BEARDED COLLIE (18)
Weight Standards: m/f - average 50 lbs. Height Standards: m/f - average 22 inches Coat: medium length double coated with a very soft top coat Common Ailments: dysplasia, skin rashes, hot spots and other skin and coat problems The Bearded Collie developed in the southern mainland of Scotland in the 1700's. For centuries it has worked as the Scottish Highlanders' able assistant sheepdog. Breeders have confirmed that this breed's requirement for minerals, which it can assimilate, is very different from the rough or smooth coated Collie. The wrong source of the mineral calcium can cause kidney stones. We recommend that any dietary calcium for this breed be from bone meal, and that you avoid dolomite or oyster shell forms. Native food supplies for this breed would have been those found in the southern mainland of Scotland. These included mutton, goat, poultry, and low ground vegetable crops of potatoes, cabbage, and carrots. Bearded Collie should have a diet low in fat that has a blend of poultry, lamb, wheat, and potato. Avoid feeding a blend of soy, fish yellow corn, and horse meat or its by-products to a Bearded Collie.