[Irene Adler]

Mr. Adler and I would love to have a border collie, but we know we could not provide enough stimulation for such an active, intelligent breed.

Last summer, I watched a herding demonstration with a border collie and three sheep. It was fascinating. The dog could keep all three sheep shoulder to shoulder or cut one away from the group at a second's notice. The poor sheep didn't know which way was up except what the dog was making them do. The toughest part for the guy that was giving the border collie its instructions was to get the dog to lie still on the ground from time to time because the dog wanted to work those sheep fulltime and was reluctant to stop bossing them around. The only instruction the dog was reluctant to take from the man was to STOP what he was doing. He was just crazy to keep those sheep busy every second.

If you leave your tax info. out, your border collie just might be persuaded to do you taxes for you while you're at work.

[Space Wrangler]

My wife came into the marriage with a dalmatian as well. Sometimes I can see the looks of utter contempt on my border collie's face while she watches the dal's antics. And yes, it is one of the harder things to get the bc's to stop what they're doing while herding. You should go to some of the border collie field trials. THAT is where you will see just how outstanding this breed really is. I know people who own farms who said that they no longer have to tend to cattle anymore. Just yell at their BC's to round 'em up, and it's done. All they have to do is close the gate behind the livestock.

[Wright is right!]

"If you leave your tax info. out, your border collie just might be persuaded to do you taxes for you while you're at work."

Not if a Westie sees it first!

Michael