How Your Thyroid Works. Controlling hormones essential to your metabolism. Your thyroid gland is a small gland, normally weighing less than one ounce, located in the front of the neck. It is made up of two halves, called lobes, that lie along the windpipe (trachea) and are joined together by a narrow band of thyroid tissue, known as the isthmus.
What is the average weight of a Border Collie? 30-40 lbs for a female (13.5-18 kg) and 40-60 lbs for a male (18-27 kg) Though there will always be exceptions to this (i.e. larger or smaller dogs), the large majority of Border Collies fall into this range. The breed as a whole is a medium-sized breed.
One of the main ways to distinguish a Sheltie from a Collie is the size of the dog. Collies weigh in around 60 to 75 pounds while Shelties can weigh nearly a quarter of a Collie at 14-27 pounds. Collies stand taller at 24-26 inches tall and Shelties are nearly half the size at 13-16 inches tall.