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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 > >