Historic articles and photos of Scotch Collies from the early history to 1860. Documentation of the collie as it existed before the show breeders began to change its form.
THE SHEPHERD’S DOG, OR COLLEY. The genuine original Shepherd’s dog is now nearly altogether confined to Scotland, where he is called the “Colley.” He stands about twenty-one inches in height at the shoulder; is very […]
Excerpted from “Biographical Sketches and Authentic Anecdotes of Dogs” by Captain Thomas Brown – 1829 SAVES THE LIFE OF A COW. I have been furnished by my friend, Mr Peter Macarthur, with the following anecdote […]
Excerpted from “Biographical Sketches and Authentic Anecdotes of Dogs” by Captain Thomas Brown – 1829 AN ACCURATE SERVANT. “There was a shepherd lad near Langholm, whose name was Scott, who possessed a bitch famed over […]
Excerpted from “Biographical Sketches and Authentic Anecdotes of Dogs” by Captain Thomas Brown – 1829 Note: James Hogg was a Scottish poet and novelist who wrote lovingly of his collies in the early 1800s. He […]
Excerpted from “Biographical Sketches and Authentic Anecdotes of Dogs” by Captain Thomas Brown – 1829 CONSTANT EVEN IN DEATH. On Tuesday, the 20th of August, 1828, Lachlan Maclean, a shepherd, in the service of Mr […]
Excerpted from “Biographical Sketches and Authentic Anecdotes of Dogs” by Captain Thomas Brown – 1829 A KNOWING ACCOMPLICE. Few instances can be adduced of the sagacity of dogs more striking than the following of the […]
Excerpted from “Biographical Sketches and Authentic Anecdotes of Dogs” by Captain Thomas Brown – 1829 Note: This is the earliest detailed description of the Scotch Collie. Bewick described the collie’s behavior almost 40 years before […]
Some writer remarks that when our first parents were expelled from Paradise, the dog, of all animals, was the only one that swerved not from his allegiance, but continued faithful to his master even in […]
In previous posts I have documented the existence the English Sheep-Dog or English Shepherd’s Dog, which appear as a close relative of the Scotch Collie but quite different from today’s Old English Sheepdog, as a […]
The height of the sheep-dog is generally about fifteen inches, and its colour is chiefly black or dark grey. He is of all dogs the most intelligent and faithful, and at the same time the […]
But more distinctly to be referred to the Lyciscan type, are the common dogs of shepherds, to which the term Shepherd’s Dog is, with us, more especially applied. Various kinds of dogs, however, are employed […]
Excerpted from The dog book, Volume 1, James Watson – 1906 Mr. Wheeler most kindly consented, when asked a year ago to contribute from his store of knowledge of the old-time dogs, and on being […]
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