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General Information About Border Collie Dog
Border Collieis breed of dog mainly available in the border region of
Scotland and England. This breed of dog is particularly used in farmhouses
to assist the owner to manage the herding. These species of dogs are in
general thick coated available in three colors. The mostly available breed
is the mixture of black and white and the other variations are red/white
color, white and red color and a combination of tan/black/white. By nature
this breed of dogs are pro-active, intelligent and of alert nature. The
nature of this breed of dog requires sufficient canalizing of their energy
in execution otherwise an idle border collie dog tends to be over active
and in turn become destructive in nature.
The border collie dogs are medium in their stature and their eye colors
are the distinct type and unique of this species. Sometimes they seem to
be deep brown or amber in color or sometime it is of the shed of blue. The
ear type also varies from one dog to another and sometime these are
erected in look and some time it is fully dropped in type. Even in some
dogs the combination of both the types of ear, which is, semi erected or
semi dropped is also observed. These dogs are fond of children and sports
lover. Therefore, they can be trained well as sports dog. Although these
dogs are originated from England and Scotland but they are utilized all
over the world in farm to guard the herd and livestock.
As a sports dog, border collies are good different kinds of sports but
they excels their performance of agility. In this stream of sports the dog
needs to cross many obstacles, consisting of different type of jumps,
narrow plank to walk, a sea-saw, two different kind of tunnels to cross, a
jump through a hanging tyre, sometime a ladder to climb, and ultimately 12
upright poles the dog needs to cross them by walking in a weaving style.
Border collie may not be able to cross all the hurdles properly because of
their pro and hyper-active nature but these breed of dog always finish the
sports maintaining a perfect coordination between the task.
Apart from the sports activity these breeds of dog can be good assistant
for the physically challenged and hearing impaired persons and Border
collie is famous for its obedience in public, intelligence and decision
taking ability. Apart from these qualities, these types of dogs are well
mannered, unassuming and sober in their general nature that makes the
handling process quite easy.
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