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Border Collie x Kelpie Training

Do you have a Border Collie x Kelpie that needs some training help? Natalie from Crazy Kind Calm dog training can help!

With over 900 dogs trained across the Macedon Ranges, Natalie understands the unique personality and needs that come with this wonderful breed.

Border Collie × Kelpie crosses combine two of Australia's most driven herding breeds. The result is an exceptionally intelligent, athletic dog with tremendous stamina and an intense need for purpose — essentially a herding dog squared.

Common Border Collie x Kelpie traits and training needs

  • Extremely high energy from both parent breeds — needs significant daily exercise and mental work
  • Double dose of herding instinct — may herd children, other pets, bikes, and joggers
  • Highly intelligent but can become anxious or obsessive without enough stimulation
  • Can be wary of strangers and reactive on lead, especially towards unfamiliar dogs
  • Independent streak from the Kelpie side combined with the Border Collie's intense focus
  • May develop noise sensitivity and environmental reactivity

If you've got a Border Collie × Kelpie, you've got one of the smartest, most driven dogs around. They're the kind of dog that needs a job — and if you don't give them one, they'll promote themselves to household manager. If yours is herding the kids, outsmarting your fencing, or staring at you with an intensity that's slightly unnerving, that's both parent breeds coming through loud and clear. With the right outlets, these crosses are extraordinary.

Buddy - Border Collie x Kelpie dog training
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Border Collie x Kelpie Training Options

Whether your Border Collie x Kelpie is a new puppy or an older dog with some habits to work on, we've got options to suit.

One-on-one dog training
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One-on-One Training

Personalised sessions in your home, where the challenges actually happen. We work together on your specific goals — whether it's pulling on lead, barking, poor recall, jumping up, or something else entirely.

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Puppy school class
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Puppy School

Group classes in Kyneton for puppies aged 8-16 weeks. Build confidence, learn essential skills, and socialise with other pups in a safe, supportive environment.

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Border Collie x Kelpie (and others) Success Stories

Raffa
Wolfhound x Staffy • Kyneton
★★★★★ Google
"Nat is super generous with her knowledge and her enthusiasm is infectious. She genuinely cares about every dog (and their owners) she teaches. Her training style encourages a trusting bons between dog and human. Highly recommend her puppy school as well as the one to ones."

Greer Jean

Wolfhound x Staffy dog training in Kyneton
★★★★★ Google
"We were close to the end of our tether when we contacted Natalie to see if she could assist with our young, antisocial JR terrier. Natalie has helped us to better understand the behaviours and motivations of our pups, and how to navigate and manage situations that cause angst for both pups and humans alike. Natalie has worked with us on manageable training tasks to improve behaviours in a range of real-life situations. Our relationships with our pups, and quality of life for all of us, are now much improved. I highly recommend Natalie's approach and philosophy - it's made a positive difference for us."

concar carcon March 2021

★★★★★ Google
"I was really impressed with Natalie's knowledge and experience when she visited our 3 resident dogs at home this morning to advise on the management of a really difficult situation in which one dog is attacking another, with me injured as well, and literally thousands spent on vet bills. The situation has been exacerbated by recent stressors such as moving house and inadequate room, and Natalie gave some important guidance and insights to manage the situation, including where it is likely to go from here (high risk of serious injuries to dogs and humans or a death, which I totally see happening) and what we can do to control and manage the dogs, as I do not wish to euthanise or re-home the stressed-out, attacking dog without trying to work on this. She advised on strategies, equipment and training that will all actually work because it was personalised and done with the doggers present, displaying all their wonderful behaviours. The visit was much better than a phone consult could ever be because Natalie was able to review the house, property and dog pen and suggest points for barriers and ways to provide time out and decompression, including specific types of play to encourage calmness and focus. She also noted behaviours that we didn't see and explained what they meant and what was going on, and how we needed to manage and distract from them. Am really happy with Natalie's services, it was money well spent - but I rather wish I'd sought help for this some time ago before it all escalated to a crisis of serious proportions. I hope that with Natalie's insights, notes and support materials we will be able to develop into a manageable, moderately tolerant 3-dog household. Thank you so much Natalie."

I Dobell November 2025

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Some of the Border Collie x Kelpies (and others) We've Trained

Buddy Border Collie x Kelpie dog training
Buddy Kyneton
Mallee Border Collie x Kelpie dog training
Mallee Castlemaine
Lottie Border Collie x Kelpie dog training
Lottie Gisborne
Maeve Border Collie x Kelpie dog training
Maeve Kyneton
Elmo Border Collie x Kelpie dog training
Elmo Kyneton
Hazel Border Collie x Kelpie dog training
Hazel Castlemaine
Flynn Border Collie x Kelpie dog training
Flynn Kyneton
Barney Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dog training
Barney Malmsbury
Vesper Vizsla dog training
Vesper Lauriston
Joey Australian Kelpie dog training
Joey Maldon

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