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Without a doubt, it is to the English fancy of the late 1800s that the breed owes its development as a popular show dog. Rough Collies were first exhibited in 1860 at the Birmingham, England dog show, in the generic class "Scotch Sheep-Dogs". Sable Rough Collie. In 1879 the first English Rough Collie was imported to this country.
The collie type is not specified, but the illustrations look rather like a Rough Collie. The eponymous dog from the film Bingo. Flo, a collie in All Dogs Go to Heaven; Murray, the male collie from the TV series Mad About You. A collie in White Fang by Jack London is the mate of the wolfdog White Fang
The first club for the breed called for a dog similar to the Rough Collie except in size, the standard called for dogs to be no taller than 15 inches (38 cm). Other clubs called for similar standards with the breed to essentially be a miniature. These standards led to people adding in collie blood to the breed to achieve said type.
The event includes the semi-finals for the Kennel Gazette Junior Warrant competition, a competition for pedigree dogs aged between six and 18 months, and the National Junior Handling UK final, as well as agility competitions and displays by police and other dog teams. There are also a large number of trade stalls.
Koolie or German Collie, Australian Koolie, an Australian breed of herding dog; Scotch Collie, one of the most common names for what is now commonly called the Collie. They consist of two types: Rough Collie, long-haired, made famous by the Lassie films; Smooth Collie, short-haired; Welsh Collie or Welsh Sheepdog, a landrace herding dog from Wales
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The early history of the Smooth Collie, like that of many dog breeds, is a matter of speculation. Even the origin of the breed's name is unclear, variously claimed to describe the early shepherd dog's dark colour ("coaly") or derived from the name of a breed of sheep with black faces once commonly kept in Scotland ("Colley") or derived from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning "useful."