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Sable Rough Collie. In 1879 the first English Rough Collie was imported to this country. It is from England that we find the famous pillars of the breed, from which the American fanciers sought not only their next big winner, but also their foundation stock. By the turn of the century, the American Rough Collie was in a state of continued ...
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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
When the breed was originally introduced breeders called them Shetland Collies, which upset Rough Collie breeders, so the name was changed to Shetland Sheepdog. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] During the early 20th century (up until the 1940s), additional crosses were made to Rough Collies to help retain the desired Rough Collie type – in fact, the first English ...
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 Koolie is a "herding dog", one which has a natural instinct to circle widely round sheep and bring them back to their owner. Koolies are known as silent, upright, working dogs. They are used for herding sheep and also for quiet careful work at close quarters at lambing time or for "shedding" (cutting out) sheep.
The smooth and rough are classified as separate breeds in other countries, such as the United Kingdom, and Australia. The latter is a fairly recent development, however, with the Kennel Club (UK) allowing the interbreeding of the two varieties until 1993. A breed society, the Smooth Collie Club of Great Britain, was established in 1955. [1]