You’re a physically active person looking for a four-legged companion of the canine variety to share your heart and busy, active life with. You are looking for a dog that is intelligent and athletic yet devoted and sensitive. Ideally your new pooch will be able to run and play for hours just like you do. Well, look no further – the perfect dog for you is the Border collie! Keep reading if you would like to learn more about this fun and active breed.

1. Originally from in the United Kingdom the border collie specifically hails from the border country between England and Scotland.

2. A border collie can be brown, white, black or red.

3. Collies are amazing sheep herders and are known for their intense “stare” that they employ to keep the sheep together and on task.

4. If a border collie doesn’t have sheep to herd his intense drive to fulfill this need will force him to happily herd people, children, other pets and whatever he feels needs to be herded.

5. Collies have an uncanny ability to predict what people are going to ask of them.

6. Adequate physical and mental activity is required for the Collie to remain happy in life.

7. Border collies thrive on a high quality diet and would do well with a daily nutritious supplement such as NuVet Plus.

8. Known as workaholics, if a border collie is not adequately exercised he may manifest his boredom by chewing up almost everything and anything he has access to.

9. An athletic breed, the border collie excels in agility activities, frisbee, obedience, tracking and fetch.

10. Borders collies are considered the number 1 smartest dog.

11. The average lifespan of a border collie is 12 years but they have been known to live as long as 14.

12. Some border collies that work herding sheep have been known to run 50 miles in one day.

13. Border collies make excellent assistance and support dogs.

14. Many agencies, such as the police and customs, also employ border collies as detection dogs because of their keen sense of smell.

15. If you are looking for a dog that is easy to train then the border collie is the dog for you.

16. Border collies require a lot more than a fenced in yard to run around in. In fact, a border collie won’t be happy unless he gets hours of activity a day. In other words, a game of fetch is not going to cut it with a collie.

17. Border collie’s can be trained to roll a car window down and do a lot of other really neat tricks.