The first collie regsitered  with the AKC, in 1885.

Lassie
Colleen from Road Rovers
Jessie, the dog from the satirical novella Animal Farm by George Orwell, is portrayed as a Border Collie in the 1999 film version
Laddie from The Simpsons
Flo & the other puppies in All Dogs Go to Heaven
Blanco, pet of Lyndon Johnson
Reveille, official mascot of Texas A&M University
Lad of Sunnybank, from the series of [...]

Do you have a new collie? One of the biggest thrills in getting a new dog is picking out their name. Some names are stylish. Some are human-like. Others are simply far out there. Can you think of any names? Here is a list of names of collies submitted by our message board members and [...]

Three male collies (all tricolored) from the late 1800s that became the foundation of the collie breed as we know them today. They were bred by S.E. Shirley. Trefoil, who can be traced back in the lines of many purebred collies today, sired Charlemagne who first appeared in the show ring in 1877 [...]

Born in the late 1860s, Old Cockie is one of the first well-known collies and is credited for stamping his type on the ancestors of today’s American rough collies. It is also believed that he introduced the genes for the gorgeous sable colors present in the collie.

Halloween - a time when evil is celebrated and the scary is brought to life. On Oct. 31, 2002, a border patrol stopped a semi truck crossing the border between Canada into Montana. When the back door was opened, he met evil face to face. Inside of the cabin were 165 Collies (rough & smooth [...]

Texas A&M University’s official mascot is none other than a purebred American Collie. The first Reveille was a black & white stray mutt. Several students returning from a party found her and smuggled her into the dorms. The next morning, a bugler played “Reveille” causing the little dog to bark - and [...]

The most famous of Albert Payson Terhune’s collies at Sunnybank. Lad is also the subject of Terhune’s first novel about dogs entitled “Lad: A Dog”, published in 1919.

Lassie is a fictionalized sable & white rough girl collie character who has been beloved for more than half a century and depicted in books, movies, cartoons, and television shows. The most famous Lassie parts have been in the movie “Lassie, Come Home”, her 1930s & 1940s adventures on the radio, and the 17 [...]