Albert Payson Terhune (1872 – 1942) was a lover of collies who lived at a critical time in Collie history. A time when the show Collie was rapidly changing into a new type of dog. […]

Some say that English Shepherds represent what the Scotch Collie looked like before show breeders ruined them. I used to believe this myself until I began doing research for creating this website. Once I started […]

Shedding is really the one big negative to Collies at least in my opinion. The hair can be a real nuisance at times, it ends up everywhere on everything, in everything if it is not […]

Back in 2008 my wife and I bought a small farm in Oklahoma and as we settled in we immediately felt like we needed a good farm dog. At that time I researched a lot […]

When we read a good book about Collies we form pictures in our minds of what the dog looked like. Maybe these mental images are based on the book’s illustrations or on a movie made […]

Lassie is a fictional female Collie that is arguably the most recognizable and famous dog character of all times. There have been nine feature films, several television programs, books, and even a video game made […]

Isn’t it funny how things change over time, it never fails to surprise me. Things that were popular when I was a kid that now seem ridiculous, for example The Dukes of Hazard, I used […]

The Scotch Collie is an amazing breed of dogs that are making a comeback today from near extinction 30 years ago. Keep reading to learn 10 surprising facts about Scotch Collies. 10. Scotch Collies originated […]

I have owned Scotch Collies for over 12 years and I love my dogs, they are smart, obedient and human-oriented. But when I go places with them I always meet people who have no idea […]

I got into farm collies completely by accident over a decade ago when I was looking for a dog to help with the sheep on my small acreage farm. Maybe it was the string of […]