flipper wrote:

On Wed, 12 May 2010 08:36:55 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:


flipper wrote:

On Tue, 11 May 2010 12:16:24 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:


flipper wrote:

Yeah, and I've had him less than a year so I'm sure more adventures
lay ahead (I got him when about 6 months old).

You can probably tell I am a *big* fan of Border Collies (and the
quite similar Australian Shepard, which I had before this one).

Who could possibly resist that 'chin on the lap please pet me' look or
the ebullient 'WHERE have you BEEN thank god you're BACK I missed you
so' greeting after having been gone only 5 minutes.

Believe it or not, his favorite 'treat' is ice cubes, which is dern
convenient because I can afford those all day long and he's gotten
pretty good at catching them mid air when I toss him one from the
freezer.

The only real 'problem' is the little bugger likes to *eat* my damn
gloves. I guess they resemble his chew toys too much because he
doesn't bother anything else despite there being an almost infinite
number of other opportunities for mischief in the house.


My favorite dog was a Rat Terrier. Ornery and strong as a bull, but
he was faithful friend for 14 years.

That's another excellent dog and I had one in between the Aussie and
Border Collie.

Little sucker could run like a cartoon with her legs just a 'blur' and
body in 'near light speed' elongation.

And I swear, she could jump straight vertical about 6 feet. She could
stand beside my easy chair and without a single running step instantly
leap up, clearing the entire chair, over the side arm, and land dead
center in my lap.

I suspect I just like dogs and 'yours' is always the best


Mine could jump between the time you started to sit, and your butt
hit the chair. Then give you 'The look' when you dared to sit and crowd
him into the corner of the chair.

LOL. Yes, I can see that.

I'm trying to impose a bit of discipline in that he's not allowed in
the chair unless granted permission.

The biggest problem is in sending 'mixed signals' by cracking up
laughing when he attempts to 'sneak on' one paw at a time as he tends
to interpret laughing as 'approval'.


Are you sure your dog isn't just playing with your mind? ;-)


http://home.earthlink.net/~mike.terrell/photos.html is another dog I
really loved. She was fearless, but faithful. I rarely walked into my
dad & step mom's house without her following me to wherever I sat. Then
she would lay down and roll over on her back to have her belly
scratched. She may have been registered, but she was just a friendly
dog.

Unfortunately, both are now gone.

You have my sympathies.


Thank you.


Took me quite a while to get over the Aussie dying.


Like my Rat Terrier. He started having strokes about a year before we
had to have him put to sleep. The veterinarian said that there was
nothing that could be done for him, and they were becoming more frequent
with less recovery between strokes.


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