#10 Njengenja yokuzingela, ukubaluleka okukhulu kuqhotyoshelwe kumgaqo-siseko womzimba omhle, ukusebenza kunye nempilo xa kuzaliswa i-Border Terrier - olu hlobo ke ngoko alunazifo ezixhaphakileyo kwaye ngokuqhelekileyo lunokulindela ubomi beminyaka eyi-15-17.
Nangona kunjalo, kukho utyekelo olubhekiselele kwi-hip dysplasia, i-progressive retinal atrophy, isifo sentliziyo, okanye i-canine epilepsy (i-canine epileptoid cramping syndrome (CECS)) (ingakumbi ngabafuyi abathandabuzayo njengabaphindaphindi okanye ngokuzalanisa). Noko ke, abafuyi abahlonelwayo bakhangela ezo nkalo zomngcipheko ngaphambi kokuba bakhawulwe ukuze baqinisekise ukuba inzala yabo isempilweni neyonwabileyo.