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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 9806764" data-attributes="member: 19675">This grrrl was probably the smartest border collie we’ve ever had:<img src="http://i.imgur.com/jeaVHDW.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />When we got her as a puppy, she was so small that she could have easily escaped under the car gate to our yard.<img src="https://i.imgur.com/2M0eYKP.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />So for quite a while, we had to take her into the yard on a leash.  When she grew a bit more, we tried to let her enjoy the yard solo or with our 2 other grrrls.But because of the leashed outings, we had inadvertently trained her that yard time had to be supervised.  So, you HAD to go outside to get her outside, and she’d follow you inside almost as quickly.We avoided this with our subsequent border collies by using a 25’ tether attached to a stake placed right at the edge of our patio (a couple feet outside bottom right of that first photo).  The puppies could go almost all the way to the car gate, but could also easily come inside for water & shade.</blockquote>