is it just me or are collies always in rescue homes?

[Puppy]

hi, i live in the uk and have been looking at some big rescue organisations to see what dogs they have. i have noticed that about over, say 40%+ (just an estimate) of the dogs are collie mixes!

anyone else noticed this? even in different countries.

 

[Saje]

I think it really depends a lot on the area what kind of dogs are in the shelters. Here we see a lot of husky, shephard and pit/staff mixes. I don't think I've ever seen a collie cross here. I could definitely see that in England though!

 

[Irish]

I just got a collie mix from a rescue here in the US. But, in my searches I noticed mainly shepard and chow mixes - which is my other dog - Bear. I don't know but I sure love mixed breeds!

 

[BigDog2191]

In my area: Labs, labs, labs, labs, labs--2nd place would go to bully breeds.

Lately, I've seen a lot of shepherds, too. Rarely any purebred ones though.

 

[neko12_48767]

A lot of time collies are in shelters because people don't how to train them, because collies like to bark alot and are somewhat hyper, because he had to collies, and they knew all the basic but they like to bark and jump alot.

areif you go to petfinder.com there are 12,548 labs

 

[Irish]

Neko - I did not know that collies were known barkers until I got Murray - wow, he barks at every little noise. Then he gets Bear going

 

[neko12_48767]

I think it was funny when my collies did that

 

[Irish]

Yeah, its funny unless its the middle of the night

 

[juliefurry]

yeah we have a majority of labs and lab mixes. Also shepards, chows, bully breeds, and poodle and terrier mixes. Tell me about the collies and barking! My Maverick barks at EVERYTHING! If you leave the room he goes into barking fits, if you come back in the room he goes into barking fits, if you feed him, if you walk him, if you pet him anything and he'll go into a barking frenzy. He's almost given me a heart attack a few times when he starts up in the middle of the night because a car drives down our street (his crate is literally INCHES from my ears when I sleep so I'll probably be deaf by the time he's old enough to not have to use a crate).

 

[Irish]

LOL Julie, Murray barks at cars driving down the road too. The last time I took him to the vet, we were sitting in the waiting room and he just started barking, over and over again, at nothing. I kept trying to get him to be quiet but could'nt. How do you shush these collies????

 

[BigDog2191]

LOL! Something I really hate-- if there's a commercial or movie on and the doorbell rings, lol...

Rocky goes NUTS!

 

[thewhitewitchone]

When I worked in a kennel, I saved a collie that was in bloat. Before it became obvious that he was in bloat, I knew something was wrong just because he wasn't barking like he always did!

Pam

 

[Melissa_W]

I'm in agreement with some of the others in that Lab and Shepherd mixes are more common here.

 

[mrose_s]

it depends on the area, here in Aus, like all we get is ACD mixes or other working dogs like BC's and Kelpies. There is just too many of them

 

[taratippy]

I visit a few rescue centres dropping off either dogs, bedding whatever and I think the biggest increase recently has been in lurchers and greyhounds, whilst they have always been around the lurchers are becoming increasingly seen in rescue.

 

[Athe]

A lot has to do with populartity of a breed...and another depends on what the natural look of a dog for a certain area is. For example in Newfoundland, Canada they have many big black dogs which are native to the island. These would be the forefathers of the inbred mixed breeds (purebred Newfoundland dog). It's really quite neat to see the natural Newfoundland dog opposed to the unnatural purebred Newfoundland.

There are many "natural" breeds which have evolved to suit different geological areas...in my area there are mainly Husky type dogs, Collie type dogs, Lab type dogs, Newfoundland type dog and Border collie type dogs.
What I find really interesting is if you left dog breeding just to natural selection instead of unnatural purebred breeding you would have true "types" of dogs that suited their geographical environment. You would then have natural races of dogs developed naturally (and healthier) than the forced, unhealthy and dangerous breeding of the purebred dogs.

 

[SHADOW_THE_STAFF]

I agree when I was looking for a dog from a shelter (UK) there were many collies, I would have taken one but I know they require a lot of exercise and mental stimulation, and I couldnt provide that, i have a small garden and im in work til 8.30am-12pm otherwise i would have got one.

 

[nedim]

Around here, the majority of shelter dogs are staffs and pits.

 

[bridey_01]

Let me just say, I LOVE COLLIES! lol. I have a twelve week old collie puppy called Azlan, and he truly is a wonderful dog. As for collies in rescues, I have only ever seen one. Here the major dogs in rescues are border collies, kelpies, cattle dogs and staffys. My collie isn't a huge barker, though he will do it to get my kelpie to play with him. I hear shelties are even barkier than collies.

 

[gaddylovesdogs]

There are a lot of homeless labs/lab mixee and shepherds/shepherd mixes around here . There's also a few pits/pit mixes and even a couple of standard poodles.