MEET THE CURATOR OF THE BORDER COLLIE MUSEUM
AND THE EDITOR OF THESE WEB PAGES

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(here with kind permission from Dougie MacLean.)

Let me tell you that I love you and I think about you all the time,
Caledonia you're calling me and now I'm going home,
But if I should become a stranger, you know that it would make me more than sad,
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had.

(Caledonia was chosen as the anthem for Homecoming Scotland 2009 as Scotland celebrated the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns., and it is my favorite song.)

My name is Carole Presberg. My husband and I will be celebrating our 49th anniversary this year (2018). I have been a British folk music enthusiast for many, many years and because of it, visited Scotland many years ago. I fell in love with the country, and returned time and again. I am indeed an Anglophile (which my dictionary assures me includes all of Britain, not just England). Also many years ago, I visited the New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Festival and fell in love again, this time with the Border Collie. These two loves, passions in fact, have shaped my life.

I have had Border Collies for 40 years and was a sheep farmer for 25 years. I have a degree in art and have been a fiber artist and a writer and editor. For 15 years I published, edited, and wrote for The Shepherd's Dogge, a quarterly journal of the Border Collie. I've also written for numerous other magazines including Black Sheep Newsletter, Spin-Off, and International Sheepdog News. I've co-authored a book, The Working Border Collie, with Irish author and long-time Border Collie breeder, Marjorie Quarton. My half of the book was on the Border Collie in America. I am currently writing a book on the History of the Working Collie Breeds. These web pages have been up in one form or another for about 30 years.

For 15 years I did Border Collie rescue, founding the North American Border Collie Rescue Network (NABCRN) and New England Border Collie Rescue (NEBCR). In 2006 I retired, as president, intake coordinator, website manager, and foster care provider, from NEBCR. Also in 2006, my last old ewe died, and I officially retired from sheep farming, but I still have a small farm.

In case you haven't guessed by now, I am a diehard Border Collie enthusiast. My main interest is in the history of the breed, and by extension, the history of the shepherd's dog in general. I found myself researching the early history of shepherd's dogs everywhere and as far back as I ccould go (the Star Trek fan in me wishes there really was time travel, but, alas! I'm stuck with the Internet and books) for a series of articles for International Sheepdog News. The photo, left, is me holding one of Adeline Jones' Welsh Sheep Dog pups. The photo below, left, is of me and Sarah Kellem, the great-great-granddaughter of the Victorian artist, Richard Ansdell.

Those to thank for their help and friendship over the years: Barbara Carpenter; Iris Combe; Linda Rorem; Jan Hillborn; Sarah Kellem; Beth Maxwell Boyle; Margaret Bean, who taught me how to edit; Ruth Spoon-Levine, who sang Scottish folk songs with me so many years ago; Eva Lambert, with whom I ran a sheep and wool tour to Scotland for ten years; Highland's Willy Scott below, my first Border Collie and the dog that started it all, and all those that came after him: Linn, Jute, Moss, Clyde, Bess, Flash, Fenn, Chance, Kate, Sage, Jack, Reny and Seumas; and my husband, David Presberg, for patience and technical assistance.

These web pages are copyright ©2018 and maintained by webmeistress Carole Presberg
with technical help from webwizard David Presberg
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
If you are interested in using ANY material on this website, you MUST first ask for permission.