Hints to aid in child rearing from an article in the February 5, 2002 addition of the Wall Street Journal:
The effort to convert the border collie to sniffer from herder is
not going to work,predicts Carl Larsen, who breeds the line and is a director of the Texas Sheepdog Association.All a border wants to do is watch sheep and maybe some cows.Border collies kept as pets have been known to drive toddlers and cats back and forth in the yard, or to circle the furniture for hours.
