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Rob Roy (1922–1928) was a white male collie owned by Calvin Coolidge. Coolidge's favorite pet, he was acquired by Grace Coolidge in 1922 after she became enamored of collies, having seen one of the breed perform in a circus. He later lived with the family in the White House.
The collie type is not specified, but the illustrations look rather like a Rough Collie. The eponymous dog from the film Bingo. Flo, a collie in All Dogs Go to Heaven; Murray, the male collie from the TV series Mad About You. A collie in White Fang by Jack London is the mate of the wolfdog White Fang
Rough Collies generally come in shades of sable and white (sometimes mahogany), blue merle, tri-coloured, and colour-headed white. Originating in the 19th century, [ 1 ] the breed is now well known through the stories of author Albert Payson Terhune about his dog Lad , and later with Eric Knight 's character of Lassie and her novels, movies ...
Coolie is instead used to refer to people of fully-blooded Indian descent whose ancestors migrated to the British former colonies in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. This is particularly so in South Africa , Eastern African countries, Trinidad and Tobago , Guyana , Suriname , Jamaica , other parts of the Caribbean , Mauritius , Fiji , and the ...
Karen Plambeck, the Sherrard woman convicted of 11 charges of animal cruelty in Mercer County, was sentenced Thursday. Plambeck was sentenced to a total of 270 days for three counts. For each ...
These stereotype names are derived from names that white women commonly have. Kyle, a similarly named stereotype, refers to an angry white teenage boy who consumes energy drinks, punches holes into drywall, and plays video games. [5] The blog Stuff White People Like addressed early 21st century stereotypes of white hipster bohemians in a ...
Betsy knows 15 people by only their name. [3] It is believed that Betsy's unusual intelligence can be attributed to dogs' prolonged association with humans, evolution and her breed—the Border Collie was found to be the most intelligent breed of dog by psychology professor Stanley Coren in his 1994 book The Intelligence of Dogs. [8]
There is much material in a book Collies by Alice Wharton that is relevant [2], and I reckon this book needs referencing. In particular, on p28, there is a picture of a rough collie, head, with the caption The head is what gives the (rough) collie his distinctive appearance. It should be inclined towards lightness and n ever massive or coarse ...