All About Border Collies
All About Border Collies
List of Border Collie Books
Aaster, Mary, The Flock (1906)
Early sheep farming in the U.S.A.
Alexander, L. R., Selecting and Training a Stockdog, Marshfield, MO: L.R. Alexander
Selecting & Training Border Collie for cattle work
Allen, Arthur, A Lifetime with the Working Collie, Their Training and History, McLeansboro, Ill.: Arthur Allen (1979)
Training, autobiography.
-----, Album of Fame, McLeansboro, Ill.: Arthur Allen
History, autobiography.
-----, Border Collies in America, McLeansboro, Ill.: Arthur Allen (1965)
History, autobiography.
Amery, H., The Silly Sheepdog, London: Usbourne (1990)
Anderson, G. M., From the Glens to the Lowlands, Bognor Regis, Sussex: New Horizon (1979)
A British shepherd/farmer discusses his lifetime work.
-----, Times Remembered, Bognor Regis: Anchor Publishing (1985)
Autobiography
Anderson, M., The Good Dogs of Algides (1965)
True story of a remote New Zealand sheep station
"Arnsonian," Training the Working Collie Kulsyth: S.M. Duncan Ltd (1958)
Instructions on training a herding dog.
Ascroft, Patricia, The Border Collie, Douglas, Isle of Man: Times Longbooks (1965)
History, Training
Bader, Douglas, Dog Stories
Baker, Ivy, The Monday Sheepdog, Australia: Angus & Robertson (1987)
Story about a boy and his dog.
Ball, Murray, Footrot Flats, Kildawest, Victoria Australia: Orin Books (1978)
Humorous cartoon books
Barrington, John, Red Sky at Night, London: Michael Joseph (1984)
Personal narrative of a Perthshire shepherd
Baskerville, W., Show Collies & Shetland Sheepdogs
Chapter on working sheepdogs
Beaumont, Barbara, Bracken's Progress (1981)
Obedience & general training
-----, The Versatile Border Collie, England: Nimrod Press Ltd (1958)
Breed book.
Beresford, J., SOS for Sheepdog Taff, London: Holden & Stoughton (1963)
-----, Taff, the Sheepdog, London: University of London Press (1949)
Bernan, Robert, Tales from the Blue Stacks, London: Hamish Hamilton (1983)
Autobiography
Berrisford, Judith, Son of Taff, London: Holden & Stoughton (1959)
Story of sheepdog Taff.
Bewick, Thomas, General History of Quadrupeds, New Castle: Hodgson, Beilby & Bewick (1791)
Includes material about sheepdogs.
Bice, Clare, A Dog for Davie's Hill, New York: Macmillan (1957)
Story about a boy training his first sheepdog.
Billingham, Viv, One Woman and Her Dog, Cambridge: Patrick Stephens, Ltd. (1984)
Anecdotal, autobiography.
-----, The Shepherd's Wife, Yetholm: Viv Billingham (1986)
Further anecdotes about shepherding life.
-----, Tweedhope Sheep Dogs, Exeter: BPCC Wheatons LTD. (1990)
History, anecdote and autobiography
Birch, B., Discover a Shepherds Year, Hemel Hemstead: S & S Young Books (1990)
Pictorial
Black Bob Annual, Black Bob's Big Job, D. C. Thompson (1961)
Cartoon series.
-----, Black Bob and the Black Prowlers, D. C. Thompson (1957)
Cartoon series
-----, Black Bob's Island Adventures, D. C. Thompson (1951)
Cartoon series.
-----, Dangerous Days for Black Bob, D. C. Thompson (1959)
Cartoon series.
-----, Hee Haw Hill, D. C. Thompson
Cartoon series
-----, The Boot for Black Bob, D. C. Thompson (1962)
Cartoon series.
Blyton, Enid, Shadow, the Sheepdog, London: Collin (1958)
Story of a sheepdog.
Braund, Kathryn, The Uncommon Dog Breeds, New York: Arco (1975)
Contains a chapter on the Border Collie
Bray, Joan, The Border Checkpoint, Mittagong: John Wheeler Printing (1989)
Breed
Broad, E.G., Raising and Training A Working Dog, Wellington: New Zealand Dept. of Agriculture (1970)
Training.
Brood, G. D., Sheepdog Training
Training.
Brown, Lou & Marv, Stock Dog Training Manual, Ekalaka, MT: Eagle Publishing Co. (1990)
Training
Bunting, Edward & Sayers, Angela, Hamlyn Dog Breed Handbook: Border Collies, London: Hamlyn Publishing Group LTD. (1988)
General information
Burton, Jane, A Dog's Life, New York: Howell Book House (1986)
First year of life of a litter of pups told in photographs.
Caius, D. J., Of English Dogges, London (1570)
Section on the shepherd's dog
Capstick, Thomas, Sheepdog Training, England (1920?)
Training.
Carpenter, Barbara, The Blue Riband of the Heather: The Supreme Champions 1906-88, Ipswich: Farming Press (1989)
History of ISDS champions, with pictures
Carpenter, E. B., The Border Collies, Basic Training for Sheepwork
Lydney, Glos.: M. D. Jenkins (1982)
Basic training manual for herding dogs
Cavanaugh, Rod, Australian Sheep Dogs: Training & Handling, Victoria, Australia: R. C. Stocklight (1990)
Training
Chanoy, Georges, Chien de Benger, Paris: ITOUIC (1976)
Chapter on Border Collie
Clartie, H. G., Practical Shepherding (1959)
Clement, The Working Border Collie: A Handbook for Trainers and Handlers, (1959)
Breeding, history & training.
Coatsworth, Elizabeth, Jock's Island, New York: Viking (1963)
Fiction
Collier, Margaret, Border Collies, Neptune City, NY: T.F.H. Publications, Inc. (1991)
Breed
Combe, Iris, Border Collies, London: Faber & Faber (1978)
Breed book
-----, Collies Yesterday and Today, Liptree, Essex: J.B. Printers (1972)
Section on Border Collies
-----, Herding Dogs, Their Origin and Development in Britain, London: Faber & Faber (1987)
History
-----, Shepherds, Sheep, and Sheepdogs, Lancaster: Dalesman Books (1983)
A feminine view of shepherding life and customs
Cropper, Katy and Barbara Collins, A Dog's Life in the Dales, London: Smith Gryphon (1992)
Narrative
Daw, Nicky, Sheepdog, A & C Black (1986)
Training
Denmead, C., One Dog and His Man, Clapham, Lancs.: Dalesman (1983)
Cartoons
-----, One Dog and His Man--Another Bite of Shep, Clapham, Lancs.: Dalesman (1987)
Cartoons
DeSally, Vopgile, Suggestions pour dresser un Border Collie, Limoges: Maison de l'Agriculture (1975)
Dinnig, H. H., The Farmer's Best Friend: A Working Sheepdog, Australia (1979)
Drabble, Phil, One Man and His Dog, London: Michael Joseph (1984)
Behind-the-scenes description of the popular BBC TV series
Dudley, Ernest, Dog of the Storm, London: F. Muller (1979)
How a dog's deafness was overcome in training
Duncan, Jane, Brave Janet Reachfar, New York: Houghton Mifflin (1975)
Story of a girl and her Border Collie.
Edwards, M., Killer Dog, London: Collins (1959)
Erickson, Phoebe, Double or Nothing, New York: Harper & Row (1958)
Evans, Foy, Border Collies Training Simplified, Foy Evans (1981)
Training
Fayers, R. J., The Sheep of Dolqwilli, (1980)
Autobiography
Fidler, Kathleen, Flash the Sheepdog, Edinburgh: Lutterworth Press (1984)
Novel
-----, Turk, the Border Collie, Edinburgh: Lutterworth Press (1975)
Novel
Findlay, Jim, Se La V: Life of the Earth (1985)
Farming life in Scotland and dog training
Finger, C. J., A Dog at His Heel, Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company (1936)
The story of Jock an Australian sheepdog.
Finger, Karl, Hirten und Hutehunde, Ulmer: Stattgart (1988)
Contains material on Border Collies
Firbank, Thomas, I Bought A Mountain, London: G. G. Harap & Co. (1940)
Autobiography
Flick, Don, Anne Hootnanny: A Thief's Best Friend Is My Dog, Ontario, Canada: Flick Printing Ltd. (1971)
Highlights escapades of Mr. Flick's dogs.
Fogt, Bruce, Lessons from a Stock Dog: A Training Guide, Sidney, Ohio: The Working Border Collie, Inc. (1996)
Frazier, Farm Dogs
Georgetta, Clel Evan, Kelley of the Triune, Reno, Nev.: Venture Pub. Co. (1979)
Biography of a sheepdog.
Gossett, Adelaide L. J., Shepherds of Britain, London: Constable & Co. (1911)
Anecdotes
Goutte, Roy, The Principal Lines Vol. 1 & 2, Hampshire, England: Alresford Press Ltd. (1990)
Obedience and some trial bloodlines
Greig, T. Russell, The Sheepdog: Management and Feeding, Edinburgh: HMSO (1956)
Training
-----, Shepherd's Guide (revised) Glasgow: Robert Young (1985)
Training
Grew, Sheila, Key Dogs I, United Kingdom: Payn Essex Printers (1984)
Breed book
-----, Key Dogs II, United Kingdom: Payn Essex Printers (1985)
Breed book
Gridley, Marlon, Jamie's Dog, Chicago: Encyclopedia Brittanica Press (1963)
Hall, Martin, Charlie and Tess (Illustrated by Catherine Walters), Little Tiger Press (1996)
Hall, P. with U. Wright, Shepherd's Year, Newton Abbot: David Cavles (1987)
Photographs of New Zealand
Halsall, Eric, British Sheepdogs, International Sheep Dog Society (1992)
History
-----. Gael: Sheepdog of the Hills, Wellingborough: P. Stephens (1985)
-----, Meg of Longtop
-----, Sheepdog Trials, Cambridge: Patrick Stephens (1982)
History of Trialing and Border Collies
------, Sheepdogs, My Faithful Friends, London: P. Stephens (1980)
History shepherding and working sheepdogs of Britain.
-----, The Hill Dog, London: Blackie (1961)
Story of a sheepdog
Hart, Edward, The Hill Shepherd, Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles (1977)
Description of the life of a typical hill shepherd.
Hartley, C. W. G., The Shepherd's Dogs, Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs (1950)
History and training
Hastings, Howard L., Watch, Shepherd of the Range, New York: Cupples & Leon Co. (1939)
Herriot, James, James Herriot's Dog Stories New York: St. Martin's Press (1986)
Memoir--Some Border Collie storles.
-----, Only One Woof, New York: St. Martin's Press (1985)
Delightful children's book about a sheepdog named Gyp.
Hickmott, W. J., Paw Marks, Hartford, CT: Maplerock Press (1932)
Hinkle, J. E., King, Story of a Sheepdog, London: A. & B. Black Ltd. (1936)
Fiction
-----, Shep, London: Hutchinsons Books for Young People (1950)
Hochwalt, A. F., The Farmer's Dog--for Worth, for Profit, for Sport, Cincinnatti: Cincinnatti Sportsmans Digest (1922)
Hogg, James, Shepherd's Calendar, Edinburgh
Autobiography
Holland, Vergil, Herding Dogs: Progressive Training, Howell Book House (1995)
Holmes, John, The Farmer's Dog, London: Popular Dog's Publishing Co. Ltd. (1975) (various editions)
Training
Hubbard, Clifford, Working Dogs of the World, London: Sedgewick, Jackson (1947)
Section on Border Collies
Hudson, W. H., A Shepherd's Life, London: Metheun & Co. (1911)
Biography
Hunter, R. G., Sheepdog Training Explained, Bromcard: Record Printers Ltd. (1983)
Training
Hutchins, Monica, Brocky, Dorset, England: Abbey Press (1975)
Hutchinson, Walter, Hutchinson's Dog Encyclopedia, Vol. III (P-Z), London.
Lengthy, illustrated article on sheep dog trials.
Iley, Tony, Sheepdogs at Work, Clapham: Dalesman (1978)
History, training, trials, breeding
Ingram, Arthur, Shepherding Tools and Customs, Aylesbury: Shire Publications, Ltd. (1977)
Jenkinson, Marinda, Roger, a Yorkshire Sheepdog, His Life and Letters (1936)
Fiction
Jones, Edward W. H., Sheep-Dog Trials and the Sheep-Dog, Brecom: Edwin Poole (1892)
Jones, H. Glyn and Barbara Collins, A Way of Life: Sheepdog Training, Handling and Trialling, Ipswill: Farming Press (1987)
Training
Kaleski, R., Cattle Dogs & Sheepdogs, Sydney: W. A. Gullick, Government Printer (1910)
Training
Karrasch, Dick, Training A Stockdog--For Beginners, Alabama: Karrasch (1985)
Keller, W. Phillip (Weldon Phillip), Lessons from a Sheep Dog, Waco, Texas: Word Books (1984)
Christian life
Kelley, Ralph B., Sheep dogs, Their Breeding, Maintenance, and Training, Sydney, London: Angus & Roberson (1942)
Training & care
King-Smith, Dick, Babe, the Gallant Pig, New York: Crown (1983)
Children's story of sheepherding pig, with Border Collies
Kingwill, and Munitich, Brenda, South African Sheepdogs: Training & Trials, Greytown, S.A.: Tip Top Press (1985)
History of South African Sheepdog Association
Knight, L., A Guide to Training Sheepdogs in New Zealand, Aukland: Gainsborough Printing (1984)
Training
Knowles, Barry, Sheep Dip
Cartoons
-----, Sheep's Eye View I and II
Cartoons
----- and Christine Denmead, Shep and the Sheep
Cartoons
Knowles, Cecila, Kelpie, A Scottish Sheepdog, London: Evans Brothers Ltd (1958)
Lamb, Shepherd's Guide to the Cumberland
Laird, Elizabeth, The Day Patch Stood Guard, New York: Tamborne (1990)
Picture book about Border Collie on the farm
Larson, Janet, The Versatile Border Collie, Loveland, CO: Alpine Press (1986)
Breed book
Lee, Rawdon B., The Collie or Sheepdog, London: H. Cox (1890)
Breed
Levin, Betty, Away to Me, Moss, New York: Greenwillow (1994)
Young boy trains a dog for trialing
Lewis, Ernest, Beth, a Sheepdog, Toronto: Macmillan (1934)
A classic history of a hardworking sheepdog.
Lewis, Kim, First Snow, New York: Candlewick Press (1994)
Story of little girl helping to feed hill sheep
-----, Floss, New York: Candlewick Press (1992)
Picture book about a Border Collie
-----, Shepherd Boy, New York: Candlewick Press (1990)
Story of a young boy and his first dog
Lilico, James, The Breeding and Training of Sheepdogs, Invercargill, NZ: Southland Press (1919)
Breed/Training
-----, Fifty Years Amongst Sheepdogs
Narrative
-----, Sheepdog Memoirs
Narrative
Lithgow, Scott, Training and Working Dogs, Queensland, Australia: University of Queensland (1988)
Training for cattle
Longton, Tim and Edward Hart, The Sheepdog--Its Work and Training, North Pomfret, VT: Newton Abbot (1976)
Training
-----, Your Sheepdog and Its Training, Sussex, England: Alan Exley Ltd, 1969
Forerunner to The Sheepdog, Its Work and Training.
McCaig, Donald, Eminent Dogs, Dangerous Men, New York: Harper/Collins (1991)
Travel, narrative
-----, Nop's Hope, New York: Crown (1994)
Novel
-----, Nop's Trials, New York: Crown (1984)
Novel
McCulloch, John Herries, Border Collie Studies, Edinburgh: Pentland Press (1952)
Breeding, training
-----, Midget: The Tale of a Border Collie, Dumfries: Robert Dinwiddie & Co. Ltd (1976)
-----, Sheep Dogs and Their Masters, Dumfries: R. Dinwiddie (1938)
A history of the Border Collie and prominent handlers.
-----. and Dee Woessner, Sheep Dogs and Their Masters, Lunenburg, MA: Toft East Publishing,1994
Updated from the 1938 edition with additional text and photographs by Dee Woessner
McGiffen, Lee, High Whistle Charlie, New York: Patton (1962)
Fiction
McNaughton, Neil, Tat, A New Zealand Sheepdog, Auckland: Collins (1970)
Biography
Means, Ben, The Perfect Stockdog, Walnut Grove, Missouri: Ben-Means (1970)
Training
Meeks, S. P., Boots, the Story of a Working Sheepdog (1948)
Mills, A. R., Herbert, S. F. & McIntyre, W. V., A Practical Guide to Handling Dogs & Stock, Wellington, Aukland, Sydney, Melbourne: A. J. & A. W. Reed (1964)
Training
Mills, Enos A., The Story of Scotch, Boston & NY: Houghton, Mifflin (1916)
Dog biography, photos
Moore, James L., The Canine King, Victoria, Australia: Standard Newspapers (1929)
Moorhouse, Sydney, The British Sheepdog, London: H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd. (1950)
History, training
Mundell, Matt, Country Diary, Edinburgh: Gordon Wright Publishing (1981)
Anecdote
Munitich, Brenda, A Year on the Farm, Cape Town, S.A.: Human and Rousseau (1989)
Picture book about the sheepdog's work through the year.
-----, Ben's Buddy, Pretoria, S.A.: De Jager-Haum (1987)
Story of a boy and his sheepdog.
-----, Chummy, the Story of a Champion, Pretoria, S.A.: De Jager-Haum (1986)
Chummy, a Border Collie, becomes a Champlon
-----, Ric, Rags and Plum Duff, Pretoria, S.A.: De Jager-Haum (1989)
Humorous story of two Border Collies and a pig.
-----, Tuff Guy, Pretoria, S.A.: De Jager-Haum (1992)
A sheepdog, a dolphin and a mystery.
Nathan, S. M., Farm Dogs: Young Farmers Booklets, United Kingdom: Evans (1956)
Training
Newton, Peter, Ten Thousand Dogs, Wellington: A.H. & A. W. Reed (1971)
Autobiography
Niall, Ian, One Man and His Dogs, New York: Morrow (1975)
Anecdotes
Niall, Ian, The Galloway Shepherd, London: Heineman (1970)
Nixon, David B., Walk Soft in the Fold, London: Chatto & Windus (1977)
Shepherding in the Cotswolds
Ollivant, Alfred, Bob, Son of Battle, New York: Doubleday & McClure Co. (1901)
(Reprinted as Bob, Son of Battle, Mahwah, NJ: Troll Associates (1988)
Story of a sheepdog.
O'Reilly, Charles, Training Working Livestock Dogs, Red Wing, Minnesota: Shamrock Farm Review (1982)
Training
Ostergren, Birgitta, Vallhandan, Sweden (1986)
Outerbridge, Thayer, The Last Shepherds, New York: Viking (1979)
Chapter on British shepherds and dogs
Palmer, William Thomas, Odd Corners of Derbyshire, London: Skeffington & Sons
Pasco, Luke, Heather Jean, Working Sheepdog, Chicago: Sheephandler Inc. (1937)
Early trialing in the United States
Paulsen, Gary, Hay Meadow, New York: Dell Publishing Co. (1993)
Juvenile Fiction
Pennefather, G. Lionel, Sheepdogs, County Cork: G. Lionel Pennefather (1967)
Training
Perrof, Martha S., Your Registered Border Collie, Ottowa, IL: Ledger Printers (1953)
Breed book
Perry, Richard, I Went A'shepherding, London: L. Drummond, Ltd. (1945)
Autobiography of a shepherding naturalist
Philip, R.A.F., Afrighting van Shoaphonde (Training sheepdogs), Bredasdorp, South Africa: Overberg Pers. (1980)
Training
Pollard, Jack, Wild Dogs, Working Dogs: Pedigrees and Pets, New Zealand: Reed (1968)
Anthology, poetry
Puxley, W. Lavallin, Collies and Sheep Dogs, London: Williams & Norgate Ltd (1948)
Shepherd's dogs
Quarton, Marjorie, All About the Working Border Collie, London: Pelham (1986)
Breed book
-----, No Harp Like My Own, London: William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. (1988)
Fiction
-----, One Dog and His Man, Belfast/Dover: Blackstaff Press (1984)
Humorous story
-----, One Dog and His Trials, Belfast/Dover: Blackstaff Press (1984)
Humorous story
-----, The Farm Dog, A Beginners Guide, Nenagh, Northern Ireland: Glesson & Sons Printers
Training
Ralston Purina Co., The Purina Farm Dog Book, St. Louis: Ralston Purina Co. (1951)
Ranch Dog Trainer, RDT's Puppy Book, West Plains, MO: Stoneledge Publishing Co. (1991)
Raising and beginning training of the stock dog.
Randall, Henry, Sheep Husbandry (from The Shepherd's Own Book), New York: C. M. Saeton (1854)
Contains a section on sheepdogs
Redwood, M. M., A Dog's Life: Working Dogs in New Zealand, New Zealand: Reed (1980)
Reid, H. G., Old Oscar, the Faithful Dog, London: LSW Patridgge Publishers (1863)
Rennie, Neil, Working Dogs, New Zealand: Shortland Publications (1984)
Richardson, E. H., Forty Years With Dogs, London: Hutchinson & Co. (1930?)
War dogs
Ritson, Lady Kitty, Lad, the Story of a Border Collie (1938)
Robertson, Pope, Anybody Can Do It, Elgin, TX: Rovar Publ. (1979)
Training
Robertson, Robert Blackwood, Of Sheep and Men, New York: Knopf (1957)
Scotland; customs
Ruck, Ruth Janette, A Place of Stones, London: Faber & Faber (1961)
Autobiography
Sargent, W., The Useful Collie, Keene, NH: Sentinel Press (1902)
Training
Saunders, Roy, Craig of the Welsh Hills, London: Old Bourne (1958)
-----, Sheepdog Glory, London: Andre Deutsch (1956)
Fiction
Sayers, Angela & Bunting, Edward, Hamlyn Dog Breed Handbook: Border Collies, London: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd. (1988)
Breed book
Seymour, John, The Shepherd, London: Sidgwich & Jackson (1983)
Shaffner, Carroll, Training a Working Collie, Boalsburg, PA: Shaffner (1979)
Training
Shenloch, Patti, Some Fine Dog, New York: Holiday House (1992)
Shrine, Mary, Shepherd Easton's Daughter, London: E. Arnold & Co. (1925)
Novel
Simms, K. J., Springbok in Sunshine (1940s)
Autobiography
Singer, Marilyn, Chester the Out-of-Work Dog (Illustrated by Cat Bowman Smith), Henry Holt (1992).
Smith, Croxton, British Dogs, London: Collins (1946)
Stranger, Joyce, Flash, London: Collins (1976)
Novel
Stranger, Joyce, Rex, London: Harell (1967)
Novel
Taggart, Mari, Sheepdog Training: An All-Breed Approach, Loveland, CO: Alpine (1986)
Training
Templeton, John and Matt Mundell, Working Sheepdogs: Management and Training, Ramsbury, Marlborough: The Crowood Press (1988)
Training
Thomson, Iain, Isolation Shepherd, Inverness: Bideau Books (1983)
Autobiography
Thorpe and Dunn, A Shepherd's Year, North Pomfret, VT: David & Charles (1979)
Photographs
Turnbull, Ann, Rob Goes-a-Hunting, New York: Orchard Books (1990)
Picture book
Varnon, Jim, Because of Eve, DeSoto, TX: Eve Publishing (1986)
Training
Vesey-Fitgerald, Brian, The Domestic Dog, London: Routledge & Paul (1957)
Contains a section on sheepdogs
Vidler, The Border Collie in Australasia, Kellyille, ?: Gotrah Enterprises (1983)
History
Walden, Arthur T., Leading a Dog's Life, Boston: Houghton Mifflin (1931)
Novel of Border Collie sled dog
Wentworth-Day, J., The Wisest Dogs in the World: An Account of the Longshaw Trials, England: A. Ward (1975)
History
Whyte, Wm., The Sheepdog: Judging and Conduct of Trials . . ., Auckland: Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd (1940)
Training
Willis, Barclay, Downland Treasure, London: Sheffington & Son (1938)
-----, Bypaths in Downland (1927)
Shepherding in Sussex
-----, Shepherds of Sussex
Wood, Wendy, Mac's Croft, New York: E. P. Dutton (1949)
Autobiography
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