If you’ve been researching Border collie adoption, you’ve read the warning labels on all the Border collie websites. They boil down to:

#1. Border collies are maniacs, and no sane person wants one.

#2. Border collies are the coolest dogs in the world, and you aren’t worthy.

By now you’ve concluded that only narcissistic know-it-alls get to have crazy-cool dogs, and you don’t. The reasons they give you look like this:

#3. You Don’t Have the Right Stuff

By now you know that in order to acquire a Border collie, you need to prove that you have:

• a fenced yard,
• eight to ten free hours a day,
• your own sheep farm, or at least your own agility course,
• a degree in law, veterinary medicine, ethics, animal behavior, sports management, cognitive psychology, and a minor in canine culinary science and nutrition,
• no children, cats, computers, or other distractions,
• six years of experience owning, training…