Border Collies vs all the rest!

I recently saw a post in FB of a Border Collie walking a horse, down a country lane, while holding the reins. The remarks were "Border Collie of course".  Yes BCs are wicked smart and they are my favorite breed, but do not write off all other dogs. Dogs (all breeds) are pack animals and like all pack animals, flourish when they are with the people they consider pack. They want to please us and if given the chance, could walk a horse down the road, we just have to train the behavior. I have only met one really stupid dog in the 52 years I have been on the planet. He was a mini dachscund named Oscar (sorry mom and dad). I have had multiple people remark that they could never train the behaviors I have taught my dogs. I always ask "have you tried"? The answer I usually receive, is that their dog is dumb. I do not comment, but the retort that I bite back is, "your dog has has your number and is playing you".  Oh, okay, I sometimes say it out loud. I believe that is what they call the "rub". Our dogs will refuse to do something and we immediately write off their behavior as "stubborn", "un-trainable", "stupid". I have two very weird dogs, with two very different weird personalities. If they are not getting the message of what I am trying to train, it is most definitely the messenger. I have learned, the VERY HARD way that I truly do not speak dog and therefore my "message" is often times not understood. Where I have had my break-throughs, is that I am willing to re-group and try the training from a different angle. I video most every new behavior and then study it to death and see where I am going right and where I am going wrong. Rarely it is the dog that is going wrong. So my message is pack a ton of patience in your trick bag, listen to your trainers and have fun with your dog.  Your dog could even be the dog on FB walking a horse down the road.