Collie, a versatile breed.

[lifelong cumbrian 1,826]

Really like my young Collie bitch, 19 1/2” and 14 months. Been doing great ferreting, very biddable, sensible, great marker, also started marking moles. Can stop on hares, I don’t want her running them as I am trapping next to roads a lot. Fantastic little bitch, so pleased I went for another Collie. This is my second collie for ferreting, the other bitch was 20yrs back, had beddy whippet types for a few years and also terriers of different breeds up to 40yrs back,  my old collie was my best ferreting dog but I won’t be surprised if this one doesn’t top her. I’m rather surprised that collies are not more popular for ferreting.

[fred90 3,210]

she certainly looks like she knows her job . your right about hares, best avoided. my little beddywhippet is at them regularly hard to avoid them here. she can't catch them but stays on them, had a few close ones with roads. 

[lifelong cumbrian 1,826]

Aye not worth the risk mate same a deer, I can stop her on deer no problem at all

[Nicepix 5,650]

Looks like a lovely dog.

I had three that I took beating and walk up shooting. They were all different; one worked like a spaniel, another froze and pointed game and the third was like a bulldozer. No cover phased him. When I took them on new shoots I got some funny looks at first. But I was always asked back.

A good collie will do anything.

[ferret333 746]

Nice little collie. She will certainly have good hearing haha

[troyboy17 631]

Love the pricked up ears

[troyboy17 631]

9 hours ago, ferret333 said:

Was it luck u picked her or did u research into her breeding

 

[Neal 1,866]

16 hours ago, fred90 said:

she certainly looks like she knows her job . your right about hares, best avoided. my little beddywhippet is at them regularly hard to avoid them here. she can't catch them but stays on them, had a few close ones with roads. 

My little bitch was the same. She once spent a good quarter of an hour or so continually reflushing a hare, coursing it, loosing it before I decided I'd had enough of a rest and to set of back to the cottage. Oddly enough, when I got back to the cottage and checked the map to see where we'd been (we were on holiday in Dufton) the area was called Pus Gill...ok, so it needed an extra s but it was almost right.

You're right Lifelong Cumbrian, so many people dismiss sheep and cattle dogs as we're brought up to believe (thanks to the reading matter on the subject) that, if you want to catch rabbits etc you MUST have a lurcher.

[lifelong cumbrian 1,826]

12 hours ago, ferret333 said:

Nice little collie. She will certainly have good hearing haha

I love watching them antenna’s when ferreting, she knows what’s going on.

[lifelong cumbrian 1,826]

3 hours ago, troyboy17 said:

 

I knew the guy who bred her, he is one of the top guys in trialing and has been for a long time, mid 70’s I think, he has good gear and is local to me, I wanted a slape jacket and I like the pricky lugs so it was all good for me.

[OldPhil 5,718]

Cracking good post Fellah

[Guss33 375]

The collies are a very well respected dog in Australia and are a great working dog you will never tier out and are a one person dog that seem to be like human in a dog with out a great deal of training respect your animals and they will respect you. Great looking dog. 

[Flacko 1,744]

She’s turned out as you thought Joe

[lifelong cumbrian 1,826]

8 hours ago, Flacko said:

She’s turned out as you thought Joe

Aye looks like i went the right way, cracking little bitch to breed myself a small ferreting lurcher from in a few years depending on how many rabbits are still about, on left is dam, sire, then her as a pup.

[fred90 3,210]

she's a beautiful bitch, no denying that. my father kept collies I was bought up with them. always thought a whippet x collie would be handy.