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Compare Border Collie
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Size and lifespan
- Size
- Border CollieMedium
- Typical adult height
- Border Collie48–53 cm
- Typical lifespan
- Border Colliefrom 12 years
Exercise and care
- Exercise
- Border CollieVery high: usually needs several hours of activity or work each day
- Energy
- Border CollieVery lively
- Grooming
- Border CollieSeveral times a week
- Shedding
- Border CollieModerate shedding
- Training
- Border CollieUsually eager to learn
- Barking
- Border CollieCan be vocal
Home life
- Home
- Border CollieUsually happier in a house
- Garden
- Border CollieA secure garden is strongly advised
- Time alone
- Border CollieUsually copes only with short periods alone
- Owner experience
- Border CollieSome dog experience helps
Living with others
- Children
- Border CollieUsually better with older, calmer children
- Other dogs
- Border CollieUsually sociable with other dogs
- Cats and small pets
- Border CollieVaries with the individual dog
These are typical breed tendencies from reviewed sources, never a promise about an individual dog. Read each guide for the detail and ask the breeder or rescue about the dog you are considering.