Golden Age: 1861 - 1900

Wandering Willie

Note: The story below is about Willie, a “Northumbrian collie” from the Cheviot Hills, no doubt a representative of the regional shepherd dogs that would become know as the Border Collie in later years and […]

Changes: 1901 - 1950

Another Shep at the Station – 1906

For weeks Shep, a blooded Scotch collie, waited at a lonely station in Augusta county, Virginia, for the return of his absent master. The master, C. F. Dorian, of West Eighth avenue, Denver, when he […]

Golden Age: 1861 - 1900

Dorsey the Mail Dog

“Let us go back to California,” said Mr. Bush, “and I’ll tell you about a dog in that state that is a regular mail-carrier. His name is Dorsey, and he carries the mail between Calico […]

Changes: 1901 - 1950

Shep of Fort Benton Montana

During the summer of 1936 a sheepherder fell ill while tending his flock and was brought to the St. Clare Hospital in Fort Benton, Montana. A nondescript sheep dog had followed the herder into town […]

Ezra Meeker's Scotch Collie Jim
Changes: 1901 - 1950

Ezra Meeker’s Faithful Dog Jim

I came near meeting a heavy loss two days before leaving the city. Somehow I got sandwiched in on the East Side above the Brooklyn bridge in the congested district of the foreign quarters and […]

Changes: 1901 - 1950

Sailor of Wood Island Light

SAILOR, THE DOG WATCH Among the dogs whose names go down through the years, as a tribute to their wonderful sagacity, stands that of Sailor, the noted Scotch collie of Wood Island, off the Coast […]

Changes: 1901 - 1950

Dog Travels 3000 Miles to Home and Gets Medal

Bob, a Scotch collie recently traveled approximately 3,000 miles to return to his home in Oregon after having been lost in the middle west. Its owners had taken it with them on an automobile trip, […]