A border collie-papillion mix named Nimble is the first mixed-breed dog, and also the smallest, to win the Westminster Kennel Club dog show's agility prize.

NEW YORK (AP) — When the Westminster Kennel Club dog show added an agility competition a decade ago, it opened U.S. dogdom's most elite door to mixed breeds for the first time since the late 1800s.

The 2025 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is in full swing!. Vanish, a Border Collie, won the 12th Annual Masters Agility Championship Finals on Saturday, continuing the herding breed's dominant ...

A border collie-papillon mix named Nimble took home top prizes at the 148th ... becoming the first mixed-breed dog to win ... with a time of 28.68 seconds, according to the American Kennel Club.

The border collie stares intensely at artwork of a cat with the breed's herding eye. TikTok @kelsieg23. In a later video posted to her account, Kelsie proved her pup isn't affected just by artwork ...

History of Border Collies. The herding instinct runs deep in a border collie's DNA. They are known to be one of the best and most popular herding dog breeds and have been working dogs since the 1800s.