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Okay, good morning, my name is Jim Leske. I'm an animal trainer with Expert Village
and today we are talking about border collies and herding. Specifically, we are going to
talk a little bit now about the history of a border collie. Originally, they were born
and bred in Scotland and England on farms and ranches for herding sheep and goats, primarily.
They are very, very physical dogs; very intelligent and there's a particular language that does
go with that. But, you don't have to utilize that language, you can just do the simple
stuff of "left, right, away, to me, away me," and so on and so forth. They are very, very
fast dogs and the history of the border collie goes way back into the 1800s so these guys
have been herding farm and ranch animals for quite some time. They are also good at protecting
the flock. So, with that, that wraps us up. I'm Jim Leske with Expert Village, and I'll
be back with more herding in just a minute.