Sunshine Farm's

This is Montana, an Old Time Scotch Collie. Collie means "useful" in Gaelic. There is no better way to describe the Old Time Scotch Collies. They are dogs bred for work with high intelligence and drive to please their owner. Many people who have Scotch collies describe them as biddable with amazing temperaments and ability to foresee what you want them to do without much direction, sometimes before you even know what needs to be done. The Old Time Farm Shepard website has a great article about these dogs and some of their amazing traits.

Some of these dogs excel at herding, guarding property, keeping pests away (raccoon, deer), protecting livestock, agility, and therapy work. All of these dogs make loving companions. Their coats have been described as made of Teflon because they require so little maintenance. Their double coat allows them to safely work in a variety of temperatures and conditions.

Montana spends her days watching over the inhabitants of Sunshine Farm outside of Asheville, North Carolina. She is a near constant companion to our 3 children on our 10 acre homestead. She minds them when they go off to play in the woods and puts herself between the children and any "danger", like someone new on our property or even another dog. Montana shows true concern for the children and will warn me when they are sledding or going down our slip n' slide, which she apparently deems as too dangerous for them. She keeps the gradens and orchard deer and racoon free, has treed woodchucks (I didn't even know woodchucks could climb trees!), and even warned us of a rat snake going after baby blue birds in a birdhouse. Montana lives with and watches over chickens, goats, and cats. Yes, she is useful.