I-Border Terrier inethemba langempela, ijabula ngenhliziyo yayo yonke osukwini olusha. Uthembekile kumnikazi, unomusa futhi unobungane, kodwa ngezinye izikhathi uba ne-cocky nezinye izinja. Kodwa-ke, imvamisa, abagibeli bahlangana nezilwane ezifuywayo, kepha akufanele ukhohlwe ngomzwelo wabo wokuzingela.
Kodwa kubani ama-terriers emngceleni abaphatha ngokucophelela nangenhlonipho ngabantwana. Lezi zilwane ezifuywayo ezilinganiselayo, ezinothando zinamathele ngokuqinile ezinganeni, zijabulela ukwabelana ngemidlalo yezingane futhi zivikele izingane ngenkuthalo enkingeni. I-Border Terriers ithanda ubungane - futhi ihlale ibudinga, futhi isizungu sinzima kakhulu ukubekezelela.