Are you up to challenge cyber paw pals? The number 190 is significant today. So on this our 190th post, we decided to do something special. We decided to see how well every paw knew Collies. Keep track and let us know your score. If you graduated Some Dog Barks Loudly, you know Collie. We expect most of our readers will fall into watching Lassie reruns or studying. Just click and drag your mouse after the question and you will see the answers.
Dog Speed,
Essex & Deacon
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1) Author of the book Lad a Dog.
a Albert Payson Terhune ----------b Eric Mowbray Knight
c Jack London ----------------------d Dashiell Hammett
a – Terhune wrote lot of collie stories to include Lad a Dog, Hammet wrote The Thin Man
2) What was the coat color of Lad in the book?
a Blue Merle ---------------------- b Sable & White
c Tri-Color ------------------------ d White
b – Lad was sable & white just like Deacon.
3) Author of the book Lassie Come Home.
a Albert Payson Terhune -------- b Eric Mowbray Knight
c Jack London -------------------- d Frank Lloyd Wright
b – Eric Knight wrote the book Lassie Come Home in the 1940. The movie came out in 1943. Knight died in a plane crash in 1943 and never saw the finished movie.
4) In the book Lassie Come Home, what was the coat color of Lassie?
a Blue Merle --------------------- b Sable & White
c Tri-Color ----------------------- d White
c – Lassie was a tri-color in the book just like Essex. The illustrations are done as a sable & white, but the writing indicates a tri-color. In the movie and TV series Lassie is a sable & white.
5) In the movie Lassie Come Home, what was Lassie’s boy name
a Joe ---------------------------- b Rick
c Mark -------------------------- d Steve
a – Lassie’s boy in both the movie and the book is named Joe
6) The name of the actor that played Lassie’s Boy in the original 1943 movie Lassie Come Home.
a Jerry Mathers ---------------- b Jon Provost
c Roddy McDowall ------------- d Tommy Rettig
c – Roddy McDowall starred in the original movie. Jerry Mathers was the Beaver in “Leave it to Beaver.” Retting starred as 11 year old Jeff Miller in the TV series during 1954-57, while Provost was the adopted son of the Martin Family 57-64.
7) Actress that stared in the 1962 movie Lad a Dog.
a Angela Cartwright ------------ b Annette Funicello
c Brittany Spears --------------- d Elizabeth Taylor
a – Angela Cartwright starred in the movie Lad a Dog, who starred in the TV Series Lost in Space with June Lockheart. Elizabeth Taylor, co-starred with McDowall in Lassie Come Home.
8) The real name of the dog that played Lassie in the 1943 movie Lassie Come Home.
a Charlie ----------------------- b Laddie
c Lassie ------------------------ d Pal
d – Pal was the star in the early Lassie movie to include Lassie Come Home.
9 Which best describes the Lassie of movie and TV?
a A boy dog -------------------- b A boy dog, pretending to be a girl
c A girl dog --------------------- d A girl dog, pretending to be a boy
b - A boy dog, pretending to be a girl. Since the males were bigger and do not shed as frequently, that is what the producers went with.
10) Name the actors that played the original mom and dad in the TV Series Lassie.
a Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont
b Cloris Leachman and Jon Shepodd
c June Lockhart and Hugh Reilly
d Myrna Loy and William Powell
b – Leachman and Shepodd were the first Mom and Dad but starred in the role for only a year. Lockhart and Reilly made the role famous 58-64. Billingsley and Beaumont were the parents on Leave It to Beaver. Loy and Powell starred in the Thin Man movie series.
11) On TV Lassie’s boy, was named ________ Martin.
a Albert ----------------------- b Joe
c Marty ----------------------- d Timmy
d – Timmy Martin, played by Jon Provost, 1957-64
12) A Collie named “Reveille” is the mascot of what US college?
a Georgia --------------------- b Harvard
c Texas A & M ---------------- d Washington
c – Texas A & M is were Miss Reveille resides. We did a post on her in December 2008. Georgia and Harvard are the Bulldogs, while Washington is the Huskies.
13) In 1928 the Collie Laund Loyalty of Bellhaven, won “Best in Show” at Westminster. How old was he when he won?
a 9 Months ------------------- b 1 Year
c 3 Years --------------------- d 5 Years
a – 9 months, the only Collie to win and presently the youngest ever to finish "Best in Show" at Westminster.
14) President Johnson’s Collie Blanco was what type of Collie
a Blue Merle ----------------- b Sable & White
c Tri-Color ------------------- d White
d – Blanco, which means white in Spanish. He was given to the President and Mrs. Johnson in December 1963 by a little girl from Illinois. President Johnson used to shake paws with Blanco whenever he left or returned to the White House.
15) Number of Collies residing in the White House, while Calvin Coolidge was President of the United States.
a One ------------------------ b Two
c Three ---------------------- d Four
d – Four. The Coolidge White House was pet friendly. The four collies were: Rob Roy(white), Prudence Prim(white), Ruby Rough (brown), Bessie (yellow)
16) The name the two types of coats that collies have.
a Curly & Straight ------------ b Irish & Scottish
c Rough & Smooth ----------- d Ruff & Tuff
c – Rough & Smooth
17) Collies belong in which of these groups
a Herding -------------------- b Hounds
c Sporting ------------------- d Working
a - Herding
18) Collies may die if given heart worm medication that contains what?
a Invermectin --------------- b Monosodium Hyrdoxide Glutenate
c Sodium Chloride ---------- d Triglycerides
a – Invermectin. Many herding dogs are allergic to this heart worm medicine. From what we read about collies a third will die, a third will get extremely ill and a third will be fine. Dad don't like those odds.
19) Sunnybank is located in what State?
a California ----------------- b Florida
c New Jersey --------------- d Texas
c – New Jersey
20 Who was the English Royal made collies popular?
a Princess Dianne ---------- b Queen Elizabeth
c Queen Mary -------------- d Queen Victoria
d – Queen Victoria was born on 24 May 1819. She was the Queen of England for 63 years, 7 months. The first recorded collie classes occurred in 1859. In 1860 the Queen was visiting Scotland and fell in love with the Collie. Thus began the first collie fad. The Queens collies chose Balmoral Castle in Scotland for their residence. Today would have been Queen Victoria's 190th barkday and this is our 190th post. Wowsers, talk about stars in perfect alignment.
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Bonus:
In the early 70 the Holmhaven Collies and our breeder Mom Lil, were known for having:
a – An all collie drill team that performed to John Phillip Sousa music.
b – Saving a boy named Timmy, who had fallen down the well.
c – The Amazing Collies, a famed US agility team.
d – The singing collies, who barked “We wish you a Merry Christmas.”
a - Lil and her Mom Inga had an all Collie Drill Team. They even performed at Sunnybank. We mentioned that in a November 2007 post.
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You have your score good. See were you rate below.
19-20 You graduated Some Dog Barks Loudly. Trefoil is proud.
16-18 You have seen the light and have joined the Collie’s Inner Circle.
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11-15 We see you’ve been studying.
6-10 Honestly, you must be watching Lassie reruns on TV.
3- 5 Timmy is that you? Did you fall down in the well again?
A Two Collie Shower
"Essex, come check out the new bathroom" 
Are we done yet?Then we had to listen to Dog Dad go on about how the tiles on the shower wall and bathroom floors are slate. That slate is a metamorphic rock. Blah, blah, blah pressure and blah, blah temperatures turned shale to slate. Dad majored in Geology, so he likes rocks and very old dead stuff. It is sometime cryptic to us. I mean do any of you have critters in your home that have been dead for over 500 millions years? I mean they are so dead they are not even worth sniffing anymore. Seriously, our fore-pawthers were not even around.
One bright note is that Dad told us that they will be done tomorrow or Friday evening. By the Great Dane we are ready for this all to end.
The shower yesterday and today (below)
The walls have been painted and vanity put in.
Dog Speed,
Essex & Deacon
Resting by Dad in the computer room
Teddy - 2 MAR
Teddy, Howie & one of their boys - 12 MAR
Teddy - 10 APR
The Battle of Puebla
from Wikipedia
We like this one with the sail boat and the sun. 
Egad, another red one.
1948 - GrandMaw, GrandPaw and the Chaplain
The hole is patched up.
