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Dogs with sheep herding aptitude were bred selectively to meet demand from gaucho cowboys seeking herding dogs. A new breed emerged in a short time: the Gaucho Sheepdog, with a phenotype more adapted to the climate and geography of the region and a temperament more adapted to the needs of the local cowboys, maintaining an excellent aptitude for ...
Mackenzie, a New Zealand Border Collie living in Brisbane from the Australian animated preschool TV series Bluey. Messi, a Border Collie who starred as "Snoop" in Anatomy of a Fall and won the 2023 Palm Dog award at the Cannes Film Festival [67] Hurricane, a Border Collie, won season 18 of America's Got Talent with his trainer Adrian Stoica. [68]
Old Hemp (1 September 1893 – May 1901) was a stud dog considered to be the progenitor to the Border Collie breed. He was owned by Adam Telfer, and was used as a working dog to herd sheep . His style was different from that commonly seen during his era, as he worked far more quietly than the other sheepdogs of the time.
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The Dog, the Border Collie of the comic strip Footrot Flats. Colleen, a female collie in Road Rovers. Nana, a female Border Collie in Snow Dogs; Shadow, collie from Enid Blyton's book Shadow the Sheepdog. The collie type is not identified in the text, but the illustrations in an early edition look vaguely like a border collie.
Chaser (April 28, 2004 – July 23, 2019) was a Border Collie with the largest tested memory of any non-human animal. Chaser worked with Professor John W. Pilley, at his home in Spartanburg, South Carolina, from eight weeks old, until Pilley's death in June 2018. Pilley spent that time training her in a formal research project.
A herding dog, also known as a stock dog or working dog, is a type of dog that either has been trained in herding livestock or belongs to one of the breeds that were developed for herding. A dog specifically trained to herd sheep is known as a sheep dog or shepherd dog, and one trained to herd cattle is known as a cattle dog or cow dog.
Rico, a Border Collie who was known to understand over 280 words; Chaser, a Border Collie with a vocabulary of 1022 words; List of individual dogs; Koko, a gorilla who learned sign language; Alex, a grey parrot known for intelligent use of speech; Dog intelligence; Human-animal communication; Animal cognition