UMary Allen
#10 Njengenja yokuzingela, ukubaluleka okukhulu kuhlanganiswe nomthethosisekelo omuhle womzimba, ukusebenza kanye nempilo lapho kuzalaniswa i-Border Terrier - lolu hlobo ngakho-ke alunazo izifo ezijwayelekile zohlobo futhi ngokuvamile lungalindela ukuphila kweminyaka engu-15-17.
Noma kunjalo, kukhona ukuthambekela kwe-hip dysplasia, i-retinal atrophy eqhubekayo, isifo senhliziyo, noma i-canine epilepsy (i-canine epileptoid cramping syndrome (CECS)) (ikakhulukazi ngabafuyi abangabazayo njengabaphindaphindi noma ngokuzalanisa). Nokho, abafuyi abahloniphekile babheka izici ezinjalo eziyingozi ngaphambi kokukhulelwa ukuze baqinisekise inzalo enempilo nejabulisayo.