OT : fans of collies

londonlivvy
londonlivvy Posts: 644
edited March 2012 in Commuting chat
I know there are a few collie fans on here so though very very off topic, thought it might be worth posting....

A friend sent me this vid of a collie winning the agility at Crufts and it is truly impressive stuff. Very clever, very fast animals - totally on the ball, looking at the owner to see what to do next.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y6KjzkEBuk&feature=plcp&context=C494a8adVDvjVQa1PpcFO8TfPlY9x3J6TMTm-TATQmuXWFPNpl98E%3D
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    blimey!

    she is like a Doppelgänger of Molly - our border collie

    cheers
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  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    Flipping Heck indeed.

    Collies rock, no question. What I love is that a dog like that is such a happy dog - totally absorbed in the mission. I always love the slalom - they flow through it so fluidly it looks like they're simply going in straight line.

    I should point out that Jerry's (that's him in the avatar, of course) mum is a Crufts champion - at flyball! I'm afraid I've never had the time or dedication to train him to that level, but we all like to believe that our dog could do it if we really wanted it, don't we?
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    bompington wrote:

    Collies rock, no question.

    Amen.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Crufts is weird.
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  • walkingbootweather
    walkingbootweather Posts: 2,443
    Saw my mate walking down the road dragging along a cabbage on a lead.

    I said "Hey, John! What are you doing with that cabbage?"

    "Cabbage?" says he, "The man in the pet shop swore it was a collie"

    I'll get my coat....
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    come on then.....everybody get your collie out

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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    I love collies, mine are blended with staffie, but are.fantastic, clever dogs. Although I always carry a lead I've almost never used one when walking the dogs.

    Unfortunately mine are now very elderly and deaf as posts, which means now have to use the lead - not that they can walk that far now anyway...... But they are still happy dogs!
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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    thread hijack with my parents goldie Gina...

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    nowt against collies but for me goldies rule.
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  • gbsahne001
    gbsahne001 Posts: 1,974
    Collies are great, we used to have 4 when I was growing up; all working sheep dogs though, not pets.
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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    MonkeyMonster wrote:
    thread hijack with my parents goldie Gina...

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    nowt against collies but for me goldies rule.

    technically - not your dog....

    But I like the blending into the scenery - lovely pic!
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  • FoldingJoe
    FoldingJoe Posts: 1,327
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTH0pXZQ5I4

    And how not to do it!!! :D
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Can. Not. Stand. Dogs.

    But that's partly because guns are illegal so the equivalent in the inner cities is to have a dog. And you can usually spot those dogs from the name alone.
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    Can. Not. Stand. Dogs.

    But that's partly because guns are illegal so the equivalent in the inner cities is to have a dog. And you can usually spot those dogs from the name alone.


    there was a documentary about scallywags an dogs not that long ago*

    there was one young hoodily-wink who had a staff with a massive lead with studs etc all over it. He said to the interviewer "its like walking around with a loaded shotgun init" referring to the dog

    *could have been ages ago
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Many programs like that. One such program on BBC 3 had an interview with a guy I went to school with. He was mugged and as he was pulling his head away (forget the circumstance) the dog almost had it's mouth around his throat.

    Collies, in principle, look lovely though....
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  • Paul E
    Paul E Posts: 2,052
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    Can. Not. Stand. Dogs.

    But that's partly because guns are illegal so the equivalent in the inner cities is to have a dog. And you can usually spot those dogs from the name alone.


    You are in a small minority in this country then, always grew up with German Shepherds as my dad was a dog handler for the water authority (as it was) as the sites were targets for the IRA back then and the dogs were trained to sniff explosives etc etc

    You mean you should hate the people that misuse the dogs, it's not the dogs fault.
  • vitesse169
    vitesse169 Posts: 422
    We've got a tri-colour collie called Gracie. She's 18months old and really inteligent. Loves to run, find stuff, catch stuff, shake a paw and 'sing' - all with just 3 legs. She had to have the right rear leg amputated at a week old, so she's never missed it. She's certainly faster than the retreiver we have.
  • redjeepǃ
    redjeepǃ Posts: 531
    We have a collie crossed with an English setter. Fantastic dog. Very fit and agile, but intelligent with it.
  • Kendal Black Drop
    Kendal Black Drop Posts: 638
    He's not my dog, but this is Dylan, and he loves playing tug of war.

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