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Dog and Kennel Magazine Border Terrier Breed Profile |
 | | Described by one writer as a "hard, wild country," the Border territory was, for some 300 years preceding the union of the English and Scottish crowns in 1707, a dark and bloody precinct that was seized and reseized by the countries it separated. |
 | | Border terriers have been known to remain hale and hardy into their midteens, but despite their longevity, they are, as most breeds are, subject to genetic diseases, the most troublesome of which are hip dysplasia, heart defects and progressive retinal atrophy (PRA). |
 | | The Border terrier was once described in Britain as having an ancestry that was equal parts "monkey, lion, hedgehog and frog, with none of their redeeming features." What's more, the Border, like all other terriers, has been made redundant in the work force by the progress of civilization and housing tracts. |
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