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A shepherd may be a very able, trusty, and good shepherd, without a sweetheart - better, perhaps, than with one. But what is he without his dog?

I've never been without a dog. I've made trips across the country with a dog.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

I brought a Border Collie back home to Vancouver from Wales - where some of my ancestors are from - and needed to challenge him in other ways than just being my pet. So I investigated sheep herding and took a few lessons, and decided I was probably learning more than my dog!

You cannot share your life with a dog, as I had done in Bournemouth, or a cat, and not know perfectly well that animals have personalities and minds and feelings.

If you get a dog that goes out there and bumps the sheep, comes on too hard, the sheep don't trust him.

I won't go to England because they won't let my dog in.

I love dogs, but dogs, you have to be in the country with dogs. I cannot walk a dog on the street.

In our family, we've always been owned by border collies, or dogs of one kind or another, and have rescued many dogs. We've lived in the woods and sometimes have had as many as 70 sled dogs. Or had six or seven dogs living in the house. Dogs have saved my life on more than one occasion - and I mean that literally.

Within 10 years it will be impossible to travel to the North Pole by dog team. There will be too much open water.