Hey!  I have a dog named Rusty.  He is a Collie!
sports, the latter typically display great agility, stamina and trainability, and, more importantly, sagacity.
Common use of the name "collie" in some areas is limited largely to certain breeds—meaning Rough Collie in parts of the United States, and meaning Border Collie in many rural parts of Great Britain. Many collie dog types do not actually include "collie" in their name (see Welsh Sheepdog at right).
Name.
The exact origin of the name "collie" is uncertain; it
generation collie descended from "Pal", the dog in the original 1943 movie "Lassie Come Home". As with all previous Lassie movies and television series beginning with Pal, Howard was owned and trained by Weatherwax Trained Dogs, founded by brothers Frank and Rudd Weatherwax. Midway through production, Cinar replaced Howard with a non-Pal descended dog. Following Lassie fan protests, "Hey Hey", son of Howard and a ninth-generation direct descendant of Pal, was brought in to assume the role of Lassie for