Key facts
- Other names
- Highland Collie Mountain Collie Hairy Mou'ed Collie
- Common nicknames
- Beardie
- Origin
- Scotland
- Height
- Males
- Weight
- 18–27 kg (40–60 lb)
- Coat
- long double coat with furnishings
- Colour
- black, blue, brown, or fawn with white or tan markings
- Litter size
- 4-12 pups
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Encyclopedic overview
Dog (domestic dog) The Bearded Collie, also called Beardie, Highland Collie, or Hairy Mountain Dog is a British breed of herding dog of the collie type. It was formerly used primarily by Scottish shepherds, but now commonly kept as a family companion.
Weights are usually in the range 18–27 kg (40–60 lb), while height at the withers varies from about 51 to 56 cm (20 to 22 in).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bearded Collie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.