Bearded Collie Club of America Bearded Collie Club of America Should you while wandering in the wild sheep land happen on the moor or in the market upon a very gentle knight clothed in dark grey habit splashed here and there with rays of the moon free by right divine of the guild of gentlemen strenuous as a prince lithe as a rowan graceful as a girl with high king carriage motions and manners of a fairy queen should have a noble breadth of brow and air of still strength born of right confidence all unassuming last and most unfailing test for all should you look into two snow clad eyes calm wistful inscrutable their soft depths clothed on with eternal sadness yearning as is to be said for the soul that is not theirs know then that you look upon one of the line of the most illustrious sheepdogs of the North. Alfred Ollivant Owd Bob The Bearded Collie affectionately called the Beardie was developed in Scotland as a herding dog. Its ancestors likely included herding dogs from the European continent such as the Poland Lowland Sheepdog Polski Owzcarek Nizinny and the Komondor blended with the sheep herding dogs of the British Isles. It was developed as an independent worker able to make decisions concerning the welfare and safety of its charges without depending on the shepherd who might be miles away.