Hi and Welcome,

I'm new to the list, but already hearing from
great folks who love their collies - no matter
what the size!  My wonderful collie, Buddy is
also HUGE. Over 100 pounds, and at least 29".
He is tri-colored, has folded over ears, is
gentle and intelligent. I'm always getting
asked what he is crossed with.  I usually say,
pony!

Pam

At 07:03 PM 4/24/99 -0400, Quinn, Elizabeth wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I'm sort of new to the list and have just been lurking around a little so
>I'll briefly introduce myself.  My name's Elizabeth and my collie is Julep.
>I just adopted him recently - in November.  I thought I would post this and
>see what you all think - I was waiting with Julep outside a friend's
>building recently and a couple walking by stopped to pet Julep (who just
>lives for this kind of attention) and the man called him a farm collie!  I
>hadn't really thought of him this way and wish I had a way of getting a
>picture up on the internet but I can't so I'll just describe him - he's
>tri-color, has bad ears (according to the standard) as one is prick and the
>other folded over, has a beautiful thick coat but not a real long coat like
>you see on a lot of show dogs, but the main thing is his size - he's huge!
>He stands about 29" (maybe a little more) and the withers and weighs a
>little over 100 pounds and he is nowhere near being fat!  And he is a
>purebred (I get asked a lot what he's crossed with because he's so big - the
>most interesting cross was Collie/Tibetian Mountain Dog).  So do I just have
>an oversized badly-bred (but to me gorgeous) collie or does he sound sort of
>like a farm collie?
>
>thanks again for all the interesting info I get from the list - now back to
>lurking!!
>
>Elizabeth
>
>