Ua manaʻo ʻia kēia mau ʻīlio kahu hānai he waiwai nui, ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha. Ua kūʻai nui ʻia lākou, a, ʻoi aku, ʻokoʻa iki nā ʻano o waho ma muli o ka ʻāina. No laila, ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole o ka pua, i hāʻawi i ka inoa o ka hilinaʻi ma ka wahi i hele mai ai lākou. ʻO ka mea nui, ʻo ia nā Welsh Shepherds, Northern Shepherds, Mountain Collies, a me Scottish Collies.
ʻO ka inoa o ka collie breed mai ka ʻōlelo Scottish, a no laila ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ʻEnelani i ka wā kahiko i kapa ʻia lākou he kahu hipa. Ua ola kēia ʻano no nā kenekulia he nui me nā kānaka, a i ka makahiki 1860 i hōʻike mua ʻia ma kahi hōʻike ʻīlio. ʻO kēia ka lua o ka hōʻike ʻīlio ma ka moʻolelo o ka ʻāina, a ua ʻike ʻia ka Border Collie ma laila me ka nānā kūikawā, ma ke ʻano he ʻano Pelekane maoli.