Another dog?

If I have to use dogs to describe our family, I would say my older child Claire is a smart quirky leader-type of Border Collie, my younger one Caitlin is a loving caring easy-going Golden Retriever, and my husband is a I-can't-care-less Bulldog.

Claire is a very bright but impatient kid who learns fast but sometimes has issues with anybody or anything that is slow to catch up. She is also very confident (too confident for a girl) -- to use her own exact words, "any more confident I'd be jumping over the bridge!".

She has been begging for a Border Collie for a while, simply because it is the smartest dog by breed (Golden is "only" #4). The day we got Caitey at Puppy Barn, she actually first set her heart on a gray BC and fell in love with that cute face. When we came back 2 days later to pick up Caitey, that BC puppy was bought and gone.

Somehow Claire just could not get over it, she just has to have a Collie and uses every chance possible to bug us.

Like today, I gave Caitey a Chinese pork bun but left it outside of her little play bin with the door open. Caitey's eye glued on the treat, never bothered to check if the door was open or not, and became desperate when she could not get out. We had to lure her out by using the bun eventually. Then after she finished the 1st one outside the play bin, I placed another one inside hoping she could remember to go in thru the door, but that little silly thing again desperately chewed on the iron bars trying to get in.

Of course Claire wasted no time to make a comment of "ha ha, my Collie would have figured that out on her own".

She also argues that a BC makes a great guarding dog which will essentially make our ADT home security system obsolete. She does have a point, I mean with a BC an ant will probably have trouble getting in and out of our house, while on the other hand, the overly friendly Golden just might help the robbers clean up our house!

I am still debating if I should bring her to see a BC. Maybe she will quit when the dog tries to herd her, but then again BCs are so cute and adorable, what should I do if I fall for one myself?