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Top Ten Facts about Rough & Smooth Collie Dogs

Top Ten Facts about Rough & Smooth Collie Dogs

Photo by Cristobal

Twice a year Rough Collies “molt” their undercoat. As with many long haired breeds, you must rake/brush this fur out. If you are a very neat person, then you had better know how to use a vacuum cleaner! (They are not a good house pet if someone in the family has allergies ..get [...]

Showring Titles awarded by the AKC

Titles awarded by the American Kennel Club for
winning competitions:

 Conformation

Ch -champion

Obedience

CD -companion
dog

CDX -companion
dog excellent

UD -utility
dog

UDX -utility dog
excellent

OTCh -obedience trial
champion

  Field

JH -junior hunter

SH -senior hunter

MH -master hunter

AFCh -amateur fiels
champion

FCh -fiels champion

  Lure
Coursing

JC -junior courser

SC -senior courser

  Herding

HT -herding tested

PT -pretrial tested

HS -herding started

HI -herding intermediate

HX -herding excellent

HCh -herding champion

  Tracking

TD -tracking dog

TDX -tracking dog
excellent

  Agility

NAD -novice agility [...]