Personal Experiences Archive
People’s personal stories of Scotch Collies they have known and loved. First-hand accounts of growing up with these dogs or amazing things they have done. Please consider submitting your own story here.
Old Time Farm Shepherds by J. Richard McDuffie
The country was full of Old Time Farm Shepherd or Farm Collie dogs when I was a boy. Some called them Shepherds, others Collies but they were the same dogs. They served as family pet, guarddog, stock dog and hunting dog. My interest in them was always as hunting dogs, but like most people, took them for granted.
If I Were Going to Obtain a Farm Dog by Guy Ormiston
In the mid-twentieth century, the old original American Farm Collies of Scotch Collie ancestry almost trotted off into the misty fog of obsolescence – along with draft mules, victory gardens and covered bridges.
Rex Bowers Letter
My grandfather kept this type dog all his life and used them on our farm. The best squirrel dog I ever had was a farm shepherd, Rusty. Granddad got him when I was very young and I grew up with him. My parents did not worry where I went as long as Rusty went along. He was a serious body guard! I could sic him on anything, as he feared nothing. We trained him on cows and mules with our older shep, Sport, who was very old.
