*This story is not about the collie breed, but a very close cousin – a beloved sheltie!* I had a male sheltie ( sable and white ). I had named him Prince Albert ( The Albert was after my husband’s middle name). He was my heart, I actually loved him like my child. YHe was [...]
He had won. He had done his master proud and he had won. It wasn’t that he understood exactly “what” he had done to make everyone so happy. It wasn’t as if he had fought off a raging bear, or saved a lost child like Lassie would have. He hadn’t run for help or chased [...]
It was 1985 and I was working as a police officer in the town of Dixon in Solano County, California. One summer afternoon, I answered a call at a small home to take a report of a theft from a garage. As I was speaking to the resident, we were standing in his backyard. I [...]

IMG_4654 by dogsbylori In the American Collie Standard, there are 4 recognized colors – only one of which looks like the typical “brownish” lassie color! There’s the sable & white (the color Lassie was), the blue merle (looks similar to the Australian Shepherd dog), the tricolor (black with markings of brown and white), and the [...]

Blue merle Tricolor White Sable White Photos courtesy of Wiki-Commons. Published with allowance. Looks Aren’t Everything (Karaoke Version) (Originally Performed By [...]

IMG_5140 by dogsbylori *This color is recognized by the AKC The Blue Merle is astoundingly beautiful. With a silverish blue predominant color that resembles a deep cool pool of water, it is hard not to fall in love with this color when introduced. The easiest way to describe the blue merle is a “tri color [...]
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Ojitos [ ORIÃ?N ] Enero 2011 by tehzeta *This color is a recognized breed color by the AKC. The most popular color of a collie is the sable & white as featured on the television, radio and book icon – Lassie. Although the rough sable coat is the most widely recognized, smooth collies can be [...]
Do you have a new collie? One of the biggest thrills in getting a new dog is picking out their name. Some names are stylish. Some are human-like. Others are simply far out there. Can you think of any names? Here is a list of names of collies submitted by our former message board members [...]
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