following on from Marks Allanson's thread a few weeks back....



everyone, meet Fay:

Fay

she's an 11 week old border collie from working dogs

(sorry for the poor photo - I only had my knackered old phone with me....)



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Nice one.
My best mate is my 12yr old Border Collie, I was without a dog for 12 months before I got him, never be without a dog again if I can help it. Dogs have been the saving grace for my sanity for when things go badly wrong in your life.

this is our 3rd border collie in a row - best dogs in the world

it only took us about 2 / 3 weeks to start looking for another after the last one died, but now we've got to 'puppy proof' everything again......

Poppy looks forward to meeting her!

Aaawwwhh

+1 for Border Colies

Is she a Scottish Border collie or a Welsh Border collie? She looks like she has the the legs of a Welsh Border collie but I suppose that by the vitue of location she may be a Scottish Border collie.

well she came from a sheep far in the hills near here - could maybe trace her back a few generations but after that who knows....

Nice one.
We always had collies my first was my working dog when i was a shepard on a fell farm.
was down to 1 (after having 3)until the wife spotted a collie/springer in the local paper,so went and got it.
great mix of madness of a springer but ease af learning of a collie.
good luck with the training

To be honest I think all Border Collies can trace their origins back to one dog called "Old Hemp" (if the internet is to be believed at face value) and he was from the Scottish Borders although there is a type of dog called a Welsh Sheepdog. The ones from Monmouthshire area being shorter and thicker set. I suppose it all depends on the bloodlines and the fact that people did not travel much in the old days, so tended to keep bloodlines quite regional, but I think these days the bloodlines have spread far and wide.
I find most Border Collies are great although some can be quite teritorial and tend to be ankle biters as this is the method they use to move cattle and stubborn sheep. It is an instinct inheirited from the wolf as that is how they bring their prey down after herding them then letting them run through a gap left by the pack and picking of the last/slowest of the herd.
I don't think you can go far wrong with a Border Collie as they are so smart, they can work out what dull farmers want before they know themselves, or they can around here.
Here is my dog Sam and his son Tig a Border Collie x Kelpie/Border Collie cross and according to his new owner he is a real live wire and has endless energy.


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