Collie

Have you ever met a Collie Dog? This dog is working and herding, intelligent, sociable and well balanced pet. This makes it’s owners a dog having fun to play with. This is a wonderful family dog, with lots of devotion and affection and good natured personality. It has devoted loyalty for the proper owner.

Collie dogs can get along very well with adults, children, strangers and other animals. They can be very sensitive though as they want plenty of attention. They love to enjoy spending time with family and friends and having lots of fun activities from exercise, running, hide and seek and whatever recreation you can think off.

A Collie dog is definitely above among the average dogs, as it can be intelligent, responsive and extremely dependable. Collie Dogs usually gets an A in obedience schools and can easily learn using the reward positive approach training. For inexperienced owners, a Collie dog is definitely the best, as they are sweet and can be quite shy at the start.

Teaching a Collie dog to socialize as a puppy can help in trusting and building confidence. Sometimes a Collie can bark and can be very alarming is something crazy is cooking up, and is an effective and diligent watch dog for the home. The Collie dog prefers to stay in an calm environment and can get crazy in a tension and fraught with noise household.

If you remember how Lassie looks like, well you have seen a Collie. Remember Lassie, attractive, elegant, and graceful sturdy built with an expression as keen as a Collie. This special breed can weigh from 50 to 75 pounds; the heaviness varies depending on the gender of the dog.

A Collie wears his coat long and with a undercoat characterized as dense. The coat has different colors it can be a blue merle, tri-colored, white, combination of sable and white.

Sprucing Up A Collie

When a Collie walks, it is filled with elegance, and considered as the most and elegant breeds. A Collie needs a regular grooming once weekly and can be increased during shredding season, which usually occurs twice or four times in a year. Usually a Collie shreds during fall and spring. Most people with allergic reactions to dog coat shredding is not advised to owned a Collie.

Collies have two different variety, first is a Collie who wears a smooth coat, and the second wears a rough coat. Grooming a Collie differs according to the variety of the dog.

Health, Lifetime And Lineage

A Collie lives from 12 to 14 years old, it has unique health problems specifically for its type of breed. Collies suffers from bloat, problems in the skin thyroid and PRA problems, eye problems, PRA and epilepsy. When acquiring a Collie puppy it is best to look for the CERF certificates of the parents.

Scotland is Collie's home country, and its major work was to help drive livestock. This bred was the favorite of Queen Victoria dating back from 1800s. It was registered in 1885 with AKC.

Quick Facts

Alias:	NA	Size:	Large
Training:	Medium/High	Grooming:	Low
Shedding:	High	Exercise:	Daily walk
Energy:	Medium	Protection:	Medium, barks to alert