Another Sheltie or a rough Collie?

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Estella'smom

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I am craving my second dog, now that the our beloved cat has crossed the rainbow bridge. I will not bring anyone home until summer when I am on break from teaching.

I meet up with a charming Rough Collie when I walk Estella in the morning. I am enchanted by this Collie and I have been wondering if I should go for a Collie next instead of a second Sheltie.

What do all of you think? Anyone have a Collie and a Sheltie?
 
Three shelties, and one rough collie here. You can't go wrong either way. I got my collie when he was five months old, and surrendered to a no kill shelter. He is a little bit more easy going than the shelties, but definitely smart and easy to train.
 
I have a Collie. She's a simple dog, not very bright. I won't have another one. They are pretty to look at, but there is a reason she is called "Champion Katie on the Couch". She is the only dog I've ever NQd with in Rally Novice. She had to stop and look at all the shiny things, like signs...
 
ClantyreSheltie said:
I have a Collie. She's a simple dog, not very bright. I won't have another one. They are pretty to look at, but there is a reason she is called "Champion Katie on the Couch". She is the only dog I've ever NQd with in Rally Novice. She had to stop and look at all the shiny things, like signs...
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Now, now! She is Katie, CX, CC (couch excellent, couch champion).

This is Buddy earning his championship.....
 
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We have a smoothie collie, Kinnon. He is one of the smartest, most loving dogs we have ever had. He is far less reactive than our shelties and is our resident "babysitter"...whether it be for a human child or a small dog...his patience and gentleness is amazing. He also is far less vocal than our shelties. But if you are looking to get into agility or some other dog sport, shelties seem to have more drive than today's typical rough or smooth collie.

Both breeds are wonderful...I don't think you can make a "wrong" choice between the two...it just depends on the personality traits you are looking for.

Trini
 
This is a timely thread for me as I am getting my first rough Collie this week - a 1 year old female who is too small to show, so her breeder has offered her to me.

I am excited and looking forward to a mellower presence amongst my verbal and active Shelties (unless my Shelties teach the Collie their bad habits :eek2:).
 
.Well, you are asking this on a sheltie board, so I hope you realize we are just a tad bit biased. OF COURSE SHELTIE. DUH :wink2: We have a saying at my house that if Lassie had been a sheltie, Timmy never would have fallen into the well in the first place.

All joking aside, I really don't think you can go wrong either way. I did have a friend with a rough collie. I guess it's there is a slightly higher fur issue. Hers had very dense fir and was sometimes difficult to groom.
 
Our family has such wonderful memories of our dear Lassie. Lassie was a senior rescue -- we think she was 11 or 12. She was also the smartest, shrewdest old gal ever!! We took her to The Gathering at Sunnybank, where she was the toast of the event!
 
How about one of the really large shelties? You know, the 18-21 inchers? That way it sort of is the best of both worlds. I LOVE collies but as I am getting older I want to be able to lift them. I love the sheltie brain but I have a cat area where they go under a baby gate and a small or standard size sheltie would just trot under. I found my 18" at 8 month collie-looking sheltie and have the best of both worlds more or less.
 
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