Book Details and Distributors  
 
This 163-page hard-backed book (26x24cms) is presented as a unique pictorial tribute to
those British Rough Collies, their breeders and owners who have exerted influence over the
breed's global development.		  
   
Published by the authors in May 2001 Rough Collies of Distinction contains double-page
spreads of over sixty dogs and bitches together with four-generation pedigrees and
principal  'blood line' charts. 		 
    Miss Margaret Osborne (Shiel Collies) originally traced the sire 'lines' and female 'families'
of every post-war Challenge Certificate winning Rough Collie, publishing the results in the
Collie Association's Handbook of 1952. Fifty years later Dareen Bridge (co-author) has
adopted the same technique to highlight principal male and female producers.		  
                                                     The dogs below all feature on the book's superb dust cover:
   

 
     
 

   

 

 

  
                             Working Collie -
                              1850's

                         

 Seedley Superior - 1920's
 

  GB & Irish Champion
  Lochinvar of  Ladypark -
            1940's
  Photo: Dog World

  
 

  

 

 

 
 

      Dazzler of Dunsinane - 1960's
            
        

Champion Karava  
 Kornishman - 1980's
Photo: McFarlane/R Anderton

Champion Phreelancer Phrosty
Moon Over Corydon - 1990's.
Photo: Miranda Blake

  
   

                                     

    
              

                  

                            Champion Rutland 1882
 

     The following quotations are taken from the
     book's introduction: "The elegant and
     aristocratic Rough Collie, seen in the show ring
     today, has its roots in the working farm dogs
     that have assisted British farming communities
     for many centuries...."

     The evolution of the Collie is evident throughout
     the book, the most interesting aspect of which
     is the alteration of heads and expression.

      

  
          "....Specialist canine breeding has been
        carried on for centuries and, prior to
        the emergence of dog shows, the
        emphasis was on a dog's working ability
        with little or no regard for its
        appearance. The shepherds, drovers,
        and stockmen of yesteryear practised
        selective breeding as they required
        active, lithe, intelligent dogs with stamina
        and weather- proof coats to enable them
        to work in all conditions...."    
 

             

                          Champion Pelido Double
                         Fantasy 1981

 		  
   List of Distributors:

U.K.:
Pat Hutchinson
Tel: 01954 231115
e-mail: kcollies@ntlworld.com
www.karibunicollies.com

Dareen Bridge
Tel/fax: 01484 545410

Bookworld International
Tel. 01544 230794
e-mail: sadlers@bookworldint.com

Fiona Simpson ('Our Dogs')
Tel. 0161 2371273

Collie Rescue (R & S) c/o Beryl Clark
Tel. 01142 872144

East Anglian Collie Association
c/o Brian House Tel. 01733 844538

Denmark
The Danish Collie Club c/o Charlotte Freudenthal
e-mail: lotte@si-si.dk

Finland
c/o Mari Palgi
e-mail: mari@dolmaris.net
            or mari.palgi@helsinki.fi

France
Patrick Martin
e-mail: patrick.martin14@wanadoo.fr

Ireland
The All Ireland Collie & Sheepdog Society
c/o Mrs Maureen Timmins
Tel. Dublin 8354377
e-mail: aicss@eircom.net

Russia
The Fauna Collie Club
c/o Tatyana Pronina
Moscow
email: swanlake1@yandex.ru

Sweden
The Swedish Collie Club c/o Ionie Oskarson
e-mail: ionie.oskarson@swipnet.se

Switzerland
The Swiss Collie Club c/o Barbara Spycher
e-mail: Spycherheld@CS.com

USA
Marci Sudlow (Vermont)
e-mail: SPedigrees@aol.com

Cindy Dorsten (Indiana)
e-mail: cmdorsten@hotmail.com 

 

                            

 
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