YOU CAN LEAD A BORDER COLLIE TO A PADDLING POOL…But you cannot make them go in. The total contrariness of collies is well illustrated here by Jerry Bennett’s Hector, Ollie and Maisie, “for while they will jump into rivers, lakes, ponds, and probably across the Grand Canyon,” he says, “when it comes to putting their delicate little feet into this evil, one foot deep ‘death pond’ it is just far too risky.” The look on those dogs’ faces! | Collieology