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THE BORDER COLLIE ORIGINATED IN THE
BORDER COUNTRY BETWEEN SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND. IT IS A VERY OLD BREED, WITH REFERENCES IN LITERATURE GOING BACK TO AT LEAST
1570 IN WRITINGS BY DR. CAIUS. CAIUS MENTIONS HIM AS "NOT HUGE, VASTE AND BIGGE BUT OF INDIFFERENT STATURE AND GROWTH". THE
BREED HAS BEEN KNOWN AS THE WORKING COLLIE, OLD-FASHIONED COLLIE, FARM COLLIE, AND ENGLISH COLLIE. IT WAS IN 1915 THAT JAMES
REID, SECRETARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHEEPDOG SOCIETY IN GREAT BRITAIN, FIRST CALLED THE DOG A BORDER COLLIE.
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