Mission

Collie Dog Owners is dedicated to bringing collie owners the best source of rough and smooth collie information online.

Our Divisions

• Rough / Smooth Collie Educational Portal - CollieDogOwners.com
• Rough / Smooth Collie Articles Index - colliedogowners.com/articles
• Collie Themed Clothing & Gift Shop - www.CollieShop.com
• Rough Collie Info notebook - www.RoughCollie.info
• Rough / Smooth Collie Message Board Forum - colliedogowners.com/forum
   

Who We Are

Collie Dog Owners was founded on February 27, 2002.  The cause?  Lisa, the site manager, was 19 years old and just experienced the death of her last childhood doggy companion - a smooth collie mix.  After a week of searching for another dog, she ran into the most gorgeous sable / white rough collie at an all breed pet rescue in Columbia, South Carolina.  That dog was named Rocky - and according to the shelter, came with the other collie onsite...his sable rough sister, Daisy. 

That week, the two collies went home with Lisa, who knew nothing about the collie breed before that moment other than her Floppy had been a smooth collie.  Determined to give them the best collie-fied treatment possible, Lisa searched the internet and scoured the bookshelves for access to collie specific information.  Unfortunately, that was very hard to come by at that point in time, and most of the "collie" books she found only told general dog care information (something she already knew after having had mixed breed dogs her entire life).

Discouraged, she wondered if there was a way to bring the information to her instead.  On a whim one night, she opened up an MSN forum group, with the apt title of "Collie Dog Owners" - and thus started the beginnings of what you see today.  Over the next three years that group brought in vast knowledge resources from professional breeders, rescue workers, show handlers, judges, and journalists right along side of the most novice of collie owners.  "Easy to access, detailed collie information" became the mission of Collie Dog Owners.   In Ocotober, 2002, the site had grown to a point where Lisa felt it necessary to expand to a sister website to begin storing the vast collie knowledge - and CollieDogOwners.com was born.

The same month, www.CollieShop.com was opened to give the collie owning public a chance to own merchandise that promoted their love for this amazing breed.  The CollieShop as it is affectionally known, contains over 100 unique collie themed designs such as "I like my Husband, but LOVE my Collie", "I [heart] Collies!", and "Collies are the Best Good Luck Charm" on 2000+ products including shirts, hoodies, tote bags, mugs, clocks, mousepads, and buttons.

In June, 2005, the original MSN Collie Dog Owners group was closed, but the main site has remained open all this time as a testament to the still strong mission Lisa has to provide collie owners with good quality, great quantity educational resources on the Collie.

As of March of 2007, there are 3 new projects in the works for The Collie Dog Owners -

• New Public Message Board Forum (Opening March 19, 2007) colliedogowners.com/forum
• Collie Kids - dedicated to providing children friendly pet care resources www.CollieKids.com
• Smooth Collie Info - notebook page highlighting the smooth collie www.smoothcollie.info
   

How to Contact Us

Please email the site manager, Lisa at   

Write to us at:

Collie Dog Owners
PO Box 2594
West Columbia, SC  29171

How to Use This Site

Collie Dog Owner web portal contains many interactive features such as

• Article commenting and conversations colliedogowners.com/articles
• Public message board forum colliedogowners.com/forum
• Contests throughout the year (photography, giveaways, collie calendar contest)
• Article submission and chance to be part of the site's "Growth Team" (authors of our articles)
• Collie news & world news information colliedogowners.com/news

To comment on our articles you do not have to be a registered member, but in order to participate on our message board system you must register first for a username & password (as is the case with any message board). 

Reprint, Release, and Press

All articles on site may be used for reprint in online private, non-profit, non-commercial sites as long as proper credit is given to the author of that particular article and a link to our site is included (CollieDogOwners.com)

Interested in copying an article for reprint offline? Want to do an article on the Collie Dog Owners or a press report?  Send an email at . 

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This site is dedicated to the memory off "Floppy Brown Ears" My first Collie 1990 - 2002  --------- In loving Memory of Rocky Top, CDO's inspiration 1998 - 2005