Collie poyambirira ndi galu woweta wa ku Scotland, yemwe adalembedwa kale m'zaka za zana la 13. Dzinali limachokera ku nkhosa za Colley zomwe amaweta nthawi zambiri. Chifukwa chakuti ankafunika kugwira ntchito zambiri m’minda ya alimi, agalu a abusa a ku Scotland anayamba kukhala anzeru kwambiri. Chifukwa cha tiana tokongola, collie anali wotchuka ngati galu wa ana kuyambira ali aang'ono. Zitadziwika kuti Mfumukazi Victoria imasunga ma collies ochepa, zofuna zidakula. Maonekedwe ake komanso kukongola kwamasiku ano kudatheka podutsa njira zowoloka ndi nyama zaku Russia. Collie wakhala mtundu wodziwika kuyambira 1858.
#1 Collie imatengedwa kuti ndi imodzi mwa agalu okongola kwambiri, anzeru komanso okhulupirika.
#2 Izi wanzeru mtundu wa galu amatha kumvetsa pamwamba-avareji chiwerengero cha mawu ndi malamulo.
Komabe, maphunziro oyambirira ayenera kukhala ovuta kwambiri, chifukwa, mwachitsanzo, "kupereŵera" monga kulira kosalekeza kumakhala kovuta kusiya chizolowezicho.