great to train up seam to have bags of energy shes got a bit of dhd in her to , ive seen some exellent and some not so good colie crosses ,personaly i stay away from a first x colie cross , some can turn out a bit cloddy if you know what i mean ,this type make great ferretting dogs, whent out with a guy ferretting and where ever the ferrett had killed the dog would mark the spot , dig down where the dog stood ferret and rabbit every time . my choice of dog would be worker x worker with plenty of col ie in it