A Border Collie is a sheepdog and breeding the workability out to make it easier to understand them takes away the very quality that makes them so special

It can be more productive to explain to a dog acceptable behaviour rather than ignoring unwanted behaviour

Most dogs grow old gracefully and, hopefully, with few ailments. Often the hardest part of living with an older dog is accepting that he is slowing up and not able to do the things he could do perhaps as recently as a year ago.

A dog without a recall is like a car without brakes, it is dangerous!

Being at one with your dog costs nothing but time and patience and reaps amazing rewards.

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Training Border Collies by Barbara Sykes Available now from Mainline Border Collie Centre