Border Collie Picture

When you see a Border Collie picture, you cannot mistake this dog for some other breed. However, only a specialist can determine between the Border, the Bearded, and other varieties of the Collie. All Collies originated as herding dogs. Their main talents are keeping an eye on sheep and preventing them from roaming. The Border Collie got its name after the border country of England and Scotland.  

Many Border Collie picture galleries feature these dogs doing their main job – managing sheep. Border Collies have preserved their working abilities up to nowadays and are still used for herding in the Highland. Though some breeders produce purebred Collies for shows, many kennels breed them for work and sell Collie puppies only to those who have sheep to herd. Border Collies are happy and healthy only when they are provided with enough vigorous physical exercise and mental stimulation. If kept indoors or in the yard, they quickly become melancholic, bored, disobedient, and aggressive. Those who keep a Collie as a pet have to devote much time to walking and playing with the dog. Training and socialization of a Collie dog should start early.

Everything in these dogs is well adapted for performing their main task. A Border Collie picture features a medium-sized dog with a long flexible back and dense double coat. A healthy Collie doesn’t have excess weight, but some dogs can be very muscular and stocky. The standard wither height for this breed is 18-21 inches; the preferred weight is between 30 and 44 pounds. The proportion between the height, weight, and body length of the individual dog is more important than corresponding to the standard by a separate measurement.

The coat is one of the hallmarks of the breed. It’s very dense and weather resistant. The hair on the face is very short, but on the forelegs, tail, belly, and chest, it’s very long. The Border Collie can have both smooth and wavy coat. The breed standard allows any coat color and pattern in this breed. The most common pattern is white and tan patches against a black background. Solid, merle, sable, and bi-color dogs are rare in this breed. As it’s seen on the Border Collie picture, the appearance of these dogs is secondary to working abilities and intelligence.