Collies are known as being clean dogs, without a doggy odor.  However, when taken care of, no dog, collie or not, should have an odor.  Dogs typically smell because their owners don’t pay attention to dog grooming.  Just like humans, if a dog is allowed to go for days and days without “cleaning”, they will [...]

You should consider your female collie to be “in season” for 21 days: 7 days coming into heat, 7 days in heat, 7 days going out.   Conception is most likely during the middle 7 days - but remember, Mother Nature doesn’t always follow the rules. Confine your pet for the entire 3 weeks, especially if it’s [...]

Dogs have a very keen sense and can detect changes in the atmosphere as well as sharp hearing that can detect the sounds of thunder and an approaching storm long before humans notice it. Its well documented by various collie owners about how their own collies (who some are scared of storms!) will detect an [...]

Actually, it is a myth that dogs are colorblind! In the past, it was assumed that since dogs weren’t able to distinguish between as many colors as humans, that they therefore only saw in black and white. However, recent scientific studies has shown that dogs do have a varied range of colored vision although it’s [...]

Collie Rescue is basically various no-kill animal shelters that are dedicated solely to the collie breed. Unfortunately there are collies, for one reason or another, who no longer have a home. Collie Rescue groups takes in those collies, tends to their housing / food / medical needs, and places them in a foster home of [...]

Besides the general dog stuff (such as food, shelter, fresh water, companionship, and exercise), a collie owner would need to know that collies are sometimes very “nippy” due to their herding instincts, they love to “mouth” things and put their long lovely noses everywhere!  Some collies have also been reported to have a habit of [...]

Most definitely!  The collie is prized as being one of the friendliest, most adaptable, and most caring dog breeds. 
Their gentle nature, sweet spirit, and drive to please humans make them wonderful family dogs.

It is believed that the collie originated from the hills of Scotland centuries ago.

No. The rough and smooth collie are both judged using the same set of breed standards. Its just that one has long hair and the other has short!

No!  This is actually a smooth collie.  There are 2 main varieties of collie coats - the rough collie, which has the familiar long bushy “lassie” coat, and then the smooth collie which has very short hair like a Doberman or Dalmatian does. Featured below is a sable/white smooth collie.