Flora is 2yo and 80% collie. She wants nothing more than to play all day every day, and then curl up with a toy.

I grew up with dogs that liked toys, but would usually destroy them or lose interest. Flora is over the moon with every new toy she gets, and even rotates through most of them, so I feel like I can never pare down her collection.

Kenai is my second collie, and he just recently turned 7. It's crazy to me that he's already so old. He's slowly starting to turn gray on his eyebrows and around his muzzle. But he still acts like he's 5. Our other collie girl will be 10 in November ❤️

She LOVES our wooded scent walks we do every morning. Some days I’d rather just do a regular walk but I know she loves these too much to skip.

If no human, dog, or cat is available to snuggle, she will get a plushie

i just HAVE to share this picture of the artwork that Romeo blessed us with while we were away from home for half an hour yesterday. rip paper towels and welcome way more puppy proofing, because this boy is growing super duper fast and can reach almost every table and counter already. i hope this picture brightens up some of your days and gives motivation to this day <3

When did your RC reach maturity? We are at 14 months with our boy and adolescence has been a big struggle! He was the perfect pup but around 7 months the barking started and he had 0 impulse control! It feels like as soon as we start making progress in one area, we have totally new issues in another!

Hi all!

Daisy is closing in on 7 years old and I have noticed lately she is getting reluctant to jump into the back seat of my truck. I have a GMC canyon and she's been pretty good getting into the backseat without any help. I used to be able to take her to work with me, but we're getting a new building built and our temp location doesn't allow pets to visit so she doesn't get to go for rides as much. A few weeks ago I was getting her ready to take her for her spa day and she really was hesitant to jump in the back seat both on the way to the groomer and when I picked her up. She jumps up on my bed just fine and I think it is about the same height, my bed is quite tall, maybe 40 to 45 inches tall. I am thinking it may be time for some sort of foldable ramp for her for the truck. Does anyone have suggestions for something easy that can fold it and not take up much room?

We have a new tri puppy born on the 4th of July. She sort of has a shooting star for a rough. We were thinking of naming her Liberty Star and calling her Liby. Any suggestions?

My 1/2 rough collie girls are 5 months old and truly such angels. I’m so proud of them, despite still working through the puppy phase. They’ve gone weeks without any accidents in the house, but I found two wet pees in the past 2 days. I was a little worried, but then heard from someone that it is normal for puppies to go through a regression around this age and “forget” what they’ve learned/ start pushing boundaries. What was potty training like for y’all’s babies, and did they experience the regression stage?

Hey!

We’re considering a few different breeds for our second dog, and one of them is the rough collie. We already have a Finnish Lapphund, so we’re used to dogs and grooming:)

However our lapphund isn’t all that snuggly, which is something we’re hoping our next dog will be. It will obviously depend on the individual dog, but I can’t seem to figure out if it’s 50/50 in terms of cuddly or more a 70/30 split or something. We’re just trying to see if a cuddly collie is rare!

Ideally we’d love if our dog would sleep in our bed at night, and join us on the couch when we watch a movie at night. It doesn’t have to be full on spooning all the time, but I love to have a hand in their fur!

Our lappie normally chooses the floor or maybe a ten minute snuggle sesh.

What’s your collies like?:)

Hey collie sub!

I have a 15-month-old keeshond puppy, and her best friend is a collie. Their playstyles mesh together so well. They chase each other for a bit, and then they can just walk and sniff side by side. It's so hilarious when they stand next to each other and turn their heads to look at the same thing. I really like the collie; she is such a sweet and graceful dog. I'm kind of set on getting one sometime in the future! So I have a few questions for you: Life with a collie - what is it like? And for those of you who have multiple dogs, how does your collie get along with the other dogs in the house - especially spitz-type dogs?

I have an almost 8 month old Rough Collie puppy and she seems to be showing signs of upcoming heat. She’s licking even more, does more small pees and the other day a male dog got very obsessed and intense with her. Both the vet and trainer said to spay after 1 or 2 heats, preferably 2. I also asked the breeder and she said it usually happens at around 9/10 months but collies tend to bleed less/clean up well or it’s less noticeable because it stays in the fur.

I know silent heats can happen but are they common with Rough collies? She’s a bit smaller, only 16.5 kg/37 pounds, and from European lines.

She’s my first dog so I have never experienced a heat. I’m on top of it because I want to avoid a pregnancy at all costs.

So just a little bit of context, my rough collie Hallie is 7 months old and she has never been physically abused or even yelled at. She is in a vibrant home where she plays and sleeps a majority of her day. Like this dog is spoiled and lives a comfortable life, my wife and I treat her as if she was our daughter. She is really active and is able to easily jump to the height of the seat I’m sitting at.

For the last 3 months I’ve been trying to get her to confidently hop into our car in the garage. First time she wasn’t even able to enter the garage and month 2 she was only able to approach the car . Now it is going on month 3 and I am at my whits end because she gets too scared to go any further. I’ll list everything I’ve tried below.

Her ears fold all the way back, she tucks her tail between her legs and stress defecates all over the garage and we have to end the session. I’m about to give up but I just want her to be confident getting in and out of the car (has zero issue getting out of the car) I give it at least 5-14 days between training this.

Everything we’ve tried:

Kong toy filled with PB
Dog safe cheese wiz (I can’t remember the brand but she absolutely loves it)
Lbs and lbs of boiled chicken (one of her favorites)

rewarding her for walking up to the car

Picking her up and putting her in the car and rewarding her with a lot of treats

Hanging out near the car for a long time and rewarding her every single time she goes to sniff the car

Stepping stool for her

Opening all the doors in the car and turning on the lights so she doesn’t feel claustrophobic

Fitting myself, my wife and my other pup Daisy in the back with chicken and PB ( she was really tempted but defecated and ran with her tail between her legs)

Whole time we are not making fast movements, we are speaking softly and using our comfort voice. We’ve tried every single thing I could think of and idk what else to do or what else would work. I’ve trained dogs before but she is the only one that absolutely terrified of cars, leashes, crates, hairbrushes, baths , just about literally everything and anything and it’s driving me crazy because I run a no fear based training method and she’s not accepting of anything.

What do I do guys?? I’m so frustrated

Hi! I’ve posted here before about my sweet girl with a sizable liver tumor. We’ve been told it’s on the right side, about the size of a bagel, and inoperable. We found out in May and have been giving her lots of love and attention since then.

Before we found out, we booked a roadtrip to Maine with a few stops. A total of about 30 hours of driving. Our girl does love the car. We take her on short trips all the time and in the past have taken her on 12+ hour trips with us. This one will be broken up into 7, 9, 4, and 10 hours with days in between.

We can’t figure out if it’s still a good idea to go on this trip and we’re looking for advice. Will she be comfortable? We don’t know. Will she mind being in an Airbnb without us here and there? No idea. These are things she’s done fine before but now with this we can’t tell if that will change.

She currently eats fine, takes walks, plays here and there. She gets a gabapentin before bed every night but generally isn’t listless throughout the day.

Thoughts? We need to decide while we still can
cancel without losing tons of money.

Hazel having her mid morning nap!

don't mind her purple feet.. we had a little bit of fun with leftover dye 😂

The breeder realized Ethel's temperament was not suitable for my home, so I am getting Yoshi who comes home next week instead! He is a sable and white rough collie. Any tips to help settle in a collie puppy? We have two dachshunds and a corgi to keep him company! Photo courtesy of the breeder!

So do you groom your collies yourselves, or do you just take them to the groomers. I have had multiple unsuccessful encounters with the groomers - some just trim the coat awkwardly or use too much perfume, while others are in so much hurry that my dog returns with nail trimming trauma and I have to spend months to desensitize him again. I felt that it's just too much work so I learned to bathe and groom him myself. And yes, I take much longer than I professional and my back hurts, but its easier than dealing with brushing or nail trimming trauma :D Also. I get to pick the shampoo that smells nice for me!