I’m so sorry, Czar. I still mourn for our last one 10 years ago. It took me a few years to sort out my feelings before I found a Border Collie rescue nearby. Pheonix Rising. Their Website is awesome. I found Isla at 6 weeks old. She and her two brothers were found with Mama in the woods in NC. Out of the three, I picked her. They have a way of looking at you, and know exactly what you are thinking. Spooky!
My gal is 14, she used to be pure blue (black) now she is mostly white in the face, deaf and sleeps so deeply that if I pick her up sometimes her head just bobs to the side 😦 . Plus her trachea is giving her problems (Common in Italian Greyhounds), they are not good candidates for sedation even when they are young and healthy the vet says not to put her through anything at this age as her quality of life is still very good.
BD, the golden lab/hound/? mix is about as old as Daisy was – we got Daisy at Easter and BD in October of ’08. BD’s slowed down a bit but she’s still up ‘n at ’em and plays with both the GGS and new GS. As she’s mostly white the ‘age white’ doesn’t show so she doesn’t look as old as she is.
Just thinking about one of my favorite pictures, our late Daisy and our late Zauber, in younger years, each on one end of a stick trying to determine who gets it.
Two year old GS’s been here a week and the dogs already have him trained. He’s putting his plate on the floor, getting down on all fours and eating off of the plate while the dogs watch. Wondering if I should get a fireplug to help the kid’s housebreaking?
Happt Doggityday!
Famous folk and their dogs….
Lucille Ball…
John Kennedy…
Paul McCartney and Martha…
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Hahaha! Bottom photo” You have FOOD human! I see FOOD!
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Or more like: “Hey man, like I got the munchies, you gonna eat that all yourself?”.
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Hahaha! And with those razor sharp puppy teeth too!
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Oh yeah, and they’s wicked smart too. Right up to the end Daisy spent her time letting us know that she could outthink us any time she wanted to.
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Wow! So familiar.
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Ours just passed at about 17 a few days ago.
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I’m so sorry, Czar. I still mourn for our last one 10 years ago. It took me a few years to sort out my feelings before I found a Border Collie rescue nearby. Pheonix Rising. Their Website is awesome. I found Isla at 6 weeks old. She and her two brothers were found with Mama in the woods in NC. Out of the three, I picked her. They have a way of looking at you, and know exactly what you are thinking. Spooky!
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I looked at the Phoenix Rising site and the first border collie to come up as available is named ‘Stella’. https://prbcr.org/border-collies-available-for-adoption/
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She’s a cutie!
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She’s cute!
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I still miss my daughter’s BC, and she wasn’t even my dog. Very special animals.
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So sorry Czar and Czarina, what a beautiful life you gave her!!! Days in the wild and the sun ❤️
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Thing is that the next oldest dog is so light we forget her age and she’s nearly as old as Daisy was. The new GS seems to have perked her up though.
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My gal is 14, she used to be pure blue (black) now she is mostly white in the face, deaf and sleeps so deeply that if I pick her up sometimes her head just bobs to the side 😦 . Plus her trachea is giving her problems (Common in Italian Greyhounds), they are not good candidates for sedation even when they are young and healthy the vet says not to put her through anything at this age as her quality of life is still very good.
She is still full of energy 🙂 .
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BD, the golden lab/hound/? mix is about as old as Daisy was – we got Daisy at Easter and BD in October of ’08. BD’s slowed down a bit but she’s still up ‘n at ’em and plays with both the GGS and new GS. As she’s mostly white the ‘age white’ doesn’t show so she doesn’t look as old as she is.
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My dog who passed about a year and a half ago was mostly white with some fawn, so you couldn’t see her turning white. Miss her….
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We all miss them all.
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Yes.
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I’m very sorry to hear that Czar, my thoughts are with both you and Czarina.
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She had about 13 years with us and got to meet and greet all of the grand and great grandkids so she lived out her shepherd dreams.
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That makes you awesome…..in dog years too!
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“HEY! How come there’s dog hair all over my car!?”.
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“How come there’s car dirt all over my dog!!!!
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Keep yer dog outta the street!
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LOL, but he drives better than half my neighbors?
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Half of my neighbors are dogs.
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A dog after my own heart…
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Trolling for cats…
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Just thinking about one of my favorite pictures, our late Daisy and our late Zauber, in younger years, each on one end of a stick trying to determine who gets it.
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Two year old GS’s been here a week and the dogs already have him trained. He’s putting his plate on the floor, getting down on all fours and eating off of the plate while the dogs watch. Wondering if I should get a fireplug to help the kid’s housebreaking?
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Just send him out with the dogs. They’ll teach him! LOL
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They’re our ‘inside’ kids and he seems to be following their leads. Maybe we can talk the cats into box-training him.
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