I have a few dogs, one of them is a Collie.  I like that breed of dog.
What type of Collie? I have a Border Collie, which is a herding breed developed in England and Scotland.
I also have a border collie.  Though, one of my other dogs is an Australian Shepard mix, which is technically a collie sub-breed.
Border collies are the best.  They are highly intelligent, energetic and obedient.  Sometimes too energetic for me!
Yeah, there's times when I just wish he'd go lie down for a while, but when he gets in my face and starts wiggling I just can't help but love him.
My neighbor has an Australian Shepherd, who far outstrips my collie in energy. Funny the breed came from Spain, not Australia.
I didn't know that about that breed.  My shepherd also has a lot of energy, his favorite thing to do is herd the other dogs when they're outside.
Yeah, no one knows how that breed came to be associated with Australia.  Go figure!
Maybe they got shipped over to do the herding since there's so much room there for people to have farms.
That's a good theory! Others think the Basque people first took them to Australia briefly before moving to America.