the border collie standerd IS AKCs fault, the border collie parent club did not exist until a year AFTER the border collie standerd was written, by AKC people who knew nothing about the breed, they wrote the standerd for what people who have had no dealings with the breed think they should look like. and many many breeds the bosten terrier for example before AKC got a hold of then they did NOT look like they ran into a wall.