Register of Merit
The updated ROM List shown below includes champions through the year 2008. With the inclusion of 350 champions from that year (188 rough champions and 162 smooth champions), there are now 13,690 Collie champions in the database.

There are four new additions to the Rough sire list (Ch. Fantasy's Bronze Sensation, Ch. Fleur-De-Lis's Secret Weapon, Ch. Twin City Secret Ambition and Ch. Oak Knolls Beau Ideal); two new additions to the Rough dam list (Ch. Fantasy's Key To My Heart and Ch. Overland Toy Box); and eight new additions to the Smooth dam list (Ch. By Luc's Drama Queen, Ch Classique Legacy Lives On, Ch Fleur-De-Lis's Sugar Baby, Ch. Gwyn-Marc's One Moment In Time, Ch. Kirkhaven Annie Get Your Gun, Ch. Kirkhaven Stardust, Ch. Rainbow's Instant Karma, Ch. Shalee Jolee's Cracklin Rosie). There were no new additions to the Smooth sire list.

If there are dogs or bitches missing that you feel are qualified to be on the ROM List, please let me know. Email me at Chelscolly@aol.com. Also, let me know if there are any corrections, misspellings, omissions or changes. This list is a continual work in progress and sometimes dogs are missing on the original list of champions received from AKC. This inadvertent omission can throw off all numbers. Even a misspelled name can affect the numbers and resulting placement.

Keep in mind that this current list is through the end of 2008. If you have dogs or bitches that have finished in the year 2009, they ARE NOT reflected in the numbers on this current list. All information is received yearly from AKC published records and is not tallied until the following year.

Rules and information

• The eligible number of champion offspring is 20 for sires and 7 for dams.

• Smooth and Rough (sires and dams) will be treated equally. 

• Smooth and Rough progeny will be treated equally. 

• Only American Champions count in the tabulation. 

• Tabulation is based solely upon the number of American champions produced in a dog’s or bitch’s lifetime. 

• All statistics are taken from the published findings of the American Kennel Club, as printed in the AKC Gazette. 

• Dogs achieving ROM status will be recognized in pedigrees by using the acronym, ROM. 

• At this time, AKC does not recognize the title or program. 

• Foundation sires and dams prior to 1960, will be tabulated with consideration as ROM Pillars. 

• If there are any errors, corrections or omissions please notify the ROM Chairperson immediately. The burden of proof shall fall on the owner of the dog or bitch. The current tabulations are pulled from the years 1884 to 2007. 

• The burden will be placed upon the owners of the ROM producers to fill out a special ROM application, indicating all owners (at the time of completion of championship), verification of CCA membership and other pertinent information such as current address. The certificates will be mailed out at yearly intervals (usually in the Fall). A yearly update will be given in the Collie Club of America yearbook and there will be periodic reports to the membership via the Collie Club of America Bulletin.

To complete the application process online for ROM Certificate
(CCA Members Only), please e-mail

• The name of the dog,

• The name of the owner,

• The address of the owner,

to CCA ROM Statistician, Gayle Kaye at Chelscolly@aol.com.

BREED HISTORY | ROM ROUGH SIRES