Oh its good enough to see that he was a sweetie. Some of our pets really leave an impression don’t they? 10 years and you still miss and love him; says alot.
My collie Gremlin is like that for me. All these years later, I still get choked up over his death. He was such a special guy; the protector and herder of all the kids in the neighborhood. He was a large Collie and when the kids would get out toward the street he would get between them and the street and throw his hip into the kid’s legs pushing them back. It was really something. He had no teeth in the front and on the bottom but he took down a doberman that strayed into our yard. THAT was something! Both animals were on their hind legs and that Collie sounded like a bear. *sigh* worse decision I made was having him put down. (He had hip displasia and was losing the use of his legs)
Thx for the pic bry. Sorry I got carried away about my old bud.
You get carried away all you want! There is a reason collies were such great farm dogs! They were good with the animals AND the kids. When I was a kid we had horses and the place we stabled them had an old collie. I don’t know what they call the color, but he wasn’t the regular sable, but more of a blond color (I always thought it was like a palomino horse!) and white. Anyway, I can’t remember his name, but he was so great, all of us loved him. He was always there, and so good with all of the kids who came to ride their horses and hang around. I actually love male dogs more. But don’t tell Pauli that, she will get her feelings hurt. ;)