People were pretty upset with my post about my girl’s breeder so when I got her tests back from the vet I figured I would share them! It also said that she was 100% good girl! I also included an updated picture of her laying on her back cutely

Ps. The breeders were NOT Amish… people got caught up on that last time

Hi! I saw a rough collie for the first time a couple months back and I've been in love with this breed ever since. I love a lot of breeds - for example, I absolutely love Border Collies - but I know I won't be able to fulfill one, so I stick to admiring them from afar. I read a lot about rough collies and I think I will be able to provide everything for one, but I'm still not sure.

I live in a medium apartment on the ground floor without a garden or a balcony, but I will be able to go on walks during the day and there are plenty of places close to me where I could satisfy my dog's physical activity needs. I am more than willing to train basic obedience, as well as extensive training that this specific breed needs. What worries me is the fact that I am away for work 8 hours a day, and I have problems with anxiety. I know rough collies are really handler sensitive and prone to seperation anxiety, so I'm afraid I'd just hurt my dog by leaving it for so many hours and making him feel bad because of my own anxiety. I won't be buying/adopting one in the near future because I am looking for an adult dog, and it's especially hard since this breed is very unpopular in my country (so far I've only found two reputable breeders). I know you can never be prepared enough and something will always surprise you when it comes to dogs, but I want to get as educated as possible for now to decide if this is even the right breed for me, and the best way to do that for me is get an experienced person's opinion.

This feels unethical and like torture. For me. I make frozen enrichment lunches for the dog walker to give my sweet Nellie baby while I’m at work. She has to sadly stay in the crate while I’m at work which is one reason we have a dog walker now (she tried to rip my curtains down and I decided being almost 8 months old is not the age to let her roam the living-room while I’m not home… I’d rather her not get hurt and ruin my security deposit). But I miss her so so much while I’m at work. This is horrible. I just started working in office 3x a week and Nellie is perfectly fine. She acts no different but I’ll occasionally watch a video of her or see a photo on my phone during my break and my heart breaks because I miss her so much. It’s only 8 hours of separation but I hate it so much.

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This was taken on the 4th of July four years ago. He's not getting older, he's just getting better!

Over the weekend, the dogs had BOUNDS and BOUNDS of energy our little leashed outings didn't tire them out. It was hot and our favorite little dog park (with attendants, not sure if that's a widespread thing yet) had a fun in the sun day with ice and pools to keep cool.

Lennon (my sheltie) isn't big on water, just kept trying to lick the ice 😂 but Marcy loved sitting in it! She got all wet and you can see how beautiful her coat's coming in! She ran around the whole place, played fetch, and met so many new friends.

They both promptly fell asleep after getting back into the car and they were sleeping the rest of the day 😂 such a cutie. I forgot to take photos of them playing together at the park, but next time we will!

Do ya'll have any paid entry dog parks in your area? This one is really nice, relatively new, and every dog had to be UTD on shots, fixed, on flea/tick meds, and they had two attendants that would hover around the dogs and clean up if any ball or twig became a problem for the pups. Truly, it was the best park we've been to and it's open late enough to go on weekdays.

Ethel at 6 weeks old- courtesy photo from the breeder. I am super excited for thia girl! She comes home in August!

This is Mars, he just turned 8 weeks on Thursday and thinks he's a little crocodile. He's brought me so much joy.

After considerable research, I think a Rough Collie might be right for our family. I’d love recommendations on breeders in the Midwest. Our hearts have been in pieces since we lost our English mastiff and we think we might finally be ready to love again. I think a RC is going to offer the best of the traits we loved/worked with our family and then some - minus the slime.

We are in Wisconsin, but we will travel if the fit is right. We would really like to do a meet and greet first to spend some time with the breed as well if you have recommendations for that!

First time collie parent here and our 7 month old boy is having lots of trouble with itching. About a month ago around when we took him for his first grooming appt we first noticed a mild rash on his groin, the groomer shaved the area as he’d matted it up from biting the area. We kept an eye on it and got some cream for it.

We’ve been trying to keep him from being outside in the grass for long periods, but noticed it flared up after we went camping a couple weeks ago. (He went pond swimming on the trip too) Since then we’ve been doing oatmeal baths and keeping up with the cream and while it doesn’t look as irritated we noticed while brushing him today it has spread to other areas now. He is shedding a lot now too of course.

My question is this a common rough collie concern with sensitive skin/allergies? Especially due to heat of the summer and shedding being itchy for him? What are the usual remedies? We will take him in to the vet in the next week or so if it continues to spread, but wanted to ask here as well for more experienced collie parents thoughts on how common this is and what they usually do for it!

Any tips for new collie owners? I will be getting a puppy next month and looking for any tips for an easy transition! I currently have a corgi and two dachshunds.

The doors are open on the pen and cage.

Hi everyone we were hoping someone might have some tips on how to deal with our teenage boy. He is a very loving and sweet boy who just turned one. We've had difficulties letting him off lead as he gets very excited and rushes up to people and occasionally jumps up. I now don't let him off but my husband still does, we live semi rurally so it tends to be quiet. Does anyone know if this is normal teenage behaviour? Will he grow out of it? I have raised lots of other dogs before but this is my first rough collie. Thank you