#10 I le avea ai o se taifau tulimanu, e taua tele le faʻapipiʻiina o le tino lelei, faʻatinoga ma le soifua maloloina pe a faʻatupuina le Border Terrier - o lenei ituaiga e leai ni faʻamaʻi masani ma e masani ona faʻamoemoeina le umi o le 15-17 tausaga.
Ae ui i lea, o loʻo i ai le faʻaalia i le dysplasia o le suilapalapa, faʻasolosolo atrophy o le retina, faʻamaʻi fatu, poʻo le epilepsy canine (canine epileptoid cramping syndrome (CECS)) (aemaise lava i faʻatoʻaga masalosalo e pei o faʻateleina poʻo faʻatasi). Peitaʻi, e suʻe e le au faifaatoʻaga taʻutaʻua ia tulaga lamatia aʻo leʻi afuafua ina ia mautinoa le soifua maloloina ma le fiafia o fanau.