I-Border Terrier inethemba lokwenyani, ivuya ngentliziyo yayo yonke kwimini entsha. Unyanisekile kumniniyo, unobubele kwaye unobungane, kodwa ngamanye amaxesha u-cocky kunye nezinye izinja. Nangona kunjalo, ngokwesiqhelo, abahlali bebhodi bayavana nezilwanyana zasekhaya, kodwa akufanele ulibale malunga nethuku labo lokuzingela.
Kodwa ukuba i-border terriers iphatha ngononophelo kwaye ihlonipheke ngabantwana. Ezi zifuywayo ezilungeleleneyo, ezithandekayo zincanyathiselwe ngamandla kubantwana, ziyavuya ukwabelana ngemidlalo yabantwana kwaye zikhusele ngenkuthalo abantwana kwiingxaki. I-Border Terriers ithanda ubuqabane - kwaye ihlala ifuna, kwaye isithukuthezi sinzima kakhulu ukunyamezela.