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Getting involved in Collie Rescue

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Click here for a comprehensive listing of Collie Rescue shelters Collie Rescue is a very wonderful cause to get involved in. There are so many beautiful homeless collies out there because they are either neglected and abused or their owners simply cannot take care of them anymore for various reasons. Don’t let bad things happen [...]

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Understanding Collies: Divisions – The Sporting Group

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The Sporting Group (also called the Gundog group) is a designation used by some all-breed dog registries (or kennel clubs) for a group of purebred dogs. Because they were developed as bird dogs with energetic hunting abilities in water and field settings, most sporting dogs require regular exercise. Their naturally active and alert demeanor also [...]

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The Love of Animals

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Over the years, I’ve been lucky enough to know lots of interesting animals. Horses, Dogs, Cats, Wildlife . . . If they liked people, I had a knack of getting to know them pretty well. When I started my career as an artist, animals were a natural subject for me to explore, and, growing up [...]

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Removing Ticks from your Collie

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Ticks are a nasty little arachnid pest that attach to your dog and can be very irritating and soar for your pet. They carry many different diseases that can be mildly dangerous to your dog and other members of your household. Some diseases take up to twenty four hours to pass on to their host [...]

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S.E. Shirley

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Founder of England’s Kennel Club (1873) and breeder of collie forerunners Trefoil, Tartan and Tricolour. Collies (Barron’s Complete Pet Owner’s Manuals)This popular working dog also makes a fine pet. In addition to pet-care information, this manual presents a list of Collie organizations in the United… Read More >

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Black Shep

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The first collie regsitered  with the AKC, in 1885. S.O.S (Made Famous by Collie Buddz)

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Intro to Clicker Training

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By Ashley Peach Due to the highly sensitive nature of the Collie, and their huge desire to please their owners, the gentleness of the clicker training method is one of the best around today.  In this article I am going to discuss clicker training and its use in training collies. Most people have heard of [...]

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Attractive + Pet Friendly = Furniture?

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Author: Darlene Berkel Pet friendly, or pet safe, furniture is a bit of a misnomer just like the term ‘child proof’ you can’t get furniture which is immune to damage, but you can make sure that things are as safe and durable as possible. If you want to allow your pet access to the house, [...]

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