Archive for the ‘Bearded Collie’ Category
This long coat dog is a herding breed and its origins comes from Scottish shepherds, but today the Bearded Collie, or Beardie, is basicly an exellent companion dog. An average Bearded Collie weighs 40–60 pounds (18–27 kg) and is 20–22 inches (51–56 cm) tall.
The history of this gorgeous breed of dog is a mix of fact and legend. Kazimierz Grabski, a Polish merchant, reportedly traded a shipment of grain for sheep in Scotland in 1514 and brought six Polish Lowland Sheepdogs to move them.
A Scottish shepherd was so impressed with the herding ability of the dogs that he traded several sheep for several dogs. The Polish sheepdogs were bred with local Scottish dogs to produce the Bearded Collie.


