IBorder Collie yinja elingene nendawo ngokwakha i-athletic, ikhanda likanxantathu, isifonyo esincane, ne-hazel, mnyama, noma amehlo aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka (kwesinye isikhathi anombala ohlukile). Imvamisa uthwala enye indlebe evuliwe enye isongwe.

Izinwele : imvamisa omnyama nomhlophe, omfushane noma omaphakathi nobude ngemane.

Usayizi (ukuphakama kuyabuna): 45 kuya ku-60 cm.

Isisindo : kusuka ku-15 kuye ku-25 ​​kg.

Ukwahlukaniswa kwe-FCI : N ° 166.

IBorder Collie isuka esifundeni esinqamule umngcele ophakathi kweScotland neNgilandi, isifunda sase Imingcele eyayiqamba igama layo. Uhlobo lolo luvela ezinqamulezweni eziphakathi kwezinja zezimvu ezifana neBobtail neBearded Collie nezinja zokuzingela ezifana neSetter. Isetshenziswe njengenja yezimvu eFrance kusukela ngawo-1970.

IBorder Collie ingumuntu osebenza ngokweqile futhi ikhombisa ubuhlakani obudidayo lapho isebenza nemihlambi yezilwane eziyigadayo. Ngasikhathi sinye unempilo, uqaphile futhi uyabekezela. Isifiso sakhe sokulawula konke okuhamba eduze kwakhe - okususelwa kumzwelo wezinja zakhe ezeluswe ngokucophelela - kuphenduka inkanuko futhi kufanele kulawulwe ngokuqeqeshwa okuqinile nokufanele. Ngaphandle kokuzalela, kungenzeka ukuthi isetshenziswe njengenja yamaphoyisa, inja yokucinga nokutakula. Qaphela futhi ukuthi amakhono ale nja aziswa kakhulu emincintiswaneni ye-agility nakwezemidlalo efana ne-canicross noma i-flyball.

Ucwaningo lwaseBrithani lwamaBorder Collies angama-376 lwembula isikhathi esiphakathi kweminyaka eyi-12 nengu-13, kanti isilwane esidala kunazo zonke sesife sineminyaka engu-17,4 ubudala. Izimbangela ezinkulu zokufa ngumdlavuza (23,6%), ukuguga (17,9%), isifo sohlangothi (9,4%) nezinkinga zenhliziyo (6,6%). Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi indlela yabo yokuphila ibabeka engcupheni yezingozi (izingozi zomgwaqo, ukuhlaselwa ezinye izinja, njll.) (1) I-Hip dysplasia, ukungaboni kahle kwamehlo kaCollie nesifo sokuwa kuthathwa njengezifo zofuzo ezivame kakhulu:

I-hip dysplasia yisimo sezakhi zofuzo esivame kakhulu okutholakala kuBorder Collie. Izinja eziyi-12,6% ezifundwe ngu I-Orthopedic Foundation Yezilwane (OFA) kuyathinteka. (2)

I-Eye Anomaly kaCollie (AOC) yisifo sokuzalwa esiphatha kancane kancane ukukhula kwezingxenye zeso, ikakhulukazi i-retina. Ubukhulu besifo buyahlukahluka kakhulu: bungaba mnene, buholele ekukhubazekeni kokubuka okuncane noma ubumpumputhe. Ukuxilongwa kuqinisekiswa ukuhlolwa kwe-DNA. Kuyisifo se-autosomal recessive: sithinta abesilisa nabesifazane ngokungakhethi futhi isilwane singadlulisela isakhi sofuzo enzalweni yaso ngaphandle kokugula uqobo.

Isithuthwane: lesi sifo sezinzwa sinezimbangela eziningi kanye nemiphumela yokuvela kokuquleka, ukulahleka kokwazi kanye nezinguquko ekuziphatheni. I-Border Collie ibhekwa njengenye yezinhlobo ezibekiwe, kepha ngaphandle kokwazi izehlakalo zalesi sifo.

Ucwaningo olwenziwe yi- IBorder Collie Society of America ezinjeni ezingaphezu kwezingu-2 zikhombisile ukuthi iBorder Collie ayithambekele kakhulu ekucindezelekeni nasekuphazamisekeni okuphoqayo, kepha ngakolunye uhlangothi, hypersensitive imisindo lokho kungamenza akhathazeke. (3)

Abantu abaningi bafuna ukuba nesilwane esinamakhono anjalo. Kepha bambalwa abanamakhono, ngoba iBorder Collie idinga ukuqeqeshwa ukufanisa izimfanelo zayo zemvelo. Kufanele ube nokuhlangenwe nakho okude ngaphambi kwesikhathi nezinja ngaphambi kokubeka izinto zakho kulesi silwane. Ngokuvamile, kudumazeka kakhulu ukuba nenja enjalo nganoma yini enye ngaphandle komsebenzi wezinkomo okuyisimo sokukhula kwayo nokulinganisela kwayo, ngoba kudinga umthamo omkhulu wansuku zonke wokuvuselelwa ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo.