SheltieGuy
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Is there a such thing as a ....?
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take4roll10
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I don't think there is such thing as a mini collie. Bailey does get it all the time though. However, a lot of people do seem to recognize that she is a sheltie. I'd say it's 50/50. I don't get mad. I just correct them. Shelties are not a common breed in the NYC
Justicemom
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It used to bother me when people called Justice a mini collie but got over it. Then I got Ember, people have no idea what she is. 
They will except that Justice and Diva are shelties but they argue with me about Ember. Like I wouldn't know what kind of dog I have.
They will except that Justice and Diva are shelties but they argue with me about Ember. Like I wouldn't know what kind of dog I have.missjenneygirl
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Here's a great story. Some people bought a sheltie puppy (normal size) from a breeder, that only breeds shelties. When they took their new pup to the vet for their new puppy check-up, the vet tech tried to tell them their puppy was a collie. When they corrected her, she refused to believe them!
SheltieGuy
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time to find a new vet lol
Caro
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Someone who lives near me has a small British-line female Collie - and she is always getting asked if her dog is a Sheltie! Her dog isn't much bigger than Deska, but she is finer and has that flat nose. If you have a look at the UK lines, just like Shelties they are small and petite, so in comparison to the US and Canadian lines they can look like mini Collies. I just tell people Shelties are a cousin of the Collie, usually tho I get asked why my two are such different sizes.
PS - this is one of my fave pics (collie and sheltie)
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shetland_Sheepdog_and_Rough_Collie.jpg
PS - this is one of my fave pics (collie and sheltie)
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shetland_Sheepdog_and_Rough_Collie.jpg
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clancyh8sabby
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Clancy is BIG so I get asked what he is all the time...because they aren't quite sure if he's a big sheltie or a small collie..LOL
Abby being bi black I get confused looks with her too..some people right a way think she's a bc..but then she really doesn't look like that either..people just don't think they come in different colors..LOL
We were in a obed. class with a guy with bootiful collies..almost every week he'd say to us..."If you didn't put your dogs in the dryer and shrink them...they'd look better"...ppfft LOL
Julie
Clancy & Abby
Abby being bi black I get confused looks with her too..some people right a way think she's a bc..but then she really doesn't look like that either..people just don't think they come in different colors..LOL
We were in a obed. class with a guy with bootiful collies..almost every week he'd say to us..."If you didn't put your dogs in the dryer and shrink them...they'd look better"...ppfft LOL
Julie
Clancy & Abby
MissSuzie, I didn't know what a Sheltie was until a few years ago either! My friend owns a Sheltie, and I fell in love ... hence, Wyatt and my now-obsession with Shelties! They are an amazing breed, and I do not think I will own a different breed in my future. I get somewhat offended by the "miniature Collie" comment, but I have to realize I was the person across the fence once before.
RetiredProf
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I think it may be worse when you have a merle. They often start asking if it's a collie, then Ausie. When I say Sheltie, sometimes I get blank stares and sometimes "Oh, right. Doh. But I've never seen one like that. What color is that?"
"Blue Merle."
"He's gorgeous. The only ones I have ever seen are the Lassie color."
"That's sable."
I've learned to let it all pass. Most folks are curious and well-intentioned, although some are clueless, so if they want to call Gus a mini-Collie I'm irked but OK.
"Blue Merle."
"He's gorgeous. The only ones I have ever seen are the Lassie color."
"That's sable."
I've learned to let it all pass. Most folks are curious and well-intentioned, although some are clueless, so if they want to call Gus a mini-Collie I'm irked but OK.
I think it may be worse when you have a merle. They often start asking if it's a collie, then Ausie. When I say Sheltie, sometimes I get blank stares and sometimes "Oh, right. Doh. But I've never seen one like that. What color is that?"
"Blue Merle."
"He's gorgeous. The only ones I have ever seen are the Lassie color."
"That's sable."
I've learned to let it all pass. Most folks are curious and well-intentioned, although some are clueless, so if they want to call Gus a mini-Collie I'm irked but OK.
That's what I always got asked, especially when I was out in public with my blue puppies. "Oh what a cute Aussie!"
It's like "....."
To the OP-no such thing as a miniature collie.