what kind of dog was lassie
This article is about the fictional rough collie dog character. For other uses, see Lassie (disambiguation). Lassie is a fictional female Rough Collie dog character created by Eric Knight in a short story that was later expanded to a full-length novel called Lassie Come-Home. In that story, Lassie, loved only by her young master, guides the adults back to where two boys are lost in a snowstorm.