That's great news for your new dog. They are man's best friend.

You will have new responsabilities now.

So smart! Gotta keep finding games (work) for them to expend their brain power and energy or they/he will start to get into trouble (being a very bad dog :) anything will do, and they can build up a huge vocabulary. An example- My Aussie had a name for every single toy and he’d go get them by name when asked :) and of course expect a play session as part of the game.

I’ve had the same experience, wonderful dogs!

Yeah, mine is too smart for me, I’ve become her toy

my collie fur nephew is the greatest. so full of love 🙌