All collies are descended from the Scottish Highlands. Bearded Collies were known before the twentieth century as Highland Collies, when they were purely working dogs in the Scottish highlands. Nowadays they are more often the glamorous pets of the fashionable set, with a coat that is profuse and shaggy without being too tick, and is particularly abounded around the eyes and foreface. 

Bearded Callie Dog


The color of their coats can vary from slate or sandy to pure white, depending on what part of Scotland they hail from. Their height at the shoulder is 22 to 26 inches for dogs 20 to 24 inches for bitches.