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What a Border Collie Taught a Linguist About Language
Tansy was not into sports. The little border collie, a rescue, didn’t care for agility trials or flyball. But her adopted family—with two other border collies already in the house—played them all the time. Border collies, the elite athletes of the canine universe, are working dogs. They go a little nuts without something to do. After a little consternation, Tansy's new owner Robin Queen, a linguist at the University of Michigan, got some advice: sheep. And why not? Border collies are, after all, sheepdogs.
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Ha ha :D Funny fact: If a border collie doesn’t have sheep to herd his intense drive to fulfill this need will force him to happily herd people, children, other pets and whatever he feels needs to be herded. I love border collies!
I have a border collie and man, he really prepares me for when I become a parent!