I also had a border collie and it was the best dog a man could have. He died of old age a few years back at the age of 15. I live on a farm and would check the cows every day using an ATV. He would run along beside me until we got near the cows, then he would run ahead and bring them back to me. He originally belonged to my neighbor, but when he was a few month old we bought the farm next door and started building a house. Took him about 2 days to figure out I was going to be outside all day working on the house or the fence. He never left my side. He would only go “home” to eat and would come back. After a year the owner brought his papers over and said, he is your responsibility now. We were good friends and he didn’t really want the dog and never went outside so it worked out for everyone. Once when I was building a new fence along a tree line, he was laying down about 20 yards from me and a coyote charged out of the trees and tackled him before he knew what happened. As they wrestled I grabbed my axe and ran that way. When the coyote looked up my dog got away. I have been an avid coyote hunter ever since. He did have one odd habit. Every night, he would go back to his original owners house and bring his work boots back to my house. Every morning I would take them back and we would share a cup of coffee. He never chewed on a single boot and never lost one. Go figure. Good times. I could fill up a book with stories about that dog. Very, very smart doesn’t begin to describe him. He learned about a hundred words with no effort at all. Just an amazing dog / friend. I’ll stop now. Get a border collie if you have time to devote to him, otherwise he will find his own entertainment and you won’t like it.