Border Collie ndi galu wapakatikati wokhala ndi masewera othamanga, mutu wa katatu, mphuno yopapatiza, ndi maso a hazel, akuda, kapena a buluu (nthawi zina amakhala amtundu wosiyana). Nthawi zambiri amanyamula khutu limodzi ndipo linalo atapinda.

Tsitsi : nthawi zambiri zakuda ndi zoyera, zazifupi kapena zazitali zapakati ndi mane.

kukula (kutalika kwa kufota): 45 mpaka 60 cm.

Kunenepa : kuchokera pa 15 mpaka 25 kg.

Gulu FCI : N ° 166.

Border Collie amachokera kudera lomwe limadutsa malire a Scotland ndi England, chigawo cha Malire amene anaupatsa dzina. Mtunduwu unachokera ku mitanda pakati pa agalu a nkhosa monga Bobtail ndi Bearded Collie ndi agalu osaka monga Setter. Amagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati galu woweta nkhosa ku France kuyambira 1970s.

The Border Collie ndi wotanganidwa ndi ntchito ndipo amasonyeza luntha lodabwitsa pamene akugwira ntchito ndi magulu a nyama zomwe amaziyang'anira. Panthaŵi imodzimodziyo ali wamoyo, watcheru ndi wopirira. Chikhumbo chake chofuna kulamulira zonse zomwe zimayenda mozungulira iye - kuchokera ku chibadwa chake chosamalidwa bwino cha agalu - chimasandulika kukhala chotengeka ndipo chiyenera kuyendetsedwa ndi maphunziro okhwima ndi oyenera. Kupatula kuswana, atha kugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati galu wapolisi, galu wosaka komanso wopulumutsa. Dziwaninso kuti luso la galu uyu limayamikiridwa kwambiri pamipikisano yachangu komanso masewera monga canicross kapena flyball.

Kafukufuku waku Britain pa 376 Border Collies akuwonetsa moyo wapakati pa zaka 12 ndi 13, pomwe nyama yayikulu kwambiri idamwalira ili ndi zaka 17,4. Zomwe zimayambitsa imfa ndi khansa (23,6%), ukalamba (17,9%), sitiroko (9,4%) ndi mavuto a mtima (6,6%). Kuyenera kudziŵika kuti moyo wawo umawaika pachiwopsezo cha ngozi (ngozi zapamsewu, kuukiridwa ndi agalu ena, ndi zina zotero) (1) Hip dysplasia, Collie's eye anomaly ndi khunyu amaonedwa kuti ndi matenda ofala kwambiri a majini:

Chifuwa cha dysplasia ndi matenda omwe amapezeka kwambiri ku Border Collie. 12,6% ya agalu ophunziridwa ndi Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) amakhudzidwa. (2)

Collie's Eye Anomaly (AOC) ndi matenda obadwa nawo omwe amakhudza pang'onopang'ono kukula kwa mbali za diso, makamaka retina. Kukula kwa matendawa kumasiyanasiyana mosiyanasiyana: kumatha kukhala ofatsa, kumayambitsa kusawona bwino kapena khungu. Matendawa amatsimikiziridwa ndi kuyesa kwa DNA. Ndi matenda a autosomal recessive: amakhudza amuna ndi akazi mosasamala ndipo nyama imatha kupatsira jini yosinthika kwa ana ake popanda kudwala yokha.

Khunyu: matenda a ubongowa ali ndi zifukwa zambiri ndipo amachititsa kuti pakhale kugwidwa, kutaya chidziwitso ndi kusintha kwa khalidwe. Border Collie amaonedwa kuti ndi imodzi mwa mitundu yomwe ili yokonzedweratu, koma popanda kudziwa zochitika za matendawa.

Kafukufuku wochitidwa ndi Border Collie Society of America mwa agalu opitilira 2 awonetsa kuti Border Collie sakonda kukhumudwa komanso kukhumudwa, koma kuti, kumbali ina, hypersensitive to sounds Zimenezi zingamuchititse kukhala ndi nkhawa. (3)

Anthu ambiri amafuna kukhala ndi nyama yokhala ndi luso limeneli. Koma ndi ochepa omwe ali ndi luso, chifukwa Border Collie amafuna kuphunzitsidwa kuti agwirizane ndi makhalidwe ake achilengedwe. Muyenera kukhala ndi nthawi yayitali ndi agalu musanayang'ane nyamayi. Kawirikawiri, amalepheretsedwa kwambiri kukhala ndi galu woteroyo kwa china chirichonse osati ntchito ya ng'ombe yomwe ili mkhalidwe wa chitukuko chake ndi kulinganiza kwake, chifukwa zimafuna mlingo waukulu wa tsiku ndi tsiku wa kukondoweza kwa thupi ndi maganizo.