Looking for help with your Border Collie? Check out the COLLIE CLUB HERE 👉

🎄 IMPORTANT 🎄 

I am taking a festive break from the 20th Dec to the 7th Jan 2026.

You are welcome to book an assessment, a call or send an enquiry and I will get back to you between Jan 7th – 9th 2026.

Episode 54: Border Collies and Adolescence with Rachel, The Collie Consultant

September 04, 2023
Podcast
332274261 1610269166100911 5827116538047132920 n

What is adolescence?

What happens in the brain?

What are the behaviours that might change?

Are behaviours that we see in adolescence staying?

How do we work through it?

How long does it last?

How can sleep and diet, exercise and enrichment help during adolescence?

How neutering influence adolescence?

Rachel Rodgers is a border collie specialist behaviourist and trainer, and a border collie lover who has lived with and worked alongside collies for over 35 years in a range of disciplines from obedience, agility, flyball, scent work and sheepdog training. She frequently works with collies exhibiting behaviour problems such aggression, sound sensitivity, fears and phobias, hyperactivity, chasing behaviours, repetitive behaviours, separation related problems or any other severe behaviour problems. For more information, please visit: https://collieconsultant.co.uk/

To learn more about the Collie Club:

⁠https://thatlldoacademy.com/online-academy/⁠

Martina Miradoli Border Coolie Expert Dog trainer

Hello, my name is Martina Miradoli and I specialise in training Border Collies.

I’ve owned Border Collies for many years and have trained them, along with other herding breeds in every sport and activity available.

This has allowed me to gain invaluable experience and an understanding of these unique dogs and the behavioural challenges that we may have to face as owners. 

Related Articles

My Dog Training Opinion on Spaying & Neutering

My Dog Training Opinion on Spaying & Neutering

In this episode, I’m sharing my own lived experience with spaying and neutering — across many dogs, ages, temperaments, and stages of training. This is not a medical lecture or a list of “right vs wrong.”Instead, we’re talking about the real behavioural impacts...

read more
Should You Teach Your Border Collie To Stay

Should You Teach Your Border Collie To Stay

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST EPISODE HERE When you get a new puppy, what’s one of the first cues everyone tells you to teach? If you said “stay,” you’re not alone. It’s in nearly every puppy class. It’s required in the Kennel Club Good Citizen scheme. And it’s often treated...

read more