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
• Grey, a border collie, tucked himself low to the ground.
  — Lizzy Alspach, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024