Mary Allen
An kiwo Border Collies don kiwon tumaki, amma suna iya ɗaukar kusan kowane nau'in garke kuma suna iya "kiwo" yara a cikin iyali.
Wannan nau'in ya samo asali ne a cikin ƙananan wurare da yankunan kan iyaka na Ingila da Scotland a kusan karni na 18. Sauran nau'o'in collies, irin su collie gemu da scotch collie, an yi imanin su ne kakannin wannan nau'in, kuma wasu masana tarihi sun yi imanin cewa za a iya samun nau'in spaniel a cikin wannan nau'in.
A cikin ƙarni na 19, ƙawancen kan iyaka sun sami karɓuwa a tsakanin turawan Ingila. Har yanzu ana amfani da su a matsayin karnukan kiwo kuma ana kiyaye su azaman dabbobi. Saboda iyawar da suke da ita ta gaggawar horar da su, ana amfani da tarukan kan iyaka a cikin aikin ‘yan sanda, domin gano muggan kwayoyi da abubuwan fashewa, da kuma ayyukan bincike da ceto. Suna yin karnuka jagora masu kyau. Border Collies kwanan nan sun shiga cikin nunin Ƙungiyar Kennel ta Amurka, amma wannan taron ya kasance tare da takaddama da zanga-zangar daga masu shayarwa waɗanda suka yi imanin cewa kiwo don kare lafiyar jiki na iya cutar da aikin wannan nau'in.
