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Watching the sleek, young border collie make his split-second move from full-stop crouch to a full-speed “flank left” arc around the small herd of sheep at Peterson Farm in Falmouth

Watching the sleek, young border collie make his split-second move from full-stop crouch to a full-speed “flank left” arc around the small herd of sheep at Peterson Farm in Falmouth on a recent, cold, April morning was to see 400 years of breeding in motion. Eyeing the sheep with an intense stare and waiting for the next command, 2-year-old Quin was in his element; above all else, this is what he wants to do. “These dogs have been heavily selected to work sheep well,” said Simon R. Thorrold, one of the two shepherds at the farm. “There is a lot of intuition in these d...