Lassie has been such a successful advertisement for rough collies that they remain highly sought after to this day. Of course boarder collie’s are not the only collies, we also have the rough collie, which was made famous by the book, and later the film, Lassie, come home. So successful was he that he sired over 200 puppies, and he is known as the father of the modern Boarder Collie breed today. Old Hemp was a very successful herder whose techniques were admired by farmers across Britain. If we jump forward a few hundred years to 1893 we will meet a very famous Collie called Old Hemp. This dogs that would have been used at this point would be ancestors of the familiar sheepdogs we see today at competitive trials. This allowed us greater control on large groups of animals, and allowed people to move their animals from place to place.Īround 2,500 BC, nomads from France arrived in Britain, bringing with them the Mediterranean Neolithic culture that involved this unique relationship between shepherd, dog and livestock. Our ancestors were able to hone the dog’s ability to hunt, but take away the dogs’ urge to kill. This continued for thousands of years and is really quite incredible if you think about it. They would protect the herds of sheep for man, and in return man would give it food, water and shelter. So, a new domestication started to happen Dogs.ĭogs, who had at this stage already been somewhat of a companion to man, started a new role. Unfortunately, when you have a large herd of grazing animals, this will attract predators, and humans were constantly losing their animals to wolves and bears. This meant they had full control on the food they ate and they didn’t have to constantly move from location to location. Instead of hunting and gathering their food, they began to capture animals like sheep and goats, and domesticate them in herds. in Turkey, roughly 6000 BCĪt this time many tribes of nomadic humans, both in Europe and East Asia had a radical change of lifestyle. If we look back to the origins of this breed we must go back in time, way way back to 9000 BC.Ī cave drawing of early domestic dogs. So famous are they for this task that they are often called sheepdogs. The lovely Blaise, who is currently looking for a home in Dogs TrustĬollie’s come in all shapes and sizes, and are most famous for their vocation herding sheep. We’ve done blog spots on Staffies, Greyhounds and Huskys, but we’ve yet to give any coverage on one of the most popular dogs we rehome. Although we typically use this blog to keep you up-to-date on the education team, or provide information for our readers on how to be safe and responsible around dogs, occasionally we use this space to share information about different types of dogs we get in our rehoming centre in Dublin.
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