The highlands of Scotland were the natural home of the
Collie, where the sheepdogs had been used for centuries by shepherds, but the modern form of the breed was mostly developed in England in the late 1800s. This early form of the breed was usually referred to as the Scotch collie (or
Scottish collie) in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Scotch collies were heavier and less fine-boned than today's Rough and Smooth dogs. The ancestors of the modern
Collie were first exhibited as "Scotch Sheep-Dogs" in the 1860 Birmingham (England) dog show.
