What is suitable housing or accommodation for a border collie?
A. It’s difficult to define exactly what makes suitable quarters for a dog to live in. Border collies are amazingly adaptable and cope well with living in many different types of accommodation. Whether it’s snuggled up at the end of your bed or outside in a makeshift kennel, your border collie will be happy in most accommodation as long as it’s dry, draught free and has fresh water available. The border collie’s capacity for withstanding cold is quite extraordinary but draught and damp conditions are not acceptable. If the floor is concrete or a similar heat-draining material, some form of bedding should be provided to keep the dog off the floor and help retain its body heat. If the dog lives in the house, it should have a bed or caged area which is the dog’s own space. Once in this area, the dog should not be interfered with unnecessarily. A dog which lives outside should have a secure run of some kind and this should be cleaned at least once daily. Even though the dog lives outside,
