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3 unusual facts about Collie


Albert Edwin Lynch

Lynch was born in Collie, Western Australia to Ernest Lynch and Elizabeth Lynch (née Stewart).

Linda A. Malcor

Together they have three children and a Collie named Dux (actually her second Collie; her first was named Lancelot).

Ron Hevener

Hevener owns one of the oldest dog show kennels in the U.S. ("Lochranza," specializing in Collies since the early 1940s).


Austin Collie

Collie impressed Indianapolis Colts Head Coach Jim Caldwell in the preseason and was placed third on the depth chart at the wide receiver position for the 2009 season, placing ahead of Pierre Garçon for the slot receiver position.

Collie started his second year promising, making numerous TD catches and establishing himself as Peyton Manning's "go-to guy", after Dallas Clark got a season-ending injury.

Australian Kelpie

An early Kelpie, Sally was mated to Moss a smooth haired Collie and she produced a black pup that was named Barb after the black horse, The Barb who won the Melbourne Cup in 1866.

Bruce Collie

A born-again Christian, Collie now resides with his wife and 13 children in Wimberley, Texas, where he brews beer & sells pizza.

Butterfly wings

Bullet with Butterfly Wings, a popular song by The Smashing Pumpkins and the lead single from their album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Collie Buddz

SOJA featuring Collie Buddz - She Still Loves Me (2013)

Machel Montano featuring Collie Buddz - "Fly Away" - Partillo Productions

Come Outside

Pippin was a mixed breed dog, possibly part Tibetan Terrier, possibly part Bearded Collie, roughly third generation descended from the famous American acting dog Benji and was owned and trained by the award-winning animal trainer Ann Head.

Courage of Lassie

Courage of Lassie is the third of seven MGM films featuring a canine star called Lassie, who, in actuality, was a male collie named Pal.

Fire/Jericho

It takes the sampled vocal "When I was a youth I used to burn collie weed in a Rizla" from the track "Hard Times" by Pablo Gad.

George Cleveland

The popular TV show underwent cast & character changes over the years, and the early seasons in which Cleveland appeared were retitled Jeff's Collie for syndicated reruns and DVD release.

Max Neal

Max Neal's first trip to the U.S. was in 1904, to have his play "The Collie and the Cat", performed at the famous German Theatre, Irving Place Theatre in New York City.

Menston

Eric Knight, the author who created the fictional collie Lassie was born in Menston.

Rudd Weatherwax

MGM, which had decided to use a show collie trained by Frank Inn in the movie, took advantage of a massive flooding of the Sacramento River in northern California to obtain some spectacular footage for the film.

Tom Conway

In 1961, Conway provided his voice for Disney's 101 Dalmatians as a collie who offers the dalmatians shelter in a barn, later guiding them home.


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