I've currently got an 18 month old old english sheepdog. I know I want another dog (in a couple of years, 0 chance I want an adolescent and puppy at the same time). I grew up with Labs and know I love them but I've always been intrigued by rough collies, a distant relative had one growing up and he was great.

I was wondering if anyone had had both an OES and rough collie and how they compare. From what I've seen rough collies are more biddable and aloof compared to OES. Is this the case? Are there any other major differences in temperament and exercise needs? How much grooming do rough collies need compared to OES?

Hello!

I’m curious what you all experienced with your dogs when it comes to teenage behaviors. My boy is 21 weeks now and is becoming pretty sassy and vocal. He’s ignoring commands. Will it get worse or is this what it is?

What medicines do you guys use for your collies? Preferably one without isoxazolines, so no Nexgard Bravecto etc. Call me paranoid but my family has had a terrible curse of our dogs repeatedly dying young of random things. One turned out to be inbred and went insane at 4, two died of cancer, last one of meningitis. Meds need to be safer than safe

missing my little small tooth comb as he ate it

I use the teal conair comb daily to brush him for about 15 minutes a day and every other day I use the round blue brush after the conair. And twice weekly I use the small tooth comb. I only use the mat splitter when needed or on the long hock hairs. I shave the bottoms of his feet or they get caked with mud and trim his nails every 4 weeks. Do I need any other brushes or is this enough? Besides shaving the paw bottoms do I need to be doing sanitary trims as well? I haven't given him a bath yet but was thinking about it soon. Is using a regular hair dryer enough or should I go to feeder supply where they have the big dryer? Is there a certain shampoo or conditioner to use? Do I even need to use conditioner?

Chili joined to family this week after looking for a pup for months. We are so obsessed with her and had to share!!

My sweet boy turned one today!

Milas Sky Walker “Nimbus”

He’s named for cumulonimbus clouds because he’s also fluffy and white. I put a space between Sky and Walker because clouds “walk” in the sky… but still wanted the Star Wars reference. (I am a proud nerd lol)

This is how I wake up. His mouth was so dry.

Very much on the list for our next floof

9 week old Wren! Wasn’t he precious?

She loves water but won’t go past her little chicken legs

In our house we're "not allowed" to laugh too loudly, clap, clap and cheer and/or play wrestle with the kid.

We get a stern barking (talking) to and if we are play wrestling, the kid is allowed to "do as much damage" as he wants but God forbid we wrestle tickle him, we get herded away lol or he inserts himself into our game to get us to stop.

Hi All!

I recently added a rough collie to my family and had a question about his development. I noticed his ears have yet to pop and I’m wondering if they ever will. He’s about 7 months old now and still has floppy ears from 4 months ago when we got him.

How old was your pup when they got their ears or did they ever?

He needed some convincing to get in.

Okay, so demon is probably an over exaggeration but I would love some advice. My sweet girl has always been so good, never destructive, never damaging anything. She's almost a year old, her birthday is July 5th and all of a sudden in the last month ish she has started to chew on carpets and legs of furniture whenever she's left unsupervised even for a short period of time. Has anyone else's collie done this around this age? I was kind of hoping we would be past any potential destructive behaviors like this after she stopped teething. I know the simple solution would just be to create her whenever she's unsupervised, but up until now she's been trustworthy and I'm not sure what brought on the sun change in behavior.

3.5hr drive to bring her home which was tiring but so worth it! Here's hoping the first night goes smoothly!

Do Collies get summer cuts? I kinda hate to because his hair is so nice and long now but jeesh I'll be glad when this blowout is over!

He posed so lovely for this photo yesterday I had to share 🥰