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in the dog breed section to the let of the topics page (where the hearts are?) i looked up the Border Collie....there needs to be a correction in there...actually 2....1st, on of the most common colours for a Border is black and white...it says nothing about this colour.....2nd, it says One famous variety of the Border Collie dog breed is the McNab....the McNab is not a Border Collie...as stated here...

McNabs

As for working ability, the McNab is very cat-footed, very fast and agile. He generally is a more direct and forceful stockdog than his "cousin" the Border Collie, not as excitable as the Kelpie, and not as strong minded as an Australian Cattledog. He is very easy to teach, giving you his alert attention and complete loyalty. He is usually a one-man (or woman), one-family dog, does not tolerate stray dogs, strange people or animals.
The McNabs are recognized as working stockdogs and are registered through the National Stockdog Registry of Butler, Indiana.
In the early 1800's, the Bruce McKinsey family left northern Scotland and settled in the Grampian Hills of central Scotland. They brought with them their stock dogs, the Fox Shepherds, the origin is not known, but have survived in Scotland for centuries. Alexander McNab was a neighbor of the McKinseys who raised the Fox Shepherds, and started the breed in the Grampian Hills.
Alexander McNab and his family left Glasgow, Scotland in 1868, came to the United States of America, and settled in California on the ranch known as the McNab ranch in Mendocino, California south of Ukiah. They brought one dog with them, but it died soon after they arrived. In 1885, Mr. McNab returned to the Grampian Hills in Scotland for the sole purpose of getting some of the dogs he was used to working (with). He purchased two dogs, Peter and Fred. He brought Peter back with him. Fred was left in Scotland to have his training completed, and was sent to America later. Fred was strictly a lead dog; Peter worked both lead and drive. These two dogs were bred to select shepherd females of Spanish origin which were brought to this country by the Basque sheep herders, and that cross was called McNab shepherds because Mr. McNab perfected this breed of stock dogs which would head or heel. The McNab is not a Border Collie.
just thought i'd point that out...i've known many Border people and a few McNab people that get a bit het up about them being classified as "the same, just different varieties"....that'd be like saying the Heeler and Kelpie or Sheltie and Collie are just different varieties of the same breed.....