BH...Looking through what you've said...I can't really see much difference between what we have both said? (if you get my drift?)
Telfer never bred his dog to be a show dog...he was a Farmer...his interest was purely for a working sheepdog...I think it just so happened, that the KC had just really started, with their Victorian Obsession of categorising breeds.
Even today, there is quite a gulf between 'Working Sheepdogs'...and Pet ones...certainly between Farmers..who, although very fond of their Dogs...are using them for purpose, and 'fanciers' if you like, who keep them as pets. Though they are really one and the same...A Border Collie
I take on board, and agree wholeheartedly with your comments regarding the breed however.
(My Video BTW..was directed at Border Collies period...Not for Looks, or Herding ability...just the Dog itself)...it's a shame it hasn't come across as such
Though, I felt it made the point that The Border Collie, regardless of looks (and some are pretty ugly) is the penultimate sheepdog in the world today..which, through generations of refinement, culminated in old hemp...(probably by timing)...and the subsequent dogs we have nowadays.....after all, a herding dog, that isn't a Border Collie,is as rare as rocking horse sh*t
And FlyPC?....Gotta love those Guys!!!!!!