IiCollies zizinja ezintle kakhulu ezihlala zenza umfanekiso ohloniphekileyo. Umzimba wakhe womelele ngaphandle kokuba rhabaxa. Amadoda anokuphakama ekubuneni kwe-56 ukuya kwi-61 cm, amabhinqa ukusuka kwi-51 ukuya kwi-56 cm, kunye nobunzima be-25 ukuya kwi-30 kg. Intloko inophawu olumxinwa, kwaye akukho cheekbones evelele. Iziphelo zine-muscular, umsila ufikelela kwi-hocks kwaye uqhutywe kunye nencam ephakanyisiweyo. Idyasi yeRough Collie ixinene kakhulu kwaye irhabaxa noko xa uyibamba kodwa ithambe kakhulu phantsi kweengcebiso zeenwele.
#1 Ukhathalelo lwe-Collie alunzima kakhulu kunokuba kucingelwa.
Kwanele ukuxukuxa iCollie rhoqo emva kweeveki ezimbini ukuya kwezintathu. Nangona kunjalo, ukunyamekelwa kwamathanga angaphakathi kunye nasemva kweendlebe kubaluleke kakhulu. Ezi ndawo kufuneka zihlanjwe rhoqo njengoko zinokuthi zifakwe ngokukhawuleza. Ngamaxesha ngamaxesha kufuneka ukhangele iinzipho kwaye mhlawumbi uzenze zibe mfutshane.