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Border Collie Did You Know?
- The Border Collie is AKC's 139th breed.
- The Border Collie was featured in the hit movie, "Babe".
- "Collie" is a Scottish dialect word used to describe sheepdogs,
including Border Collies.
- The 18th century poet laureate of Scotland, Robert Burns, accurately
described the essence of the Border Collie, describing it as "honest"
and "faithful".
- The Border Collie was first classified as the "Scotch Sheep Dog".
- In the second half of the 19th century, Queen Victoria spotted a Border
Collie and became an active enthusiast (at this point, the divergence between
our modern Collie and the Border Collie began).
- Border Collies are famous for their work in sheepherding, including sheepherding
trials; a Border Collie fancier, Mr. R.J. Lloyd Price, is credited with
the institution of sheepdog trials in 1876.
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