Border Collies are great - if you have sheep, or some other task to keep them busy at all times. I've had a Collie, a Huskie-Samoyid mix, a Black Lab-Irish Setter mix, a Samoyid-Shepard mix, a Black Lab-something-or-other mix, and the wife & kids had a nasty little Miniature Schnauzer (what a rat). My current companion is a registered Golden Retriever, and I would never again consider another breed. She is the Platonic Idea of Dog!
Peter