My Border Collie

[Meow]

This is Molly. She is a 7 year old Try-Colour Nth Ameican Border Collie

[PFVA]

Vindy's cousin but unlike Vindy she likes water.

She is adorable.

[Meow]

Vindy's cousin but unlike Vindy she likes water.

She is adorable.

Thank-you *hugs*


most dogs don't at first, you have to start when there puppies in nice gentle water.

It is he only way Molly can cool down durring the very hot humid weather in Ontario. I take her swimming everday.

[Meow]

[Portland]

So looking forward to wet leaves and toads.

[Surfr]

Lovely looking dog, but 2 things..

1) I thought it was Tri-colour (as in 3)

2) What makes a North American Border Collie different to other Border Collies? Surely all Border Collies are Border Collies? It's not like it's a Welsh Sheepdog, Rough Collie, Farm Collie etc.

[Meow]

So looking forward to wet leaves and toads.

something like that.

Lovely looking dog, but 2 things..

1) I thought it was Tri-colour (as in 3)

She has 3 colours.

2) What makes a North American Border Collie different to other Border Collies? Surely all Border Collies are Border Collies? It's not like it's a Welsh Sheepdog, Rough Collie, Farm Collie etc.

The Sheepdog Society of Great Britain lobbied throughout the 1970's and 1980's not to have Border Collies recognized as a ' Pedigree ' breed, as they were afraid that if they appeared in high-profile shows such as Crufts people would see how wonderful they were and more would buy them as pets and not working dogs. They did not want the characteristics of the sheep-dog watered down so to speak. Well they finally lost the battle and Border Collies are now recognized in the UK as a ' Pedigree' breed. They naturally now win all the agility, fly-ball etc., contests at Crufts. It wasn't until I came to North America that I understood this concern by the Sheepdog Society. Here Border Collies have been bought as pets for a long time; and lets face it there aren't exactly sheep farms on every corner. Here it is common to see pure-bred Border Collies which show none of the characteristics which we associate with the ' working ' Border - the creeping crouching, waiting for every command, etc. In the UK, even in London where I lived it was very rare to see a Border Collie that did not act like a working dog - even the ones that only received a daily walk on Hampstead Heath, and had never seen a sheep in their life.

[Meow]

[PFVA]

That's a very cool Autumn picture and Molly's tongue matches the leaves.

[Meow]

[Flojomojo]

We have 2 of these in our neighborhood -- they're brother and sister, and they work together to herd EVERYTHING, especially people. It's amazing to see their innate teamwork.

[fro]

We have 2 of these in our neighborhood -- they're brother and sister, and they work together to herd EVERYTHING, especially people. It's amazing to see their innate teamwork.

Their instinctively trying to herd things is more surprising surely?

[Flojomojo]

We have 2 of these in our neighborhood -- they're brother and sister, and they work together to herd EVERYTHING, especially people. It's amazing to see their innate teamwork.

Their instinctively trying to herd things is more surprising surely?

Nah, we know they want to herd things and that it runs deep in their genes. I'm just amazed by how well they work together. Then again, my dog is a rugged individual who doesn't want to do anything with any other dog, so I'm pretty heavily biased towards being amazed by canine cooperation.

[Meow]

She was only a year in those photo. Molly has changed a lot.



Molly 6 Months old.

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