I thought puppies were supposed to be really into us, but my 17 week old collie is independent!
Will he get more 'into' me, otherwise i can see training being a nighmare if he doesnt like me!

I do all his training, exercising, feeding playing etc, whats going wrong?

One of my terriers was, is, will always be incredibly independent.  Always felt she knew best about where and what was best for her from teeny, tiny.  Be patient, discover what she finds fun and build from there.  Good luck, the rewards are enormous!

That was really reassuring(sp)advice,I have a wee girl like that and she is slowly coming round.She has her days though,when i think that she will never care about anything except what she wants to do,but on other days she is great.Her nick name is independant annie.

Kayla has always been a very independent girl, right from when we got her to now :D But she was easy to train..once she'd matured...ie last summer @age 2!!!

She's a lovely affectionate girl but she could easily cope on her own, she mooches about in the garden for hours on her own..our other girl goes out, doesn her buisness then wants to be straight back inside with us!! I love that about her though, she's so sassy and cool :D

Some dogs are like this, I'm sure the training will fine, you just need to find a method to capture his attention..i founf clicker training worked brill with Kayla :)

Emily