternoon of 'vetting' I was invited in to the host's house to meet her bitch who was in whelp. Then I got my wonderful bearie Tami (Tamarisk on Sundays!)
I keep looking at small dogs more suitable for an ageing juvenile but just can't take to them!
Alison(Devon)

[Nika Hashiguchi]

It was my mother. We lived in Tokyo and my parents bought a new house in the suburb of Tokyo. The area was pretty new and there were less people to live. I finished my University study and just started to work. So my mother must pick me up sometimes in the night. My parents liked dogs and we had few dogs before our beardie, for ex. Maltese, Shiba mix and so on. My parents decided to get a dog in the end but this time they wanted a pure breed one. Especially, my mother's family had always the big dogs, Akita, Tosa, Airdale Terrier. So she wanted definitely "not small" dog. I'd like to have a big dog since I was kid. However, she didn't like the face of Collie or Borzoi and she prefered Bearded Collie. She was housewife so she would spend most of time with the dog.

One of our cusins had one Great Dane and he was poisend by the neibougher because the neibougher was frighten. My father's cusin had a German Pointer and Beagle but they seemed not to suit to our style. My another cusin had a Siberian Husky but this was not ours... My father thought about Belgian Sheep dog but it looks like bit scarely. The dog would not suit in the area there were many families had young children. And we wanted to have an active dog, not like potato couch type. So we decided mother's will to get a Beardie. But the Beardie was very unusual breed in Japan.



However, it went quick to find. A family whom lived very close to us put an anounce in the dog magazine that their bitch got 8 puppies. We went to visit this family. Their bitch was pretty tired to take care of her kids and whole members looked like rat. This Beardie bitch owner had a very beautiful and nice Irish Setter and it was like sun and moon. We started to travel to have look other breeds and we visited other Bearded Collie breeders. We saw Dalmatians, Rottweiler... We were worried about the grooming if we get a beardie.



But thank heavens we spoke to different Bearded Collie breeders so we made sure that we could take care of it. This dog lived in 16 years. We all have very nice memory about our beardie.

When I describe about Bearded Collie to my husband who had Golden Rietriver people can always be happy with it - I usually say.

[jenny griffiths]

A great story thanks for shareing it with us

[Nika Hashiguchi]

Thank you, too that you start this disucussion! I enjoy to read the other beardie owner's experience.

This is my poor experience and I hope it will not be unnice for you. Our beardie was a dog and my friend in Sweden had one Briard, also dog. They are quite similar but as my experience a Bearded Collie is bit more coward to other dogs. It does not mean that they cannot live with other dogs. My parents divorced when the beardie got very old. She moved in her brother's house with the beardie. They had already a newfoundland. They got on well. He loved also his friend, Shiba which was our neighbours. But I felt that the Briard was bit more tuff. So if you get a beardie I hope you will be bit disappeard (you know some people prefer bit tuff dog, that's why I mention it). When we met that Beardie & Irish Setter owner he told us that the Bearded Collie is more like human. This point makes more funny to have this breed, I think.

The other thing is when I met this Briard was 8 years and he was much more calm than my Beardie when he was 8. My Beardie was still active even though he couldn't run faster than me. So I think a Bearded Collie is very active dog both in mental and physical condition. In the other way this breed is so trainable in many ways and you will be able to have fun together with your dog very long time!

[Nika Hashiguchi]

Sorry, my English! I mean, I hope you will not be disappointed!! But my dog was real coward so it could be an exceptionell exampel.

[Jackie Holton]

After having Rough Collies in South Africa I naturally wanted to get another one when I arrived back in England. To that purpose, I went to a couple of shows but wasn't overly impressed with what was in the ring at the time.

After many months of research, my husband and I decided that we would have a look at the Beardie. Again I was off to some shows, but I also wanted to see them au natural too. Temperment was of paramount importance and whether they would fit in to our lifestyle. Grooming never came into it, after owning 10 Roughs a Beardie wasn't going to present any problems.

I believe owning a Beardie is akin to having an addiction. Why have one when you can have several? I do think all dogs can live together in harmony provided the owner is a sensible person, that is the key.

Up until May last year, I had 4 Beardies. I am now owned by 3!

[s,and rosie]

Hi all, As I type, our Woodie is flinging a cusion around our lounge jumping, bounding and bringing fun endlessly!!! Origionally, Rosie, my middle daughter was terrified of dogs due to when very young in a buggy, a woman let her terrier jump up her and scratch her face. I have always had animals around as brought up on farms but to have a child terrified is a real problem for her and as a family. I used to go too a group that used to meet and they had a beardie called Benji, he was lovely. I took my daughter for a EFT session with Peter Delves , superb! she came away looking for dogs.Sometimes, she would then come and see Benji. I did my research and all we wanted came in a beardie, Good nature, fun, great with kids, the involvement needed and a size to feel safe with walking alone! the first phone call I made was the day Woodie was born, meant too be! My daughter is animal lover now, Woodie her soul mate in life! He has bought love and laughter too our family and a lot of mess!!! Would never have another breed now! He is told he is loved every day!