Agalu oweta amenewa ankaonedwa kuti ndi ofunika kwambiri, ndipo n’zosadabwitsa. Iwo anagulitsidwa mtengo ndithu, ndipo, Komanso, makhalidwe akunja akhoza kusiyana pang'ono malinga ndi dera. Chifukwa chake, mitundu yosiyana yamtunduwu idapangidwa, yomwe idapatsa dzina lodalira dera lomwe adachokera. Makamaka, awa anali a Welsh Shepherds, Northern Shepherds, Mountain Collies, ndi Scottish Collies.
Dzina lenileni la mtundu wa collie limachokera ku chilankhulo cha Scotland, choncho m'madera ena a ku England kalelo ankatchedwa abusa. Mtundu uwu wakhalapo kwa zaka mazana ambiri limodzi ndi anthu, ndipo mu 1860 unawonetsedwa koyamba pawonetsero ya agalu. Ichi chinali chiwonetsero chachiwiri cha galu m'mbiri ya dzikolo, ndipo Border Collie adadziwika kumeneko ndi chidwi chapadera, monga mtundu wamba waku Britain.