Smooth Collie Forum:
Smooth Collie size

On the AKC National Agility Championships on Anamila planet there was a sheltie that completed that was smooth coated - How small do smooth coated collies come? I would love to have a sheltie-sized smooth coated collie for my young son to work with in agility.

Hmm, well, I am almost positive there are no such thing as Smooth Shetland Sheepdogs. Are you sure it was a Sheltie? I guess I could be wrong though... Anyway, to answer your question, Smooth Collies have the exact same standard as the Rough Collie - with the exception of the coat. Smooth Collies, like Roughs, are 22-24 inches at the shoulder for females (weighing 50-65lbs) and 24-26 inches at the shoulder for males (weighing 60-75lbs). I hope this helps you in some way. :o)

There definitely WERE smooth shelties once. All one needs to do is look at the history of the breed. For some reason the British Kennel Club decided to make the breed standard rough (i.e., fluffy-coated) back around 1916 or so, so the smooth Sheltie hasn't had a chance since. I wish someone would let them back in. I have always had collies and currently have (AKC reg) smooth collies, but I'll need to have a small dog one day, and the dog I would want is a smooth sheltie.

I have a 20 inch[small] Smooth Collie from the Houston Collie Rescue. I think she is from English stock since her head type and smaller size fit the English standard. We are in training to compete in agility.