Do all collies do this? She loves to roll around and lay on her back. Even chews stuff upside down. She's so silly and cute!

This handsome boy turned three recently!

The crows are either trying to banish the existing collie or to summon an extra one :D

Everytime my girl gets sassy she always hits me with the “you being dead ass rn” face

Anyone familiar with Foxglove Farms Collies? They've got a couple of lovely looking adults they are letting go of but I'm not familiar with them.

Hi all, sorry for the sad post. I put my collie Katrina down last summer and lately I've just been missing her fiercely. She was 17, which I know is really long for bigger dogs. I got her when I was five, and she was everything. We were attached at the hip even after I moved out. I couldn't take her with me because she struggled with stairs and all the apartments here have them. So I visited. She always came out to greet me when I pulled in, even when we all thought she couldn't hear us. I guess I just wanted to share her little gray face with everyone. She was one of the best dogs I've ever met and began my love for collies. I was lucky to have her.

I don't even have a collie pup yet but I'm a planner and I have a cart of things to potentially buy and I'm working on grooming supplies. The only things I'm missing are bath related.

From my research, it seems that Rough collies don't need to be bathed very often. Looks like recommendations are just once every few months unless they got extra dirty. Is this true for puppies as well?

I'd like to get the puppy used to everything but I don't want to bathe it for no reason (and dry out it's skin).

When did you first bathe your dogs? If it's truly just once a quarter or so, then maybe I'll skip self bathing and just do a groomer once every few months (assume I'm doing weekly brushings, trimming, and nail cutting).

My previous dog HATED everything groom related from professionals to me just lightly brushing so I'm trying to stay ahead and do everything in my power to get a future dog used to it all.

Our newest addition to the family - I had a sheltie growing up and loved her dearly, I'm very excited to join the ranks of the rough collie family! I've been reading everything on here - please give me your best advice!!

We recently brought home a 9 week old collie puppy. It's been a week and he is struggling with his crate during the day. I'm wondering if anyone here has advice for crate training a collie pup. He is our first collie.

He has very quickly bonded to me, so if I go into a different room, he follows. He sleeps in his crate at night and I sleep next to it. Right now he's sleeping for 3-4 hour blocks during the night with 2 potty breaks. He's pretty good about the crate at night; he might whine for a minute or 2, but then he'll settle in.

However, during the day he absolutely wants nothing to do with the crate. If he's in his crate he'll start whining and howling. I'm wondering if anyone has experience with collies and crate training, and tips to make it easier? Do I let him "cry it out?" I'm worried about making him more stressed by the crate or creating separation anxiety, so I've been trying to build positive associations with the crate.

I have it set up in my home office so it's very close to me while I'm working. What we've tried so far:

1. All meals are fed in the crate. While he is eating, I will shut the crate door and walk away. I come back before he has a chance to cry/ whine
2. Randomly hiding yummy stuff in the crate during the day when he isn't paying attention. Treats, kibble, frozen kongs, lick mats, puzzle toys. He is starting to pick up that good stuff is found in the crate.
3. Crate games to get him acclimated to the crate. We'll practice shutting the door, leaving the room and coming right back, slowly building up the length of time. Every time he goes in, I mark it with 'yes'.
4. Building up time in the crate. I'll give him a bully stick while he's in his crate to chew on. This sometimes works or he'll intermittently whine.
5. Rewarding quiet behavior in the crate. Moments of silence/ calm = a treat. this works unless I have to leave the room (like go the bathroom across the hall). He only gets to come out if he is calm and quiet.
6. If he falls asleep somewhere, I move him to the crate. This has yet to work because he wakes up during the transfer and then won't settle back down for a nap.
7. Crate setup: cozy crate with a blanket that smells like me. Also a comfy dog bed. I've tried covering the crate to make it dark and den-like. I've tried uncovering it. I've tried partially covering it. At night he sleeps with it covered. He also has a lamb chop stuffy that he can cuddle with.

I realize we're only a week in and this could be a long, slow process, but I've never had a dog or puppy dislike their crate this much. Looking for advice or if this is a collie trait?

I take my almost 4 year old boy to the groomers every 8 weeks or so. The groomer does a nice job, but after a few days, his fur starts to kind of clump. I’ve also noticed it’s kind of wiry now. I’m considering just asking her to only bathe and brush to see if that makes a difference as opposed to trim. I’ve had collies my whole life and never have their coats been like this. I’m also wondering if the white fur just has a different texture on most collies and he does have a lot of it. His black spots are nice and smooth. Any idea why his coat may be like this? Could she be using a brush not suitable for his coat? His diet consists of 50/50 mix of wet and dry food.

Sup just gettin a bath

Rosie loves cuddles and couch time! Just showing off her cuteness 😍

I’m considering getting a second dog and after researching, am pretty set on a collie! The only thing is that I have a Shiba, and she’s dog friendly but I don’t know if her play style would be considered too rough. She’s very vocal, likes to play what I call “bitey face”, and likes to chase and be chased. She’s generally pretty good at managing her play levels to the dogs she’s with. She only gets really into it with her best dog friends. After some research online it seems collies would be okay with this type of play? But more insight from owners here would help!

It took me a hot minute to realize I can ask for advice here lmfao

I just recently bought a collie pup who's now 5 months old, and she has a problem with urinating when excited scared. Except, there are conditions (lmao):

• She only urinates a small amount (significantly smaller than when actually intending to pee

• (From what I've observed so far) she only urinates when she's in her crate/ a pen (including the small outdoor pen)/ the house

  • She does not urinate when she's outside in the yard (without a pen), outside walking, etc.

• It typically happens when whe pet her or go near her and talk to her when in her crate, when we call her to come out of her pen outside, etc. It never happens if she's excited or scared (or anything) when she's "free" outside in the front yard (it's fenced but no pen) or on walks (even leashed).

A bit more context, when she arrived she sadly had Giardia and had to stay quarantined in that crate + backyard pen without coming out (as we have a senior dog as well and couldn't risk his health). During that time she obviously had not been conditioned to like the crate or anything as the breeder keeps her pups free as they're growing so it was definitely a shock for her (although she adapted really well and barely did any destructive behaviors, etc). She did break out a couple times wanting to be with us so we did have to force her back into her crate unfortunately (and she did get some yelling from my parents which I couldn't stop either because you know how it goes ;;). However, she did have the urination thing from the day we picked her up.

She initally was a little scared of things like cars (I can't actually think of anything else lol) but she's since gotten over that fear with only two walks with encouragement (no treats), and she learns things very quickly (have only been able to train for a few days now and she's already pretty good with all the basic commands in a low distraction area. She also only poos outside so only the pee thing is an issue now (and why my mom won't let her run around the house even with diapers, which I find very hindering).

TL;DR: Doggo has been stuck in her cage for around 2 months now (ofc with time outside but in a very limited area and only a couple walks/training sessions) and she urinates when excited/scared. Does anyone have any tips for how to get over this and whether her experience with the cage has affected it?

My other question is, she's very reluctant to leave her little pen in the backyard and I have to spend a good 10-15 minutes every time to coax her out of it, even though she's only had positive experiences when coming out of it and she's super excited when she does eventually come out. She stays in the corner near the backyard door (pen connects to door) and does a bunch of play bows and barks (A LOT), then once she comes out she's all quiet and happy. I don't get it at all XD

She's my first collie, although not my first working dog (I have a Westie as well, grumpy ol' guy haha) so I do have experience with the exercise and mental stimulation required, but I've never come across these issues as my Westie is a very bold dog^^

If you need any more info let me know! Thank y'all so much <3

Rough collies have quite a bit of hair. I find the “once a quarter” standard is far too long. Are you guys changing it once a month?

I'm not sure what her up bringing was, people say young puppies nip but they should have stopped by this age.

I have tried redirecting, it works sometimes but she's more interested in nipping me than the toys.

When she gets excited while we play in the garden, she would start going after my ankles.

When I'm making her food in the kitchen, she would nip me if she's waiting too long.

When we're playing with toys in the house, she would start nipping me when she gets too excited.

I've been telling her no bite in a firm voice and ignore her if she nips. Is there a more effective way?