ʻO ka ʻala maikaʻi, ka neʻe ʻana a me ka wikiwiki, ka ʻike maikaʻi loa - ʻaʻole kēia nā mea maikaʻi a pau o ka Border Terrier. He ʻano maikaʻi ko kēia mau ʻīlio: naʻauao, aloha nui, a aloha. ʻAʻohe o lākou huhū i nā kānaka, no laila, mahalo nui ʻia nā terriers e like me nā hoa. ʻIke ʻo Border Terrier i ka hauʻoli, hiki ke mālama i ka ʻoihana i kekahi hana.
#1 ʻAʻole kūpono kēlā me kēia Border Terrier no ka hahai holoholona. ʻOiai me ka noʻonoʻo maikaʻi, ka ʻike maka, a me ka lohe, hiki i ka ʻīlio ke lilo.
#2 I ka Middle Ages, ua nānā maʻalahi ke kūpono o kēia mau ʻīlio: pili ke kino o ka holoholona i ka poho lima o ke kanaka. Inā ʻoi aku ka ʻīlio, a laila hiki iā ia ke paʻa i loko o ka lua o ka holoholona hihiu.
I kēia mau lā, hoʻohana nā luna kānāwai i kēia ʻano hana ma nā hōʻikeʻike o kēia ʻano ʻīlio.