Great story re Joe. I had a border collie, Sweet Pea, and next door was his partner in crime, Abraham. Abe would get out at midnight and whimper outside the window, wake Sweet Pea up. He’d slide the window open with his NOSE, launch off the couch, and get out.
One time they ran out of town and down about 5 miles to the dump!! They were spotted there for several days but nobody could catch them!! Just having a hullabaloo. Finally they went to the little market near there and crashed. Owner called me - “Your dogs are down here.”
That wild streak is not far tucked under the thin veneer of domestication, esp the herders. Too funny
Sweet Pea was a smart Border Collie. A very smart breed.
I miss having a dog, but I live in an apartment now and don’t really want to walk it a couple of times a day. Have a rotten kittie now, “DaisyJane,” who is a tri-colored Tabby, very feisty girl, bites her mom to get her way.