AirwickWithCheese Posted August 7, 2014 Share #1 Posted August 7, 2014 ? They are good dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted August 7, 2014 Share #2 Posted August 7, 2014 Our Rosie was a great dog. Friendly, smart, protective of the kids. Downsides included hair! Needed frequently baths. Teeth. Needed to be brushed at least weekly if not more. Bad doggie breath. Hips. The hips go out quickly on collies - well before the rest of the dog's body is in bad shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted August 7, 2014 Share #3 Posted August 7, 2014 Breed of choice should be the PVGB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingtermite Posted August 7, 2014 Share #4 Posted August 7, 2014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted August 7, 2014 Author Share #5 Posted August 7, 2014 Did Lassie ruin it for collies for a couple of decades? She put up with that idiot Timmy all those years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 7, 2014 Share #6 Posted August 7, 2014 Did Lassie ruin it for collies for a couple of decades? She put up with that idiot Timmy all those years. Ruff! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted August 7, 2014 Share #7 Posted August 7, 2014 Yep, both of my doggehs are rescues. Charlie is from the humane society and Sandy was a stray that we took in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted August 7, 2014 Share #8 Posted August 7, 2014 Our Rosie was a great dog. Friendly, smart, protective of the kids. Downsides included hair! Needed frequently baths. Teeth. Needed to be brushed at least weekly if not more. Bad doggie breath. Hips. The hips go out quickly on collies - well before the rest of the dog's body is in bad shape. Collies come in a short haired version. They probably have the same hip problems though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted August 7, 2014 Share #9 Posted August 7, 2014 What do you call a dog with no legs? It doesn't matter, he's not coming. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted August 7, 2014 Share #10 Posted August 7, 2014 I don't think Lassie ruined it for collies, I think that Lassie isn't on TV is why collies aren't as popular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopped Liver Posted August 7, 2014 Share #11 Posted August 7, 2014 Collies bite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopped Liver Posted August 7, 2014 Share #12 Posted August 7, 2014 Breed of choice should be the PVGB Shihz Poo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted August 7, 2014 Share #13 Posted August 7, 2014 http://youtu.be/U0_4qTACLJ8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share #14 Posted February 28, 2016 On 8/7/2014 at 8:34 AM, Nate said: I don't think Lassie ruined it for collies, I think that Lassie isn't on TV is why collies aren't as popular A contributing factor, yes, but more ....... Lassie was on TV because Lassie was the American dog. Lassie was the best farm dog and we were a nation of farms. The idiots shot Lassie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead ★ Posted February 28, 2016 Share #15 Posted February 28, 2016 On August 7, 2014 at 7:56 AM, Mr. Silly said: Collies come in a short haired version. They probably have the same hip problems though. Less hip issues with smooth collies because they haven't been over bred lime Lassie dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share #16 Posted February 28, 2016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share #17 Posted February 28, 2016 8 minutes ago, Airehead said: Less hip issues with smooth collies because they haven't been over bred lime Lassie dogs. What evilness are you implying? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted February 28, 2016 Share #18 Posted February 28, 2016 On 8/7/2014 at 7:56 PM, AirwickWithCheese said: Did Lassie ruin it for collies for a couple of decades? She put up with that idiot Timmy all those years. ...what ruined it for collies was when they started asking questions about how Timmy was always ending up "falling" into the well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share #19 Posted February 28, 2016 Page, I resent the fact you haven't talked about the greatness of Lassie since you've been here and that's over a year now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share #20 Posted February 28, 2016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted February 28, 2016 Share #21 Posted February 28, 2016 ...I was more of a reader as a kid, so my canine hero was Terhune's Lad. “Any man with money to make the purchase may become a dog's owner. But no man --spend he ever so much coin and food and tact in the effort-- may become a dog's Master without consent of the dog. Do you get the difference? And he whom a dog once unreservedly accepts as Master is forever that dog's God.” ― Albert Payson Terhune, Lad: A Dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted February 28, 2016 Share #22 Posted February 28, 2016 ...I always thought that dog in "Call of the Wild" was pretty cool, too. #outlaws 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share #23 Posted February 28, 2016 31 minutes ago, Page Turner said: ...I was more of a reader as a kid, so my canine hero was Terhune's Lad. “Any man with money to make the purchase may become a dog's owner. But no man --spend he ever so much coin and food and tact in the effort-- may become a dog's Master without consent of the dog. Do you get the difference? And he whom a dog once unreservedly accepts as Master is forever that dog's God.” ― Albert Payson Terhune, Lad: A Dog This is the moral of Lassie Come Home It's ok to praise other dogs but due deference must be given to Lassie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted February 28, 2016 Share #24 Posted February 28, 2016 ...you really cannot fool dogs. They seem to be able to pick up on stuff of which we are otherwise unaware. On a very fundamental level, dogs and I are of the same breed. In a sense, I have modeled myself after Buck, the half collie/St Bernard mix in jack London's book......which was in turn loosely modeled after a real historical dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted March 1, 2016 Share #25 Posted March 1, 2016 On 8/7/2014 at 8:47 PM, AirwickWithCheese said: I find it odd, and somewhat sad, that collies are no longer the breed of choice Sometimes they can be bad influences... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted March 2, 2016 Share #26 Posted March 2, 2016 Collies were never my breed of choice. If I have space for a large dog when I retire, a Labarador (preferably yellow or chocolate) would be my choice. If I don't have space (more likely), a Pembroke Welsh Corgi. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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