And it only takes one incident. If that day never comes, then we can sit back and breathe a sigh of relief but far too often I have seen it explode and I am the one that has to go in and pick up the pieces. This is the part of rescue work that I really hate. My heart gets broken almost every day. This story is repeated over and over.
Nobody really wins.
So when we say that Border Collies are not good with small children, we're not doing so out of spite or ill intentions. We're not slandering the breed nor are we looking down on other people. We're saying this out of experience and love for the breed. And we try to get others to do the same. Page last updated April 30, 1997.