How many times did Lassie “have puppies” on the series?
Since all the collies portraying Lassie have been males (see the Lassie facts page for the reason why), of course Lassie actually didn’t have any litters, although each Lassie was the sire of the next collie to take over the role. However, the character of Lassie did have a litter several times within the story. She has a litter in “Lassie’s Pups,” a Jeff episode. She also has puppies that are being given away at the beginning of second season; this is probably another litter. All the puppies are given away except for Laddie, who is only seen in one other episode. Another of one of her puppies, Comet, is featured in the episode “The Marauder” (he appears to be from the same litter as Laddie). Lassie has at least three litters during the Timmy years, the first two in “The Puppy Story” and “Puppy Sitters.” Blacktail, one of the members of the litter born in “The Puppy Story,” returns at the beginning of seventh season in an episode entitled (surprise!
