Product Description

This energetic, intelligent working dog attained AKC recognition only in recent decades. Although an outdoors dog, it also makes a good family pet. This book is a brand-new title in Barron’s extensive line of Complete Pet Owner’s Manuals. They advise current and soon-to-be pet owners on the care of dogs and cats of virtually all recognized breeds, as well as on birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, small mammals, and even exotic creatures like tarantulas and sugar gliders. The information in each book is authoritative but the language is non-technical and easy for every pet owner to understand. Every title in this series is individually written from first page to last by a breeder, trainer, veterinarian, or other animal specialist. All Complete Pet Owner’s Manuals are filled with high-quality color photos and instructive line art.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #137524 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-16
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

From the Inside Flap
(back cover):
Information and advice to help you take good care of your Border Collie

The typical Border Collie: its origins, anatomy, physical traits, temperament, and more

Expert advice: feeding, health care, training, exercise, grooming, and more

Understanding your Border Collie: its voice, its body language, and their meaning

Customer Reviews

Great reference
This book is a concise little reference book and a quick read. It's not very detailed but for that I'd recommend "Your Border Collie's Life" by Kim Dearth. What I like about this book are the nice quality pictures of Border Collies and the easy-to-find topics.

Why should I buy this?
Like many breeds, the Border Collie deserves understanding by potential and current owners. I don't feel however this book was intended to do that. A basic dog care book would suffice for most of it and in spending too much time on this, diminishes the challenge and understanding this breed demands of its owners.

The contention of the author that the Border Collie is relatively a new breed is, in my mind patently dishonest. Border Collie records are well documented and go back well over a hundred years, but for the AKC, that decided to recognize the breed recently, it is "recent" and, I presume that is the authors perspective in writing this.

On this point, it should also be noted by the author (but is not) that registered AKC Border Collies were created based on "looks like" and not on herding or intelligence or even the historical records for the breed.

Today, there are two registries that exist competing with each other. Those that are recognized to be Border Collie workding dogs and those that are recognized by the AKC.

New Border Collie Owner
This is a very interesting book with a lot of specific information about Border Collies. I have found it to be very helpful, and refer to it on a daily basis regarding the many questions I, as new owner of a BC, encounter when dealing with my young BC. These are very complex dogs, not to be taken on casually, and this book acknowledges their potential difficulties, but also their extreme intelligence and need to work.