A dog as smart as a champion horse
It would be hard to imagine the countryside without the ubiquitous sheepdog. So great is the urge to manage the movement of other species the border collie will instinctively round up sheep, cattle, turkeys, pigs and even small children. My own collie/Bernese cross, known as Handsome Jack, proved this point when he first came to us as a 12 -week-old rescue puppy.
He was a sad little thing in those days after a rough start to life during which time he’d been variously dumped in a ditch at around three weeks old, tied up and left by the side of the road, chased by farm dogs — and someone had attempted to drown him.
