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Collie Trivia
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- The name of the dog who played Lassie in Lassie Come Home was a male named Pal?
- Collies make wonderful service dogs for Hearing Ear , Seeing Eye and Special Needs clients?
- Grapes and raisins can cause irreversible kidney damage to dogs and may even cause immediate death?
- That during the first or second world war, the military attempted to train collies as protection and attack dogs? More than 90% failed. They just wanted to be friendly.
- That you should never give Immodium or its generic counterpart Loperamide to a collie? This too, can be fatal to collies.
- That Ivermectin, an ingredient found in many heartworm and flea medications can be fatal to collies? Many collies have a sensitivity to it.
- The Collie breed comes in two coat varieties: Rough (long hair) and Smooth (short hair)?
- The Rough variety was used in the Scottish highlands for the herding of sheep, while the Smooth variety was used in the lower border counties as a herder and drover of cattle?
- Depending on the genetic make-up of the parents, there can be both Rough and Smooth puppies in the same litter?
- The Collie breed comes in four coat colors: Sable, Tri-color, Blue Merle, and White?
- There is no "toy collie"? A cousin to the Collie, the Shetland Sheepdog, is a distinct and separate breed.
- Since the original "Lassie" film star in 1943, there have been eight official Lassies? The current Lassie is a great, great, great, great, great grand-son of the original dog.
- "Lassie" was always played by a male Collie because males are bigger, have more coat, look better on film, and don't need maternity leave?
- President Calvin Coolidge owned several collies:
- They were named Boston Beans , Rob Roy, Prudence Prim and Bessie.
- President Lyndon Johnson owned a collie named Blanco.
- President Herbert Hoover owned a collie named Glen.
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