How to Use border collie in a Sentence

border collie

noun
  • Her border collie, Mae, leads the way up the steps and through the tattered screen door.
    Noah Davis, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The first dog, a youngish black hound and border collie mix, is named Sharon.
    Gene Weingarten, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
  • And neither one of those had a border collie that won the Palm Dog prize at Cannes.
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
  • In a flash a border collie zips across the lawn, grabbing the pup and dashing out of harm's way.
    Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, 15 Apr. 2019
  • Some are excited and bold, such as Jake, a border collie who comes to train at the farm.
    Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Aug. 2020
  • In the picture, the black and white border collie mix has one of his front legs stitched up while standing tall on the other three.
    Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com, 3 Apr. 2022
  • The strange charm between border collie and sheep, leaf and wind, the two distant electrons.
    Devin Powell, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2016
  • Jake the border collie was hit and killed by a motorist, who left his body laying alongside the road.
    Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 June 2018
  • Theo is a 7½ year old border collie-poodle mix — a medium size dogs who’s cute and kind of fluffy.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 June 2021
  • But the border collie and Australian shepherd mix is unique from the rest of her litter: She was born with six legs.
    Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Although border collies are the most prevalent breed in the sport, some of the dogs are Australian shepherds or kelpies.
    Scott Huddleston, ExpressNews.com, 16 Feb. 2020
  • Sage, nearly 7, is a border collie mix who weighs 54 pounds.
    idahostatesman, 26 Feb. 2018
  • And Ace, a 10-year-old border collie, is usually at his side.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Jenny the donkey, border collie Morse and Minnie the horse.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The largest great bustard recorded tipped the scales at more than 46 pounds—that’s slightly heavier than a full-size border collie.
    National Geographic, 15 May 2018
  • The border collie/great Pyrenees mix was with the family for about a week when their 12-year-old dog Shyla died, Cochran says.
    Janelle Jessen, Arkansas Online, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The town called in shepherd Craig Mason, who along with his border collie Nessie, gathered up the goats by about 9 p.m. local time.
    Matt McNulty, PEOPLE.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Stardust Stardust, a border collie mix on Team Fluff, has a twinkle in her eye.
    Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Watch the video to see a border collie doing her bit for the environment by picking up trash.
    Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Their three-year-old border collie, Star, had been diagnosed with a partial tear in her knee.
    Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Boyd, a seven-year-old border collie/husky mix, has become a fixture at the stadium since 2019, helping to chase geese off the field at the start of the day.
    Hayden Bird, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2021
  • His dog, named Colusa (three parts corgi, one part border collie), scampers around the room.
    Katy Steinmetz, Time, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Bryan was traveling with her dog Booch, a black-and-white border collie mix, in a red 2004 Subaru Outback.
    Fox News, 14 Oct. 2021
  • There was: a 7-year-old border collie-Australian shepherd mix, whom O’Grey adopted and named Peety.
    Kate Hogan, PEOPLE.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • But the 33-pound border collie is indisputably best at her main job—bossing the sheep around on a Florida farm.
    Jim Carlton, WSJ, 9 May 2022
  • Berry moved to the town 23 years ago from the Bay Area and fell in love with the tranquil surroundings, taking her border collie for daily swims in a nearby lake.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Medium-sized dogs like border collies and beagles live 11-14 years.
    Jennifer Nelson, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The record goes to an impressive border collie named Chaser who learned the names of 1,022 toys over three years of intensive training.
    Erica Tennenhouse, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Chasing them away was part of the city's goose management program in 2008 — because no one herds animals better than a border collie.
    Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 12 July 2024
  • Some people who think too hard about shipping dog-children have decided the father is Mackenzie, Bluey’s border collie school chum.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2024

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