Farm Dog - bad habits

dryan

Have a young border collie dog on the farm, less than 2 years old.

He is in no way shy of the cattle and is showing good potential. mad for work.
Spends his time in the yard/fields with us so obviously the paws/legs would be fairly dirty/mucky.

Anyways, he has picked up a few bad habits.
Trying my hardest to get him to stop running along, or laying on the silage under the cattle's heads.
end up with waste that they wont eat.
Then, as if he is gets bored with us, he then tips off to the neighbours shed and will lay there with his and do the same.

Tried locking him inside for a time when im there and the parents tried keeping him on a lead, but as son as he is let off, back to the same.

dry stock and part timer here so im not around all the time to keep an eye on him, he is not over worked, but he is very keen, and any time there is anything going on in yard/sheds with cattle or in the field, he is there tipping along.

We have always had a dog around the farm down the years and would always 'self train' to our methods over time.

Just looking for any tips that could help get him out of the few bad habits he has.

KatyMac

Could you set up electric (battery) fence on the outside of the silage so that if he tried to go on it he would get a shock. I know it would be in your way when you are feeding but I imagine he wouldn't need it for too long. I had a dog fence years ago and it kept the dogs in even when it wasn't turned on...they get the message fairly quickly.

Attie

Dryan has he somewhere to lay that's dry, warm and comfortable.
Barley straw is full of anns which irate a dog's skin .