Silverton Bobbie the Question Dog is the actual-everyday living Lassie Appear-Household. As the activities of his extraordinary journey occurred far more than 15 many years prior to the publication of Eric Knight’s legendary work, some speculate Bobbie’s homing trek encouraged the fictional Lassie’s. Relating to the rumor that Knight’s Lassie was modeled just after Bobbie, there appears to be to be no concrete proof Eric Knight was aware of Silverton Bobbie. On the other hand, it is a persuasive conjecture. Bobbie the American Collie did acquire admirer mail from many international locations together with England, Eric Knight’s birthplace, while he put in much of his life in The united states. Bobbie was quite the communicate of the English-speaking world for a time, and for that reason “Bobbie” became a well known Collie title. (In the 1930s, my grandma grew up with a Collie named Bobbie on the relatives farm.)