Border Collie
United Kingdom · 21 in tall · medium double coat
Next to the average dog it is playful, mentally demanding, high-energy, and adaptable. Day to day it sheds moderately.
Find out if a Border Collie suits youA good fit if…
- people come and go a lot
Think twice if…
- your days are mostly indoors
- you share walls with neighbours
- the dog would be alone and unoccupied
Trait profile
Scored 1–5. A blank means the trait is not recorded for this breed.
About the breed
The Border Collie is a breed of British herding dog of the collie type of medium size. It originates in the region of the Anglo-Scottish border, and descends from the traditional sheepdogs once found all over the British Isles. It is kept predominantly as a sheep-herding dog or as a companion animal. It competes with success in sheepdog trials.— English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
