Description and history of the Collie dog breed

Website design By BotEap.comDescription: The Collie is a large, muscular, but elegant dog, and is a strong dog. The skull is flat at the top, the head is wedge-shaped. The muzzle is rounded, sloping down to the black nose. The general facial appearance is slender. Your teeth should come together in a scissors bite. The eyes are oval and medium in size, and are usually dark brown, except for blue blackbirds, which may have blue eyes. The Collie breed has small ears and these are three quarters erect with the tips of the ears folded forward. Dogs stand 24 to 26 inches tall, with bitches 22 to 24 inches tall. Dogs are a bit heavy, 60 to 75 pounds, and bitches are 50 to 65 pounds. The body is moderately longer than its height.

Website design By BotEap.comThe Collie breed has straight legs. The tail is in good proportion to the body and is carried low with a slight upward swirl at the tip. There are two varieties of coat, smooth and rough. The coarse coat is long and abundant and on the whole body while on the head, there is a shorter coat that is also seen on the legs. On the neck, we see a cascading mane that surrounds the neck and chest, it is straight and the longest hair we see on this dog. The smooth coat has short hair about 1 inch all over the body. Both varieties come in white and tan, tricolor of black, sable and white, there is also the blackbird whose colors are white with sable, tricolor or blue.

Website design By BotEap.comHistory: The origins of this dog are a bit unclear, but what is known for certain is that this dog has been a working dog in Scotland for centuries; The Collie was used primarily as a herding dog and was smaller in appearance than it is today. These dogs covered tough ground, in all climates. Queen Victoria kept this dog in her castle in 1860, and from then on the dogs became popular. The Collie was mixed with the Borzoi, and to this day Borzoi blood needs to be in any dog ​​that is going to be in the show ring. It is at this point, the working dog parted ways. The smooth collie is more popular in the United Kingdom than in the United States; while the rough collie is more popular in general. The AKC considers the Rough and Smooth Collies to be varieties of the same breed. The most famous role of this breed would have to be in the movie “Lassie”.