Donald McCaig

If you get a dog that goes out there and bumps the sheep, comes on too hard, the sheep don't trust him. ”

Rhett Butler is very mysterious. He disappears, he reappears, God knows where he goes. We know nothing about his family to speak of. ”

A young dog's faith is absolute... Dogs are notorious for hope. Dogs believe that this morning, this very morning, may begin a day of fascination, easily grander than any day in the past. ”

The Civil War has a tremendous moral and emotional force. ”

Though each trainer believes his or her method is best, I don't think it matters which method the pet owner adopts so long as that owner finds a capable mentor and sticks with the training. Eventually you will learn to see your dog, and when that happens, the richness of your and your dog's lives will tell you what to do next. ”

If you don't have work for a border collie or time to train it properly, your bright young border collie will invent his own work, and chances are you won't like it. ”

Believe in your work. ”

I do not believe you can work with animals - certainly you cannot train them - without deciding that if humans have souls, dogs do, too. ”