The Scotch Collie was among the most popular dog breeds at the turn of the twentieth century, this video briefly outlines how in the course of the twentieth century they almost became extinct and efforts that have been made in the last 20 years to rescue them from the brink.
Excerpted from Chambers’s Encyclopædia: a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people – 1878 The most useful and valuable of all kinds of dog, and universally employed by shepherds throughout Europe, and in the countries colonised […]
I regret not learning about the farm collie movement earlier. It appears there was a great deal of enthusiasm for the idea of bringing back the old time farm collies back in the late 90’s […]
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. […]
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i LOVE this video! Those old time collies remind me of the ones on my grandma’s farm up in Ontario back in the late 1800’s. While I never saw them in person, I have short movie clips of one of them, and memories from my childhood of my grandma telling me about their intelligence and biddability. She said that without being told, they would move the livestock from barn to field in both the morning and again in the evening for milking.
Someday when my current senior collies have crossed the bridge, I hope to bring one of these wonderful collies back into our family.
I grew up reading Albert Payson Terhune’s Books, where he lamented the change in the breed from the brilliant working dog to the unrecognizable pointy nosed show dogs. I have always wanted an old fashioned scotch collie. I am so glad to have found you! I will be looking for a puppy in the next year or two!