ʻO ka Border Collie kahi ʻīlio kaulike me ka hana haʻuki, kahi poʻo triangle, mu muiki ʻiʻo, a me hazel, ʻeleʻele, a me nā maka polū māmā (kekahi manawa he ʻokoʻa ke kala). Hoʻokomo pinepine ʻo ia i hoʻokahi pepeiao i kui ʻia a pelu ʻia kekahi.

Lauoho : pinepine ʻeleʻele a keʻokeʻo, pōkole a waena paha o ka lōʻihi me ka mane.

Size (ke kiʻekiʻe ma kahi maloʻo): 45 a 60 cm.

Weight : mai 15 a 25 kg.

Hoʻokaʻawale FCI : N ° 166.

ʻO ka Border Collie hails mai kahi moku e pili ana i ka palena ma waena o Skotlandia a me ʻEnelani, ka ʻāina o Nā mākaʻikaʻi ka mea nāna i hāʻawi i kona inoa. ʻO ka lāhui i hoʻomaka ʻia mai nā keʻa i waena o nā hipa e like me ka Bobtail a me ka Bearded Collie a me nā ʻīlio huli holoholona e like me ka Setter. Hoʻohana ʻia ia ma ke ʻano he kahu hipa ma Palani mai nā makahiki 1970.

He hana hana ka Border Collie a hōʻike i kahi ʻike kupanaha ke hana pū me nā pūʻā holoholona āna e kiaʻi nei. Aia ʻo ia i ka manawa like ola, makaʻala a hoʻomanawanui hoʻi. ʻO kona makemake no ka kaohi i nā mea e neʻe a puni iā ​​ia - e kū mai ana i kāna ʻīlio ʻīlio hānai mālama pono ʻia - lilo i mea hilahila a pono e mālama ʻia e nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa koʻikoʻi a kūpono hoʻi. Ma waho o ka hānau ʻana, e hoʻohana ʻia paha ia me he ʻīlio mākaʻi, ʻīlio ʻimi a hoʻopakele. E hoʻomaopopo hoʻi i nā mākau o kēia ʻīlio e waiwai nui ʻia i nā hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū a me nā haʻuki e like me canicross a i ʻole flyball.

Ua hōʻike kahi noiʻi Pelekane o 376 Border Collies i ke ola waena ma waena o 12 a 13 mau makahiki, me ka holoholona kahiko i make i ka makahiki 17,4. ʻO nā kumu nui o ka make ka maʻi ʻaʻai (23,6%), ʻelemakule (17,9%), hahau (9,4%) a me nā pilikia puʻuwai (6,6%). Pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia i ko lākou ʻano nohona e hōʻike iā lākou i ka makaʻu o nā ulia pōpilikia (nā ulia ala, nā hōʻeha e nā ʻīlio ʻē aʻe, a pēlā aku.)

Pākuʻi Hip ʻo ia ka maʻaʻano maʻamau maʻamau i loaʻa i ka Border Collie. 12,6% o nā ʻīlio i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e ʻO ka Orthopedic Foundation no nā holoholona (OFA) pili. (2)

ʻO Collom's Eye Anomaly (AOC) kahi maʻi kūlohelohe e lohi iki i ka ulu ʻana o nā ʻāpana o ka maka, ʻo ka retina hoʻi. Hoʻololi ka nui o ka maʻi i ka maʻi. Ua hōʻoia ʻia ka hōʻoia e kahi hōʻike DNA. He maʻi recessive autosomal kēia: pili pili ʻole ia i nā kāne a me nā wahine a hiki i kahi holoholona ke hoʻoili i ka gen mutated i kāna keiki me ka maʻi ʻole.

Epilepsy: nui nā kumu a me nā hopena o kēia maʻi neurological i ka hanana o ka hopu ʻana, ka nalowale o ka ʻike a me nā loli i ka lawena. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka Border Collie kekahi o nā ʻano predisposed, akā me ka ʻike ʻole i ka hopena o kēia maʻi.

Ua mālama ʻia kahi noiʻi e ka ʻO ka Border Collie Society o ʻAmelika i ʻoi aku ma mua o 2 mau ʻīlio i hōʻike ʻia ʻaʻole pili ka Border Collie i ke kaumaha a me nā maʻi koi ikaika, akā ʻo ia, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe. hypersensitive i nā kani hiki ke hoʻonāukiuki iā ia. (3)

Makemake nā poʻe he nui i kahi holoholona me ia mau hiki. Akā he kakaikahi ka loaʻa o nā mākau, no ka mea ʻo ka Border Collie koi i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa e kūlike me kona ʻano kūlohelohe. Pono ʻoe i kahi lōʻihi ma mua me nā ʻīlio ma mua o ka hoʻokau ʻana i kāu mau maka i kēia holoholona. Ma ka laulaha, hoʻonāwaliwali loa ʻia ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻīlio no nā mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka hana kau bipi kahi ke ʻano o kona ulu ʻana a me kāna kaulike, no ka mea koi ia i kahi nui o kēlā me kēia lā o ka hoʻoikaika kino a me ka noʻonoʻo.