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Bearded Collie
Description: The Bearded Collie or Beardie is dog, once used primarily by Scottish shepherds, but these days mostly a popular family ... more  Bearded Collie ... companion, bred almost exclusively for dog shows. The Bearded Collie was used to herd both sheep and cattle. As such it is essentially a working dog, bred to be hardy and reliable, able to stand up to the harshest conditions, and the toughest sheep. The "working bearded collie" became less common in the last few decades and might have died out, but thanks to the efforts of relatively few shepherds such as Tom Muirhead and Peter Wood and breeders like Brian Plummer the "working beardie" has survived and is becoming more popular. It has been exported to Australia and the United States, and finds favour among those looking for an independent and intelligent sheep dog. The purpose of the Working Bearded Collie Society is to preserve the working abilities of the non-registered working dogs from 'bearded' ancestors. The web site Shepherds with beardies contains a lot a valuable information on the few remaining working beardies.Newest Review: ... about 10 years old and all the fun and laughs dog-ownership can bring. Do you want to walk your dog through town on a busy ... more ... Saturday and see smiles on people's faces as they spot him and be ready for the over enthusiastic child that rushes up and throws their arms round his neck and shouts "Ooh a Dulux dog!" They are so cute and extremely loving! We got Douglas just over 2 years ago and life changed considerably. Gone was a tidy house and clean carpets, but what arrived was a constant shadow saying what game shall we play next! "Go get spiky ball" and off he would go up the garden and sure enough arrive 2 nano...more |
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Bearded Collie: Beardies are Best! (213 words)
by GBSHorsham - written on 12.03.01 (Useful, 278 readings)
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If you have time to spare and the patience of a saint and want to get a dog - get a Bearded Collie! For all those downsides, you will own a dog of outstanding and incredulous intelligence, with the energy of a puppy until about 10 years old and all the fun and laughs dog-ownership can bring. Do you want to walk your dog through town on a busy Saturday and see smiles on people's faces as they spot him and be ready for the over enthusiastic child that rushes up and throws their arms round his neck and shouts "Ooh a Dulux dog!" They are so cute and extremely loving! We got Douglas just over 2 years ago and life changed considerably. Gone ...
The Bearded Collie - A Fun Dog, but ....... (307 words)
by mandymiller - written on 17.08.00 (Very useful, 128 readings)
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We unfortunately lost our Bearded Collie about 4 years ago when he was 15 years of age. It was like losing a much loved but delinquent teenage child. His name was Maximillian – “Max” for short and, of course, he soon became known by friends, family and neighbours as “Mad Max” (he was rather more handsome and appealing than ….. though!! At quite a young age, Max decided that my husband was the ‘leader of the pack’. He would always look at my husband for confirmation whenever asked by anyone else (including me) to do anything he didn’t fancy!! He loved every one of his squeaky toys, never broke them and knew the ...
Bearded Collie: Bearded collie (220 words)
by jacksmum - written on 06.07.00 (Very useful, 157 readings)
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We have a 3 year old Bearded collie (not an old english sheep dog) which he is always being mistaken for. The best way to describe him is the puppet dog that was on "Fraggle rock" Bearded collies were bread to be sheepdogs in colder climates in essence a border collie with a very long coat. For clarity the old english sheepdogs were used as cattle dogs and not as its name suggests (a sheepdog) Our dog "Bailey" is typical of the breed, that is being very intellegent but having a very short attention span. They are working dogs and therefore require plenty of excersize due to their boundless engery, however this needs to be combined with ...
