Border collies were trained in Scotland. They have the Scots’ commands in their genes. At the dog trials, the owners wear those three-piece western suits, cowboy boots and 10-gallon hats, but they carry Scots shepherd’s crooks over their arms and talk to their dogs in Scots accents. Donald McCaig Read Quote
Border collies predate the British Kennel Club. They’ve been bred consistently for 100 years. They’re the last working dogs in the world, with some minor exceptions. Bench shows, dog shows have ruined the other breeds, like the hunting dogs. Border collies are peasant dogs, and that’s protected them. Donald McCaig Read Quote
The majority of border collie owners and breeders don’t want to have anything to do with the show ring. Donald McCaig Read Quote
I do not believe you can work with animals – certainly you cannot train them – without deciding that if humans have souls, dogs do, too. Donald McCaig Read Quote
Had we settled in Pennsylvania, there’s no way I would have written a Confederate novel. Donald McCaig Read Quote
What we didn’t realize then – and one of the many things Timothy Leary was wrong about – is that when you drop out, you inevitably also drop in. Donald McCaig Read Quote
If you get a dog that goes out there and bumps the sheep, comes on too hard, the sheep don’t trust him. Donald McCaig Read Quote
