
Training your collie should begin the moment you arrive home with your new pup. Most "household rules" training (i.e. off-limit furniture & rooms, table manners) will occur naturally as you go about your daily routine. Other commands require more devoted, focused sessions of training. Because a young pup has a short attention span, training sessions [...]

Photo by me’nthedogs Fighting for dogs everywhere who deserve a much better life and who are “Dying for Love”. You’re in the mall, and you just have to stop and look at those cute little doggies playing in the window of the pet shop. You go in, almost in spite of yourself, and before you [...]
So far today we have learned about some physical characteristics of the domesticated dog breed. Now let’s examine their Intelligence. Intelligence Dogs are valued for their intelligence. This intelligence is expressed differently with different breeds and individuals, however. For example, Border Collies are noted for their ability to easily learn verbal commands, while other breeds [...]

Photo by Tsuacctnt As a whole, the Rough & Smooth Collie is a hardy, healthy breed. There traits are some of the most desired in the world among dog owners – they’re beautiful, intelligent, sensitive, easy to train, loyal, friendly, and very loving. Unlike the chow, the collie is not known for being a “one [...]
Adopting a Shelter Rescue Collie

Photo by Tsuacctnt Adopting a fully grown shelter collie is often not considered an option when a family decides to get a new pet but there are some things you should consider. A fully grown shelter collie may already be house trained, trained in basic obedience and be past the teething stage. That means no [...]
The collie dog has a very wonderful calm, even temperament. Original collies were used to herd sheep, and they were highly trusted to gather the flock and bring them in without causing any harm to the animals. Therefore, shepherds needed dogs that had keen hearing (to listen to signals from their master across the hills), [...]
There is no such thing as a Miniature Collie. The small dog that resembles a Collie is a Shetland Sheepdog (Sheltie), a completely different breed. Purebred adult Collies stand 22 to 26 inches tall at the shoulder and weigh 45 to 90 pounds. However, the first Collies were small, between 25 and 40 pounds, and [...]
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