Shelties vs. Collies

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Collies of course!
Let me tune into Collie mode here..

Collies come in all diffrent coat colors, shapes, weights, sizes and conditions. Smooth collies tend to be more intellegent than rough coats, being the history is that smooth coats were bred by British Greyhounds, and rough collies.
Sable, Sable merle, Blue merle, tricolor, and color headed white are the coat colors.
Merles, and color headed white are the rarest seen. Especially in rough coats.
Collies can be stubborn, and distracted easily. If you wish to train a collie, you need to keep it fun with treats, play and positive renforcement. Short training sessions keep the collie interested and focused. Soon, your collie will become bored and say' Darnit, I've got it let's do something else now!' is training sessions become to long.
Collies are nosy, and love to get into things as puppies. Obediance for a collie puppy is a MUST. Without it, collies have a good chance ending up in a new home, or being euthanized. Reason being that people don't understand exactly how to control their stubborness, and focus. People don't get that collies are fast learners, and that once they got the trick, they got the trick, let's go play. Most people just won't tolorate it! Especially when not socialized well..
Collies tend to be a timid breed if not socialized. Socalization doesn't mean taking the dog to the park every now and then, it means familiarizing (sP?) her/him with diffrent surfaces, sounds, movements, places, things, toys, foods, and anything else you can think of!
Collies are a typically healthy breed. Prone to hip displasia (sP?), eye problems and elbow problems. Cancer is not a biggy. It's not usual in collies.

Collies
Grow from 22 to 24 inches and generally weigh between 50 and 75 pounds

Not true. FEMALE collies grow 50-70 lbs. A large female, say Molly, can grow to be 80 but no more than that. It is very rare for the female. MALES on the other hand grow 75-90 pounds! My smooth just might be in the 80-90s when he's full grown because he's already a big boy, and his father was 94.8 lbs!!!
Ears are another thing. Typically healthy, the ears are big and pricked 80% of the time. Tipped ears mean the tip of the ear hangs over. Taping, or weighing down the tips is a way of forcing pricked ears into tipped. This doesn't hurt the collie. My Ozzy was born with natural tipped ears wich is unusual. Now his ears are pricked. One is still tipping, and it's pretty cute but it'll prick soon enough. His ears look like a jack rabbit's when he's got them both alert.
Meet Ozzy! The blue merle smooth coat of Pet Talk! =DDDD



Here's what I mean about the alert ears thing...